the team
Meet the dedicated team
We are an interdisciplinary team with sector-, operational- and financial expertise acquiring, building, scaling and exiting tech companies
Matthias van Alphen
Managing Director
Matthias founded Connect Capital in 2017 and has initiated the international technology M&A practice with a sector specialisation in software/SaaS, digital platforms, and IT consultancies
Matthias has a background at Deloitte, in corporate M&A at Eureko/Achmea, as CFO and board member at Bizzdesign (a SaaS firm) driving its financial and growth strategy
Matthias is responsible for Connect Capital’s Raising & Selling, Acquiring & Investing activities
Mafalda Vaz
Operating Partner
Mafalda has 25 years of experience in finance and operations, starting as an auditor at KPMG, manager finance at Informa Dun & Bradstreet and as a CFO/COO at Bizzdesign, an international SaaS company, building and running Finance, HR and Backoffice operations
Mafalda is responsible for Building & Scaling SaaS finance and operations. Supporting founders and investors improving insights and performance management
Robert Wijers
Partner M&A
Robert Wijers has more than 9 years of experience in investment banking (both M&A and Venture Capital), including 3 years on Wall Street. Robert is an experienced dealmaker in M&A in Europe, the US and Latin America on both the buy-side and sell-side
Deals include (take private) LBO’s, buy and build acquisitions, debt restructurings and capital raisings as both advisor and investor
Robert is responsible for Raising & Selling, Acquiring & Investing
Frans Rahms
Operating Partner
Frans has over 30 years of experience in sales and senior EMEA leadership roles in some of the world’s leading companies including EMC, SGI and Inforay
Frans was responsible for scaling EMC Benelux from EUR 5m to EUR 200m, building the team through several major hiring waves. Moreover he was responsible for the integration of approximately 65 acquisitions
At Connect Capital, Frans is responsible for Building & Scaling. He supports founders and managers setting- and scaling up their go-to-market, their changing leadership role, structuring the governance and coaching founders and managers through this fast paced phase