Top 5 Big Data Angel Investors in Belgium (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

Industry: SaaS, Sales Automation, Artificial Intelligence
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Geography: Belgium, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 13
Round size: Seed $375k–$1.8M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Bizzy — All up-to-date information you need for the most transparent & reliable view on your business world.
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 Bogaert is the Founder and Director of FixForm.

Investment focus

Industry: SaaS, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Geography: Belgium, United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 39
Round size: Seed $375k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $107k–$857k
Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

Tribboo — Project management platform for construction SMEs
Bizzy — All up-to-date information you need for the most transparent & reliable view on your business world.
Maison Sport — Maison Sport has been created by 3 ski instructors, Olly, Nick and Aaron - all of them share a great passion for skiing and the mountains!“At Maison Sport we are making it simple to book Ski and Snowboard instructors online. Our aim is to seamlessly connect people looking for lessons with their ideal instructor, whilst making it easy forinstructors to market themselves, so they can continue to do what they love.Currently in France, our plan is to expand across the rest of the globe, helping the best instructors impart their passion for skiing and snowboarding on likeminded customers.”

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Sebastien de Halleux has a 20-year track-record of launching startups around the world, leading them from idea to success. Sebastien is currently Chief Gaming Officer at Matchday, building a new type of game for football's 5 billion fans. Sebastien is also a founding General Partner at Graph Ventures, an early stage fund with a portfolio of300+ companies including Blue Apron, Ipsy, Envoy, and Dapper Labs. Most recently, Sebastien was Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Capricorn, a pioneering investment group focused on scaling innovative solutions to persistent global problems, including key investments in Tesla, SpaceX, Planet Labs, Quantumscape and Joby Aviation and founding COO of Saildrone, helping launch a category-defining company which revolutionized planetary data collection at sea, using wind and solar powered ocean drones. At the confluence of autonomy, big data and AI/ML, Saildrone pursued a vision called ‘The Quantified Planet’ to help better understand key planetary systems that affect humanity, such as extreme weather, ocean acidification, and global fisheries. Formerly, Sebastien was Co-Founder and COO of Playfish, one of the largest and fastest growing social video games companies which was acquired by Electronic Arts in 2009 (Nasdaq:EA). Prior to founding Playfish, Sebastien helped launch Glu Mobile, an early pioneer in mobile games which IPO'ed in 2007 (Nasdaq:GLUU) and held innovation and strategy roles at Nokia and Booz Allen Hamilton. Sebastien is the recipient of the 2012 EA Emerging Leaders Award, the 2011 Tech 100 award, the 2010 TechFellow award, and the 2003 Booz Allen Professional Excellence Award. His contribution in establishing a successful public-private partnership between Saildrone and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was recognized with the 2020 Ron Brown Excellence in Innovation Award and the 2018 US Department of Commerce Bronze Medal. Sebastien has served on the boards of Saildrone, Samasource, Vittana, UWC-USA, the Solar Fuel Institute, and Trusted Family. Sebastien holds a Master’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Imperial College London and is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, SaaS, Marine Transportation
Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
Geography: United States, France, Belgium

Investor stats

Total investments: 12
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Formally — Formally is a platform for legal collaboration. We leverage intelligent technology with behavioral science to create a whole new category of legal tech. And it all starts with immigration.
Kosmik — Kosmik is the visual canvas for knowledge management. Kosmik allows you to write, create large media collections, browse the web and share it all with your team! No more folders, bookmarks or infinite message threads.
Wet Dog Weather — Wet Dog Weather makes a SaaS platform for weather and sensor data dissemination and display. Our focus is on fact, interactive, and performant interactive data visualization.

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Bart helps companies scale globally and has been active in the technology sector for more than fifteen years as an entrepreneur, mentor, and executive. Previously he was the Chairman of Summly (sold to Yahoo), COO at Badoo, an MD International at GSI Commerce (sold to eBay), a GM at Amazon.com (helping lead the international expansion from1998-2001), and was an MD at EMI Music Europe. Bart received an MBA from The Wharton School, an MA in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, was a Fellow at the Lauder Institute, and has a BA in History from the University of Southern California.

Investment focus

Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

Total investments: 33
Round size: Seed $2M–$27M; Series A $3.1M–$11M
Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

Certn — Thousands of companies worldwide rely on Certn''s integrated background screening to secure the right people with an 80% reduced time to hire.
Laced — Discover the latest sneaker releases with Laced. The UK and Europe's authentic sneaker marketplace, discover coveted styles from Nike, Air Jordan, Yeezy, New Balance and more. Buy and sell now with Laced.
Part3 — Part3 takes the hassle out of construction administration. Build field reports 90% faster. Collaborate with your team anytime, anywhere. Digitally stamp and sign change orders, RFIs, shop drawings, submittals, and more.

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