Edgar Kuipers

Kenda Capital is a venture capital firm located in Houston, Texas. Kenda Capital is the independently-owned manager of the Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1 BV (the Fund).

Kenda Capital BV (Kenda) is an independent Dutch venture capital firm which was established by Erik Vollebregt in 2001 to manage the Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1 BV. Located in Rijswijk with a U.S. office in Houston, Texas, Kenda manages the Shell Technology Ventures Fund, a large scale investment fund focused at reducing the cost of energy by accelerating the development and deployment of new technologies. The firm's energy sector expertise is fostered through a unique technology relationship with the Shell Group. The Fund also has proprietary access to oil and gas field operations and wells in order to test, prove and demonstrate combinations of new technologies.