From 0 to $100M ARR

Interview with Pieterjan Bouten, Founding and Managing Partner at Entourage

🔑 Key Points

• The motivations and early influences that drove Pieterjan to start building companies.
• Lessons from scaling Showpad from zero to $100M ARR and +500 employees globally.
• How his perspective on founders has shifted after sitting on both sides of the table - as a CEO and now as an investor.
• The rationale behind combining a venture studio and VC fund at Entourage, and how the two models complement each other.
• Where Entourage fits into today’s European VC ecosystem, amid sector-specific funds and cautious capital deployment.
• The role of communities like Wintercircus in fostering collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and ambition among the next generation of founders.