Joël Van Dijk’s Post

Excited to share that Saagar and I are stepping up as General Partners at Begin Capital alongside Alex and Ruslan. What makes this team genuinely special is something I don't take for granted. Four completely different perspectives, yet an uncanny ability to find conviction led consensus. Not consensus by compromise, but by alignment. It's rare and makes all the difference when backing outlier founders. I'm proud of the portfolio that we've built together and I am grateful for the continuous support from Alex Menn and Ruslan Sarkisyan. The next chapter is already well underway (stay tuned 👀), very excited to work with such a great team including Dan Lifshits, Flaviu R., Elias Schneider. To give one insight into the team dynamics; About 1.5 years after I joined the Begin team, Alex and I sat down in a café in London for my review. He looked at me and said: "You are genuinely the worst associate I have ever worked with, but the best partner I could wish for". Alex, my sincere apologies for never quite living up to your associate standard.... 😁