Lean FUND
VC Fund
Louvain, Belgium
Lean FUND is a privately held seed and early stage investment fund managed by experienced entrepreneurs. On top of our first round investment, we provide coaching from our integrated Lean REACTOR.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 83%
Last updated:
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Industries Lean FUND invests in
Stages Lean FUND invests in
Countries Lean FUND invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $70k–$470k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 3 (25%)
- Apps 2 (17%)
- Software 2 (17%)
- Messaging 2 (17%)
- Food and Beverage 2 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 11 (92%)
- Series B 1 (8%)
Country
- Belgium 8 (67%)
- United States 2 (17%)
- France 1 (8%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Benoit Lips
Fund Manager
|
Fund Manager | Total investments: 12 | Find email | |
Jean Dessain
Director & Fund manager
|
Director & Fund manager | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Because finding the right partner in the fast-growing digital environment is a hard task, we have built an online multi-criteria searching tool strongly linked to professional networks and peer-to-peer recommendations. Sortlist helps marketing managers find their partners in minutes and let them focus on building communication and marketingsuccess.Start your search now on www.sortlist.com | $13M / Series B / Sep 15, 2021 | ||
| To allow everyone to obtain natural / organic products from different countries, quality and different varieties, throughout the year while preserving to the maximum their quality and their organoleptic capacities. | $168.8K / Seed / Jun 10, 2016 | ||
| With one click, send photos and messages on a family newspaper that your senior will receive every month. | $113.6K / Seed / Oct 09, 2015 | ||
| Because finding the right partner in the fast-growing digital environment is a hard task, we have built an online multi-criteria searching tool strongly linked to professional networks and peer-to-peer recommendations. Sortlist helps marketing managers find their partners in minutes and let them focus on building communication and marketingsuccess.Start your search now on www.sortlist.com | $622.9K / Seed / Feb 09, 2015 | ||
| Aldento is a manufacturer of hand-made pasta made from edible insect flour with the goal of improving both nutritional value and environmental value. The food items produced by the company are prepared with insect flour, integrated grains, and nuts. They provide consumers with a fine dining option that is quick and simple to make, easy toincorporate into daily life, and environmentally friendly, allowing them to switch up their regular meals and use them in place of meat and fish. | $376K / Seed / Jan 16, 2015 | ||
| Koalect is an online platform that enables users to create and manage crowdfunding projects. It enables local organizations to solve their fundraising issues and help them better reach their community through the centralization of all activities. Koalects is based in Mont-saint-guibert, Brabant Wallon. | $188K / Seed / Nov 18, 2014 | ||
| Krak is a skateboarding studio. They build products for.by skateboarders. They launched so far a mobile social network for skateboarders + a monthly subscription box full of skateboarding items + an online skate mag.They currently work on Their 4th product which is a hardware device connected to the app w/ an algorithm to recognizeskateboarding tricks. | $70K / Seed / Sep 04, 2014 | ||
| CHEQROOM is the #1 equipment software for makers on the go. It gives you full visibility of your frequently moving expensive equipment, holds users accountable, and provides insight into the usage & condition of all your items. Wherever you are. Whenever you want. | $262.7K / Seed / Sep 02, 2014 | ||
| Djump operates an online and mobile community intermediation platform for peer-to-peer ridesharing and carpooling. It offers a mobile application that allows users who are looking for a shared ride to contact users who are ready to offer a shared ride. Djump was founded in 2013 and is based in Chaumont-Gistoux, Belgium. | Seed / Aug 04, 2014 | ||
| Take eat easy’s mission is to become the delivery partner of choice for every quality restaurant in every major city in the world.Take eat easy is reinventing the way they eat by enabling anyone to get quality food delivered in under one hour.Take eat easy’s platform connects customers with highly rated restaurants, through its network oflocal couriers. | $470.1K / Seed / Jul 25, 2014 | ||
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FAQ
What does Lean FUND invest in?
Lean FUND invests primarily in Internet, Apps and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Belgium. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Lean FUND invest in?
Lean FUND typically joins rounds of $70k–$470k at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Lean FUND's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Lean FUND took part in.
How do I contact Lean FUND?
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Who are the partners at Lean FUND?
The team at Lean FUND includes Benoit Lips (Fund Manager) and Jean Dessain (Director & Fund manager). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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