# Spreds

> Spreds is a VC fund in Brussels backing Information Technology and E-Commerce. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brussels, Belgium
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spreds/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/mymicroinvest
- Website: https://www.spreds.com/en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/spreds/

Spreds is a “Venture Capital” investment platform which uses crowdfunding techniques to allow individuals to select and invest alongside professionals in European start-ups and SMEs.Individuals can invest (from 100 euros) in companies listed on Spreds in conjunction with investment professionals and under the same financial conditions.Individuals combine their resources to select, invest in and support the companies of tomorrow with industry professionals.Spreds was founded in July 2011 by José Zurstrassen, Charles-Albert de Radzitzky, Olivier de Duve and Guillaume Desclée. The platform can be considered to be the main showcase for Belgian entrepreneurship to the rest of the world, as no less than 1200 people from 163 countries use the platform every day to give advice and invest in our entrepreneurs.Spreds is industry leader, since more than 31.4 million euros have been raised since its commercial launch in September 2012 and it has more than 35,000 members.Spreds was also the first crowdfunding platform in the world to develop a system allowing young companies to make a public offering for Belgian savings by establishing a relationship of trust with the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA). This is because Spreds published a FSMA approved prospectus to be able to raise unlimited amounts of funds using crowdfunding.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $165k–$1.3M |
| Pre-Seed | $150k–$197k |
| Series A | $247k–$2.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 3 | 18% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 12% |
| Health Care | 2 | 12% |
| Online Portals | 2 | 12% |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 12% |

39 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 7 | 41% |
| Seed | 3 | 18% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 12% |
| Series B | 2 | 12% |
| Angel | 1 | 6% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Belgium | 12 | 71% |
| France | 1 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gilles van der Meerschen | Partner & Chief Sales Officer | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gilles-van-der-meerschen |
| Sarah Kawa | Lawyer | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sarah-kawa |
| Charles-Albert de Radzitzky | Co-Founder | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-albert-de-radzitzky |
| Ines Mertens | Investment manager | 13 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ines-mertens |
| Peter De Decker | Investment Analyst | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-de-decker |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jelloow | Jelloow is a data-driven platform designed to help businesses clearly identify their true marketing needs. Instead of relying on assumptions or generic solutions, we analyze key data points to provide precise, tailored insights. Our approach eliminates guesswork, ensuring that companies invest in the right marketing strategies to achieve theirgoals. With Jelloow, businesses can confidently navigate their marketing landscape, knowing they’re making decisions backed by real data.The Jelloow process: 1. Plan, Scope and Post your project 2. Get pitches from Marketing Agencies 3. Select your team and start your project. Simple as it can be. Our Jelloow Leads are marketing experts, and will provide best practices so you can see results, ASAP. Get started with a (free!) planning call Let’s chat! | $150K | Pre-Seed | Jul 20, 2024 |  |
| PlayTreks | Meet the growing demand for transparency in the music industry with subscription plans that give you unlimited meta data, music distribution, radio airplay monitoring, blockchain marketplace, digital proof of ownership, and easy-to-use conversion of your creation into NFT, all in ONE PLACE.we are a platform where creators, artists, producers,record labels, teams can earn revenue from published content. playtreks is an ethical and transparent business model where creatives can monetize exclusive content and earn significantly more. Stay up to date about our to be announced token, TREKS | $196.9K | Pre-Seed | Jun 23, 2021 |  |
| NietsCo | NietsCo provides professionals in the food and drink industry and individuals with quality products that are distilled in the same way as the original products, but completely alcohol-free. | $365K | Seed | Dec 24, 2020 |  |
| PlayTreks | Meet the growing demand for transparency in the music industry with subscription plans that give you unlimited meta data, music distribution, radio airplay monitoring, blockchain marketplace, digital proof of ownership, and easy-to-use conversion of your creation into NFT, all in ONE PLACE.we are a platform where creators, artists, producers,record labels, teams can earn revenue from published content. playtreks is an ethical and transparent business model where creatives can monetize exclusive content and earn significantly more. Stay up to date about our to be announced token, TREKS | $139.9K | Angel | Sep 23, 2020 |  |
| Digiteal | Digiteal offers to every european citizen a personal assistant to manage their e-invoices and perform their online payments. The startup is specialized in financial technologies, especially in e-invoicing and e-payment for the B2C market. Its mission is to simplify the B2C invoicing process at a European level, for the citizens and for theissuers. The company also aims at becoming the first pan-european e-invoicing platform for the B2C market. | $913K | Debt Financing | Jan 10, 2019 |  |
| Opinum | Opinum has created and ensures the continuous development of the "Opinum Data Hub" platform, designed for energy and environmental actors. Opinum is the key partner of these actors in their digital transformation journey. Opinum Data Hub covers all stages of the data management value chain to allow its users to look beyond the complexityof data and focus on their core value and expertise. Opinum Data Hub is mainly intended for large private and public service companies, energy suppliers and companies with expertise in energy management (ESCO). | $987K | Series A | Sep 29, 2016 |  |
| Tconcept | TConcept offers you the perfect brewing appliance, Teh®. This unique device will be launched on the market this year and will be able to provide extraordinary premium tea taste and olfactory sensation by respecting the infusion procedures. The ultimate tea experience.Fully automatic, their appliance provide to the tea an appropriate infusionvessel to enable tea leaves deliver their precious oils and ingredients. In its system, T-Concept has designed and developed a unique brewing apparatus where the internal part of the chamber (called the brewing vessel) is connected to the tea cartridge. Both are tightly sealed. The water is poured in the vessel and (being the cartridge sealed to it) gently flows into the capsule and prevent a thermal shock to raw material.Their brewing appliance has many capacities, including a recognition system by colors which allows him to select the appropriate temperature for each type of tea (each one of them possess her own color). It's also capable of performing an automatic rinsing and a capsule ejection, can display the brewing time, the temperature and the progress percentage for each brewing. And he can do it all with a contemporary design, giving you the feeling of meeting a real tea expert.Their capsules, with their special and transparent packaging, allow you too see the tea, his color and his ingredients and even smell all of his aromas and to make the perfect choice. | $1.3M | Seed | Aug 30, 2016 |  |
| 2houses | 2houses.com is an online platform that utilizes communication, scheduling, and reporting tool for separated or divorced parents. 2houses.com shared calendar with the parenting schedule and any special event or appointment and expense module allowing for efficient tracking and balancing of the expenses. | $165K | Series B | Jun 27, 2016 |  |
| Made & More | Made & More is a fashion and apparel platform founded in 2013. | $247K | Series A | Apr 11, 2016 |  |
| YouScribe | YouScribe is the French community platform for sharing and selling digital publications. | $680K | Series B | Dec 28, 2015 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Spreds invest in?

Spreds invests primarily in Information Technology, E-Commerce and Health Care startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Belgium. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Spreds's check size?

Spreds typically joins rounds of $165k–$1.3M at Seed, $150k–$197k at Pre-Seed and $247k–$2.5M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Spreds participates in.

### How do I contact Spreds?

Public channels for Spreds 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 Spreds?

The team at Spreds includes Gilles van der Meerschen (Partner & Chief Sales Officer), Sarah Kawa (Lawyer) and Charles-Albert de Radzitzky (Co-Founder), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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