# Ben Schrauwen

> Ben Schrauwen is a seed investor in San Francisco backing SaaS and Software. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminschrauwen
- Website: https://x.com/benschrauwen
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/benschrauwen

Ben Schrauwen is a seed investor in San Francisco focused on SaaS and Software. Benjamin Schrauwen is the CEO and Co-Founder Director of Oqton. He's also the Product Development for Autodesk’s Spark 3D printing platform, Tinkercad, 123D, and Project Ignite. He holds a Master in Computer Science and Engineering, a PhD in Machine Learning, and was a research professor in Machine Learning and Robotics at Belgium’s GentUniversity. Schrauwen’s research ranged from quadruped robotics, brain computer interfaces, speech/image recognition, to financial prediction models; co-authoring more than 200 publications. Next to academia, he was co-founder of online technology companies Mollom and circuits.io. When not developing an open and connected additive manufacturing platform, he enjoys rock climbing, paragliding and running very long distances.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 2 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Analytics | 1 | 50% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 50% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Belgium | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FixForm | FixForm allows customers to easily report, manage and fix every problem within a space. Engage everybody to report problems and supercharge your operational team with unique proptech. | $1.7M | Seed | Sep 18, 2024 | https://www.fixform.com |
| Oqton | Oqton is building an open factory operating system that deeply integrates engineering software with manufacturing hardware. Oqton FactoryOS captures real-time data from the production environment and uses AI techniques to close the loop, generating actionable insights and optimizing and re-engineering production workflows. Oqton develops AI-poweredmanufacturing solutions to allow manufacturers to manage, optimize, and automate their additive manufacturing workflows.It was founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, and Ghent, Belgium. | $40M | Series A | Jan 15, 2021 | https://www.oqton.com |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Belfius Regio Aalst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/belfius-regio-aalst) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Delaware](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delaware-a886) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fortino Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fortinocapital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [imec.istart](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/imec-istart) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pitchdrive](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pitchdrive) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [PMV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pmv-eu) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Ben Schrauwen invest in?

Ben Schrauwen invests primarily in SaaS, Software and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Belgium. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Ben Schrauwen?

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### When did Ben Schrauwen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ben Schrauwen closed in Sep 2024. 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.

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