Mathijs van Esch

Mathijs van Esch is a General Partner at Maven 11 Capital based in Eindhoven, Netherlands. He entered the cryptocurrency sector in 2016 and subsequently joined the venture firm as an investment analyst in 2017, leveraging his formal academic background in economics. In his current capacity, he leads institutional funding rounds and directs capital allocation toward early-stage blockchain infrastructure and decentralized finance protocols. During his tenure at Maven 11 Capital, van Esch has executed and managed strategic investments across multiple prominent blockchain networks, including Bloxroute, Anoma, Nym, and Celestia. He has also directed early-stage capital into emerging infrastructure developers such as Sovereign Labs and Astria, building a robust portfolio of foundational Web3 technologies. His current focus remains on identifying and scaling core cryptocurrency infrastructure and protocol-level innovations within the broader digital asset ecosystem.