Top 5 Retail 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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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

Industry: Software, FinTech, Enterprise Software
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
Geography: Belgium, United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 6
Round size: Pre-Seed $130k–$1.2M
Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

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

Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Geography: Belgium, Spain, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 8
Round size: Seed $1.1M–$1.8M; Pre-Seed $130k–$439k
Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

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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