What if purpose isn’t something you claim, but something you organise? In this edition of the EHV Innovation Café, two purpose rebels explore how real change happens when you redesign who gets access, who gets heard, and who gets to build the future.
What if purpose isn’t something you claim, but something you organise? In this edition of the EHV Innovation Café, two purpose rebels explore how real change happens when you redesign who gets access, who gets heard, and who gets to build the future.
Join us for a thought-provoking edition of the EHV Innovation Café featuring:
Tessa de Flines — Fractional COO, angel investor & co-founder of AtVenture Platform
Dirk van den Berg — Founder of Protect Our Winters (POW)
Together with these architects of collective power, we’ll explore how purpose becomes powerful when it shifts from personal intention to collective activation— through systems, structures and communities that disrupt the default.
Whether you’re a founder, designer, technologist, policymaker, educator or curious do-er, this is your space to listen, learn and connect. Expect bold insights, honest reflections and an open, welcoming conversation.
We are Inclusive by Default and Give to Grow.
The future belongs to the people who build it — together.
Moderated by Charlotte Grün
@ Kazerne Downtown Eindhoven – English spoken, free entrance, open to all
Dirk van den Berg is the founder of Protect Our Winters (POW), a fast-growing movement uniting athletes, scientists, creatives and brands to take meaningful climate action. Drawing from his background as a tech founder, he mobilises outdoor communities through education, collaboration and activism — transforming love for nature into organised climate power. From bike-to-vote campaigns to national mobility events and international alliances, Dirk builds a movement that makes climate action unavoidable and collective.
Dirk builds a fast-growing community of athletes, creatives, scientists and brands who accelerate climate impact together. He moves people — literally and figuratively — using the love for nature as a lever for systemic change.
Tessa de Flines is a co-founder of AtVenture Platform, Fractional COO, advisor and angel investor who helps impact-driven founders turn operational chaos into clarity, structure and momentum. After 18 years in senior roles at GE and ABN AMRO, she moved into entrepreneurship, co-founding Masters of Scale and later AtVenture Platform — an initiative unlocking angel investing as a tool for systemic change. She champions diverse founders, democratises access to capital and fights to close the gender funding gap. Her leadership rewires who gets to invest, who gets funded and who gets to build tomorrow’s companies.
Tessa operationalises change not as idealism but as infrastructure, unlocking both new investors and new founders. By investing, organising and redistributing, she changes who gets access to capital, power and growth.
Our events are open to all. Expect an evening with inspiring ideas, critical questions, and imaginative alternatives to the status quo. Mark the event in your calendar and secure your ticket here. Walk in is also possible but the seats for the debat are limited. Don’t miss out on this opportunity!
17:30 Walk-in and networking, we’ll offer a free drink and a bite
18:00 Intro to the Special Guests followed by a moderated debate
19:00 Networking
19:30 Posibility to join the Meet-up dinner with the speakers