# Top 20 Hospitality Startup Investors in Belgium in June 2026 ## Limburgse Reconversie Maatschappij - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Biotechnology Oxygen for growth - LRM ## Fly Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Fly is a first check VC for technical founders solving hard problems. We invest from day-zero to seed, backing founders from all over Europe. ## 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 ## Jose Marin - Type: Angel - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Retail Jose Marin started his professional career as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group.In 1999 he co-founded DeRemate.com (eBay model for Latin America). The company raised 75 M USD, did a partial cash-out sale to Terra and later merged with Mercado Libre that went Public in Nasdaq .Currently Jose is co-Founder and co-CEO of IGExpansion. IG takes successful internet business models into emerging markets (main focus Brazil). IG builds one project per year and will not build more than 6 (investing the first 3 to 5 M USD per project). 5 of the 6 are already operating being Viajanet (Expedia for Latam) its biggest success.Jose is also founder of Serendipity Investments, company that has invested in >70 start-ups. Before this, Jose invested in projects such as Bazee (auctions sold to eBay in 2005) and eDreams (European Travel site sold to TA Associates in 2006) obtaining top tier returns.Jose is a Mechanical and Electrical Engineer and holds an MBA and an MA in International development Economics from Stanford. ## Singular - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence Singular is a generalist venture capital firm backing ambitious European entrepreneurs. ## Michaël Blockx - Type: Angel - Location: Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Marketing Automation, Apps, SaaS Michaël Blockx ## Zhong Xu - Type: Angel - Location: Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: E-Commerce, Food Delivery, B2B Entrepreneur specialized in web, mobile, saas and cloud productsMy life's moto: don't settle, stay hungry, stay foolishThe most important accomplishments in my life are:- Proud father of 2 amazing kids :)[@Deliverect] - Co-founder & CEO, Deliverect helps restaurants to manage all their delivery and takeaway channels.Deliverect currently raised 650k euro in seed and will expand rapidly[@Lightspeed] - Global director of hospitality & managing director Belgium, grown Lightspeed restaurant to customers > 100 countries, the team in Belgium to +60 FTE's and more then >120 FTE's worldwide. Market leader in the hospitality POS business in Europe, ranging from QSR, hotels to Michelin star restaurants[@POSIOS] - Co-founder & CEO POSIOS, iPad & cloud based POS for the hospitality business, POSIOS was founded in 2012 and had offices in Singapore, Ghent and NY. Customers > 38 Countries, grown exponentially to +23 employees in less than 2 years. - Acquired in september 2014 by Lightspeed and joined Lightspeed as Global director of hospitality product[@EVS] - Created cloud solutions for big sport organisations and events at EVS (BBC, UEFA, London Olympics, Monaco, ...) - Delivered webservices and applications to major players in the broadcast industry[@Siruna] - Implementated and launched the low cost SaaS OSMOBI product (after 6 months 3000 customers, 1600 projects) - Developed and launched the Siruna transcoding product that is used by large national (VRT, Belgacom, Telenet, Mobistar…) and international (Aramco, Truvo…) companies. - Successfully set-up and implemented mobile web projects for VRT, Telenet, Belgacom, Stad Gent, Vlaanderen, Nomadesk, The reference…[@XudoX] - Started my first company when I was 17, web agency creating websites for Asian restaurant with more then 600 customers ## Compagnie Nationale à Portefeuille - Type: VC Fund - Location: Loverval, Hainaut, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series D - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Automotive CNP is a private investment firm investing in and supporting European sector-leading or emerging companies in their long-term development. It has a long history of direct investing across sectors and European listed and non-listed companies and fosters sustainable value creation from strategic, financial, and government stewardship. CNP is one of agroup controlled by the Frère family.CNP is headquartered in Belgium with presence and a mandate across Europe ## Didier Valet - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Didier Valet ## Slingshot Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software Slingshot Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in fast growing companies, with a focus on B2C and B2B2C businesses.We back ambitious, talented and charismatic entrepreneurs and actively help them accelerate their businesses with our knowledge, experience and international network of people and companies. By providing smart capital we helpthese start- and scale-ups catapult their business to the next level.We currently manage a portfolio of multiple investments, all with a base in the Netherlands and all with a cross-border ambition. Our portfolio includes companies such as VanMoof, Wonderkind, Boldking, Wasteless, Temper, Swishfund & more. ## Isomer Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Isomer's entrepreneurial approach accesses high-potential opportunities through limited partner investments in funds, company co-investments, and providing liquidity to firms and founders via secondary purchases. ## Jan Hollez - Type: Angel - Location: De Pinte, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series C - Focus: Food Delivery, SaaS, Software Jan Hollez is the Co-Founder and CTO at Deliverect. ## Wouter Fransoo - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Hospitality Wouter Fransoo ## ScaleFund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Anderlecht, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Cyber Security, Information Technology ScaleFund is a post-business angel, pre-venture capital/corporate partnership fund operating across Belgium. ## NewSchool.vc - Type: VC Fund - Location: Knokke-heist, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Hospitality NewSchool.vc is an early-stage venture fund focused on investing in technology startups bringing innovation to traditional industries. ## Lorenz Bogaert - Type: Angel - Location: Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - 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). ## Itai Tsiddon - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology Itai Tsiddon is based out of New York, New York. and is the Co-Founder & Board Member of Lightricks. Itai Tsiddon previously worked at Davis Polk & Wardwell as a Foreign Associate. Itai Tsiddon attended the New York University. ## Seeder Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Anderlecht, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Seeder Fund is an early-stage financing and growth capital for digital startups. For young start-ups with a start in commercial traction it offers seed funding of up to EUR 200,000 to validate their value proposition and product-market fit. For start-ups preparing for Series A it provides funding of up to EUR 300,000 to confirm the growth potentialand move closer to break-even. For scale-ups, the Seeder Fund can also help finance the company's growth, this time in the form of a capital stake of up to 1,000,000 EUR. ## Jürgen Ingels - Type: Angel - Location: Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Series A - Focus: Software, Analytics, SaaS Jurgen Ingels is the Founder and Managing Partner of SmartFin. He previously worked at FTI SuperNova as an Organizer. Jurgen holds a Master's degree in Political and Social Sciences and an MBA from the University of Antwerp. ## Kima Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Kima Ventures promotes the growth of startups, supporting them in the fastest and most effective ways.