Gilles van der Meerschen
Partner & Chief Sales Officer @ Spreds
Brussels, Belgium
Gilles van der Meerschen is a seed investor at Spreds in Brussels focused on Toys and Education. Gilles van der Meerschen is the Co-Founder, Chief Business Officer & Board Member at Spreds. Gilles is a Succesful entrepreneur with a broad management experience. For more than 20 years, he has built up on know-how with a strong track record in product marketing, strategic planning, process optimisation and people management; having worked forthe world's leading manufacturer of construction & mining equipment and having acquired a key manufacturer into the Food Business.He holds a bachelor degree in Business and Administration and a master degree in Marketing from the European Business School of London. A few years later, he followed the Program for Executive Development (PED) at IMD, Lausanne.Gilles also followed a program where he learned how organization could improve productivity, creativity and results by leveraging differences in individual thinking styles at Herrman International Europe, based in Paris.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
Last updated:
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Industries Gilles van der Meerschen invests in
Stages Gilles van der Meerschen invests in
Countries Gilles van der Meerschen invests in
Contacts
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Toys 1 (33%)
- Education 1 (33%)
- Distillery 1 (33%)
- Food Processing 1 (33%)
- Wine And Spirits 1 (33%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (67%)
- Series A 1 (33%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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NietsCo
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NietsCo provides professionals in the food and drink industry and individuals with quality products that are distilled in the same way as the original products, but completely alcohol-free. | $365K / Seed / Dec 24, 2020 | |
Fear Hunters
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Fear Hunters makes fearless plush-toys. They are here to help you overcome your fears. They conceive toys with a positive influence on children's personal development. Their approach is global. Our ideas aim at stimulating the mind and the body equally through playing, thinking and feeling. | $274K / Series A / Jan 20, 2014 | |
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Fear Hunters
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Fear Hunters makes fearless plush-toys. They are here to help you overcome your fears. They conceive toys with a positive influence on children's personal development. Their approach is global. Our ideas aim at stimulating the mind and the body equally through playing, thinking and feeling. | $154K / Seed / Nov 27, 2012 |
Co-Investors
About Spreds
Spreds is a “Venture Capital” investment platform which uses crowdfunding techniques to allow individuals to select and invest alongside professionals in European start-ups and SMEs.Individuals can invest (from 100 euros) in companies listed on Spreds in conjunction with investment professionals and under the same financial conditions.Individuals combine their resources to select, invest in and support the companies of tomorrow with industry professionals.Spreds was founded in July 2011 by José Zurstrassen, Charles-Albert de Radzitzky, Olivier de Duve and Guillaume Desclée. The platform can be considered to be the main showcase for Belgian entrepreneurship to the rest of the world, as no less than 1200 people from 163 countries use the platform every day to give advice and invest in our entrepreneurs.Spreds is industry leader, since more than 31.4 million euros have been raised since its commercial launch in September 2012 and it has more than 35,000 members.Spreds was also the first crowdfunding platform in the world to develop a system allowing young companies to make a public offering for Belgian savings by establishing a relationship of trust with the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA). This is because Spreds published a FSMA approved prospectus to be able to raise unlimited amounts of funds using crowdfunding.
Spreds Contacts
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Gilles van der Meerschen
Partner & Chief Sales Officer
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Sarah Kawa
Lawyer
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Charles-Albert de Radzitzky
Chief Executive Officer
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Ines Mertens
Investment manager
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Peter De Decker
Investment Analyst
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What does Gilles van der Meerschen invest in?
Gilles van der Meerschen invests primarily in Toys, Education and Distillery startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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.
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The most recent investment recorded for Gilles van der Meerschen closed in Dec 2020. 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.
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