# Bart Dessaint

> Bart Dessaint is a seed investor at Mosaic Ventures (London) backing CMS and Software. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Mosaic Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mosaic-ventures)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/bart-dessaint/18/b03/a51
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/BartDessaint
- Website: https://x.com/BartDessaint

Bart Dessaint is a seed investor at Mosaic Ventures in London focused on CMS and Software. Bart Dessaint

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CMS | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Marketplace | 1 | 50% |
| Personalization | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 1 | 50% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ninetailed | Ninetailed primarily offers personalization for headless CMS and modern jamstack frameworks. | $5M | Seed | Oct 26, 2022 |  |
| Smiler | Smiler believes that valuable memories deserve to be captured in high quality. It’s their mission to achieve that on a global scale for everyone, everywhere. Smiler is the world’s first on the spot photography marketplace that brings photographers and consumers together at tourist hotspots and other leisure locations. | $7.9M | Seed | May 31, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DFF Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/augus-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cherry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cherry-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DFF Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dutchfoundersfund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [First Momentum Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-momentum-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [PROfounders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/profounders-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Speedinvest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/speedinvest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Mosaic Ventures

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

We back European founders who are reimagining the world with AI. We invest $1-10m at Seed and Series A. Our partners have worked in leading Silicon Valley startups since the dawn of the Internet and have collectively amassed over 50 years in tech on both sides of the Atlantic. We are a small team of investors and startup operators who typicallymake just a small number of new investments per year, so every relationship matters. We appreciate that success is not built overnight; we are in it for the long haul. Read about our thesis-driven approach to investing and what you can expect when working with us on our website.

5 contacts available at Mosaic Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Simon Levene | Partner & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simon-levene |
| Bart Dessaint | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bart-dessaint |
| Benedict Evans | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benedict-evans |
| Chandar Lal | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chandar-lal-1466 |
| Michael Odai | Chief Operating Officer / General Counsel | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-odai |

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## FAQ

### What does Bart Dessaint invest in?

Bart Dessaint invests primarily in CMS, Software and Marketplace startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Bart Dessaint last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bart Dessaint closed in Oct 2022. Shizune tracks 2 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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