A fractional executive, venture architect and investment partner with 35+ years in technology and international leadership. A former CEO, Managing Director, EMEA Director and Vice President, Herman now works as an operating partner for digital tech, deep tech and energy transition ventures, with 50+ ventures advised and 150 projects and programmes delivered.
In under two minutes, see how Herman helps founders and boards turn ideas into investable, scalable businesses, prepare for growth capital and step in where a launch has stalled.
Book a discovery call Watch on YouTubeHerman Bloemink is a fractional executive, venture architect and investment partner with more than 35 years of international leadership across technology, infrastructure, venture growth, investment and strategic transformation. Drawing on senior roles including CEO, CGO, CCO, Managing Director and Vice President, he brings independent judgement, commercial pragmatism and deep technology fluency.
Herman works alongside founders and boards to turn ideas into investable, scalable businesses: shaping go to market and operating models, structuring carve-outs and spin-offs, preparing ventures for growth capital and stepping in where a launch has stalled. His track record includes advising more than 50 start ups, scale ups and corporate spin-offs, supporting funding rounds from €300,000 to €60 million and leading 12 critical turnarounds.
He is particularly relevant to venture capital, private equity and corporate backed organisations seeking international growth perspective, investor confidence and pragmatic governance of complex transformation agendas. Based in Amersfoort, he works across the Netherlands and Europe, with technology fluency across deep tech, AI, cloud, telecoms, energy transition, data centres, fintech and flight technology.
Capital raised, capital discussed and a business turned around. Herman combines operating experience with investment discipline, which is exactly what scaling ventures and their boards need.
From enterprise computing and telecoms to data centres and digital infrastructure, Herman has held senior international roles at some of the best known names in technology.
Herman's offering covers venture architecture, growth capital, turnaround and board advisory. Built for founders, investors and corporates who need ventures that are investable, scalable and well governed.
Turning complex IP and new ideas into commercial businesses, from zero to one through to scaling, including go to market strategy, commercialisation models and corporate carve-outs and spin-offs.
Preparing ventures for funding rounds from €300K to €60M and connecting digital and deep tech companies to growth and project capital, with capital discussions of up to $500M.
Stepping in where a launch has stalled or results are slipping, with 12 turnarounds and 150 projects and programmes delivered across telco, banking and fintech, chemicals and digital platforms.
Boardroom adviser and non-executive on strategy, governance, M&A due diligence and operating model transformation, aligning scaling ventures with long term capital strategy.
If your venture is scaling, raising growth capital or stuck mid launch, Herman works with founders and boards to build an investable, scalable business and make it work in practice.
Herman has run businesses as CEO and MD and now sits on the investment side, so he sees a venture the way both management and investors do.
From telecoms and cloud to AI, data centres and energy transition, Herman understands the technology well enough to challenge it and to explain it to investors.
With 12 critical turnarounds behind him, including a €500K loss turned into €28M revenue, Herman steps in where a launch has stalled and gets it moving.
A fractional executive able to step into CEO or Managing Director, COO, CTO or CIO, Chief Strategy Officer and Transformation Director roles, with board level experience across technology, telecoms, banking, energy and industrial sectors.
Alongside his work with Grant & Graham, Herman holds investment, board and advisory roles with technology and security businesses in the Netherlands and the US.
Herman Bloemink is a fractional executive, venture architect and investment partner with 35+ years in technology and international leadership.
His experience spans venture architecture, growth capital, turnaround and board advisory, making him a strong fit for founders, investors and corporates building ventures that need to scale.
Download CV → LinkedIn profileIf your venture is scaling, raising growth capital, planning a carve-out or spin-off, or stuck mid launch, tell us in 25 minutes what you need. Herman or one of our 50+ senior consultants will tell you honestly whether we can help.