Marc Moens
Partner @ Pentech Ventures
Marc Moens is a Series A investor at Pentech Ventures focused on FinTech and Medical. Marc has been a Pentech partner since 2008. His areas of interest include companies that make use of data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence, companies that build solutions focused on marketing optimisation, and companies that grow through network effects.He has led investments in targeted advertising company Struq (acquiredby Quantcast), data and machine learning company Semetric (acquired by Apple), customer experience optimization specialist Maxymiser (acquired by Oracle), music streaming service We7 (acquired by Tesco) and daily fantasy sports company FanDuel.Marc has a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, where he ran a research group working in natural language processing. He left the University to co-found Rhetorical Systems, a text-to-speech company, and became its CEO. In 2001, Pentech became one of Rhetorical’s investors. Rhetorical soon became a market leader in high-quality text-to-speech, with sales across Europe and the US. In December 2004 Rhetorical was sold to a US-based speech company.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 67%
Last updated:
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Industries Marc Moens invests in
Stages Marc Moens invests in
Countries Marc Moens invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 1 (33%)
- Medical 1 (33%)
- Software 1 (33%)
- Analytics 1 (33%)
- InsurTech 1 (33%)
Stage
- Series A 1 (33%)
- Funding Round 1 (33%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Causaly
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Causaly develops a biomedical research discovery tool designed to find and unlock key hidden evidence in biomedicine. It amplifies human cognitive abilities to expand the boundaries of discovery toward making the best decisions in biomedicine. | $4.8M / Series A / Nov 20, 2019 | |
Digital Fineprint
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DFP - Transforming SME underwritingOur award-winning insurance technology helps you collect and manage huge amounts of data about your industry sector to give you the insights you need for better performance. It’s the future of efficient underwriting.The technology we have developed in the form of our powerful data sourcing platform providesinsurers with the granular insights on SMEs they would otherwise find difficult, time-consuming and expensive to acquire. | $4M / Sep 24, 2019 | |
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Digital Fineprint
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DFP - Transforming SME underwritingOur award-winning insurance technology helps you collect and manage huge amounts of data about your industry sector to give you the insights you need for better performance. It’s the future of efficient underwriting.The technology we have developed in the form of our powerful data sourcing platform providesinsurers with the granular insights on SMEs they would otherwise find difficult, time-consuming and expensive to acquire. | $2.7M / Jan 08, 2018 |
Co-Investors
About Pentech Ventures
Pentech Ventures is a venture capital fund focused on finding category defining software companies. Their passion is helping founders develop their startup into an internationally successful organisation. They have done this multiple times, partnering with leading VCs, corporations and investment banks along the way. They consider any opportunitycapable of becoming a market leader but are most comfortable being the first venture investor, supporting founders through the early stages of proving product and market fit. Their initial investment is likely to be £500K to £2M, with up to £10M invested over the lifetime of the investment.They invest in founders who are ambitious to build a global company, have the passion and ability to attract the best team and who are focused on the data and understand the key drivers in proving and building their business. They support the founders they invest in to develop and grow with their business.
Pentech Ventures Contacts
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Craig Anderson
Partner
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Eddie Anderson
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Marc Moens
Partner
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Sandy McKinnon
Partner
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Andy Duncan
Financial Controller
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FAQ
What does Marc Moens invest in?
Marc Moens invests primarily in FinTech, Medical and Software startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Marc Moens last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Marc Moens closed in Nov 2019. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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