# Joris Van Der Gucht

> Joris Van Der Gucht is a seed investor at Silverfin backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Silverfin](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silverfin-2)
- Location: Gent, Belgium
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorisvandergucht/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/jvdgucht
- Website: https://x.com/jvdgucht

Joris Van Der Gucht is a seed investor at Silverfin in Gent focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Joris Van Der Gucht - Co-founder @ Silverfin

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $973k–$2.5M |
| Pre-Seed | $924k–$1.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 67% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 33% |
| Internet | 1 | 17% |
| Psychology | 1 | 17% |
| Health Care | 1 | 17% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Series B | 1 | 17% |

### Country

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aikido Security | Aikido Security is a developer-first software security product. We scan your code & cloud in 8 different ways, showing you which security issues and vulnerabilities are actually important to solve. We speed up triaging massively by cutting out the false-positives, and making things human-readable. | $60M | Series B | Jan 14, 2026 |  |
| Eagl | Eagl is an AI-native financial operations platform built that automates accounting and controlling workflows and monitors data quality. | $972.6K | Seed | Sep 18, 2025 |  |
| BetterPic | Forget expensive, complicated photoshoots. Get your professional headshots on the go, with 8 selfies/casual photos in less than an hour. High-quality customer service, top data privacy, and a clear money-back guarantee policy. | $2.5M | Seed | Aug 18, 2025 |  |
| Predikt | Predikt empowers finance leaders to navigate today’s volatile markets with clarity and confidence. By integrating advanced AI, external market data, and internal financial metrics, Predikt transforms forecasting into a strategic advantage.Our pioneering Confidence Intelligence platform:- Provides transparency and automation to reduceforecasting uncertainty. - Enables CFOs to assess risks, identify opportunities, and align teams globally. - Turns data into decisions that foster resilience and drive growth.We understand the challenges finance leaders face: juggling a high-level view with local market complexities. That’s why Predikt is designed to enhance collaboration, challenge assumptions, and provide confidence in every number.Founded by a Swiss-Belgian team in 2023, Predikt is democratizing predictive technology, equipping finance teams to make smarter decisions and thrive amid uncertainty. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Apr 01, 2025 |  |
| IntelliProve | IntelliProve is a MedTech company that develops computer technology capable of accurately determining health parameters based on an optical measurement of the face in a matter of seconds. It measures physiological and mental health parameters with a single smartphone click. Everything is contained within the healthcare platform.The company wasfounded in 2021 and is based in Ghent, Belgium. | $1.3M | Seed | Jan 22, 2025 |  |
| Predikt | Predikt empowers finance leaders to navigate today’s volatile markets with clarity and confidence. By integrating advanced AI, external market data, and internal financial metrics, Predikt transforms forecasting into a strategic advantage.Our pioneering Confidence Intelligence platform:- Provides transparency and automation to reduceforecasting uncertainty. - Enables CFOs to assess risks, identify opportunities, and align teams globally. - Turns data into decisions that foster resilience and drive growth.We understand the challenges finance leaders face: juggling a high-level view with local market complexities. That’s why Predikt is designed to enhance collaboration, challenge assumptions, and provide confidence in every number.Founded by a Swiss-Belgian team in 2023, Predikt is democratizing predictive technology, equipping finance teams to make smarter decisions and thrive amid uncertainty. | $924.3K | Pre-Seed | Nov 04, 2024 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Volta Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/volta-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Keyrus](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keyrus) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Miles Ahead](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/miles-ahead) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [PMV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pmv-eu) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Syndicate One](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/syndicate-one) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CNBB Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cnbb-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Silverfin

VC Fund · Gent, Belgium

Silverfin is the cloud platform that makes accountants successful. It improves the efficiency, competitiveness and profitability of compliance services, and powers the development and delivery of advisory services.Silverfin takes financial data directly from client systems and hosts it securely in a single cloud Structured Data Hub. Templatesthen standardise, and automate, accounting workflows and use the data hub to make compliance easy, fast, and accurate.

5 contacts available at Silverfin.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Joris Van Der Gucht | Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joris-van-der-gucht |
| An Maes | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/an-maes-0293 |
| Elien Vandenbroucke | VP Sales | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elien-vandenbroucke |
| Marcus Edeback | VP Customer Success | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marcus-edeback |
| Natalie Lamb | Chief Commercial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/natalie-lamb |

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## FAQ

### What does Joris Van Der Gucht invest in?

Joris Van Der Gucht invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Pre-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.

### What is Joris Van Der Gucht's check size?

Joris Van Der Gucht typically joins rounds of $973k–$2.5M at Seed and $924k–$1.2M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Joris Van Der Gucht participates in.

### When did Joris Van Der Gucht last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joris Van Der Gucht closed in Jan 2026. 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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