# Katleen Vandersmissen

> Katleen Vandersmissen is a Series A investor at HERAN Partners backing Software and Health Care. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [HERAN Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/heran-partners)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Oct 2021
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/katleen-vandersmissen/8/2a9/468

Katleen Vandersmissen is a Series A investor at HERAN Partners focused on Software and Health Care. Katleen Vandersmissen is the Managing Partner of HERAN Partners. She Previously worked at LRM as a Head of Health&Care. Katleen Vandersmissen attended the University of Leuven.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Health Care | 1 | 50% |
| Image Recognition | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Thirona | Thirona is a software solutions firm that offers services for software and image analysis services for the health care industry. |  |  | Oct 27, 2021 |  |
| Thirona | Thirona is a software solutions firm that offers services for software and image analysis services for the health care industry. |  | Series A | Oct 27, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Borski Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/borski-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About HERAN Partners

VC Fund · Belgiek, Belgium

HERAN PARTNERS is a Belgian-based investment fund founded by Annie Vereecken together with Katleen Vandersmissen, Joris Mortelmans and Herman Verrelst within the sector of MedTech and Digital Health. With a clear focus on European HealthTech, the fund provides venture & growth capital accompanied by a strong network, expertise and mentorship tostartups and scale-ups with a strong technology platform and market potential.

1 contacts available at HERAN Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Katleen Vandersmissen | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katleen-vandersmissen |

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## FAQ

### What does Katleen Vandersmissen invest in?

Katleen Vandersmissen invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Image Recognition startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in The Netherlands. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Katleen Vandersmissen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Katleen Vandersmissen closed in Oct 2021. Shizune tracks 2 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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