About us
"We build and manage automated investment management systems that power your investment portfolio."
Our Edge
We leverage advanced technology to streamline the entire investment process, from in-depth research and trade execution to risk management. This enables us to provide our investors with investments that deliver above-market returns, backed by data-driven insights. To accomplish this, we build the company from a unique blend of innovation, expertise, and ambition.
Cutting Edge Tech
Investing heavily in the latest technology to create resilient and efficient investment systems.
Our proprietary automated investment management system lies at the heart of everything we do. Built on advanced algorithms and refined through years of research, this system allows us to optimise the entire investment process — from in-depth market research to real-time trade execution and risk management. By automating these crucial steps, we ensure that our fund operates efficiently, capturing opportunities with precision while minimising human bias. This technology powers our dynamic long/short investment strategies, allowing us to adapt to market changes and consistently seek high-potential returns for our investors.
Fresh Experience
A team driven by fresh insights with experienced oversights.
Our team is a blend of fresh talent and seasoned professionals, combining new perspectives with experienced oversight. This unique mix allows us to stay at the forefront of financial innovation while grounding our strategies in proven investment practices. Our leadership team is supported by an advisory board of experts who bring decades of industry knowledge, ensuring that every decision we make is both forward-thinking and well-informed. At Van Druten Capital, we believe that fresh insights, guided by experience, are key to delivering strong, adaptive investment solutions.
Yearn Mentality
The will to achieve something challenging. It drove us here, it leads us further.
At Van Druten Capital, we embrace a ‘yearn mentality’ — a deep drive to tackle challenges head-on and achieve ambitious goals. This mindset has been central to our journey, from building our firm to developing our cutting-edge fund. It fuels our commitment to continuous improvement and innovation, ensuring that we push boundaries and never settle for the status quo. Whether we’re refining our models or exploring new investment strategies, our yearn mentality ensures that we remain focused on delivering superior performance for our investors.
Our Team
Where fresh insights meet experience.
At Van Druten Capital, our team is the cornerstone of our success, seamlessly blending fresh insights with experienced oversight. With expertise spanning finance, econometrics, data science, and software engineering, we tackle challenges from multiple angles to foster innovation in our investment strategies. Guided by our advisory board of seasoned experts, we enhance our decision-making processes and ensure we remain at the forefront of investment management. Together we drive the success of Van Druten Capital and our flagship fund, the Yearn US Fund, as we strive to create innovative investment solutions that empower our clients to achieve their financial goals.
Jeroen van Druten
Founder & Fund Manager
Jeroen is the founder and fund manager of Van Druten Capital. He started Van Druten Capital because of his passion of solving complex problems, data and programming. During his Bachelor Econometrics and his master in Quantitative Finance at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, he started the research and development on the automated investment management system, which is now the core of Van Druten Capital. After his studies, he surrounded himself with experienced fund managers and experts in the finance world, allowing to develop the company and himself further.
Currently, he manages Van Druten Capital’s first fund, Yearn US Fund, and leads the development team of Van Druten Capital.
Laurens Boissevain
Client Relations Manager
Laurens is our Client Relations Manager. He brings energy and structure to every conversation and loves the interaction with our diverse group of clients. He combines a strong commercial mindset with years of experience in operational leadership and client engagement.
Laurens is the first point of contact for investors, together with Jeroen; nurturing relationships, ensuring smooth onboarding, and guiding them through our investment offerings. Next to this, Laurens leads the development of the company’s client engagement, brand experience and marketing campaigns.
Laurens has a background in Business Administration from Nyenrode and a track record in commercial growth. Before joining Van Druten Capital, Laurens led finance and operational teams, where he was responsible for strategic business development, team leadership, and client satisfaction across multiple business units.
Yassir Laaouach
Principal Engineer
Yassir is part of our development team. He is an AI researcher and technologist with an MSc in Artificial Intelligence and published work in advanced statistical modeling at the Concept Analytics Lab at Sussex University, where he secured multiple grants. Currently, he also serves as an active reviewer for the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), combining deep technical expertise in machine learning with statistical modeling. Prior to these roles, he gained valuable experience working as a software developer.
At Van Druten Capital, Yassir is responsible for the development of our automated investment management system together with Jeroen. Here Yassir focuses on the MLOps pipeline, applying complex time series analysis and predictive modeling for financial data, as well as, monitoring and validating the complete MLOps pipeline in a dynamic financial world.
Huib Boissevain
Advisor
Huib Boissevain is the Founder and CEO of Annexum, a prominent real estate investment company, and a key member of our advisory board at Van Druten Capital. With a distinguished background in the financial industry as CEO of Annexum, Managing Director of Trading at Rabo Securities and Director & CFO at Zurich Insurance, Huib brings a wealth of expertise in fund management, investor relations, and strategic oversight.
Richard Frehé
Advisor
Richard is the Managing Director of Consulting at DM Financial, a global financial services provider with deep expertise in the fund and asset management industry. DM specialises in financial and regulatory reporting, internal audit & ISAE assurance, and regulatory consulting. Within DM’s consulting practice, Richard helps financial entities navigate regulatory requirements while strengthening their governance, risk, and compliance frameworks. Before joining DM, Richard led the global implementation and compliance of financial markets regulations at Rabobank. His extensive experience and strategic insights bring immense value to our compliance and administration team, particularly in the AFM licensing process. As a key member of our advisory board, Richard plays a crucial role in shaping our regulatory strategy and business operations.
Our Partners
Our fund administrator
AssetCare is a specialist in structuring and administering collective investments funds. They have over 15 years of experience in setting up and administrating hedge funds.
Our prime broker
Interactive Brokers is ranked amongst the top prime brokerages and is in the industry for over 30 years.
Our fund bank
Rabobank is a well-established, globally respected institution, recognised for its financial stability and commitment to transparency.
Our fund consultancy partner
DM Financial is a financial services provider specializing in financial and regulatory reporting, internal audit, ISAE-assurance, operational risk management, and regulatory consulting. Combining global expertise with a local approach.
Our cloud services provider
Amazon web services (AWS) is the top cloud service provider, known for its vast, reliable, and secure services. AWS allows companies to build advanced systems on a scalable platform.
Our DevOps & FinOps partner.
Automat-it is a hands-on cloud DevOps and FinOps service provider and key AWS Partner. Automat-it focusses on improving clients’ infrastructures following AWS best practices.
Our Milestones
Start development
System Live
Initial capital raised
AFM registration
Launch of Yearn US Fund
Launch of Yearn US Fund
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