# Joris Van Gool

> Joris Van Gool is a private equity investor at Hg backing Software. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Hg](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hgcapital)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorisvangool/

Joris Van Gool is a private equity investor at Hg in London focused on Software and Human Resources. Joris Van Gool is the Partner at Hg. He attended Harvard Business School.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Joris Van Gool: work email, personal email, work phone, personal phone and socials. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-email/joris-van-gool?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| Human Resources | 2 | 50% |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| Legal | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 3 | 75% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Belgium | 2 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Citation Group | The Citation Group supports the companies with compliance software solutions and services such as health, safety, HR, and certification. |  | Private Equity | Dec 19, 2024 |  |
| team.blue | team.blue is a online enabler that helps local entrepreneurs to grow their business. It provides hosting and cloud solutions. |  | Private Equity | Jul 06, 2022 |  |
| Citation | Citation Professional Solutions provides all the support you need in key areas:- Human Resources & Employment Law- Health & Safety- ISO- Staff TrainingThey help over 15,000 businesses with the essential support they need to grow and develop. Their mission is to help businesses be the very best they can be. And, by providing24/7 support, practical advice and an online platform bursting with useful tools, we aim to take the strain from all business owners and managers – leaving them to do what they do best; run their business. |  | Private Equity | Sep 23, 2020 |  |
| Silverfin | 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. | $30M | Series B | Jun 09, 2020 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kkr) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [HarbourVest Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harbourvest-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SmartFin](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smartfin) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Hg

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Hg is a private equity firm that invests in software and services, focused on backing businesses. Hg is a sector expert investor, committed to helping build ambitious businesses across the technology, services, and industrial technology space, primarily in Europe. Deeply resourced sector teams focus on specific sub-sectors and investment themes toidentify companies occupying an established position within a niche, and which have the potential to grow faster than their market, create employment and become the leader in their industry. Hg’s dedicated operations innovation team provides practical support to management teams to help them realize their growth ambitions. Based in London and Munich, Hg has funds under management of close to £10 billion serving some of the world’s leading institutional and private investors.

5 contacts available at Hg.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dawn Marriott-Sims | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dawn-marriott-sims |
| Joris Van Gool | Partner | — |
| Nick Jordan | Partner | — |
| Thorsten Toepfer | Partner | — |
| Zeng Zhiqiang | President and Managing Partner | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Joris Van Gool invest in?

Joris Van Gool invests primarily in Software, Human Resources and SaaS startups, most often at Private Equity and Series B stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Belgium. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Joris Van Gool?

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### When did Joris Van Gool last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joris Van Gool closed in Dec 2024. Shizune tracks 4 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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