Maaike Doyer

Investor, Epic Angels

Singapore

I am an entrepreneur, educator, and executive with a twisted love for numbers.

With my foundation in math education and M&A, I had the desire to shake up the corporate world. I learned that writing business plans will not change the world, so I decided to work on an alternative, the Business Model Canvas.

In 2015 I moved from The Netherlands to San Francisco to expand my company to Silicon Valley and New York. I've guided many global multinationals, as well as startup entrepreneurs on their innovation journey. I am passionate about turning great ideas into real business, and you might hear me say ’stop the blah blah blah’ and ‘reports and business plans are useless’.

In 2020 I moved to Singapore, where I started Epic Angels, an investor network of female executives and operators who have built and expanded companies in all parts of the world. It is our mission to democratize angel investing, by making angel investing accessible and giving women the confidence to invest.

Research shows, investors tend to back those they perceive similar to them. Instead of trying to convince male investors to invest women, we need to focus on increasing the percentage of female investors. We need to close the financial gender gap.

I am a regular speaker at conferences. I've created many (online) masterclasses, am a professor at universities and MBA’s and mentor for several start-up accelerators.