Top 5 Automotive Angel Investors in Belgium in May 2025

Last updated: May 2025 A list of 5 angel investors that invest in Automotive startups based in Belgium. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Automotive companies from Belgium. We update this investor list every month.

Top 5 Automotive Angel Investors in Belgium in May 2025

Investor	Automotive Belgium investments
Thibaud Elziere	3
Francis Nappez	2
Harold Mechelynck	2
Bertrand Jelensperger	2
Fred Potter	2

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Thibaud Elziere is the Founder of Hexa. He previously worked at Fotolia as a Founder. Thibaud Elziere attended Technical University of Berlin.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
France, United States, Belgium

Portfolio highlights

baCta — We produce high-quality, carbon negative natural rubber from engineered microorganisms and renewable feedstocks.
Candix — Candix connects ambitious engineers with startups gaining serious momentum.
Phacet — Achieve rapid ROI with tailored AI Applications connected to your systems powered by Phacet.

Francis leads the technical and product evolution of BlaBlaCar and has been instrumental in building the platform since 2006, allowing it to grow from hosting a few thousand members to millions today. He knows how to turn ambitious ideas into reality, and believes in building robust solutions which can adapt to fast growth and stay relevant for thelong-term. Francis cares about building agile cross-functional teams across locations to deliver efficiently on ambitious objectives. Pragmatic and result-oriented, he is driven by the opportunity to create disruptive solutions which better the user experience. Before joining BlaBlaCar, Francis led major technical developments for big names in European consumer internet which drove impactful disruptions in their respective sectors, including Free and Meetic. Francis holds a degree in Technology and Communications Research from the Joseph Fourier University. Find him @fnapz.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, SaaS
Seed, Angel, Series A
France, United States, Belgium

Portfolio highlights

Alvie — Alvie creates products based on sensors and an AI platform to assist farmers in adjusting pesticide doses.
Inarix — Inarix utilizes the latest technologies in artificial intelligence and image analysis to develop its technology. Your pocket laboratory on your smartphone. You can get reliable results from your samples in seconds by snapping a picture. The monitoring platform for your flows is global and instantaneous. Management tools tailored to your needs.
Imagination Machine — Imagination Machine Imagination Machine is a startup studio.

Harold Mechelynck is Founder at Ogone.

Investment focus

FinTech, Finance, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Series B
France, Belgium, United States

Portfolio highlights

Cowboy — Meet Cowboy, the connected electric bike for urban riders. With an intuitive motor to sense your pedaling force and a companion app in the cockpit to guide your ride, tune into a newfound freedom in the city.
Pockit — Open a prepaid account in 3 minutes online or in-app, get your contactless prepaid card in 2 working days with no credit check.
Spreedly — Spreedly's Payments Orchestration Platform lets you connect to payment gateways in over 100 countries with a single API connection.

Bertrand Jelensperger is the Co-Founder and Advisory Board at TheFork.

Investment focus

Apps, Organic Food, Software
Seed, Series A, Angel
France, Spain, Belgium

Portfolio highlights

Malou — Malou offers food marketing and digital marketing solutions for restaurants. The company also offers content management, restaurant marketing, reputation management, presence management, and SEO solutions.
Kiliba — 100% automated emailing platform: design of html templates in your colours, sending of personalised emails, marketing automation workflows, enriched CRM
Neptune Elements — Neptune Elements offerFrench seaweed of controlled origin, with exceptional taste and culture.

Engineer from Telecom ParisTech and holder of a PHD in Microelectronics, Fred is a passionate entrepreneur who has been reinventing objects we use in our everyday lives for over 20 years. In 1999, he started CIRPACK, a telecommunications supplier, later bought by TECHNICOLOR; and WITHINGS, sold to NOKIA, before creating NETATMO in 2011. His vision:a company where every employee knows how the business and projects grow and where daily life is driven by a strong sense of innovation, empowerment, hard work and sharing.