# Ties Klinkhamer

> Associate at Keen Venture Partners | Creator of euro-defense.com | Professional Field Hockey Player

## Who

Ties Klinkhamer is an Associate at Keen Venture Partners, a European deep tech venture capital fund based in Amsterdam. He invests €1–8M tickets into defense tech, advanced manufacturing, and dual-use technology founders from Seed to Series A.

He is also the creator of euro-defense.com — an open intelligence platform mapping Europe's defense production infrastructure across 94+ facilities in 21 countries, with supply chain flows, bottleneck analysis, and sourced data. Built for analysts, investors, and defense professionals.

Alongside his VC career, Ties plays professional field hockey for HC Klein Zwitserland and previously represented the Netherlands as a Youth International with KNHB (2017–2021).

## Contact

- Email: ties@keenventurepartners.com
- Website: https://tiesklinkhamer.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ties-klinkhamer
- X / Twitter: https://x.com/tiesklinkhamer
- Substack: https://tiesklinkhamer.substack.com

## Current Roles

- Associate, Keen Venture Partners (2024–Present) — Amsterdam
- Professional Field Hockey Player, HC Klein Zwitserland (2022–Present)

## Past Experience

- Business Development, Invest-NL (2022–2024) — Dutch institutional capital and national development finance
- Youth International, KNHB Royal Dutch Field Hockey (2017–2021)

## Education

- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam — Business and Innovation, Minor: Brain and Mind (2019–2023)

## Focus Areas

Defense Tech, Dual-Use Technology, Advanced Manufacturing, Seed, Series A, NATO Innovation Fund, BRAVE1, MoD, Hardware, AI, Ukrainian founders establishing EU entities

## Projects

- euro-defense.com — European defense production intelligence platform (94+ facilities, 21 countries, 11 bottlenecks mapped). Built for analysts, investors, and defense professionals.

## Operating Principles

1. Radical Generosity — Enter every room asking "How can I help?"
2. Open-Source Learning — Share everything. Reject gatekeeping.
3. Integrity as Currency — No ghosting. Quick no's. Reputation is everything.

## Availability

- Location: Amsterdam, NL (CET timezone)
- No meetings before 10:00 AM
- Hard stop at 7:00 PM