# Laurent Drion

> Laurent Drion is a seed investor at E-Merge (Brussels) backing E-Commerce and B2B. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [E-Merge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emerge)
- Location: Brussels, Belgium
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Apr 2022
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://be.linkedin.com/in/laurentdrion
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/LaurentDrion
- Website: https://x.com/LaurentDrion

Laurent Drion is a seed investor at E-Merge in Brussels focused on E-Commerce and B2B. Laurent holds a Business Engineering degree from Solvay Business School (ULB, Belgium). During his studies, he launched his first startup, Mac Line SA, together with Gregory. Before creating E-Merge, both of them were also early stage investors in Internet Access Provider Skynet, which fast became the leading access provider in Belgium andwas later acquired by Belgacom.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $635k–$1.4M |
| Series A | $700k–$22M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 25% |
| B2B | 1 | 13% |
| News | 1 | 13% |
| Beauty | 1 | 13% |
| Retail | 1 | 13% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Series A | 2 | 25% |
| Series B | 2 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 50% |
| Belgium | 1 | 13% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gisou | Gisou by Negin Mirsalehi is born out of a passion for honey bees and haircare. |  | Series B | Apr 21, 2022 |  |
| Bolt | Bolt is on a mission to democratize commerce. Bolt strengthens retailers’ relationships with their customers by unlocking secure, logged-in, lightning-fast checkouts. The company’s rapidly growing network of one-click-checkout-ready shoppers visits Bolt merchants as if they are return customers. Hundreds of retailers including, REVOLVE, Casper,Badgley Mischka, and LVMH brand Benefit Cosmetics leverage Bolt to offer their shoppers the seamless checkout experiences they’ve come to expect across the internet.Bolt was established in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $22M | Series A | Jun 01, 2018 |  |
| Bolt | Bolt is on a mission to democratize commerce. Bolt strengthens retailers’ relationships with their customers by unlocking secure, logged-in, lightning-fast checkouts. The company’s rapidly growing network of one-click-checkout-ready shoppers visits Bolt merchants as if they are return customers. Hundreds of retailers including, REVOLVE, Casper,Badgley Mischka, and LVMH brand Benefit Cosmetics leverage Bolt to offer their shoppers the seamless checkout experiences they’ve come to expect across the internet.Bolt was established in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $22M | Series B | Jun 01, 2018 |  |
| Jobble | Jobble puts the power of recruiting and managing an on-demand workforce in the hands of companies and agencies. You get the operational efficiencies of a staff management platform plus a professional and vetted on-demand workforce, with ratings and reviews by former employers. In just a few clicks you can handpick a workforce that best fits yourneeds, control costs, and manage operations. | $1.4M | Seed | Feb 06, 2017 |  |
| Jobble | Jobble puts the power of recruiting and managing an on-demand workforce in the hands of companies and agencies. You get the operational efficiencies of a staff management platform plus a professional and vetted on-demand workforce, with ratings and reviews by former employers. In just a few clicks you can handpick a workforce that best fits yourneeds, control costs, and manage operations. | $1.2M | Seed | Apr 05, 2016 |  |
| Stormpulse | Stormpulse delivers high-fidelity weather intelligence to a broad range of industries including energy, transportation, defense, healthcare, and retail. Businesses and government agencies subscribe to this intelligence to improve their long-range planning and daily decision-making surrounding the arrival and impact of significant weather events inthe continental United States and Caribbean. | $635K | Seed | Jan 09, 2013 |  |
| Riskpulse | Riskpulse's mission is to help supply chains adapt to Earth’s natural and manmade hazards. You can think of them as Climate.com for transportation and logistics. | $635K | Seed | Jan 09, 2013 |  |
| myShopi | myShopi is the number 1 promotion and shopping platform in Belgium. In addition to the myShopi folder package that is included in the mailbox every week, there is also the website www.myShopi.be and the free myShopi app for smartphone, tablet and smartwatch. The myShopi app has already been downloaded more than 1,000,000 times in Belgium and morethan 10 million times worldwide. | $700K | Series A | Mar 15, 2012 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Blockchain Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crypto-currency-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [E-Merge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emerge) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Evolution VC Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evolution-corporate-advisors-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Human Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/human-capital-da7c) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [InterWest Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/interwest-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Long Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/long-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About E-Merge

VC Fund · Brussels, Belgium

Founded in November 1998 by entrepreneurs Laurent Drion and Gregory Hédo, E-Merge has invested, generally as lead investor, in more than 30 Technology Startups . We focus on early stages of development (Seed and Series A).Our three original target industries were: Telecom, E-Commerce Tools & Online Payment Systems. In 2012 we alsostarted paying attention to Commercial Space investment opportunities, including businesses built around the open-source CubeSat standard and made our first investment in this area.The portfolio companies are carefully selected for their technological and commercial strengths. They have strong dedicated management teams with relevant expertise, a significant growth potential, strongly automatized processes, and recurring revenue.Typical investments range between USD 50,000 and USD 1,500,000 per portfolio company.In addition to capital, E-Merge shares its experience with its portfolio companies in a wide range of areas: strategy, development of the business plan, key-persons recruitment, technology choices, marketing & press relations, legal matters, fundraising, M&A etc... Portfolio companies also get access to E-Merge's extended network in its target industries.E-Merge distinguishes itself from other investors by the entrepreneurial profile of its founders and managers, for its rapid decision-making and for taking the risk of investing in very early stage companies. Thanks to their entrepreneurial background E-Merge's partners have an excellent understanding of the challenges facing innovative startups and their founders.

3 contacts available at E-Merge.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grégory Hédo | Founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grgory-hdo |
| Laurent Drion | Founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/laurent-drion |
| Patrice Decafmeyer | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patrice-decafmeyer |

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## FAQ

### What does Laurent Drion invest in?

Laurent Drion invests primarily in E-Commerce, B2B and News startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Laurent Drion's check size?

Laurent Drion typically joins rounds of $635k–$1.4M at Seed and $700k–$22M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Laurent Drion participates in.

### When did Laurent Drion last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Laurent Drion closed in Apr 2022. Shizune tracks 8 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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