[Job description]
Ready to Build Your Startup? We’ll Help You Start From Scratch
You see a problem. You’ve got an idea that could solve it. You’re ready to go all in.
But maybe you’re wondering:
- How do I validate my idea properly?
- How do I find the right people to build with?
- How do I get my first paying customers?
- How do I fund this — without giving away half my company?
That’s where we come in.
What is Achmea Impact Ventures?
We’re a venture studio. That means we don’t just invest, we build with you. You bring the vision. We put a team of experts behind it that jumps in exactly when you need them: on product, tech, research, marketing, or legal and more. No fixed programme, no cohort. Just what your venture actually needs.
What you get:
- A proven approach to building ventures from day zero
- Experts who fly in on product, tech, research, and marketing — exactly when you need them
- Freelance contract with monthly compensation — so you can go all in
- Up to €250K in funding (founder fee included)
- 70% to 80% equity at spin-out
- Access to Achmea’s network, brand, and customers
This is not an office space or a pitch deck clinic. This is full-time startup building.
What you’ll do
You’ll take your idea from sketch to spin-out:
- Validate the problem with our researchers — data decides, not gut feeling
- Shape the product vision and business model
- Build your MVP with our internal product and tech team
- Test with early users and iterate
- Attract first paying customers and build traction
- Build your own team to take it further post-spinout
What We’re Looking For
You:
- Have a clear idea and have taken initial steps to validate it (e.g. user discovery, mockups, expert interviews, or simply talking to your target group)
- Have founded, led, designed, or launched digital products or services before — or played a key role in an early-stage team
- Want to build a real, scalable business, not just a passion project
- Deeply understand the problem you’re solving — not just the tech or trend
- Are open to shaping the team, product, and business model with us
- Are ready to commit full-time (freelance contract with compensation)
Your idea must fit one of our domains:
- Health & Wellbeing
- Future of Work
- Sustainable Action
- Healthy Finances (non-insurance only)
We don’t build:
- ❌ Hardware or physical products
- ❌ Science-based tech, crypto, or medtech
- ❌ Solutions reliant on 3rd-party IP or systemic policy change
- ❌ Tools for Achmea alone
- ❌ Prevention-only or single-use concepts
- ❌ Vague behavioural ideas without a clear business model
Other positions at Achmea Impact Ventures
Co-Founder & CTO Linkspan
Linkspan is building an AI agent that independently handles the intake of planned ambulance trips. The first product is ready, the first client is on board and now we're going live. We're looking for a hands-on CTO to take technical leadership alongside founder Lauren Vierhoven. You get the agent production-ready, complete the required integrations, and lay the foundation for what comes next. Not a management role; you write code yourself. Backed by Achmea Impact Ventures. Equity plus hourly rate.
Amsterdam
Hybrid
full-time