Wouter Born
Managing Partner @ Born Capital
Terrassa, Spain
Wouter Born is a seed investor at Born Capital in Terrassa focused on Software and SaaS. Wouter Born is the GP at Born Capital and co-founder of CXO Software (Exit 2018). He has more than 20 years of experience in the CFOTech software industry. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and an MBA from IESE Business School.
- Total investments:
- 21
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 10%
Last updated:
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Industries Wouter Born invests in
Stages Wouter Born invests in
Countries Wouter Born invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $1M–$7.8M
- Pre-Seed
- $125k–$460k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 9 (43%)
- SaaS 6 (29%)
- FinTech 6 (29%)
- Accounting 4 (19%)
- Finance 3 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 12 (57%)
- Pre-Seed 4 (19%)
- Series A 1 (5%)
- Funding Round 1 (5%)
Country
- United States 9 (43%)
- The Netherlands 3 (14%)
- United Kingdom 2 (10%)
- Spain 1 (5%)
- Canada 1 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Puzzle Financial is a modern data platform for startups | $30M / Series A / Nov 15, 2023 | ||
| Aimplan is a next-generation Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) SaaS and software solutions provider that extends the Microsoft Power BI platform. By utilizing their existing Power BI models, organizations may improve their planning, forecasting, and financial reporting, and master data management skills with the Aimplan solution. | Seed / May 30, 2023 | ||
| Invopop helps global software companies comply with local invoicoing requirements. We offer an API that records every sale, converts it to an invoice and reports it to the appropriate tax authority in the right format. | $1.7M / Seed / Apr 05, 2023 | ||
| OnPlan is a modular financial platform that helps businesses to perform budgeting, forecasting, KPI tracking, dashboarding, benchmarking and more. | $1M / Seed / Oct 20, 2022 | ||
| Relay helps people overcoming addiction or other sensitive challenges to find a strong support system. For example, when someone is struggling in isolation, Relay makes it easy to find a group of peers in the same boat, reach out for help when vulnerable, and achieve change through connection and accountability. | Seed / Sep 30, 2022 | ||
| Company Description: TrueRev is a Financial Operations (FinOps) Platform for SMBs.Designed for modern businesses operating in today’s "subscription economy", TrueRev’s Financial Operations solution allows SMBs to reduce errors, frustration, & wasted time on customer orders/renewals, billing, revenue recognition and financialmetrics on a single platform. TrueRev is the connective tissue between your CRM and ERP. | $460K / Pre-Seed / Apr 29, 2022 | ||
| Glean is the all-in-one spend management solution for small and mid-market companies. It is an AI-powered spend intelligence solution that saves companies money by analyzing expense drivers and finding line-item level insights often overlooked by finance teams and budget owners. The company is based in New York, United States. | $7.8M / Seed / Mar 08, 2022 | ||
| Bedrock AI is software that extracts hard-to-find information in a public company filing like annual reports. | $1M / Seed / Sep 01, 2021 | ||
| Synder is an easy accounting platform for e-commerce businesses.CloudBusiness is a fintech software company founded in 2016. It creates solutions for accounting automation and management of business finances for small and mid-size businesses. Synder is innovative accounting software famous for its multiple integrations and skyrocketing growth. In2020 alone Synder processed over 1 Billion dollars worth of transactions for e-commerce and helped more than 20,000 businesses. Synder is a solution for e-commerce and SaaS businesses that work with a high volume of online transactions from different sources (Shopify, Amazon, Stripe, Square, Etsy, WooCommerce, PayPal with one-time or recurring payments). We automate bookkeeping of sales, simplify the accounts reconciliation process and facilitate more accurate and detailed reporting, including Profit&Loss and balance sheets.The high quality of our software and customer support is highlighted by the reviews of our clients. By the end of 2020, Synder reached more than 1000 5-star customer reviews on the QuickBooks App Store and top ratings on Capterra, Trustpilot, Crozdesk, and many other review platforms.Synder is a permanently growing company, which collaborates with multiple e-commerce platforms. Last year Synder connected 7 new and highly-demanded sales channels such as Amazon, Shopify, eBay, Etsy, and even more of them will be integrated next year. Moreover, every month Synder implements more and more new features: Smart Rules, Organizations for accountants who work with multiple clients, Multicurrency transactions | $1M / Seed / Aug 31, 2021 | ||
| Keeper makes software to help bookkeepers manage their clients' back-office. | $125K / Pre-Seed / Aug 31, 2021 | ||
| See all 21 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
About Born Capital
We believe innovative startups in CFOTech are pioneering the single biggest driver of business value this decade. The partners of Born Capital are seasoned CFOTech veterans with the expertise, network, and business savvy to give the startups we invest in the unfair advantage. It is the key that unlocks their potential to become CFOTech industryleaders.
Born Capital Contacts
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Chris Meyer
VC Partner, Investment Committee Member
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Marcel Vlug
Chairman Investment Committee
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Wouter Born
Managing Partner
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FAQ
What does Wouter Born invest in?
Wouter Born invests primarily in Software, SaaS and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 21 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 Wouter Born's check size?
Wouter Born typically joins rounds of $1M–$7.8M at Seed and $125k–$460k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Wouter Born participates in.
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When did Wouter Born last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Wouter Born closed in Nov 2023. Shizune tracks 21 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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