Joost Van Der Plas is a crypto venture-capital investor who co-founded Maven 11 Capital, a crypto-native fund focused on open and permissionless blockchain networks. Joost Van Der Plas's Twitter Score is 11 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #86,298 among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Joost Van Der Plas co-founded Maven 11 Capital, which originated under the name Cryptocrunch before being rebranded in 2017. He serves as Managing Partner at Maven 11 and as CEO of M11 Group, a blockchain and crypto-native investment group whose activities span venture capital, digital-asset management, credit underwriting, and DeFi market making. He also serves as a Partner at M11 Funds. A 2025 securities filing confirms that Joost Van Der Plas and Balder Bomans hold a controlling interest in M11 Global, the investment manager of Maven 11 Blockchain Venture Fund 2.
Joost Van Der Plas closed Maven 11's third venture fund at $107 million in March 2025. His interest in the space dates back to discovering blockchain technology in 2011 and purchasing his first Bitcoin in early 2012. In December 2022, Orthogonal Trading defaulted on $36 million of loans on Maple Finance, with most of the affected debt sitting in an M11 Credit-managed USDC pool. M11 Credit alleged misrepresentation by Orthogonal Trading in connection with that default.
Joost Van Der Plas has 785 followers as of August 2026 on X and has published 666 posts. Joost Van Der Plas has been mentioned by 7 accounts, with 7 total mentions.
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