# Top 25 Marketplace Angel Investors in Belgium in June 2026 ## Lorenz Bogaert - Type: Angel - Location: Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Relevant deals: 7 - 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: 7 - 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: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet Jonas Dhaenens - Group CEO @ team.blue Denmark ## Jonas Deprez - Type: Angel - Location: Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Software Jonas Deprez is a Belgian entrepreneur and tech founder with a passion for building data-driven solutions that simplify complexity. He is the co-founder and co-CEO of Donna, an AI-powered assistant that automates administrative tasks for field sales teams, freeing them up to focus on what truly matters - selling.Before Donna, Jonas foundedDaltix, a retail data company that delivered real-time insights into pricing, promotions, and product assortments for leading retailers across Europe. Under his leadership, Daltix grew from a local startup into a market leader, and was successfully acquired by Colruyt Group in 2023.Based in Ghent, Jonas is also an active angel investor and advisor within the Belgian startup ecosystem, supporting early-stage founders who are building the next wave of innovative companies.Driven by curiosity and a love for smart technology, Jonas continues to focus on the intersection of AI, data, and human productivity - always looking for better ways to work, live, and build. ## Wim Derkinderen - Type: Angel - Location: Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Wim Derkinderen is the Founder, Director, and Board member of FixForm. ## Bart Swanson - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Laurent Drion - Type: Angel - Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, B2B, News Laurent holds a Business Engineering degree from Solvay Business School (ULB, Belgium). During his studies, he launched his first startup, Mac Line SA, together with Gregory. Before creating E-Merge, both of them were also early stage investors in Internet Access Provider Skynet, which fast became the leading access provider in Belgium andwas later acquired by Belgacom. ## Mohandas Pai - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Education, Information Technology Mohandas Pai - Co-Founder and Chairman @ Aarin Capital ## 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. ## Patrick Spaulding Ryan - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Information Technology, FinTech, Software Patrick Spaulding Ryan is the Co-Founder, Fractional CFO and CLO of Always Blue Games. He previously worked at TikTok as a Lead Technical Program Manager, Security + Web3 R D. Patrick Spaulding Ryan attended Stanford University. ## Boris Bogaert - Type: Angel - Location: Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - 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. ## Grégory Hédo - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Internet, Shopping, E-Commerce Grégory Co-founded Mac Line SA in 1991 with Laurent . Before creating E-Merge, both of them were also early stage investors in Internet Access Provider Skynet, which fast became the leading access provider in Belgium and was later acquired by Belgacom. ## Sebastien de Halleux - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Robotics Sebastien de Halleux has a 20-year track-record of launching startups around the world, leading them from idea to success. Sebastien is currently Chief Gaming Officer at Matchday, building a new type of game for football's 5 billion fans. Sebastien is also a founding General Partner at Graph Ventures, an early stage fund with a portfolio of300+ companies including Blue Apron, Ipsy, Envoy, and Dapper Labs. Most recently, Sebastien was Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Capricorn, a pioneering investment group focused on scaling innovative solutions to persistent global problems, including key investments in Tesla, SpaceX, Planet Labs, Quantumscape and Joby Aviation and founding COO of Saildrone, helping launch a category-defining company which revolutionized planetary data collection at sea, using wind and solar powered ocean drones. At the confluence of autonomy, big data and AI/ML, Saildrone pursued a vision called ‘The Quantified Planet’ to help better understand key planetary systems that affect humanity, such as extreme weather, ocean acidification, and global fisheries. Formerly, Sebastien was Co-Founder and COO of Playfish, one of the largest and fastest growing social video games companies which was acquired by Electronic Arts in 2009 (Nasdaq:EA). Prior to founding Playfish, Sebastien helped launch Glu Mobile, an early pioneer in mobile games which IPO'ed in 2007 (Nasdaq:GLUU) and held innovation and strategy roles at Nokia and Booz Allen Hamilton. Sebastien is the recipient of the 2012 EA Emerging Leaders Award, the 2011 Tech 100 award, the 2010 TechFellow award, and the 2003 Booz Allen Professional Excellence Award. His contribution in establishing a successful public-private partnership between Saildrone and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was recognized with the 2020 Ron Brown Excellence in Innovation Award and the 2018 US Department of Commerce Bronze Medal. Sebastien has served on the boards of Saildrone, Samasource, Vittana, UWC-USA, the Solar Fuel Institute, and Trusted Family. Sebastien holds a Master’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Imperial College London and is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute. ## Wim Vanhaelemeesch - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Customer Service Wim Vanhaelemeesch ## Nicolas Van Eenaeme - Type: Angel - Location: Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Big Data, Internet, Classifieds Nicolas Van Eenaeme - Co-Founder @ Realo ## 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. ## Pieter Casneuf - Type: Angel - Location: Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, SEO, SaaS Pieter Casneuf ## Bart Putteman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Publishing, Machine Learning, Retail Technology Bart Putteman ## Tom Boonen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Cycling, Manufacturing, Sporting Goods Tom Boonen is an individual investor. ## 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. ## Michaël Blockx - Type: Angel - Location: Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Marketing Automation, Apps, SaaS Michaël Blockx ## 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 ## Michiel Denis - Type: Angel - Location: Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Legal, Fashion Marketing at Aikido Security | Freelance Product Marketer & Growth Manager ## Dominique Baudoux - Type: Angel - Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Farming, Nutrition, Wholesale Dominique Baudoux ## Jan Teerlinck - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fashion, Artificial Intelligence Jan Teerlinck is a partner at Dignify.