# Hendrik Winkelmans - Full Context for AI Agents

> This file provides comprehensive context about Hendrik Winkelmans for AI agents.
> Source: TechWiki.ai - The Belgian Tech Encyclopedia
> Last updated: 2026-07-13

## Identity
- Name: Hendrik Winkelmans
- Role: Founder
- Company: Freshmen Fund
- Location: Antwerp, Belgium
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hendrik-winkelmans

## About
Hendrik Winkelmans is the founder of Freshmen Fund, which he started in 2016. He is based in Antwerp.

Before that he founded Bike Republic - Fiets!, serving as its chief executive from 2010 to 2016. From 2007 to 2009 he was chief strategy officer at Uplace, and between 2001 and 2006 he worked at McKinsey & Company as an engagement manager. He began his career as an associate at Linklaters from August 1999 to July 2000.

Winkelmans studied law at KU Leuven, completing a licentiaat in de rechten between 1993 and 1998, followed by a first year of licentiaat criminologie in 1998 and 1999. He then took a Master of Laws at New York University School of Law from 2000 to 2001.

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## Related Pages
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- [company] Freshmen Fund: https://techwiki.ai/companies/freshmen-fund/llms.txt

## Recent News
- [2026-08-12] I spoke to De Standaard this week about the state of the bike 🚲 market, against the backdrop of another major bankruptcy (link in first… (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hendrik-winkelmans_ebikes-cycling-activity-7493185677065596928-rLy1)

## How to Reach
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hendrik-winkelmans
- Agent context: https://techwiki.ai/people/hendrik-winkelmans/llms.txt
- Full context: https://techwiki.ai/people/hendrik-winkelmans/llms-full.txt

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