# Harold Mechelynck

> Harold Mechelynck is a seed investor in Brussels backing FinTech, Finance and SaaS. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Brussels, Belgium
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Dec 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://in.linkedin.com/in/haroldmechelynck

Harold Mechelynck is a seed investor in Brussels focused on FinTech and Finance. Harold Mechelynck is Founder at Ogone.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $658k–$3M |
| Series A | $3M–$11M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 40% |
| Finance | 2 | 40% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Banking | 1 | 20% |
| Payments | 1 | 20% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Series A | 2 | 40% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 1 | 20% |
| Belgium | 1 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pockit | Pockit is a fintech business that focuses on providing financial services primarily to customers who are typically excluded or at least underserved by high street banks. It provides a digital banking app designed to cater to the underbanked masses. | $19.1M | Series B | Dec 03, 2020 |  |
| Cowboy | Cowboy is an e-bike company that creates innovative electric bikes for city riders. It is still transforming the bike and mobility industries, from the point of sale to the point of service. Its mission is to empower riders to map their own paths, as well as the paths of the cities in which they live, through mindful movement that benefitseveryone.Cowboy's electric bikes are simple — there is no gear and no + and - buttons to adjust the motor's power. The company believes riding a bike should be as simple as hopping into the saddle and putting one foot on the peddle. | $11M | Series A | Oct 23, 2018 |  |
| Cowboy | Cowboy is an e-bike company that creates innovative electric bikes for city riders. It is still transforming the bike and mobility industries, from the point of sale to the point of service. Its mission is to empower riders to map their own paths, as well as the paths of the cities in which they live, through mindful movement that benefitseveryone.Cowboy's electric bikes are simple — there is no gear and no + and - buttons to adjust the motor's power. The company believes riding a bike should be as simple as hopping into the saddle and putting one foot on the peddle. | $3M | Seed | Apr 24, 2018 |  |
| Spreedly | Spreedly is a cloud-based payment infrastructure that allowing to securely capture credit cards, store them safely in a vault, and then use them with 100+ payment gateways and third-party API's, all while keeping out of PCI-DSS scope. It provides online merchants and services the choice to work across multiple payment gateways and endpoints,creating flexibility for payment options, capture, and vaulting. Spreedly was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina. | $3M | Series A | Feb 11, 2016 |  |
| Sparkup | Sparkup provides a platform that allows users to build an investment oriented website and fund collection tools are included. | $658K | Seed | May 15, 2015 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Greyhound Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greyhound-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [HCVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hardwareclub) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Concentric](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/concentric) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [E-Merge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emerge) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [North East Development Capital Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/north-east-development-capital-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Harold Mechelynck invest in?

Harold Mechelynck invests primarily in FinTech, Finance and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Harold Mechelynck's check size?

Harold Mechelynck typically joins rounds of $658k–$3M at Seed and $3M–$11M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Harold Mechelynck participates in.

### When did Harold Mechelynck last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Harold Mechelynck closed in Dec 2020. Shizune tracks 5 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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