# Piet Maes

> Piet Maes is a seed investor at Sofico (Ghent) backing Manufacturing and Software Engineering. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sofico](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sofico)
- Location: Ghent, Belgium
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/piet-maes-09722659
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/piet_maes
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/piet.maes

Piet Maes is a seed investor at Sofico in Ghent focused on Manufacturing and Software Engineering. Piet Maes is the CTO & Co-founder of Sofico. Piet Maes attended KU Leuven.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 50% |
| Software Engineering | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Maurice & Nora | Maurice & Nora is a care-tech company that offers support for seniors and families. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | May 06, 2026 |  |
| Polysense | Engineering Consultants | $2.3M | Seed | Jun 11, 2025 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [100IN](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/100in) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Coformaco](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coformaco) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Shaping Impact Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shaping-impact-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Sofico

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Sofico.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Piet Maes | CTO & Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/piet-maes-baf7 |

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## FAQ

### What does Piet Maes invest in?

Piet Maes invests primarily in Manufacturing and Software Engineering startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Belgium. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Piet Maes last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Piet Maes closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 2 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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