# Bart Claeys

> Bart Claeys is a Series A investor at Meta (Seattle) backing Content and Publishing. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Meta](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/facebook)
- Location: Seattle, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jul 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bartclaeys
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/bartclaeys
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bartclaeys

Bart Claeys is a Series A investor at Meta in Seattle focused on Content and Publishing. Bart Claeys - Product Designer @ Meta

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Content | 1 | 100% |
| Publishing | 1 | 100% |
| Digital Media | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Small Teaser | Small Teaser is a community-based digital media company. They operate a digital publishing platform for shared creative output. It offers small teaser, a collaborative publishing platform that allows users to publish digital magazines and news Websites; and people to contribute articles, photos, and videos, as well as users to manage thesecontributions. Small Teaser was founded by Ruth Janssens and Stijn Janssens in 2015; and is headquartered in Belgium, Germany. | $878K | Series A | Jul 13, 2017 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Limburgse Reconversie Maatschappij](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/limburgse-reconversie-maatschappij) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [The CoFoundry](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-cofoundry) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Meta

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

Meta is a social-technology company that offers a wide ecosystem of applications and hardware. Its Family of Apps includes platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp and Threads which allow people to communicate, share content, and form communities. On the hardware side, Meta’s Reality Labs develops virtual and augmented realitydevices, including Meta Quest headsets and smart glasses. Meta also builds artificial intelligence tools notably Meta AI, powered by its Llama large language models, and envisions long-term digital spaces in the form of a metaverse.

5 contacts available at Meta.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adi Sofer-Teeni | Facebook Israel GM | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adi-sofer-teeni |
| Andreas Gross | Product Lead | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreas-gross |
| Anna Kuriakose | Director of Product Management | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anna-kuriakose |
| Bart Claeys | Product Designer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bart-claeys |
| Bryan Tan | Connectivity Ecosystems APAC | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bryan-tan-4847 |

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## FAQ

### What does Bart Claeys invest in?

Bart Claeys invests primarily in Content, Publishing and Digital Media startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Belgium. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Bart Claeys last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bart Claeys closed in Jul 2017. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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