# Top 45 Financial Services Angel Investors in Belgium in June 2026

## Lorenz Bogaert
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

Lorenz is co-founder and CEO Ghent-based start-up studio StarApps. He also co-founded early stage investment fund Pitchdrive. He previously created Netlog, Twoo (exit to Tinder), Realo (exit to Axel Springer), Delta (exit to eToro) and Rydoo (exit to Sodexo).

## Toon Coppens
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Sales Automation

Toon Coppens (Belgium, 1981), graduated as a Master of Science in Informatics at the University of Ghent.In june 2000, during his first year at university, he successfully launched the first Belgian social networking site, which later became Redbox.be.He is the co-founder of Massive Media, the social media company behind the successfuldigital brands Netlog.com and Twoo.com. Massive Media enables members to meet nearby people instantly. Today, Over 80 million people have joined our sites on web and mobile.Toon lives in Ghent (Belgium) and London (UK), loves snowboarding and used to deejay and play volleyball a lot.>> Toon's personal Netlog (dutch)>> Twoo.com (dutch)

## Jonas Dhaenens
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Finance

Jonas Dhaenens

## Boris Bogaert
- Type: Angel
- Location: Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech

Startup Enabler & Angel Investor. In 2011 I co-founded Cardwise that later became Xpenditure NV an innovative product for managing expenses. Which was acquired by Sodexo Group (EURONEXT:SDXOF) in March 2017 after a very succesfull growth phase with more then 6000 customers globally (eg. Deloitte, Henkel, PWC,....) Reinvested partly in the newventure with Sodexo & iAlbatros. We launched this new corp-up venture in June 2018 under the name of RYDOO and I'm acting COO and board member.. Next to that I'm also investing in promising early stage startups with Tumbzup bvba.In the early 90ies I've been involved in commercialisation of the first Internet solutions. My passion has always been making new innovative products marketable towards B2B markets. I've pioneered in the internet sector and have been involved in the launch of Europe's first Internet service providers PING (Eunet) and Yucom (JV BT & ING), now both part of Belgacom (BELG:BB).Later, I became Chief Commercial Officer at SpaceChecker and after the acquisition by Punch Telematix, I became Country Manager. Punch Telematix is now owned by Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB). In 2007, I joined Massive Media (publishers of Netlog & TWOO), a leading European on-line community that has recently been acquired by IACI (NASDAQ:IACI). As Director of Business Development, I successfully set-up the complete business development strategy and team from scratch.

## Louis Jonckheere
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

Louis Jonckheere is the Co-Founder and Board member at In The Pocket. Louis Jonckheere attended Vlerick Business School.

## Jacques-Martin Philippson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 2
- Focus: Education, Financial Services

Jacques-Martin Philippson is the Owner of Blue Squares Holding.

## Bart Swanson
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Information Technology

Bart helps companies scale globally and has been active in the technology sector for more than fifteen years as an entrepreneur, mentor, and executive.  Previously he was the Chairman of Summly (sold to Yahoo), COO at Badoo, an MD International at GSI Commerce (sold to eBay), a GM at Amazon.com (helping lead the international expansion from1998-2001), and was an MD at EMI Music Europe. Bart received an MBA from The Wharton School, an MA in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, was a Fellow at the Lauder Institute, and has a BA in History from the University of Southern California.

## alfred bouckaert
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 2
- Focus: Education, Financial Services

alfred bouckaert

## Luc De Vos
- Type: Angel
- Location: Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Private Equity
- Focus: Analytics, Consulting, B2B

Luc De Vos is the non-executive director at Hybrid Software Group PLC. Luc De Vos attended KU Leuven.

## Thomas S. Olinger
- Type: Angel
- Location: Alamo, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Lending, Financial Services

Thomas S. Olinger is a Board Member of Equinix.From 2007 to 2011, Mr. Olinger served as AMB’s chief financial officer. Prior to joining AMB in 2007, he served as vice president, corporate controller at Oracle Corporation, where he was responsible for global accounting, external reporting, technical accounting, global revenue recognition,Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and finance merger and acquisition integration. Mr. Olinger was also responsible for Oracle’s controllership operations in Bangalore, India; Dublin, Ireland; Sydney, Australia; and Rocklin, California. Prior to this, Mr. Olinger spent 14 years at Arthur Andersen, the last three as an audit partner in its U.S. real estate and technology groups.

## Steve Vantorre
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Apps, FinTech, Financial Services

Steve Vantorre

## Ricardo Marino
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Medical

Mr. Ricardo Villela Marino serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Latin America at Itaú Private Bank International. Mr. Marino serves as an Executive Vice President at Itau Unibanco S.A. He served as Senior Managing Director at Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A. from April 2005 to August 2006. Mr. Marino served as Head of Itaú Unibanco'sOperations in Latin America at Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. since April 2011.  He served as the Managing Director of Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A. from April 2004 to April 2005. He served as Head of the Derivatives Dealing Desk (Headed the team responsible for the structuring and sale of derivative solutions to middle market companies, institutional investors and private individuals) of Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A. from 2003 to 2004. He served as Head of Business Intelligence of Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A., from 2002 to 2003 and was responsible for the mission to introduce radical and advanced technologies and methodologies. Mr. Marino served as a Consultant for World Bank, General Coordinator of Studies and Assessment at the Department of Continuing Education, Literacy and Diversity of the Ministry of Education, Project Manager for the Department Of Assessment of Social Programs of the Ministry of Welfare, Brazil, Supervisor of the controllership of Banco Itaú S.A., and Analyst of sectors and companies at Unibanco Asset Management.  He served as a Manager of the emerging markets’ equities portfolio covering Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia and South Africa as well as relations with governments, banks and directors of companies in each of these countries at Goldman Sachs Asset Management – London. He has been a Director of Banco Itau S.A since September 2006. He has been an Executive Director at Unibanco-Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros S.A. since November 2008. He serves as a Deputy Non-Executive Director of Elekeiroz SA. He serves as an Executive Director of Itau Unibanco S.A. He has been a Director of Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. since April 23, 2008. He has been a Director of Itaúsa - Investimentos Itaú S.A since April 2011. He served as a Director of Itausa - Investimentos Itau S.A. since April 2011. He served as a Director of Banco BPI, S.A since April 27, 2011. He has been Chairman of the Federación Latino Americana de Bancos FELABAN since November 2008. Mr. Marino earned Master in Studies of Development, Economics and Philosophy from LSE - London School of Economics - and Political Sciences. Mr. Marino graduated from the Polytechnic School from the University of São Paulo. Mr. Marino has a Degree in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) at MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge in 2000, a Master’s Degree in Business Administration with specialization in Financial Administration and Business Administration from the University of Company Management MIT Sloan, Cambridge (USA). Mr. Marino also holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Escola Politécnica (USP).

## Brice Le Blevennec
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Personal Finance

Brice Le Blevennec is the Co-Founder and CVO at Emakina. He is a former Co-Founder at Tunz. He attended Ecole nationale supérieure des Arts visuels de 'La Cambre'.Mr Brice Le Blévennec has been a director of Emakina since 2001. In 1991 he founded Ex Machina, a company working in communication and new technologies. Then in 1998, Mr LeBlévennec created the business Ex Machina Ineractive Architects (a web agency), which would join with Emalaya in 2001, and Ex Machina Graphic Design (studio graphics). In 1999, he co-founded NetBusiness SA (now ContactOffice Group SA), which develops ContactOffice.com groupware. For twelve years, Mr Le Blévennec created and hosted radio and television programmes, including CyberCafe21 (Radio21), CyberCafe 2.0 (RTBF La Deux), NetBusinessNews (BfM), Single and Elle et Lui (both Pure FM). In 2007 he co-founded TUNZ.COM, a company specialising in mobile payments. A specialist in new technologies, he is regularly invited to speak at seminars, meetings and conferences in Belgium and abroad. At the beginning of January 2014, he was appointed joint CEO at Emakina Group with Mr Karim Chouikri, replacing Mr Denis Steisel, who became chairman of the board of directors.

## Sabba Keynejad
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Internet, Software, Photography

Sabba Keynejad is the Co-founder at VEED.IO. He attended University of the Arts London.

## Wim Derkinderen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Wim Derkinderen is the Founder, Director, and Board member of FixForm.

## Michel Akkermans
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance

Michel Akkermans is the Chairman and CEO of Pamica NV. Attended University of Leuven.

## Jean-Marc Toussaint
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Apps, FinTech, Financial Services

Jean-Marc Toussaint is a Founder and Managing Partner at WeQan.

## Joris Van Der Gucht
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet

Joris Van Der Gucht - Co-founder @ Silverfin

## Paul Wicks
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Wellness, E-Commerce

Paul Wicks, Ph.D., is a strategic advisor and independent consultant who helps digital health and life science companies turn data into evidence, evidence into influence, and influence into impact. He has supported over 40 organizations including AstraZeneca, Ada Health, Biogen, Click Therapeutics, and Woebot.Previously, Paul spent 13 years as VPof R&D at PatientsLikeMe, building one of the world’s largest patient communities and pioneering decentralized trials, digital biomarkers, and real-world evidence. He has authored over 200 peer-reviewed papers and served on editorial boards of journals including the BMJ, Digital Biomarkers, and BMC Medicine.A neuropsychologist by training, Paul completed his Ph.D. at King’s College London and a postdoc on the psychology of Parkinson’s disease. His work has been featured by BBC, CNN, and The New York Times. He was named MIT Technology Review’s “Humanitarian of the Year” in 2011 and is a TED Fellow and FLIER alumnus of the Academy of Medical Sciences. He is an honorary Professor at the University of Birmingham.

## Matthias Geeroms
- Type: Angel
- Location: Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Web Development

Matthias Geeroms is based out of Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, and is the Co-Founder and Head of Corporate Development of Lighthouse. Matthias Geeroms attended Ghent University.

## Jos B. Peeters
- Type: Angel
- Location: Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Retail, FinTech, Stock Exchanges

Has a PhD in Solid State Physics from the University of Leuven. He worked at Bell Telephone Manufacturing Cy, PA Technology and BeneVent Management, before starting Capricorn Venture Partners.

## Nicolas Debray
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Credit, Insurance

Nicolas Debray is the Managing Director at Hakacia.

## David Majert
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Gaming, FinTech, Blockchain

David Majert is a co-founder and Managing Director of WiNRG GmbH.

## Olivier Verdin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Personal Finance

Olivier Verdin - CEO & Co-Founder @ AppTweak

## Roeland Delrue
- Type: Angel
- Location: Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Web Development

Roeland Delrue - Cofounder: CRO & COO @ Aikido Security

## Eva Eva Metsu
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Task Management, Web Development, Financial Services

Eva Metsu is the General Counsel at Lighthouse.

## Ivo Minjauw
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Task Management, Web Development, Financial Services

Director of Product @ Lighthouse
Director of Product @ Lighthouse


## Peter De Moor
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Task Management, Web Development, Financial Services

Peter De Moor is the Chief People Officer, Director People & Talent and Global Talent Acquisition at Lighthouse.

## David MARY
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Payments, Software

David MARY is an individual investor.

## Michael Verschueren
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Payments, Software

Michael Verschueren is an entrepreneur in health science and sports.

## Gio Canini
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Payments, Software

Gio Canini is the WPP Country Manager in Belgium.

## Jorn Vanysacker
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, CRM

Jorn Vanysacker - Co-CEO & Founder @ Henchman

## Nicolas Hulsmans
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Personal Finance

Co-Founder of Dexerto
Forbes 30 Under 30

## Wim Vernaeve
- Type: Angel
- Location: Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, CRM, Apps

Wim is a founding partner of Green Park Investment Partners, a private equity investor in the BeNeLux. He also personally invests in early stage startups. Previously he was co-founder of Bragster.com, a social network for daredevils that was sold to Guinness World Records. Before that, he worked in investment banking at Morgan Stanley in London.Wim received a MSc. in Aerospace Engineering.

## Gilles Mattelin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, CRM

Gilles Mattelin is Co-CEO / Founder at Henchman AI. Attended at Vlerick Business School

## Luc Geuten
- Type: Angel
- Location: Groot-bijgaarden, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Education, Financial Services

Luc Geuten

## Sebastien Dellis
- Type: Angel
- Location: Nivelles, Brabant Wallon, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Personal Finance

Passionate by entrepreneurship, app marketing (ASO pioneer), growth hacking..

## Xavier Niel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

Xavier Niel is based out of Paris, Ile-de-France and is the Co-Founder and CEO of NJJ Capital. Xavier previously worked at Worldnet as a Founder. Xavier Niel attended Saint Michel de Picpus Catholic private high school.

## Quentin Nickmans
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Quentin Nickmans is the Co-founder and Partner of Hexa. He previously worked at EATINGDESK as a Co-Founder. Quentin Nickmans attended Cass Business School.

## Pieterjan Bouten
- Type: Angel
- Location: Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Pieterjan Bouten is the Co-Founder - Chairman of the board at In The Pocket. Pieterjan Bouten attended KU Leuven.

## Pierre Antoine Dusoulier
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Pierre-Antoine Dusoulier is the CEO of iBanFirst. He previously worked at Saxo Bank as a Head of Western Europe. Pierre-Antoine Dusoulier attended the University of Westminster.

## Frank Van Raemdonck
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Payments, Software

Frank Van Raemdonck is an individual investor.

## Thibaud Elziere
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology

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

## Wouter Van Respaille
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Web Development

Wouter Van Respaille - CTO & Co-founder @ Henchman

## Jeroen De Wit
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care

Jeroen De Wit is CEO and co-founder of Teamleader, a Belgian scale-up that offers an all-in-one software solution for Customer Relationship Management (CRM), invoicing and project management to SMEs. The main idea? Helping SMEs and young startups work smarter, and focus on what matters. Jeroen is a passionate entrepreneur, driven by an iron willand the desire to really help other businesses.

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