Sabine VanderLinden

Activate Innovation Ecosystems | Tech Ambassador | Founder of Alchemy Crew Ventures + Scouting for Growth | Chair, Board Member, Advisor | Honorary Senior Visiting Fellow-Bayes Business School

I don't just talk about innovation, AI, workforce or digital transformation— I build the bridges that make things real.

As Founder & Venture-Client Partner of Alchemy Crew Ventures, I run global R&D + Adoption Labs that connect Fortune 500 insurers and corporates with the most brilliant tech ventures on the planet. Think of us as the “fast lane” between startup brilliance and enterprise adoption. My themes include FinTech/ InsurTech and deploying AI at scale responsibly. 

What this looks like in numbers:
📍 Accelerated 160+ ventures and sourced 55,000+ startups worldwide
📍 Invested in 35+ early stage startups
📍 Delivered exits like FitSense → Zurich (2018), MyFutureNow → L&G (2019), and Tia Tech → Sapiens (2020)
📍 Created Insurer-led Acceleration and Scaleup programs that turned pilot purgatory into scalable commercial success

But the real story? I help founders land their first million-dollar client, build authentic personal brands, and help corporates cut through the noise to adopt tech that drives real growth.

My world revolves around:
📍 Venture Clienting 2.0 & Corporate Innovation Frameworks
📍 AI (ethics, adoption, emerging risks)
📍 Climate Resilience, Risk Futures & Sustainability Transformation
📍 The Future of Work (where humans + tech thrive together)

Beyond Alchemy Crew:
📍 Co-editor of the bestselling INSURTECH Book
📍 Wrote forewords for the Future of Insurance and Momentum
📍 Lecturer on Corporate Venturing at Bayes Business School
📍 Board + advisory roles across VCs, Scaleups (The CareVoice), foundations (Women to Watch), standards (ACORD Solutions) & global insurers
📍 Top 10 Business Podcast "Scouting for Growth" 
📍 Recognized with 10+ awards, including Most Influential CEO – Insurance Corporate Ventures (2024/2025)

My channels beyond LinkedIn:
x.com: @SabineVdL
instagram: @sabinevdlofficial
Medium: @sabine_vdl
Podcast: Scouting for Growth and Beyond Tech Frontiers
Newsletter: alchemycrew.ventures

What drives me?
Creating value where others see friction.
Turning hype into measurable outcomes.
And making sure technology becomes a force for good, not just another buzzword.

Award List (10+): Insurance Times-Tech & Innovation Awards Winner (2018), Grant Thornton-Face of a Vibrant Economy (2018), Business Insurance-Women to Watch Honoree (2019), Corporate Vision-Venture Validation Firm of the Year (2021), Finalist Women in Insurance Perseverance Award (2021), Awarded Perseverant Company to Watch in (2021), ACORD Awards (2020/2023), Most Influential CEO-Insurance Corporate Ventures (2024/2025).

Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer & Venture Partner

Delivering venture labs that accelerate, industrialize and democratize the way tech ventures engage with corporations. These labs apply acceleration, co-creation, and commercialization techniques to de-risk the way insurers and financial institutions collaborate, grow, and scale their venture-led growth initiatives.

Also, systematizing for a select group of growth ventures the way their engagement with corporations.

You can find out more 👉🏽 https://alchemycrew.com/

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🚀 Maliha Mahjabeen Tashfia 
Social Media Growth Strategist | 5 Years of Experience | 2000+ Projects Completed | Top Rated on Upwork & Fiverr

Assalamualikum & Hello,

I help individuals and brands grow their LinkedIn presence by increasing targeted followers and boosting engagement — all through organic strategies.

With proven methods, I’ve helped company pages grow from a few hundred to thousands of followers within weeks — without spending on ads.

Here’s how I add value:

Grow personal & company pages with real, relevant followers

Build targeted connections using Sales Navigator

Create & engage with content for more visibility

Optimize profiles and banners to attract your ideal audience

Help you get recognized with LinkedIn badges, endorsements, and newsletters

If you're struggling to grow your LinkedIn or simply don’t have time —
Let me take care of it while you focus on your business.

Let’s connect — I’d love to grow your LinkedIn next!

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Founder of Freelancer Mother || Target based Business Growth

When Work Is Delivered but Payment Isn’t — A Faith-Led Perspective

👉 I completed the work.
👉 The value was delivered.
👉 The payment didn’t follow.

No call-outs. No public blame.
Just a reminder of principles.

As a Muslim, I believe rizq comes from Allah, not from clients or contracts alone.
But I also believe this:

Delaying or withholding someone’s rightful payment is injustice.

The Prophet ﷺ clearly warned against delaying a worker’s wage.
That accountability doesn’t end with an unread invoice —
it simply moves beyond systems we control.

I choose patience over panic,
integrity over impulse,
and trust over resentment.

To professionals who’ve faced unpaid work:

💛 Your effort is not unseen

💛 Your time was not wasted

💛 Justice is never lost — only delayed


🎯 And to organizations and individuals: Ethical business isn’t just about delivery.
It’s about honoring commitments.

⭐ We grow careers with skill.

⭐ We grow reputations with character.

⭐ And we grow sustainably with barakah.

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Digital Marketing & E-commerce Professional Certificate

Personal Branding on Social Media

Strategic Content Marketing: Attract, Engage, and Retain

Digital marketing pro

Top Earner 2020

Digital Marketing 

English Pronanciation and Phonics 

Machine learning in Python in this introductory course on artificial intelligence.

Grow followers with target and niche based.

Twitter Organic Growth

A Canada-based company specializing in providing innovative business solutions, particularly in the areas of technology, digital transformation, and AI-driven services. Their focus is on enabling businesses to optimize operations, enhance customer experiences, and drive sustainable growth. With a strong emphasis on tailored solutions, works across various industries to help organizations leverage cutting-edge technology and data-driven strategies for success.

Social media account manage

LinkedIn Page Manager and Marketer for KL Greens

In my role, I am dedicated to managing and optimizing our LinkedIn page to enhance our brand's visibility and engagement within the industry. My primary focus is on developing and executing strategic marketing campaigns that resonate with our target audience and align with our business objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Strategic Planning and Execution:
- Develop comprehensive LinkedIn marketing strategies to promote KL Greens' products and services.
- Implement targeted campaigns to increase brand awareness, drive engagement, and generate leads.
- Continuously monitor and adjust strategies based on performance metrics and industry trends.

2. Content Creation and Management:
- Create compelling and relevant content, including posts, articles, and multimedia, to engage our audience.
- Ensure consistency in brand voice and messaging across all LinkedIn communications.
- Schedule and publish content to maximize reach and engagement.

3. Audience Analysis and Targeting:
- Conduct thorough research to understand our target audience's preferences, behaviors, and needs.
- Utilize LinkedIn analytics tools to gather insights and refine our audience targeting strategies.
- Segment and tailor content to specific audience groups for more personalized engagement.

4. Engagement and Community Building:
- Actively engage with followers through comments, messages, and discussions to build a loyal community.
- Respond promptly to inquiries and feedback to foster a positive brand image.
- Identify and connect with potential clients, partners, and influencers to expand our network.

5. Performance Monitoring and Reporting:
6. Staying Current with Industry Trends

By leveraging my expertise in LinkedIn page management and marketing, I am committed to driving business growth for KL Greens. My goal is to create a vibrant and engaged online community that supports our brand's mission and values.

Company Page Target based Growth

Instagram Account Optimization Specialist

Job Description:
We are looking for an Instagram Account Optimization Specialist to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for optimizing our Instagram account through effective hashtag research, target audience analysis, follow and unfollow strategies, and engaging with our followers.

Key Responsibilities:
1. Account Hashtags Research:
   - Conduct research to identify and implement effective hashtags relevant to our niche.
   - Monitor and analyze hashtag performance to ensure maximum reach and engagement.
   - Continuously update and refine hashtag strategies based on performance data.

2. Target Audience:
   - Identify and understand the target audience for our brand.
   - Utilize analytics tools to gather insights on audience behaviour, preferences, and demographics.
   - Tailor content and engagement strategies to align with the interests and needs of the target audience.

3. Follow and Unfollow:
   - Develop and execute a strategic follow and unfollow plan to grow a genuine and engaged follower base.
   - Monitor accounts followed to ensure they align with our brand and target audience.
   - Regularly review and adjust the follow and unfollow strategy to optimize results.

4. Engage with Followers:
   - Actively engage with followers through comments, direct messages, and story interactions.
   - Respond promptly to comments and messages to foster a sense of community and loyalty.
   - Initiate conversations and interactions to increase follower engagement and brand visibility.

Instagram Growth marketing and management

Social Media Growth Expert

Instagram Marketing, 
Linkedin Marketing,
Twitter Markerting.

Social media manager

I managed full Twitter account management and marketing and also grew it with target and niche based.

Twitter or X management and marketing

How to Make Robbery Great Again

Is the world stage just one big heist? 

From USA power plays to global alliances—Trump, Netanyahu, Ukraine, Delta Force, even Venezuela in the mix. 

What's your read on this "whisper"?

Drop your thoughts below! 👇


#USA #Trump #Israel #Netanyahu #Geopolitics #Strategy

Finding all three in one person means you’ve found your best friend.

Alhamdulillah — living a life many only dream about.

Freedom to choose my days.
A family that lets me laugh out loud.
Financial independence, built by my own hands.

A lot of people want their life.
But with responsibilities, only a few dare to build it.

Alhamdulillah for everything.

If you want to step into freelancing—especially my sisters—
my DMs are open. Always.

One message away. 🤍

#Freelancing #FreelancerLife #FreelancerMother #FreedomOfWork #FreedomOfLife #WomenInFreelancing #LinkedIn

You don't know what Allah planned for you.

If your LinkedIn looks active
but your DMs are silent,
here’s what’s probably happening:

• Your message is safe
• Your ideas are common
• Your positioning is unclear

You’re visible,
but not memorable.

High-paying clients don’t look for effort.
They look for certainty.

And certainty is felt,
not announced.

What do you think most people get wrong here?

Meet the telescope fish, no this isn’t something we asked AI to make this is a REAL animal found at crushing depths in our ocean...  

📽️  Dr. G. David Johnson, Smithsonian Institution 

Allah says in Al Quran -

The Bee (16:8) 

وَٱلْخَيْلَ وَٱلْبِغَالَ وَٱلْحَمِيرَ لِتَرْكَبُوهَا وَزِينَةًۭ ۚ وَيَخْلُقُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ٨

˹He also created˺ horses, mules, and donkeys for your transportation and adornment. And He creates what you do not know.

https://quran.com/16/8


 The Telescope Fish (Gigantura indica) is one of the strangest predators of the deep. Found in tropical and subtropical oceans between 500–2000 meters, it has rarely ever been seen alive in its natural habitat. In 2001, MBARI’s ROV Tiburon captured rare footage of a pair at 1214 meters near the Hawaiian Islands.

With its tubular eyes and large lenses, this fish is built to spot glowing prey or silhouettes drifting in the dark. It’s so specialized that it can even swallow prey larger than itself. Its shiny, reflective body comes from a coating of silvery guanine instead of scales, and its name Gigantura comes from its long ribbon-like tail.

This footage was published alongside the study “Osteology of the telescopefishes of the genus Gigantura (Brauer, 1901), Teleostei: Aulopiformes” by Peter Konstantinidis and G. David Johnson, in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (2016).

Credit : MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)

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Founders, behold the TRUE startup metric: hairline progression synced to funding rounds! 😂 

This chart doesn't lie—stress-tested follicles from seed to IPO.

The savage stages:
- Seed: Luscious locks, "We're the next unicorn!"

- Series A: Receding temples from 100 rejection decks.

- Series B: Balding crown—hiring drama + burn rate blues.

- Series C: Full dome, "90% of startups die here anyway."

- Pre-IPO: Weird regrowth? Nope, just investor hair plugs.

- IPO: Sleek shine + billions. Bald = boss level unlocked! 💰🦲

Who else is rocking the "Series C special"?

 Tag your co-founder & spill! 👇

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What My Allah Can Do — A True Story That Silences Arrogance

A broom in his hand. Gold behind the glass.
And a lesson the internet will never forget.

Nazrul Abdul Karim was a Bangladeshi migrant worker in Saudi Arabia, earning just 700 riyals a month by sweeping streets. 

One day, he paused outside a luxury jewelry store, quietly looking at a gold set.

A rich man mocked him online:
“People like him deserve garbage, not gold.”

But the internet flipped the script.
Humanity woke up.
A humanitarian platform found Nazrul.

What happened next?
Gold. Cash. Gifts. Travel tickets.

And that same gold set—now in his hands.
When asked why he was looking at it, he said:
“I just wanted to help my son’s wedding.”

No greed. No envy. Just a father’s dignity.

Allah doesn’t see the broom.
Allah doesn’t see the gold.
Allah sees the heart.

What people mock today, Allah may honor tomorrow.

👉 Stay humble. Stay human.


This true story went viral across Arab social media and was covered by major outlets, including SBS Arabic.

The lesson?
People’s mockery is temporary.
Allah’s decisions are eternal.

And that is the essence of this story:
“What you have will perish, but what is with Allah is better and everlasting.”
(Qur’an 16:96)

Sometimes silence is not weakness.
Sometimes it’s just trust—waiting for the right moment to be answered.

I Stopped Chasing Growth Hacks.
Here’s Why Organic Growth Wins.
5 Years in Social Media Marketing

I used to chase speed.

Auto-DMs.
Bots.
Follow-unfollow tricks dressed up as “strategy.”

The metrics looked loud.
The engagement looked busy.
But the connections? Empty calories.

My account was growing —
my impact wasn’t.

So I made a CEO decision:
I chose organic growth.

And everything aligned.

Because here’s the thing nobody tells you:

People don’t follow strategies.
They follow humans.

When you show up with a voice, a point of view, and receipts from real experience — people remember you.

The algorithm feels it.
The audience trusts it.

Authenticity compounds.

LinkedIn and Instagram don’t reward noise anymore.
They reward conversations.
Opinions.
Presence.

Organic growth doesn’t spike —
it builds.

No shadowbans.
No sudden drops.
No fake hype hangovers.

Just steady visibility.
Credibility.
Momentum.

And let’s be clear:

Real followers turn into real money.

The ones who engage organically?
They DM.
They buy.
They refer.
They stay.

As a social media manager and freelancer, I’ve watched this play out across accounts and clients.
Organic growth may move slower at first —
but the trust, engagement, and conversions hit different.

So before you install another “10x growth” tool, ask yourself:

Do you want vanity metrics…
or conversations that convert?

Your turn 👇
What’s one organic strategy that’s actually worked for you on LinkedIn / Instagram / X? 

Let’s talk. No bots invited.

#OrganicGrowth #CommunityOverNumbers #SocialMediaMarketing #LinkedInStrategy #DigitalMarketing #NoBots

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