Connected Capital strengthens leadership team

Connected Capital strengthens leadership team

Susan Lagerweij joins as Operating Partner; Sander Pennings promoted to Investment Director

Connected Capital, one of the leading European B2B SaaS investors, is expanding its leadership now that it is well underway with its 2nd fund. Since inception in 2018, Connected Capital has differentiated itself by being fully and exclusively focused on European B2B SaaS opportunities – a crucial ingredient to the growth and success of the fund.

The addition of Susan Lagerweij as Operating Partner Sander Pennings ’s promotion to Investment director are both aimed at underpinning Connected Capital’s differentiated position. Next to leading deals, Susan will take the lead in Connected Capital’s offering of highly relevant B2B SaaS / operations expertise supporting portfolio teams. Sander has built up a very strong deal track record within Connected Capital (OneWelcome, Speakap, Rise Up) and is being recognized for his specific SaaS business model expertise and experience in the HR tech vertical in particular.

Susan has led the commercial team at Picnic Technologies for 5 years. Before joining Picnic, she was an Associate Partner at Bain & Company. She holds an MBA degree from INSEAD and an MSc degree from Delft University of Technology.

Sander has been with Connected Capital since the inception of the fund. He has worked on the investments in Speakap, Concentra and Rise Up (all 3 in HR tech) as well the investments in OneWelcome, Foleon?and ChannelSight. Prior to Connected Capital Sander worked at Credit Suisse, Value Enhancement Partners and Dasym. He holds an MSc degree from Erasmus University.