Marja Verbon

Jump is an innovate hiring platform for the best professionals in Administration , Legal Support and Accounting & Finance. Through Jump you can find the right hire based on their real skills, personality, and company culture. The platform uses a unique predictive technology to give you access to the best candidates from the Jump talent pool.

My responsibilities at Piton cover the whole range of VC activity starting at sourcing & due diligence, but also active portfolio management and investor relations/fundraising. I love helping out young and early stage entrepreneurs was part of - Judge at UCL Advance program, Event Tech Live 2015 - Mentor at various Accelerator programs, including Seedcamp, Ignite, etc. - Panel member at various speaker events, e.g. UpRise Conference Amsterdam

Research Project for OXFAM UK Trading Division - Led a project to improve volunteer motivation in Oxfam’s 700+ charity shops - Liased with Oxfam head of communications, conducted 7 volunteer interviews and focus groups; designed questionnaire survey and analysed data to come to recommendations

Worked on two projects in the private sector: – Conducted market research to for a strategy project in the retail banking industry – Developed a financial model for an operational project in the oil & gas industry

Developed sales techniques to achieve weekly sales targets of 1500€ per person