Merlin Graaf

Head of Talent Marketplace

TestGorilla

May 2024 - Current (2 years 4 months)

Independent Consultant

Sweav

Sep 2023 - Apr 2024 (8 months)

Strategy Director

Vinted Kleiderkreisel

Sep 2021 - Dec 2022 (1 year 4 months)

Mentor

Startupbootcamp

Feb 2015 - Dec 2017 (2 years 11 months)

Startupbootcamp is a 3 month startup accelerator program focusing on exposing and connecting startups to mentors being entrepreneurs, investors and/or product professionals. At the end of the program, startups get a chance to pitch to top investors to get funding.

Founder

Bloom

Jun 2013 - Aug 2021 (8 years 3 months)

The BLOOM team was acquired by Vinted in June 2021. So while I'm sad to be closing the doors on BLOOM, I am excited for the next step on this journey and grateful to all the brilliant clients we've worked with since I founded BLOOM in 2013 with Eric Klaassen. ------------ BLOOM is a strategy consulting firm that combines strategy and data science to accelerate digital growth. We believe that data-driven companies are the winners of today and tomorrow. We use data to solve complex business problems and find new growth opportunities. We do not stop until we see results and make our impact last by building state-of-the-art data products and transferring skills to our clients' teams. We are analytical strategists with extensive online know-

Co-Founder

Brokjespilootnl

Mar 2012 - Mar 2013 (1 year 1 month)

Brokjespiloot.nl is a subscription commerce site offering high quality food for cats and dogs, initiated by Harvest adVentures. A year after launch, the start-up was acquired by Ranzijn, a retailer in garden and pet supplies.

Senior consultant

Harvest Online Business Development

Sep 2011 - May 2013 (1 year 9 months)

Harvest is a consulting firm with a clear focus: we help companies increase their online revenue. Since the start in 2009, Harvest generated significant revenue growth for our continuous growing client portfolio and became the European market leader in online business development and monetization. Through the years, we built a track record across the globe with our way of working that is strategic yet always pragmatic. In 2013 Harvest is acquired by Naspers, an international media company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE).

Co-Founder

Squarefield

Oct 2008 - Sep 2011 (3 years)

Founding partner of Squarefield. Squarefield is an independent advisory firm with a focus on international food & agribusiness and consumer related sectors. We offer a full range of services, from assisting in the planning and scoping of corporate strategy right through to the execution of M&A transactions and debt structuring.

Analyst

Rabo Securities

Jan 2007 - Sep 2008 (1 year 9 months)

Intern

Rabo Securities

Aug 2006 - Oct 2006 (3 months)

Intern

KPMG Corporate Finance

Jan 2006 - Mar 2006 (3 months)

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