# Ninepointfive

> Ninepointfive is a VC fund in Antwerp backing Software and E-Commerce. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Antwerp, Belgium
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 46%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ninepointfive
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ninepointfivevc
- Website: https://www.ninepointfive.vc/

Ninepointfive is a venture capital fund that co-invests with corporates to take tech-based startups from pre-seed funding to maturity. A trusted partner with brands like Beiersdorf, Telenet, and Agfa, Ninepointfive helps founders deploy the inherent value of corporate acceleration. The Ninepointfive proprietary methodology offers speed, growth,value, and skin in the game. fully engaged and focused, with a positive and pragmatic approach. This is ninepointfive.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$4M |
| Pre-Seed | $530k–$3.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 15% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 15% |
| E-Commerce Platforms | 2 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 15% |
| SaaS | 1 | 8% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 46% |
| Seed | 2 | 15% |
| Series A | 1 | 8% |
| Series B | 1 | 8% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Belgium | 2 | 15% |
| Germany | 2 | 15% |
| The Netherlands | 2 | 15% |
| Spain | 1 | 8% |
| Israel | 1 | 8% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pieter Van de Velde | Founding Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pieter-van-de-velde |
| Bart Houben | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bart-houben |
| Elisa Vlerick | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elisa-vlerick-f0dc |
| Olivier Van Duüren | Active Founding Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/olivier-van-du%C3%BCren |
| Paul Emmerick | Co-Founder & General Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-emmerick |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lissi | Lissi develops digital identity software that enables organizations to issue, verify, and manage verifiable digital credentials and interact with European Digital Identity (EUDI) wallets. Its platform includes identity wallet connectors, credential issuance and verification tools, passwordless authentication, and identity access managementcapabilities that support digital onboarding, access control, and regulatory identity workflows. Lissi also provides a mobile digital identity wallet for storing and presenting digital credentials such as identification documents, employee credentials, certificates, and access badges. Its products support interoperability with EUDI wallet standards and credential formats, allowing organizations to integrate digital identity services into public sector, financial, and enterprise applications. | $4M | Seed | Jul 09, 2026 |  |
| Penny Black | Penny Black is the only marketing channel with a 100% open rate that allows brands to use the unboxing moment to retain customers, increase CLTV and build loyalty. Our platform and print tech helps ecommerce marketers to create hyper-personalised campaigns and flyers that can be added to customers’ orders during the pick-and-pack process. | $1.9M | Seed | Sep 05, 2023 |  |
| MakerVerse | MakerVerse is the advanced manufacturing platform for sourcing industrial-grade parts on demand. | $10.3M | Series A | Apr 04, 2023 |  |
| Eccocar | Eccocar is a car-sharing platform for Rent-a-Cars, Dealers and Fleet Managers. It was established to accelerate through efficiency, the world’s transition towards sustainable mobility. The platform addresses the digitalization of corporate fleets and merges car sharing and fleet management under a single-vehicle brand agnostic platform that allowsfleet managers to control how the fleet is used and make better decisions on future ways of sharing and using the fleet within their daily operations.The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 15, 2022 |  |
| Penny Black | Penny Black is the only marketing channel with a 100% open rate that allows brands to use the unboxing moment to retain customers, increase CLTV and build loyalty. Our platform and print tech helps ecommerce marketers to create hyper-personalised campaigns and flyers that can be added to customers’ orders during the pick-and-pack process. | $1.5M | Seed | Oct 25, 2022 |  |
| Heylog | Heylog digitises yard communication for logistics via WhatsApp — no app, no hardware, live in hours. | $3.2M | Pre-Seed | Jun 02, 2022 |  |
| Penny Black | Penny Black is the only marketing channel with a 100% open rate that allows brands to use the unboxing moment to retain customers, increase CLTV and build loyalty. Our platform and print tech helps ecommerce marketers to create hyper-personalised campaigns and flyers that can be added to customers’ orders during the pick-and-pack process. | $1.5M | Seed | Oct 01, 2021 |  |
| Kando | Kando offers a Data as a Service platform that delivers real-time insights from wastewater networks. This technology enables organizations to identify pollution sources and improve wastewater quality through machine learning and automated sampling. The focus is on enhancing public health and environmental well-being by optimizing wastewatermanagement practices. | $8M | Series B | May 12, 2021 |  |
| Penny Black | Penny Black is the only marketing channel with a 100% open rate that allows brands to use the unboxing moment to retain customers, increase CLTV and build loyalty. Our platform and print tech helps ecommerce marketers to create hyper-personalised campaigns and flyers that can be added to customers’ orders during the pick-and-pack process. | $530K | Pre-Seed | Apr 01, 2021 |  |
| Winning Foods | Winning Foods turns a major contributor to global warming into seriously delicious, healthy and super convenient soups and smoothies, using an odd combo of old-school and new-school tech to make it happen. Promoting plant based diet and countering GHG emissions by conserving crop surpluses. |  | Pre-Seed | Nov 15, 2020 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Agfa Gevaert](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agfa) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Amadeus](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amadeus) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Aliaxis Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aliaxis-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Amadeus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amadeus-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bee K Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bee-k-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Beiersdorf](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beiersdorf) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Ninepointfive invest in?

Ninepointfive invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and E-Commerce Platforms startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Belgium. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ninepointfive's check size?

Ninepointfive typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$4M at Seed and $530k–$3.2M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ninepointfive participates in.

### How do I contact Ninepointfive?

Public channels for Ninepointfive include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Ninepointfive?

The team at Ninepointfive includes Pieter Van de Velde (Founding Partner), Bart Houben (Partner) and Elisa Vlerick (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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