# Mark De Smedt

> Mark De Smedt is a seed investor in Merchtem backing Cycling and Manufacturing. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Merchtem, Belgium
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markdesmedt/

Mark De Smedt is a seed investor in Merchtem focused on Cycling and Manufacturing. Mark De Smedt, Director at Plan International, Plan Belgium, SD Worx, Copus Group, SVR consult and Youth Start.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cycling | 1 | 100% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 100% |
| Transportation | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ASKA | ASKA manufacturers e-bike that travels 45 km/h, regardless of the weather or road conditions. | $1.4M | Seed | Mar 17, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [PMV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pmv-eu) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Mark De Smedt invest in?

Mark De Smedt invests primarily in Cycling, Manufacturing and Transportation startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Belgium. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Mark De Smedt last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mark De Smedt closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 1 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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