# Marcel van Poecke

> Marcel van Poecke is a private equity investor at AtlasInvest backing Energy. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [AtlasInvest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlasinvest)
- Location: Antwerp, Belgium
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: May 2021
- Lead investor: 60%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-van-poecke-486981a

Marcel van Poecke is a private equity investor at AtlasInvest in Antwerp focused on Energy and Oil and Gas. Having more than 25 years of experience in the Energy sector, Marcel van Poecke is primarily an Entrepreneur, Investor and Executive Manager. He is the Chairman of AtlasInvest, a private holding company he founded in 2007. AtlasInvest is engaged in investments across the broad energy spectrum.Marcel van Poecke is a Managing Director for CarlyleInternational Energy Partners (CIEP) and is the Head of the Carlyle International Energy Partnership. CIEP focuses on the energy sector outside North America with a particular focus on oil and gas: upstream, midstream, downstream and oil field services.Mr. van Poecke is also the Chairman of Oranje-Nassau Energie (ONE), an AtlasInvest portfolio company with oil and gas assets in the North Sea and West Africa, with a long track-record of running a diversified upstream portfolio; Vice Chairman of the Energy Intelligence Board; and a non-executive Director on the Boards of Argos-North Sea Group, Hestya, VARO and Discover Exploration.Prior to forming AtlasInvest, he founded Petroplus from a management buyout in 1993 and successfully led its growth into the largest independent oil refiner in Europe through several major acquisitions and divestments. Petroplus was taken private in 2005 in a transaction led by Carlyle/Riverstone and management. In 2006, Marcel exited Petroplus following the company’s successful IPO on the Zurich stock exchange. The transaction was the highest multiple return investment for the Carlyle/Riverstone Energy Fund.Mr. van Poecke has a degree in Agricultural Business Administration from the University of Wageningen and a Masters in Business Administration from the William E. Simon School of Management of the University of Rochester.Born 1960, Mr. van Poecke is married and has six children.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 3 | 60% |
| Oil and Gas | 3 | 60% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 40% |
| GPS | 1 | 20% |
| SEO | 1 | 20% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 3 | 60% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 1 | 20% |
| Spain | 1 | 20% |
| France | 1 | 20% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Spotzer | Spotzer provides small businesses with full-service solutions for creating and maintaining online content that search engines and social networks reward with high exposure. The company's solutions feature websites, videos, mobile sites, and social media, with all packages including a combination of upfront creative services and ongoingservices to refresh, redistribute and further optimize material to improve search rankings.Based in Amsterdam and with offices in New York and Melbourne, the technology-powered agency has produced an online presence for more than 50,000 satisfied small businesses in 16 countries. It was founded in 2006 by serial Internet entrepreneur Andrew D. Klein and is backed by the US and European venture capital investors, including Sierra Ventures, Cyrte Investments, and SV Angel (Ron Conway.) |  | Private Equity | May 06, 2021 |  |
| Cepsa | Cepsa is an integrated company operating across the entire oil and gas value chain. It is engaged in petroleum and natural gas exploration and production activities, refining, the transport and sale of crude oil derivatives; petrochemicals, gas and electricity. |  | Private Equity | Apr 08, 2019 |  |
| Kayrros | Kayrros is the leading advanced data analytics company that helps global energy market players make better investment decisions. Kayrros experts extract value from the integration of alternative and market data into unique product offerings across the energy chain. With more than 100 employees representing over 15 nationalities working fromheadquarters in Paris and offices in Houston, London, New York and Singapore, Kayrros delivers actionable information in near real-time using cutting-edge technologies. Kayrros solutions are rapidly scalable and continually expanded to new geographies and new sources of data that help provide greater transparency into energy markets worldwide. | $24.4M | Series B | Sep 18, 2018 |  |
| Kayrros | Kayrros is the leading advanced data analytics company that helps global energy market players make better investment decisions. Kayrros experts extract value from the integration of alternative and market data into unique product offerings across the energy chain. With more than 100 employees representing over 15 nationalities working fromheadquarters in Paris and offices in Houston, London, New York and Singapore, Kayrros delivers actionable information in near real-time using cutting-edge technologies. Kayrros solutions are rapidly scalable and continually expanded to new geographies and new sources of data that help provide greater transparency into energy markets worldwide. | $10M | Series A | Jan 12, 2017 |  |
| Magna Energy | A new upstream oil and gas company focused on India and South Asia. | $500M | Private Equity | Jun 22, 2015 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cathay Innovation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cathay-innovation-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Korelya Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/korelya-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mubadala](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mubadala-investment-company-e9c0) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pride Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pride-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Primwest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/primwest-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About AtlasInvest

VC Fund · Brussels, Belgium

AtlasInvest is a principal investment firm specializing in fund of fund investments. The firm seeks to invest in the energy sector including oil, gas, and renewable energy. AtlasInvest’s investment portfolio is diverse in both scope and geography, encompassing all segments of the conventional energy chain including E&P, midstream anddownstream. In addition, the group holds significant participations in a range of renewable energy companies (wind and solar) and in businesses complementary to the energy portfolio.

3 contacts available at AtlasInvest.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Didier Ryelandt | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/didier-ryelandt |
| Heleen van Poecke | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/heleen-van-poecke |
| Marcel van Poecke | Chairman and Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marcel-van-poecke |

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## FAQ

### What does Marcel van Poecke invest in?

Marcel van Poecke invests primarily in Energy, Oil and Gas and Information Technology startups, most often at Private Equity and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Marcel van Poecke last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Marcel van Poecke closed in May 2021. Shizune tracks 5 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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