Eva Kok

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Founder at Glade Grid | ex-Wise

Glade Grid
Amsterdam, Netherlands · CET (UTC+1)
9+ years experience
Humboldt University of Berlin
English, Dutch
Raising
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Overview

Founder of Glade Grid (consumer finance). 10 years of building before that. Grew the team to 73 people across 3 countries.

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Skills
lendingfintechcompliancegrowth
RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Series A round open - localisation for manufacturers in Southeast Asia, 275 paying customers

Stage
Series A
Raising
$5M
Instrument
SAFE
Committed so far
$242k from operators in the space
Lead investor
Looking for a lead
Traction
275 paying customers after 30 months
Use of funds
18 months of runway to Series A milestones

275 paying customers after 30 months. Looking for investors who know healthtech and can help with pricing.

Amsterdam, Netherlands · remote OKcompliancegrowthlending
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Experience

  1. Founder
    Apr 2025 - Present
    Glade Grid · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • Previously built and sold a small consumer finance company.
    • Grew the team to 75 people across 2 countries.
    • Signed 192 paying customers, 10 of them enterprises.
  2. Product Manager
    Aug 2021 - Apr 2025
    Wise · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • Launched the lending product in 9 markets.
  3. Product Manager
    Feb 2020 - Aug 2021
    IKEA · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • Took lending activation from 21% to 48% in three quarters.
    • Cut time-to-first-value for new lending customers from 14 days to 1.
  4. Group Product Manager
    Dec 2018 - Feb 2020
    Meta · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • Launched the lending product in 13 markets.
    • Ran 193 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
  5. Group Product Manager
    May 2017 - Dec 2018
    Santander · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • Killed 4 features nobody used and shipped the 3 that customers asked for.

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Education

  1. Humboldt University of Berlin
    BA, Economics
    2012 - 2015

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