Martin van Blerk - Forward-Thinking Tech Innovator

An innovative tech leader with experience in software and mobile game development, Martin van Blerk is a member of Namaco, a New Zealand-based digital hub with more than 23 team members worldwide and over 10 years of expertise bringing forward-thinking, disruptive businesses to market. Martin van Blerk and the other members of Namaco provide creators with initial funding, effective marketing strategies, and operational guidance, while requiring no upfront cost and splitting the risk.

Described as "industry-agnostic," Namaco is open to working with innovators with unique ideas that challenge industry norms. Its leadership team supports these innovators with a strategic, data-driven approach in regard to product/service development, creative marketing, and operational support. Namaco has played a critical role in the success of more than a dozen successful projects since its inception.

Beyond his involvement with Namaco, Martin van Blerk is the CEO of Caliber, a software company with an industry-leading applicant tracking system that also boasts customer relationship management capabilities. Working with the vision of providing recruiters more time to focus on their core responsibilities, he created Caliber with input from leading recruiters so as to optimize its automation of time-consuming and mundane tasks, including candidate screening and progression.

Martin van Blerk has also worked in game development through his involvement with Pixelmon, a gaming ecosystem he founded in 2020. Van Blerk exited Pixelmon in 2022 through an acquisition by a Singaporean studio. The company, which continues to attract industry leaders to its executive team and advisory board, received an $8 million seed funding round in early 2024.