Capacity and capital for the next generation.

DCIF builds the capacity and capital systems that enable the next generation of innovations and founders to succeed.

Ten years of building in the region.

Years of development coming together for the region.

Present Your Startup: the audience and founders gathered after a pitch night — Present Your Startup Pitch program · 2017–2020

Present Your Startup: a panel conversation on stage — Present Your Startup Pitch program · 2017–2020

Leaders on stage at the Bon Bini for Business investment summit — Bon Bini for Business Investment summit · 2019

A handshake on stage in front of Dutch and Curaçao flags — Bon Bini for Business Investment summit · 2019

A speaker addressing an outdoor evening crowd at the Kolektivo Festival — Kolektivo Festival Innovation festival · 2022

Kolektivo Festival: visitors under string lights between colourful arches at night — Kolektivo Festival Innovation festival · 2022

A panel conversation on stage at the Kolektivo Conference — Kolektivo Conference Caribbean innovation conference · 2023

A speaker on stage at the Kolektivo Conference, the Caribbean's premier innovation conference — Kolektivo Conference Caribbean innovation conference · 2023

Meet the DCIF team.

Valérie Vallenduuk

Chair · Fund management

Entrepreneur and investor. Built Present Your Startup on Curaçao, Bonaire & Sint Maarten; produced the Global Entrepreneurship Summit at Villa Maria. Strong network among regional and Kingdom institutions.

Luuk Weber

Program management

Serial tech and impact entrepreneur. Regenerative finance expert. UNICEF Ventures Climate cohort alumnus; program director at Curaçao Innovation Hub and founder of Kolektivo.

Luis Santine

Treasurer

20+ years in finance and investment services; 15 years in executive and board roles, including CEO of the Dutch Caribbean Securities Exchange and interim director of the Curaçao Development Institute.

Expert committee.

Juan Carlos GoiloRegenerative expert

Elton ArendsInnovation expert

DOEN memberImpact expert

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Governance The DCIF Foundation sets the annual plan and budget. Expert committees review applications, select the cohort and allocate grants, so every guilder goes where it has the most impact.

Villa Maria, home of the Curaçao Innovation Hub: a mint-green colonial villa with white columns and a grand staircase

Villa Maria, Punda Curaçao Innovation Hub The island's hub for founders, programs and events, and DCIF's homebase for kick-off, Demo Day and Final Pitch Day. Visit innovation.cw →

A host for the regional innovation economy.

Founders from all six islands train, pitch and meet investors together. Every cohort grows the talent that stays, returns and builds here.

Our homebase is Villa Maria in Punda, home of the Curaçao Innovation Hub, where kick-off, Demo Day and Final Pitch Day take place.

The Dutch Caribbean doesn't just take part in the regional innovation economy. It hosts it and helps build it.