# Wouter Van Respaille

> Wouter Van Respaille is a seed investor at Henchman backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Henchman](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/henchman)
- Location: Brussels, Belgium
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wouter-van-respaille-48562836

Wouter Van Respaille is a seed investor at Henchman in Brussels focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Wouter Van Respaille - CTO & Co-founder @ Henchman

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $973k–$1.7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 67% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Web Development | 1 | 33% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Belgium | 2 | 67% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eagl | Eagl is an AI-native financial operations platform built that automates accounting and controlling workflows and monitors data quality. | $972.6K | Seed | Sep 18, 2025 |  |
| Dalton | Self-improving websites | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Sep 05, 2025 |  |
| Driven | Driven is the go-to platform to design smart incentives, align targets, and boost overall sales performance. | $1.7M | Seed | Sep 04, 2025 |  |

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## Co-investors
- [Syndicate One](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/syndicate-one) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CNBB Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cnbb-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NewSchool.vc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/newschool-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pitchdrive](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pitchdrive) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [StarApps](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/starapps-ccc8) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Henchman

VC Fund · Ghent, Belgium

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5 contacts available at Henchman.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gilles Mattelin | Co-CEO & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gilles-mattelin |
| Jorn Vanysacker | Co-CEO & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jorn-vanysacker |
| Wouter Van Respaille | CTO & Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wouter-van-respaille |
| Lorenz Bogaert | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lorenz-bogaert |
| Louis Opsomer | Chief of Staff | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/louis-opsomer-213a |

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## FAQ

### What does Wouter Van Respaille invest in?

Wouter Van Respaille invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Web Development startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Belgium. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Wouter Van Respaille's check size?

Wouter Van Respaille typically joins rounds of $973k–$1.7M 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 Wouter Van Respaille participates in.

### When did Wouter Van Respaille last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Wouter Van Respaille closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 3 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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