Mike Vandenhooft
CMO and Co-Founder @ Newpharma
Brussels, Belgium
Mike Vandenhooft is a seed investor at Newpharma in Brussels focused on Internet and SaaS. Mike Vandenhooft - CMO and Co-Founder @ Newpharma
- Total investments:
- 7
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 29%
Last updated:
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Industries Mike Vandenhooft invests in
Stages Mike Vandenhooft invests in
Countries Mike Vandenhooft invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $652k–$1.6M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 2 (29%)
- SaaS 1 (14%)
- Payments 1 (14%)
- Marketing 1 (14%)
- Advertising 1 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (14%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (14%)
- Series A 1 (14%)
- Series B 1 (14%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (14%)
Country
- Belgium 2 (29%)
- France 1 (14%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Shyfter
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Shyfter isn't just another SaaS startup; we're revolutionizing the HR-Tech industry. Our innovative platform is transforming how businesses manage their human resources and workforce operations, offering a suite of powerful apps that redefine the sector. We're on a mission to dominate the HR-tech industry.Since our inception,we've experienced explosive growth—tripling our size each year—and secured substantial funding from both private investors and public partners. This strong financial foundation, combined with our cutting-edge technology, has positioned us as a frontrunner in the HR-Tech landscape. We're not just building software; we're shaping the future of work.The platform features real-time time tracking, extensive absence management, and seamless communication channels within teams, allowing for efficient coordination. Shyfter's intuitive interface enables managers to swiftly respond to staffing changes, approve leave requests, and ensure compliance with work hours regulations. By automating routine scheduling tasks, Shyfter significantly reduces administrative overhead, minimizes conflicts, and boosts overall productivity. Additionally, its advanced analytics capabilities offer valuable insights into workforce trends, helping businesses make informed, data-driven decisions to enhance operational efficiency and employee satisfaction. Perfect for small to medium-sized enterprises, Shyfter is customizable to meet specific organizational needs, making it an indispensable tool for effective workforce management. | $1.6M / Seed / Mar 15, 2025 | |
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Shyfter
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Shyfter isn't just another SaaS startup; we're revolutionizing the HR-Tech industry. Our innovative platform is transforming how businesses manage their human resources and workforce operations, offering a suite of powerful apps that redefine the sector. We're on a mission to dominate the HR-tech industry.Since our inception,we've experienced explosive growth—tripling our size each year—and secured substantial funding from both private investors and public partners. This strong financial foundation, combined with our cutting-edge technology, has positioned us as a frontrunner in the HR-Tech landscape. We're not just building software; we're shaping the future of work.The platform features real-time time tracking, extensive absence management, and seamless communication channels within teams, allowing for efficient coordination. Shyfter's intuitive interface enables managers to swiftly respond to staffing changes, approve leave requests, and ensure compliance with work hours regulations. By automating routine scheduling tasks, Shyfter significantly reduces administrative overhead, minimizes conflicts, and boosts overall productivity. Additionally, its advanced analytics capabilities offer valuable insights into workforce trends, helping businesses make informed, data-driven decisions to enhance operational efficiency and employee satisfaction. Perfect for small to medium-sized enterprises, Shyfter is customizable to meet specific organizational needs, making it an indispensable tool for effective workforce management. | $652.1K / Seed / Mar 31, 2023 | |
Obvy
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obvy provides services for handling payments and all transactions for businesses, including startups, VSEs, SMEs, and large groups. They offer services for payment, delivery, and management of all different kinds of transactions. | $2.1M / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 18, 2023 | |
Sortlist
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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 | |
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Shyfter
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Shyfter isn't just another SaaS startup; we're revolutionizing the HR-Tech industry. Our innovative platform is transforming how businesses manage their human resources and workforce operations, offering a suite of powerful apps that redefine the sector. We're on a mission to dominate the HR-tech industry.Since our inception,we've experienced explosive growth—tripling our size each year—and secured substantial funding from both private investors and public partners. This strong financial foundation, combined with our cutting-edge technology, has positioned us as a frontrunner in the HR-Tech landscape. We're not just building software; we're shaping the future of work.The platform features real-time time tracking, extensive absence management, and seamless communication channels within teams, allowing for efficient coordination. Shyfter's intuitive interface enables managers to swiftly respond to staffing changes, approve leave requests, and ensure compliance with work hours regulations. By automating routine scheduling tasks, Shyfter significantly reduces administrative overhead, minimizes conflicts, and boosts overall productivity. Additionally, its advanced analytics capabilities offer valuable insights into workforce trends, helping businesses make informed, data-driven decisions to enhance operational efficiency and employee satisfaction. Perfect for small to medium-sized enterprises, Shyfter is customizable to meet specific organizational needs, making it an indispensable tool for effective workforce management. | $703.6K / Seed / Mar 31, 2021 | |
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Shyfter
|
Shyfter isn't just another SaaS startup; we're revolutionizing the HR-Tech industry. Our innovative platform is transforming how businesses manage their human resources and workforce operations, offering a suite of powerful apps that redefine the sector. We're on a mission to dominate the HR-tech industry.Since our inception,we've experienced explosive growth—tripling our size each year—and secured substantial funding from both private investors and public partners. This strong financial foundation, combined with our cutting-edge technology, has positioned us as a frontrunner in the HR-Tech landscape. We're not just building software; we're shaping the future of work.The platform features real-time time tracking, extensive absence management, and seamless communication channels within teams, allowing for efficient coordination. Shyfter's intuitive interface enables managers to swiftly respond to staffing changes, approve leave requests, and ensure compliance with work hours regulations. By automating routine scheduling tasks, Shyfter significantly reduces administrative overhead, minimizes conflicts, and boosts overall productivity. Additionally, its advanced analytics capabilities offer valuable insights into workforce trends, helping businesses make informed, data-driven decisions to enhance operational efficiency and employee satisfaction. Perfect for small to medium-sized enterprises, Shyfter is customizable to meet specific organizational needs, making it an indispensable tool for effective workforce management. | $216.6K / Pre-Seed / Feb 15, 2020 | |
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Sortlist
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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 | $2.2M / Series A / Feb 08, 2019 |
Co-Investors
Sambrinvest
3 deals together
4Ventures
1 deal together
Digital Attraxion
1 deal together
Lean FUND
1 deal together
S.R.I.W.
1 deal together
About Newpharma
Newpharma is the online extension of a traditional Belgian pharmacy. The online pharmacy follows a strong European strategy with 750.000 patients across 12 countries, as well as five local websites for Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Germany and Austria. Newpharma stands out on its market thanks to the width of its catalogue, with over 30.000products and 750 brands, and the efficiency of its logistics that allows the company to deliver most orders placed before noon within 24 hours.
Newpharma Contacts
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Mike Vandenhooft
CMO and Co-Founder
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Elie Chaptini
Managing Director
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Jerome Gobbesso
CEO and Co-Founder
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Philippe Detry
COO
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FAQ
What does Mike Vandenhooft invest in?
Mike Vandenhooft invests primarily in Internet, SaaS and Payments startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Belgium. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Mike Vandenhooft's check size?
Mike Vandenhooft typically joins rounds of $652k–$1.6M 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 Mike Vandenhooft participates in.
When did Mike Vandenhooft last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Mike Vandenhooft closed in Mar 2025. Shizune tracks 7 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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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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