Marc van Neerven

Independent Software Business Consultant

Fractional CTO 💡 Top Startups Voice⚡ Helping startups make better SaaS

You’ve got vision.

I help you turn it into something that actually ships, scalable, beautiful, and built to last.

As a Fractional CTO, I help founders and leadership teams:

Turn strategy into execution: translating boardroom vision into working code and real traction.

Build lean, high-performing tech teams: in-house, remote, or hybrid, with just the right balance of structure and speed.

Adopt AI the right way: embedding an AI mindset into products, workflows, and decision-making before it’s too late.

Create SaaS that sells itself: through a Product-Led Growth approach that puts value before friction.

Design for humans, build for scale: applying design thinking, solid architecture, and open-web standards to grow sustainably.

My work is transformational: when I leave, your company keeps moving faster, smarter, and with more clarity than before.

I’m not a slide-deck strategist. I still code, design, and build proof-of-concepts myself, focusing (and advocating for) the Open Web, and native cloud to prove what’s possible.

You want your SaaS to grow leaner, smarter, and more human.
Let’s build it.

Startup Expert

Writing blogs about the life of a CTO at Startups and Scaleups. 

Career Highlights:

19 years in the creative media & production industry, since 1996
Pivoted career from media to tech in 2014
Produced and developed a 360 Virtual Reality Application for Singapore Inside Out (London) in 2015
Completed MSc Postgraduate in Creative Technology (Distinction) at Middlesex University in 2015
Founded and Started iMMERSiVELY in 2016; a creative tech startup specialising in developing and delivering immersive tech applications and solutions across various industries, while advising and consulting CSuites on Emerging Technologies and Innovation
Served as Industry Board Member at Kaplan Education (2017-2022) 
Served as (VR) contributor for Forbes Asia, committee member (ARVR) for SIGGRAPH Asia 
Served as Jury Member @ Asian Academy Creative Awards (2020-2021)
Exited iMMERSiVELY (XR) via an acquisition to Hatten Land in 2021
Served as CTO in Toffs Tech (XR) and Hatten Edge
Appointed Chief Metaverse Officer in 2022
Invited to mentor and advise Startups & Entrepreneurs since 2021
Strategising and Futuring the Digital Media landscape from 2023
Lecturer, Trainer, Mentor in creatives, design, media, tech and entrepreneurship since 2008
Speaker/Presenter/Consultant at events (in-person & online) since 2017

Press Coverage:
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/virtual-reality-became-his-real-calling

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