Hester Spiegel-van den Steenhoven is an entrepreneur with international experience as a leader in blue chip companies. Before starting her own companies, she had more than 15 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deutsche Bank. Hester pivoted her career and brought the modern education system and coding school ‘42’ to Germany. In support of this venture, she raised double-digit millions from the country’s largest company and foundation, hired teams and found the route to market. 

Living in Singapore since 2020, Hester co-founded and runs Epic Angels, the largest all-female angel investor collective investing in Asia. She is venture partner at the venture capital firm Kaizenvest and supports many startups as a mentor and advisor for renowned accelerators. In her roles as the founding and managing partner of Epic Angels, mentor and advisor, Hester sees on average 100 startup founders and ideas every month.

Hester is driven to apply her experience to inspire others to recognise genuine opportunity, accelerate novel ideas and take leaps of faith towards their dreams. In the venture capital industry, she advances the diversity of perspectives by growing the number of confident women as investors and founders.