# Dirk De Boever

> Dirk De Boever is a funding round investor at Finindus backing Industrial and Manufacturing. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Finindus](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finindus)
- Location: Metropolitan, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Oct 2021
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://be.linkedin.com/in/dirkdeboever

Dirk De Boever is a funding round investor at Finindus in Metropolitan focused on Industrial and Manufacturing. Dirk De Boever holds a M.Sc. in Applied Economics, a master-after-master in international B2B marketing and an executive MBA from the Vlerick school.Dirk started his career at in the new commercial organization of the flat carbon steel division of the Arbed Group (now ArcelorMittal) in market research. Over the years he took on responsibility forstrategic marketing, feasibility and investment studies, business planning and support of group management in M&A transactions and also served as quality auditor.Dirk left the Arbed Group in 2002 to join a The Knowledge Management Company (tkmc), a marketing and business intelligence boutique as managing partner and shareholder. He still holds that position today. TKMC serves large companies in telecom, energy, fmcg and industry. In 2006, Dirk supported OCAS with the incorporation of its first spin-off elytra.In 2008, Dirk joined OCAS Ventures as managing partner with responsibilities to build and manage a portfolio of innovative and material related companies

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Industrial | 4 | 67% |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 50% |
| Fuel | 1 | 17% |
| Energy | 1 | 17% |
| Fuel Cell | 1 | 17% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 5 | 83% |
| Seed | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Belgium | 4 | 67% |
| Sweden | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sentea | Sentea makes fibre optic Sensing affordable to the industry and enables continuous monitoring even in harsh environments. | $2.5M |  | Oct 07, 2021 |  |
| Sentea | Sentea makes fibre optic Sensing affordable to the industry and enables continuous monitoring even in harsh environments. | $2.7M | Seed | Oct 07, 2021 |  |
| Guaranteed | Guaranteed provides a repair and rebuild service for large industrial components using direct energy deposition technologies. It allows the repairing and rebuilding of large slow movers, reducing the long lead times, eliminating the need for large amounts of new raw materials, and avoiding storage or transportation costs. |  |  | Jul 18, 2019 |  |
| Borit | Borit delivers components for fuel cells and electrolyzes. By developing a production infrastructure of ultra-thin metal bipolar plate assemblies and by providing metal forming, cutting, welding, coating, and sealing, they contribute to the clean energy economy. | $8.2M |  | Dec 30, 2014 |  |
| Calyos | Born out of the space industry, we combine our expertise and scalable manufacturing capacity with our patented technologies. Our solutions give you the freedom to design without thermal limitations, enabling your products to be the most competitive. |  |  | Mar 27, 2012 |  |
| PowerCell Sweden | Powercell Sweden AB develops and distributes fuel cell systems for the transport industry and selective high technology markets. It also develops a fuel processor, which converts existing fuel into clean hydrogen that is used to fuel the company's fuel cell system. The company's products are used in trucks and the marine segments.Powercell Sweden AB was founded in 2008 and is based in Gothenburg, Sweden. | $26M |  | Jul 02, 2009 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fidimec](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fidimec) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [OCAS Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ocas-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [PMV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pmv-eu) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [QBIC II](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qbic-ii-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ArcelorMittal](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arcelormittal) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FPIM](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fpim) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Finindus

VC Fund · Zelzate, Belgium

Finindus is an investment company funded by ArcelorMittal and the Flemish Region and is linked to OCAS, a world class metal research center with campuses in Zelzate and Zwijnaarde (Belgium).We provide early stage and growth financing (both equity and debt) to innovative companies active across the metal value chain and that focus on …materials: new alloys, surface functionalization, composite materials, …material processing: forming, joining, coating, cutting, …sustainable manufacturing: technologies for energy efficient manufacturing and energy recuperation, CO2 capturing, valorization of waste streams, recyling, …Finindus typically invests 0,5 up to 5 MEUR per round with a maximum of 10 MEUR per company. While They focus on Europe and have Flanders as Their sweet spot, They also consider investment opportunities in other continents in activities at the center of Their core domains.They are an active investor and strive to contribute to the value creation in Their portfolio companies by leveraging Their network, by sharing experience and insights and by facilitating access to the researchers and state-of-the art infrastructure of OCAS.

2 contacts available at Finindus.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hans Maenhout | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hans-maenhout |
| Dirk De Boever | Head of Investments | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dirk-de-boever |

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## FAQ

### What does Dirk De Boever invest in?

Dirk De Boever invests primarily in Industrial, Manufacturing and Fuel startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Belgium. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Dirk De Boever last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Dirk De Boever closed in Oct 2021. Shizune tracks 6 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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