Patrick Bosteels is the president of Jump to Green. He is an expert in development for startups, mentors, and investors around Europe.
He focuses activities around startups and entrepreneurship ecosystem, emphasising on the SDGs creating new opportunities in Environmental issues, one of them being Agro 4.0 and even sports by organising pitch events for new sports-related startups. Patrick Bosteels never tasted corporate life. A creator of many things starting in school, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gent, Belgium to become a photographer, screen printer and cineaste. Patrick spent his first professional years as a free-lancer working for video productions and television stations. Followed very soon by his first company and many followed. Getting great feedback on his talks on conferences exploring the full mobile eco-system that gave him the exposure and appreciation to get more and more into mentoring for VCs and start-ups. Patrick has a great relationship with Europe and MEA countries. He is a coach and consultant in Stage-Co which works for the biggest companies and organisations in Europe and runs Now Sprint Accelerator for early-stage startups with the main focus on Africa.