# Bart Huisken

> Bart Huisken is a pre-seed investor at BrainFocus backing FinTech and Payments. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: BrainFocus
- Location: Barcelona, Spain
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Feb 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barthuisken
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/CelpaxBart
- Website: https://x.com/CelpaxBart

Bart Huisken is a pre-seed investor at BrainFocus in Barcelona focused on FinTech and Payments. SouthWing was founded by Bart Huisken in December 2000 at the INSEAD Business School in Fontainbleau, France. Prior to his MBA Bart worked for seven years at Ericsson in the Netherlands, Australia and Sweden in the areas of product management of wireless technologies and innovation, marketing, sales, and product design. Apart from the MBA fromINSEAD he holds a MSc from TU Delft (Netherlands). Mr Huisken's experience has given him a thorough understanding of the dynamics of the mobile communications market and an appreciation for the importance of strategic partnerships, bringing expertise in the development of the company and its products.Mr Huisken's current role in SouthWing is as Chief Innovation Officer and Member of the Board. His main ambition is to make SouthWing a leader in Wireless Headsets and a significant player in the design of wireless solutions.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 100% |
| Payments | 1 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dost | Dost is an AI-powered platform for automating accounts payable and financial document processing. The system digitizes incoming invoices, receipts, and purchase orders using document capture and data extraction features. It supports 3-way matching, approval workflows, and integration with existing ERP systems. Dost provides a dedicated supplierportal where partners can upload their documents, track invoice status, and engage directly, improving transparency. From a security perspective, it maintains complete traceability by logging every action in an audit trail and applying role-based access controls and encryption. | $484.8K | Pre-Seed | Feb 01, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bcombinator Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bcombinator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Draper B1](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-b1) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lánzame Capital SL](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lanzame-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Successful Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/successful-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Successful Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/successful-ventures-32d9) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Team Ignite Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/team-ignite-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About BrainFocus

VC Fund



1 contacts available at BrainFocus.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bart Huisken | Co-founder and strategic advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bart-huisken |

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## FAQ

### What does Bart Huisken invest in?

Bart Huisken invests primarily in FinTech, Payments and Financial Services startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Spain. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Bart Huisken last invest?

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