Top 5 Retail Angel Investors in Belgium in May 2026

Toon Coppens (Belgium, 1981), graduated as a Master of Science in Informatics at the University of Ghent.In june 2000, during his first year at university, he successfully launched the first Belgian social networking site, which later became Redbox.be.He is the co-founder of Massive Media, the social media company behind the successfuldigital brands Netlog.com and Twoo.com. Massive Media enables members to meet nearby people instantly. Today, Over 80 million people have joined our sites on web and mobile.Toon lives in Ghent (Belgium) and London (UK), loves snowboarding and used to deejay and play volleyball a lot.>> Toon's personal Netlog (dutch)>> Twoo.com (dutch)

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, Sales Automation
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Belgium, United States

Portfolio highlights

Bizzy — Bizzy is the B2B intelligence platform helping you discover, qualify and engage with companies, smarter than ever.
Accurat — Accurat provides real-word shopper insights to support retail decision making with unprecedented accuracy. Our proprietary technology, platform and algorithms understand behaviour in high detail.
StarApps — StarApps is a boutique venture builder, turning game-changing ideas into breakthrough companies, managed by rockstar entrepreneurs.

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Lorenz is co-founder and CEO Ghent-based start-up studio StarApps. He also co-founded early stage investment fund Pitchdrive. He previously created Netlog, Twoo (exit to Tinder), Realo (exit to Axel Springer), Delta (exit to eToro) and Rydoo (exit to Sodexo).

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Belgium, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Axe — AI phone agents that handle millions of calls. Build and manage voice, email, and chat agents.
Otamiser — Otamiser Booster® is an automated solution that helps hoteliers and revenue managers secure bookings by improving a property's online presence on major OTAs such as Booking.com, Expedia, Trips.com, Kayak, Airbnb, and VRBO. It maximizes occupancy rates and revenue through optimizing 951 essential parameters, ensuring continuous optimization,full automation, seamless integration with CMS, PMS, and RMS systems, dedicated customer support, integrations with Cubilis and Hostaway, and a customized API for Revenue Management software.
Accurat — Accurat provides real-word shopper insights to support retail decision making with unprecedented accuracy. Our proprietary technology, platform and algorithms understand behaviour in high detail.

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Startup Enabler & Angel Investor. In 2011 I co-founded Cardwise that later became Xpenditure NV an innovative product for managing expenses. Which was acquired by Sodexo Group (EURONEXT:SDXOF) in March 2017 after a very succesfull growth phase with more then 6000 customers globally (eg. Deloitte, Henkel, PWC,....) Reinvested partly in the newventure with Sodexo & iAlbatros. We launched this new corp-up venture in June 2018 under the name of RYDOO and I'm acting COO and board member.. Next to that I'm also investing in promising early stage startups with Tumbzup bvba.In the early 90ies I've been involved in commercialisation of the first Internet solutions. My passion has always been making new innovative products marketable towards B2B markets. I've pioneered in the internet sector and have been involved in the launch of Europe's first Internet service providers PING (Eunet) and Yucom (JV BT & ING), now both part of Belgacom (BELG:BB).Later, I became Chief Commercial Officer at SpaceChecker and after the acquisition by Punch Telematix, I became Country Manager. Punch Telematix is now owned by Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB). In 2007, I joined Massive Media (publishers of Netlog & TWOO), a leading European on-line community that has recently been acquired by IACI (NASDAQ:IACI). As Director of Business Development, I successfully set-up the complete business development strategy and team from scratch.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed
Belgium, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Oper — Oper is the mortgage platform that helps lenders and brokers digitise and streamline their mortgage distribution.
Cardify — Cardify redefines the way the fastest growing companies enable their sales team to deliver a more effective and personalized buyer/seller experience. The company was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Hotel Manager — Hotel Manager is the platform for delivering modern experiences to guests, wherever they are. Launch and build your hotel app in no time and manage your growth easily. All in one platform with zero technical knowledge required.

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Wim Derkinderen is the Founder, Director, and Board member of FixForm.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Belgium, United Kingdom, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Qollabi — Make partner and account plans work with Qollabi BRM (Business Relationship Management) for professionals managing indirect sales channels like agents, branches, distributors, dealers, brokers, resellers etc.
RiftPay — Banking and finance done with others. Introducing a social banking, finance, and mobile payment platform. The financial industry is designed to cater to the individual. RiftPay puts groups first, making us truly unique.
Hotel Manager — Hotel Manager is the platform for delivering modern experiences to guests, wherever they are. Launch and build your hotel app in no time and manage your growth easily. All in one platform with zero technical knowledge required.

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