Van Herk Groep is the collective name for the businesses and companies belonging to the Van Herk family of Rotterdam. Van Herk Groep was founded by Aat van Herk (1951). Van Herk Groep operates as an independent business in a substantial number of sectors in the Dutch economy: real estate, construction, project development and biotechnology/life sciences. We participate in various ways: as a shareholder, financier, investor, owner or as a landlord. Our real estate investments are in shops, residential property, industrial premises and in offices. We focus on the Netherlands, but some 10% of our activities take place abroad, principally in Central and Eastern Europe and in the US and India.Van Herk Ventures invests in the lifesciences sector through direct investments in private and listed companies and in venture capital funds. For listed companies we can invest globally and for the private companies and venture capital funds we focus on the Benelux.