# Peter Hinssen

> Peter Hinssen is a seed investor at nexxworks (Gent) backing Apps, SaaS and EBooks. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [nexxworks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nexxworks)
- Location: Gent, Belgium
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Apr 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/peter-hinssen/0/26/74a
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/hinssen
- Website: http://www.peterhinssen.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hinssen

Peter Hinssen is a seed investor at nexxworks in Gent focused on Apps and SaaS. Peter Hinssen is the Co-Founder and Partner at Nexxworks.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $524k–$4.8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 20% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| EBooks | 1 | 20% |
| EdTech | 1 | 20% |
| Privacy | 1 | 20% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rita Data | Rita is a zero-party data platform that connects consumers and brands to enable trusted and engaging data transactions. The mobile app allows users to view, control, and share their data for rewards. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Apr 26, 2022 |  |
| Perlego | Perlego is an online library subscription service for textbooks and non-fiction titles. Having partnered with over 3,000 publishers, it gives its users unlimited access to over 650,000 eBooks and publications via an affordable monthly subscription. It aims to make learning accessible to all. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in London,England. | $4.8M | Seed | Sep 07, 2018 |  |
| Perlego | Perlego is an online library subscription service for textbooks and non-fiction titles. Having partnered with over 3,000 publishers, it gives its users unlimited access to over 650,000 eBooks and publications via an affordable monthly subscription. It aims to make learning accessible to all. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in London,England. | $524K | Seed | Nov 04, 2017 |  |
| Sparkcentral | Consumers today engage with brands and companies on social channels by sending tweets and messages stating their customer service needs openly and publicly. Many companies choose to respond to these consumers via the same channels in order to address their concerns. The Sparkcentral Platform helps customer support teams manage large volumes ofsocial inquiries in a streamlined and efficient manner. The platform pulls in the messages from these social channels and presents them to customer care teams via a secure agent console that automatically assigns the messages to the first available agent. Sparkcentral’s client roster includes Delta Air Lines, Emirates, Netflix, Nordstrom, Dropbox, Uber, and T-Mobile.The company’s client portfolio includes Formerly known as TwitSpark, Sparkcentral was incorporated in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $4.5M | Series A | Oct 07, 2013 |  |
| Sparkcentral | Consumers today engage with brands and companies on social channels by sending tweets and messages stating their customer service needs openly and publicly. Many companies choose to respond to these consumers via the same channels in order to address their concerns. The Sparkcentral Platform helps customer support teams manage large volumes ofsocial inquiries in a streamlined and efficient manner. The platform pulls in the messages from these social channels and presents them to customer care teams via a secure agent console that automatically assigns the messages to the first available agent. Sparkcentral’s client roster includes Delta Air Lines, Emirates, Netflix, Nordstrom, Dropbox, Uber, and T-Mobile.The company’s client portfolio includes Formerly known as TwitSpark, Sparkcentral was incorporated in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2012 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Limburgse Reconversie Maatschappij](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/limburgse-reconversie-maatschappij) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ADV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accelerated-digital-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Founders Factory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-factory) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pitchdrive](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pitchdrive) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About nexxworks

VC Fund · Ghent, Belgium

nexxworks was founded in 2014 by innovation leaders Peter Hinssen, Steven Van Belleghem and Rik Vera.Nexxworks kickstarts innovationThe company helps corporates thrive by inspiring them with extreme examples of exponential change, immersing them in front-seat experiences with top innovators around the world and activating their own internalradical innovation team.

5 contacts available at nexxworks.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Matthias De Clercq | COO & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthias-de-clercq |
| Peter Hinssen | Co-founder and Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-hinssen |
| Eline Lostrie | CCO & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eline-lostrie |
| Julie Vens-De Vos | CEO & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julie-vens-de-vos |
| Pascal Coppens | China Evangelist | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pascal-coppens |

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## FAQ

### What does Peter Hinssen invest in?

Peter Hinssen invests primarily in Apps, SaaS and EBooks startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Peter Hinssen's check size?

Peter Hinssen typically joins rounds of $524k–$4.8M 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 Peter Hinssen participates in.

### When did Peter Hinssen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Peter Hinssen closed in Apr 2022. 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.

### 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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