Jaap Ruoff

Jaap is an Operating Partner at Gradient Ventures.
In this role, Jaap supports portfolio companies with their go-to-market challenges and leads the operating team.
Prior to joining Gradient in 2018, Jaap co-founded Google’s growth team, where he led a global team of over 250 to centralize campaign production and scale experimentation.
Before moving to California in 2015, Jaap worked on the regional go-to-market of various products.
He was responsible for the retail launch of Android One in India and drove business intelligence efforts for marketing teams across Europe – this makes him one of the few marketers with in-market experience across the Americas, APAC, and EMEA.
Jaap was a Davis Scholar at Brown University and completed business and marketing programs at the London School of Economics and Wharton Business School.