# Koen Desmedt

> Koen Desmedt is a Series A investor at CityLive backing Content and Publishing. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [CityLive](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/citylive)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jul 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Koen Desmedt is a Series A investor at CityLive focused on Content and Publishing. Koen Desmedt - COO @ CityLive

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Content | 1 | 50% |
| Publishing | 1 | 50% |
| Digital Media | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Small Teaser | Small Teaser is a community-based digital media company. They operate a digital publishing platform for shared creative output. It offers small teaser, a collaborative publishing platform that allows users to publish digital magazines and news Websites; and people to contribute articles, photos, and videos, as well as users to manage thesecontributions. Small Teaser was founded by Ruth Janssens and Stijn Janssens in 2015; and is headquartered in Belgium, Germany. | $878K | Series A | Jul 13, 2017 |  |
| CityLive | City Live is all about mobile.The MVNO or Mobile Virtual Network Operator "Mobile Vikings" is operated by City Live. They sell mobile telephony, SMS and internet services based on the network from BASE in Belgium.There offer is completely independent of what BASE is offering its customers. They manage there own users, have thereown SIM cards and determine there own pricing.As an internet operator, they want to create a maximal convergence between the web and telephony. Not only do we communicate with there users through various internet channels, but they also aim to integrate the telecommunication's functionality with the web. |  |  | May 19, 2009 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Limburgse Reconversie Maatschappij](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/limburgse-reconversie-maatschappij) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [The CoFoundry](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-cofoundry) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About CityLive

VC Fund · Hasselt, Belgium

City Live is all about mobile.The MVNO or Mobile Virtual Network Operator "Mobile Vikings" is operated by City Live. They sell mobile telephony, SMS and internet services based on the network from BASE in Belgium.There offer is completely independent of what BASE is offering its customers. They manage there own users, have thereown SIM cards and determine there own pricing.As an internet operator, they want to create a maximal convergence between the web and telephony. Not only do we communicate with there users through various internet channels, but they also aim to integrate the telecommunication's functionality with the web.

2 contacts available at CityLive.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Koen Delvaux | CMO; CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/koen-delvaux |
| Koen Desmedt | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/koen-desmedt |

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## FAQ

### What does Koen Desmedt invest in?

Koen Desmedt invests primarily in Content, Publishing and Digital Media startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Belgium. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Koen Desmedt last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Koen Desmedt closed in Jul 2017. 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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