# Danny Gonnissen

> Danny Gonnissen is a seed investor at Qbic Fund backing Software and Industrial Engineering. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Qbic Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qbic-fund)
- Location: Bruges, Belgium
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danny-gonnissen-36147a16/?originalSubdomain=be

Danny Gonnissen is a seed investor at Qbic Fund in Bruges focused on Software and Industrial Engineering. Investment Partner for QBIC FUND and COO at NEWTON BIOCAPITAL I FUND

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Industrial Engineering | 1 | 50% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 50% |
| Mechanical Engineering | 1 | 50% |
| Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hysopt | Hysopt creates and sells software for HVAC designers and provides advice to engineering firms, installation companies, architects, builders, and manufacturers. Hysopt uses calculation and simulation software to increase HVAC performance, reduce carbon emissions, and save energy costs. | $5.5M | Series B | Nov 17, 2022 |  |
| Hysopt | Hysopt creates and sells software for HVAC designers and provides advice to engineering firms, installation companies, architects, builders, and manufacturers. Hysopt uses calculation and simulation software to increase HVAC performance, reduce carbon emissions, and save energy costs. | $2.1M | Seed | Jan 01, 2018 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Junction Growth Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/junction-growth-investors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Rise PropTech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rise-proptech) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SPDG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spdg) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Qbic Fund

VC Fund · Belgium, United States

The Qbic Fund is a multi-sector fund supporting spin-off companies of the Ghent, Brussels and Antwerp university associations and of VITO. Through its strategic partnership with the universities of Ghent, Brussels and Antwerp, and VITO, the Qbic Fund has early and privileged access to promising research projects at these partner universities. Ourinvestment approach is based on early in-depth and independent review and analysis followed by hands on involvement and support.In May 2012 the Qbic Fund held its first close and currently it has over € 30 million under management. The Qbic Fund is backed by several public and private investors and managed by Qbic Venture Partners.

4 contacts available at Qbic Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sofie Baeten | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sofie-baeten-ab4c |
| Cedric Van Nevel | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cedric-van-nevel |
| Danny Gonnissen | Venture Capital Fund Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/danny-gonnissen |
| Steven Leuridan | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steven-leuridan-a75a |

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## FAQ

### What does Danny Gonnissen invest in?

Danny Gonnissen invests primarily in Software, Industrial Engineering and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series B 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.

### When did Danny Gonnissen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Danny Gonnissen closed in Nov 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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