Top 20 Automotive Startup Investors in Belgium
A list of 20 angel investors and VC funds 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 20 Automotive Startup Investors in Belgium
Investor | Automotive Belgium investments |
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Thibaud Elziere | 3 |
HCVC | 3 |
Harold Mechelynck | 2 |
Fred Potter | 2 |
Bertrand Jelensperger | 2 |
Buysse & Partners | 2 |
The Faktory Fund | 2 |
Meusinvest (Noshaq) | 2 |
Greyhound Capital | 2 |
Index Ventures | 2 |
SPDG | 2 |
PMV | 2 |
Francis Nappez | 2 |
Eduardo Ronzano | 1 |
Torus Capital | 1 |
Oscar Salazar | 1 |
Vlerick Group | 1 |
BIG Capital Vietnam | 1 |
Clement Benoit | 1 |
Romain Afflelou | 1 |
Thibaud Elziere is the Founder of Hexa. He previously worked at Fotolia as a Founder. Thibaud Elziere attended Technical University of Berlin.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- France, United States, Belgium
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- Twin — We are building the AI productivity platform for SMB teams to automate complex and repetitive tasks across, as seamlessly as delegating them to smart interns.
- Pimento — Pimento is the web app where creative teams collaborate with AI to get their best ideas. Craft your custom AI models and securely generate unique images and text, using your own references.
- The Mobile-First Company — Early Stage Startup that is Simplifying Business, One App at a Time. Forget about those overcomplicated, pricey software giants. We're building easy, mobile-first tools that actually make sense.
HCVC is an early-stage Venture Capital firm backing hardtech companies worldwide. Beyond its fund, HCVC supports hardtech founders through Hardware Club, a selective global community of 500+ startups with dedicated resources, partnerships and events.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Hardware
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, France, United Kingdom
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- atmio — atmio helps natural gas operations to find, fix and report methane emissions easily.
- Transmutex SA — Producing clean energy from nuclear waste is the challenge Transmutex is taking on. Based on experimentaly validated science from CERN in Geneva.
- Chiral — Next-generation electronics with nanomaterials
Harold Mechelynck is Founder at Ogone.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Finance, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- France, Belgium, United States
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- 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.
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.
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- France, Belgium
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.
- Gleamer — Gleamer develops an AI-powered software to enhance radiologists’ productivity.
- Renovation Man — Renovation Man is a provider of services intended to revolutionize the world of renovation work.
Bertrand Jelensperger is the Co-Founder and Advisory Board at TheFork.
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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.
Buysse and Partners is a private equity investment group based in Antwerpen that offers smart equity, a growth fund, and partnerships.
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Investment focus
- Software, Cloud Computing, FinTech
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Belgium, United Kingdom, The Netherlands
Portfolio highlights
- Twikit — Twikit is an enterprise software company with a sharp focus on mass customization and digital manufacturing. We set new standards on how brands and enterprises conceptualize and manufacture products: customizable, on demand and digitally manufactured. The company has its HQ in Antwerp - Belgium and commercial offices in New York City and Stuttgart.The core differentiator of Twikit is the combined knowledge of software, product engineering for digital manufacturing and digital business chains. We work with our partners across the world to enable advanced product individualization by offering seamless end-to-end solutions from ideation to full integration with our enterprise software solutions. Our unique strength is that we integrate product parametrization and UX with digital manufacturing and mass customization at scale into any (existing) business and digital manufacturing flow.
- Bluebee — Delivering a streamlined way for users to analyze, explore, and manage large-scale genomics data in the cloud.
- moonbird — Slow breathing is the easiest way to relieve stress and promote relaxation. Moonbird makes it intuitive and easy to do breathing exercises.
The Faktory is a hub for business ideas based on any disruptive technology with a high potential in international niche markets: ICT, Health, Environment, Media, Broadcast and more.
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Investment focus
- Analytics, Information Technology, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Belgium, France, United States
Portfolio highlights
- IVEX — IVEX offers Repeatable and Scalable Testing & Validation Data Analytics solutions for ADAS/AD Vehicles.
- xyzt.ai — The big data platform to easily visualize and analyze any spatio-temporal data. Scaling to billions of records.
- MyCellHub — MyCellHub.com is a pre-startup from the KULeuven in the biotherapeutics industry that aspires to reform the way cell production processes are organised. With a regulatory compliant Saas-platform for data management and analytics, we increase the efficiency of your manufacturing processes, provide actionable insights via cell culture specificprocess analytics and facilitate regulatory compliance by means of a real-time audit trail and automated batch records.
Noshaq offers financial services to help businesses develop.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Belgium, France, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Samabriva — Biotechnology company that has developed an automated, proprietary bioproduction system available to companies who want to produce high-value molecules.
- Raw Stadia — Raw Stadia is a sports technology company that specializes in surface player interactions.
- HEPHAISTOS-Pharma — Hephaistos Pharma is a developing weapons firm. They provide services for oncology, immunotherapy, and cancer. An online inquiry form is available on the company's website.
Global growth equity investment firm focused on technology-enabled businesses improving everyday lives
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Financial Services, Banking
- Series B, Seed, Series D
- United States, India, Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Toss — Toss is a South Korea-based mobile financial service platform operated by fintech startup Viva Republica. Its application offers peer-to-peer money transfers, manages credit scores and bank accounts, access loan and insurance plans, split bill options, QR payment and other similar services that enable users to manage their finance.
- Satispay — Satispay is a fintech company that provides a bank account enabled mobile payment platform. The consumer app is available for anybody with a bank account, while merchants both online and offline can accept payments using any kind of device and POS. Satispay is able to process all payments with a structural cost advantage by connecting directly tothe consumer and merchant bank accounts. As a result, consumers can pay friends and stores without any charges while merchants can finally accept payments with a cost-effective, convenient, and easy-to-use solution.The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Milan, Lombardy.
- Lunar — Get a free account and card - just like 850,000 others. Spend smart. Achieve financial peace of mind. Sign up in minutes.
Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure/AI, and security.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Internet
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, France
Portfolio highlights
- SESO — Seso is a labor solution for agriculture. We provide support with the entire H-2A process, including the H-2A Visa, recruiting farmworkers, H-2A compliance, and digital worker onboarding.
- Vizcom — Vizcom is an Ai-powered creative tool designed for design and creative professionals. It offers a transformative approach to concept drawing, enabling users to turn their sketches into impressive realistic renderings quickly and efficiently.
- Nourish — Achieve your desired health and wellness through personalized nutrition counseling. Nourish is the easiest way to find a registered dietitian and get it covered by your insurance. Find a dietitian today and start your telehealth appointments.
SPDG is a single family office representing the Périer-D'Ieteren branch. It co-controls the D’Ieteren Group, together with the other D'Ieteren family members. Since 1805, the Group has developed strong brands mainly in the automotive industry: D'Ieteren Auto, the leading importer of Volkswagen brands in Belgium, and Belron, theglobal leader in vehicle glass repair and replacement. Next to its role as a major shareholder of D'Ieteren, SPDG has developed its investing activities to drive innovation and generate lasting impact in road mobility & smart cities.
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Investment focus
- Consumer Electronics, Automotive, Software
- Seed, Series B, Funding Round
- Belgium, France, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- IVEX — IVEX offers Repeatable and Scalable Testing & Validation Data Analytics solutions for ADAS/AD Vehicles.
- Hysopt — The HVAC simulation and calculation software, to streamline your design process and optimise your building's heating and cooling installations. Take actionable steps towards greener zero carbon initiatives.
- IOTech — Discover IOTech Systems, the open edge data platform for developing, deploying, and managing Industrial Edge applications at scale. Find out more here.
Do and dare company
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Investment focus
- Software, Biotechnology, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Belgium, The Netherlands, United States
Portfolio highlights
- IVEX — IVEX offers Repeatable and Scalable Testing & Validation Data Analytics solutions for ADAS/AD Vehicles.
- Funkey — Kies je teambuilding uit meer dan 500 onvergetelijke activiteiten. Wij zorgen voor de volledige organisatie, incl. eventuele catering en overnachting.
- dScribe — Welcome to the most intuitive data catalog on the planet
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, SaaS
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- France, United States, Belgium
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- La Solive — La Solive provides professional course training services. They offer courses for energy renovation, vocational training, professional retraining, ecological transition, professions of the future, and concrete professions.
- Imagination Machine — Imagination Machine Imagination Machine is a startup studio.
Eduardo Ronzano is the Founder of KelDoc.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- France, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Screeb — Make products your users will love by using Screeb, the all-in-one tool for Product Discovery. Product analytics, user recruitment, and more!
- Spades — Guests Scan a QR code to view the menu and Pay, they can also Split the amount and Tip the staff. Now faster than ever.
- Morpho Labs — Morpho is an on-chain peer-to-peer layer on top of lending pools. Rates are seamlessly improved for borrowers and lenders while preserving the same guarantees. Morpho combines the efficiency of P2P with the liquidity of lending pools. Users enjoy an improved APY while maintaining the pool’s flexibility
We are investors advocating for positive action, and are searching for like-minded founders. Is this you?
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Investment focus
- Cannabis, Computer, Software
- Seed, Series A
- Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg
Portfolio highlights
- Ziggu — Ziggu is the gold standard for streamlining your homebuyer journey in residential projects. Discover how property developers and homebuilders deliver homes 10x more efficiently.
- Magnax — Magnax develops yokeless axial flux electric motors for eMobility and Aerospace
- Thankyoujane / Cantura — Started in 2017, we are one of the first German CBD companies and one of the leading CBD and Cannabis players in Europe. In 2019 we launched Cantura Organics, the leading CBD brand for organic and sustainable CBD products. At Thankyoujane we believe that CBD and cannabis should be freed from its stigma and should be placed back at the center of oursociety, so that everyone can benefit from the healing power that the hemp plants provides us with. Since our customers share that vision, we grow our company significantly and are always open for further partners that want to join our journey.
Oscar Salazar is one of the most influential figures in the modern tech industry. Salazar is the Founding-CTO and Architect of Uber. He was responsible for the creation of the initial prototypes for Uber’s customer app, driver app and dispatch engine.Salazar is also the founder of Citivox, Pager and RIDE. Citivox is an international companydesigned to enable NGOs and individuals to report and monitor electoral fraud, crime and infrastructure problems. Pager is an Uber like concept designed to connect patients with high quality health care providers. RIDE is an application that enables co-workers to carpool to work.Salazar graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the Universidad de Colima in Mexico. He later earned a M.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Calgary in Canada and a Ph.D. in Telecommunications from Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, France, Chile
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- Qbeast Analytics — Discover Qbeast: AI-driven data layout for faster insights. Dive into our open-source format revolutionizing analytics.
- Constrafor — Constrafor offers procurement solutions for GCs and accelerated payment solutions for subcontractors to reduce payment cycles from 60 days to 1 day.
- Giskard — Deliver AI products, better & faster. Deploy automated tests to eliminate regression and biases. Collaborate faster with feedback from business stakeholders and more.
Vlerick Group has its industrial roots in Flanders in 1880 in the textile industry. In its present form, it originates from B.I.C. Carpets, a high-end woollen broad-loom woven carpet manufacturer, founded in 1956.Via its anchored participations in a.o. the former holding company of what is currently KBC Groep, the group contributed to thedevelopment of one of Flanders' primary financial services providers, in which it continues to be actively involved today.
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Investment focus
- Electric Vehicle, Automotive, GreenTech
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United Kingdom, Belgium, France
Portfolio highlights
- Onto — Onto is an electric car subscription service that is more flexible than leasing. Electric cars available with insurance, charging & maintenance. Switch to Onto today!
- Corwave — The CorWave LVAD utilizes an undulating disc wave pumping mechanism, replacing the high speed, high shear impeller of current continuous flow rotary pumps. The result is much less trauma to the blood, reducing clotting and bleeding complications. The high frequency actuation of the Corwave pump provides for pulsatile flow that mimics the action ofthe native heart. Current LVADs provide only continuous flow with no significant pulsation, due to the high inertia of their rotors. Its low power consumption and small size will facilitate totally implantablity with the incorporation of a wireless energy transfer system.
- Onto — Onto is an electric car subscription service that is more flexible than leasing. Electric cars available with insurance, charging & maintenance. Switch to Onto today!
We embrace disruptive ideas and people, who are willing to dream big and to make real change in future endeavors
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Investment focus
- Aerospace, Automotive, Electric Vehicle
- Seed, Funding Round
- India, Belgium, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Magnax — Magnax develops yokeless axial flux electric motors for eMobility and Aerospace
- Aerolane — Aerolane is building a new logistics method, delivering shipments as fast as same-day and as affordably as the cost of ground. Proprietary technology unlocks aircraft capacity making every cargo flight more productive, efficient, and sustainable. Founded in 2021, our experienced team brings decades of logistics and aviation industry experience toserve government, commercial and defense customers through fast, affordable middle mile air logistics services and direct technology sales.
- Chara Technologies — The world is moving towards sustainability. Efficient and Intelligent motors will be at the heart of this transition powering everything from our vehicles to industries and appliances.
Clement Benoit - Founder and CEO @ Fithouse
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- France, United States, Spain
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- AnFin — AnFin is a venture-backed fintech company building the most innovative products in the wealth management and brokerage space. We strongly believe in the power of the stock market to transform developing economies. Therefore, we want to democratize access to stocks, bonds, and structured investment products. By leveraging scalable technology andstrategic partnerships, AnFin plans to build an ecosystem of products that connect stakeholders in a seamless way.
- Cocunat — Cocunat is a natural and 100% toxic free cosmetics brand.
- Animoca Brands — Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models.
Romain spearheaded the digital strategy of Alain Afflelou Group before becoming an investor in numerous start-ups. He uses his fine-tuned analysis skills to support and invest in innovative start-ups. In addition to being a major shareholder and Co founder of Cosmo Connected a French start-up specialized in connected objects related to security andmobility.Romain is Director and Board member of Multiwave Technologies /develops breakthrough metamaterial technologies to improve people's lives.Serial investor in +50Tech companies6over6 (Acquired by 1-800 contacts)
Cityscoot
Clay Inc VR
Cowboy Bike
Epicery
Everoad (Ex Convargo)
Fithouse
Fré Skincare
Fokoya
Guillotine Vodka
Klassroom
Laminate Technologies
MeetFabric
Molotov TV
Multiwave Technologies
Nestor
Octopus
Officeriders
Onoff telecom
Pledg
Quiqup
Universal Standard
Shapr
Spendesk
Zipdrug...(Acquire by Anthem Pharmacy)
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Investment focus
- Health Care, FinTech, Software
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- France, United States, Israel
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- Cashbee — Cashbee is a mobile application to helps save money with budget analysis tools based on artificial intelligence. They wish to help the French to save better and more, and to provide the technological means to do this in the simplest possible way, without having to change banks. The Cashbee App allows you to put money aside with a simple swipe onyour smartphone. They alert you every time when they think you can put some more cash aside.
- Kate — Kate redefines everyday mobility by offering electric vehicles made in France.
- Kubo Labs — Kubo Labs provides a suite of products to simplify your experience with Kubernetes.
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