# Bert Baeck

> Bert Baeck is a seed investor at SmartFin (Antwerp) backing Mobile and Outsourcing. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SmartFin](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smartfin)
- Location: Antwerp, Belgium
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Feb 2023
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bertbaeck
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/Dsquare_news
- Website: http://www.dsquare.be
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bert.baeck

Bert Baeck is a seed investor at SmartFin in Antwerp focused on Mobile and Outsourcing. Short bio: Serial Entrepreneur, EID at Smartfin Capital, IoT/OT data expert, Patent holder, and MAD (machine learning, analytics, and data) evangelist. Domains of expertise: Data Observability, Time series data, Streaming Data, DataOps, AI/ML, IoT, AIoT, industrial software, and data governance. Before starting Timeseer.AI, I was aPartner for 3 years at VC firm SmartFin Capital (750Mio€ AUM). I naturally transitioned to venture capital, where I was the founder, CEO, and co-founder of TrendMiner, a successful AI + IoT software company acquired in 2018 by Software AG. TrendMiner. I hold a Master's Degree in Computer Science and a Master's Degree in Micro-Electronics from Ghent University

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 1 | 33% |
| Outsourcing | 1 | 33% |
| Crowdsourcing | 1 | 33% |
| Market Research | 1 | 33% |
| Task Management | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Belgium | 1 | 33% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hyperfox | The tailored eCommerce platform for the Wholesales industry. All you ever needed to grow your Wholesales enterprise. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Feb 01, 2023 |  |
| Hyperfox | The tailored eCommerce platform for the Wholesales industry. All you ever needed to grow your Wholesales enterprise. | $27K | Seed | Sep 01, 2022 |  |
| Roamler | Roamler's IT architecture is designed to scale in several verticals and geographies, with first implementations in 2 specific industries: 1] field marketing in the Retail sector, and 2] in-home IoT installations and repairs.Roamler is currently active in most European countries such as the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Poland,Germany, Belgium, France, Spain, Turkey, Italy and also in Chile. | $22.4M | Series B | Jun 18, 2020 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Achmea](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/achmea) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Endeit Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/endeit-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Achmea Innovation Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/achmea-innovation-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Limburgse Reconversie Maatschappij](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/limburgse-reconversie-maatschappij) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [The Birdhouse](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-birdhouse) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About SmartFin

VC Fund · Brussels, Belgium

SmartFin operates as an early-stage venture capital fund. Its focus is on companies developing smart technologies for the financial industry and related technologies such as security, big data, analytics, artificial intelligence, and enterprise software.

5 contacts available at SmartFin.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bart Luyten | Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bart-luyten |
| Edward Schiettecatte | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edward-schiettecatte |
| Jan Hollez | Managing partner of Space & Defence fund | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jan-hollez |
| Jürgen Ingels | Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jrgen-ingels |
| Stefan Dierckx | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stefan-dierckx |

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## FAQ

### What does Bert Baeck invest in?

Bert Baeck invests primarily in Mobile, Outsourcing and Crowdsourcing startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Belgium. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Bert Baeck last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bert Baeck closed in Feb 2023. Shizune tracks 3 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?

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