Jos Sluys
Chief Executive Officer & Founder @ Saffelberg Investments
Jos Sluys is a seed investor at Saffelberg Investments focused on Software and CRM. Jos Sluys (1963) founded Saffelberg Investments, a leading investment fund based in Gooik, Belgium, with a focus on helping entrepreneurs create value. Until 2007, Jos Sluys was CEO, Director & majority shareholder of ARINSO International, listed on Euronext Brussels. In July 2007, ARINSO was acquired by Northgate Information Solutions (LSE:NIS) for 375 million euro.Jos Sluys developed ARINSO from a local Belgian SAP-HR implementation company with 20 staff and a turnover of 1.5 million euro in 1995, to a group operating in 27 countries in EMEA, the Americas and AsiaPac, with consolidated net sales of 220 million euro and over 2,500 staff.Until 1994 Jos worked as HR sales manager for SAP Belgium, and managed the localisation of SAP-HR for the Belgian market. Prior to joining SAP, Jos worked at Unilever, where he gained significant practical experience in supply chain management and consumer marketing.Jos Sluys is considered an expert in IT Services and Business Transformation, and sits on the board of numerous companies across various industries. He has a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Brussels (VUB 1986) and a MBA from the Vlerick Management School (RUG 1987).
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 75%
Last updated:
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Industries Jos Sluys invests in
Stages Jos Sluys invests in
Countries Jos Sluys invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 2 (50%)
- CRM 1 (25%)
- Analytics 1 (25%)
- E-Commerce 1 (25%)
- Made to Order 1 (25%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (25%)
- Series A 1 (25%)
- Convertible Note 1 (25%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (25%)
Country
- Belgium 2 (50%)
- United States 1 (25%)
Investments
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Tangent Works
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Tangent Works operates as a data science startup.Tangent Works, the startup has automated the “repetitive” and “manual” parts of a data scientist’ job — namely, building the models. | $4.3M / Series A / Dec 15, 2022 | |
BRIKL
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Build your on-demand promo store in minutes. The fastest growing marketplace for on-demand. | $3.3M / Convertible Note / Dec 23, 2021 | |
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Tangent Works
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Tangent Works operates as a data science startup.Tangent Works, the startup has automated the “repetitive” and “manual” parts of a data scientist’ job — namely, building the models. | $1.2M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 22, 2017 | |
NextPrinciples
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NextPrinciples is an elegant and intuitive enterprise solution for social marketing automation that enables faster time to revenue from new as well as existing leads. Companies use NextPrinciples' Social Marketing Automation solution to significantly enhance their demand generation processes that are enabled by traditional Marketing Automationand CRM systems.NextPrinciples was incorporated in 2010 and headquartered in Milpitas, California. | $1.2M / Seed / Mar 13, 2012 |
Co-Investors
About Saffelberg Investments
Saffelberg Investments is an independent financial and industrial holding controlling a portfolio of 250 million €. Saffelberg Investments focuses on long term investments by participating in majority or significant minority interests in fast-growing companies.
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Jos Sluys
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Marleen Vercammen
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What does Jos Sluys invest in?
Jos Sluys invests primarily in Software, CRM and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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.
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