Eline Blaauboer

Partner at Investment Funds for Healthcare in Africa (IFHA)

Eline Blaauboer has worked in the venture capital and private equity sector in both Europe and Africa for the last 23 years.

She started her career at Gilde Investment Management in the Netherlands focused on tech investments in Europe.

Since 2005 she has been focused on setting up and managing various venture capital and impact funds in Africa: TBL Mirror Fund, Safaricom Spark Venture Fund I and II, Africa tech Ventures and Investment Funds for Healthcare in Africa or IFHA.

She is the founding chair and currently serves as director of the East Africa Venture Capital Association. Eline furthermore is or has been adviser to various impact funds in the field of agriculture, gender balance and media in both Europe and Africa: Sahel Capital, IDH Farmfit Fund, Vereniging Veronica, Afrishela Fund by Graça Machel trust and Janngo Capital.

Eline currently is Partner at IFHA and serves on the boards of amongst others CarePay, Hygeia HMO, Labotec, Trivitron Africa and Neuberg Global Laboratories.