# Top 25 Artificial intelligence Angel Investors in Belgium in October 2023

## Lorenz Bogaert
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Artificial Intelligence

Lorenz Bogaert is the Founder and Director of FixForm.

## Toon Coppens
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: SaaS, Sales Automation, Artificial Intelligence

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)

## Luc De Vos
- Type: Angel
- Location: Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Private Equity
- Focus: Analytics, Consulting, B2B

Luc De Vos is the non-executive director at Hybrid Software Group PLC. Luc De Vos attended KU Leuven.

## Michel Akkermans
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance

Michel Akkermans is the Chairman and CEO of Pamica NV. Attended University of Leuven.

## Jonathan Cornelissen
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Jonathan Cornelissen is an entrepreneur from Leuven, Belgium who focuses his work on education and data science. He holds an undergraduate degree in commercial engineering and a Ph.D. in financial econometrics. Both degrees were obtained from the Catholic University of Leuven.
During his Ph.D. program, the data scientist created a non-profitorganization that matches tutors with students in a manner that prioritizes fit and affordability. The program is still used to this day and has connected over 1,000 student/tutor pairs since its inception.The entrepreneur is also known for his work as a co-founder and CEO of DataCamp, a company created to increase data science education and data literacy. The inspiration for the company came from the entrepreneur’s time as a teaching assistant when he was looking for a fun and engaging platform to help students struggling to learn the programing language R. Since no such platform existed, he decided to create his own.
During his time as CEO, the data scientist oversaw company growth that reached over $30 million in annual revenue. During his tenure, the company workforce also at least doubled for five years straight while maintaining employee satisfaction in the top 10-15 percentile. To date, the company has served over 4 million learners.
Jonathan Cornelissen also works as an angel investor with a focus on education. He has contributed funds to numerous startups, including Clever Girl Finance, Kyso.io, perch.fit, and FlyThere.

## Luc Vauterin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Life Science, Data Integration, Data Visualization

Luc Vauterin - Board Member @ ONTOFORCE

## Wim Vanhaelemeesch
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Customer Service

Wim Vanhaelemeesch

## Olivier Coune
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Outdoors, Software, Lifestyle

Olivier Coune

## Willem Delbare
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, CRM

Willem Delbare is the Founder at Teamleader.

## Wouter Reggers
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Wouter Reggers

## Annie Vereecken
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Medical, Hospital

Annie Vereecken

## Selçuk Boydak
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Education, E-Learning

Selçuk Boydak is the Co-Founder and Lecturer at AI Business School. Selçuk attended Boğaziçi University.

## Andreas Spechtler
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: B2B, Music, Artificial Intelligence

Andreas Spechtler

## Jochen Boeykens
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: PaaS, Health Care, Social Media Marketing

Jochen Boeykens is the Board Member at Torus.vc. Attended Vlerick Business School.

## Anthony Brenninkmeijer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Machine Learning

Anthony Brenninkmeijer Strategy - Start-ups - Scale-ups - Angel Investor.

## Stijn Christiaens
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Privacy, Software, Analytics

Stan leads Collibra’s Data Office and is responsible for overall data strategy, data infrastructure and translating internal learnings into value for our customers and partners. He is also Collibra’s product evangelist and drives future innovation. Previously, Stan launched various departments within Collibra including Product, Presales, Postsales,Partnerships, Marketplace, and Research and Education. Prior to cofounding Collibra, he was a senior researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, where he focused on application-oriented research in semantics. Stan holds a Master of Science degree in Information Technology, a Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and a Postgraduate in Industrial Corporate Governance from Europese Hogeschool Brussel. He is a sought-after expert resource, industry speaker and author on the topic of Data Intelligence.

## Frederik Vandermarlie
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Medical, Legal Tech, Health Care

Frederik Vandermarlie

## Will Margiloff
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Analytics, Machine Learning

Will Margiloff serves as CEO of IgnitionOne. Margiloff is charged with the overall vision and strategic direction of IgnitionOne’s services and Digital Marketing Suite. With digital marketing experience stretching back to 1995, Margiloff brings unparalleled innovation and expertise to the company and to the industry. As one of the early pioneers inthe Internet marketing field, he has helped revolutionize the online landscape, leading the use of new online advertising formats and technologies.

## Noman Ahmed
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, CleanTech, Smart Cities

Noman Ahmed is a Founder, CEO & CTO at SmartEnds. He Attended Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

## Wim De Waele
- Type: Angel
- Location: Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Legal Tech, Artificial Intelligence

Wim De Waele - Executive Chairman @ The Beacon

## Jean Vliegen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Internet, B2B

Jean-Marie Vliegen.

## Konstantin Mehl
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: iOS, Banking, Security

Konstantin Mehl is the President, CEO, and founder of Kaia Health. Konstantin is a serial entrepreneur. His last company foodora, a global food delivery company was sold to delivery hero in 2015 after reaching 500 employees and 5,000 drivers. His current company Kaia has the mission to build the biggest platform for chronic disease management,powered by computer vision. His angel investments include more than 20 companies in the US and Europe. He holds a dual Masters from Columbia University and a Bachelors degree from Technical University Munich.

## Pieter Casneuf
- Type: Angel
- Location: Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, SEO, SaaS

Pieter Casneuf

## Kevin De Pauw
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Human Resources, Predictive Analytics

Kevin De Pauw

## Manuel Thurner
- Type: Angel
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: iOS, Software, Navigation

Manuel Thurner is the founder and CTO of Kaia Health.

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