# Lean FUND

> Lean FUND is a VC fund in Louvain backing Internet and Apps. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Louvain, Belgium
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Sep 2021
- Lead investor: 83%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/benoitlips
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/Lean_Fund
- Website: http://leanfund.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/benoit.lips

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $66k–$384k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 3 | 25% |
| Apps | 2 | 17% |
| Software | 2 | 17% |
| Messaging | 2 | 17% |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 17% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 92% |
| Series B | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Belgium | 8 | 67% |
| United States | 2 | 17% |
| France | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Benoit Lips | Fund Manager | 12 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benoit-lips |
| Jean Dessain | Director & Fund manager | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jean-dessain |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sortlist | 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 |  |
| Supersec | 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. | $165K | Seed | Jun 10, 2016 |  |
| Neveo | With one click, send photos and messages on a family newspaper that your senior will receive every month. | $110K | Seed | Oct 09, 2015 |  |
| Sortlist | 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 | $603K | Seed | Feb 09, 2015 |  |
| Aldento | Aldento produces food products such as pasta made from insects. | $357K | Seed | Jan 16, 2015 |  |
| Koalect | 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. | $165K | Seed | Nov 18, 2014 |  |
| Krak | 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 | 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. | $219K | Seed | Sep 02, 2014 |  |
| Djump | 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 | 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. | $384K | Seed | Jul 25, 2014 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [LeanSquare](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leansquare) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Meusinvest (Noshaq)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/meusinvest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sambrinvest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sambr-invest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [S.R.I.W.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/s-r-i-w) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [TCD Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/theclubdeal) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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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 is Lean FUND's check size?

Lean FUND typically joins rounds of $66k–$384k at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Lean FUND participates in.

### How do I contact Lean FUND?

Public channels for Lean FUND include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### 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 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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