Entourage Ventures
Venture studioPre-Seed–Seed · 6 people tracked
Investment thesis
Entourage operates as both an early-stage venture capital firm and a venture studio, partnering with ambitious founders to build generational companies. On the capital side, it invests in early-stage startups, backing exceptional founders from zero to one and beyond. On the studio side, the firm builds, funds, and launches its own companies. Its focus is on supporting founders from the earliest stages of company formation through subsequent growth.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.
Team · 6 people
from the firm's website & public directories
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Founder mafia
2 people who came through Entourage Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 30 of 36 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×18SaaS ×16Enterprise Software ×14Data & Infrastructure ×4Developer Tools ×4Fintech ×4Marketing Tech ×4E-commerce ×3
HQs:Belgium×4United States×3Finland×1Italy×1Netherlands×1
Investments · 36 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathCo-investorsKima VenturesPeak
Aikido provides integrations that deliver notifications from its security platform directly into team messaging applications.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsChicago, US
Willem DelbareinRoeland DelrueinFelix GarriauinLouis JonckheereinMaarten De Schuymerin
Co-investorsNotion CapitalSyndicate OneDST GlobalInovia CapitalPSG EquitySingular
Algorithmiq develops quantum algorithms that combine classical and quantum computers to solve problems in chemistry and life sciences, with a focus on drug discovery and development for rare diseases.
BiotechDeep TechQuantum Computing
Bitmovin provides video infrastructure software including a player, encoding, and streaming capabilities for online video providers building streaming services.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Stefan Lederer(Founder/CEO)inChristian Timmerer(Founder/CIO)inChristopher Mueller(Founder/CTO)inKenneth Carter(Executive Officer)
BoardFergal Mullen(Director)inBenjamin Blume(Director)in
Co-investorsHighland EuropeSpeedinvestY CombinatorAtomicoDawn CapitalDawn Capital LLP
Byteflies provides remote vital signs monitoring solutions using certified medical devices, delivering patient data from the home into providers' workflows and handling device logistics and system integration.
Digital HealthIoTMedical Devices
Chift provides a unified API and integration platform that lets software vendors and AI agents connect to European financial tools — including accounting, invoicing, CRM, ecommerce, POS, payment, and PMS software — through a single connection.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech
Co-investorsSeeder FundWING by Digital Wallonia
CluedIn is a master data management platform that uses graph-native AI agents to ingest data from enterprise systems, resolve entities, apply governance policies, and continuously improve data quality.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Co-investorsDawn Capital LLP
CommerceClarity is an AI agent platform for retail catalog operations that automates product data enrichment, translation, field extraction, and channel-ready formatting on top of a retailer's existing PIM, ERP, and DAM.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail Tech
Co-investorsItalian Founders Fund
Companion.energy provides a software platform that connects, models, and automates enterprise energy operations and procurement for large companies.
AI & Machine LearningEnergyEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Jonas Verstraeten(Founder)inThomas Vyncke(Founder)in
BoardJonas
Co-investorsNAPCavalry VenturesRealyze VenturesÜbermorgen VenturesCaduceus Capital Partners
Conveo provides AI-moderated consumer research for enterprises, conducting ethnographic interviews and tracking studies across markets.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSAntwerp, BE
Dieter De Mesmaeker(Founder)inHendrik Van Hove(Founder)in
Co-investorsSyndicate OneTeam Ignite VenturesY CombinatorPitchdrive
Converge is an AI-native growth platform for direct-to-consumer brands that automates media buying, attribution analysis, and reporting through agentic AI.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningDirect to ConsumerE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US
Jan-Henrik Lambrechts(Founder)inJerome Billiet(Founder)inThomas Holvoet(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorBessemer Venture PartnersSARAS CAPITALTLV PartnersVintage Investment Partners
Dealcar is a dealership management platform with an integrated CRM that centralizes stock, leads, sales, invoicing and financing for used-car dealers.
Mobility & TransportationSaaS
Co-investorsBynd Venture Capital
Emma Legal is an AI-powered due diligence workspace for M&A deal teams and law firms that connects to virtual data rooms to detect missing documents, scan clauses for legal risks, and generate due diligence reports.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaS
Rick van Esch(Co-Founder & CEO)Pieter Buteneers(Co-Founder)
Epiminds builds Lucy, an AI system of 20+ autonomous agents that handle marketing tasks such as reporting, optimization, bidding, and creative analysis for advertising and marketing agencies.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing Tech
Co-investorsLightspeed Venture Partners
Handhold builds AI agents that run tailored product demos and onboarding for prospects and new customers, available 24/7 in over 50 languages.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsChange Ventures
Lexroom is a legal technology company that combines AI and legal expertise to modernize legal services.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTech
Martina Domenicali(CRO)Paolo Fois(CEO)Andrea Lonza(CTO)
Co-investorsVerve VenturesAcurio VenturesBanyan VenturesLeft Lane CapitalBase10 Partners
Loctax is an AI-assisted tax research platform that combines verified tax intelligence from IBFD with company data to provide jurisdiction-specific answers on corporate tax, transfer pricing, withholding tax, and other compliance issues.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTech
Co-investors3cubed VenturesCavalry VenturesIndex VenturesMSM
9ID is an AI security agent that automates site arrival workflows for contractors, visitors, and truckers, handling remote onboarding, document verification, compliance and sanctions checks, and QR-based gate clearance.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Co-investorsPitchdrive
OneCrew is a project management platform for paving contractors that covers the full workflow from lead capture and estimating to scheduling, field management, and invoicing.
Construction TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsStage 2 Capital
Reiterate builds a financial operations platform that automates transaction reconciliation, billing operations, and month-end close processes for finance teams.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Jaan-Aaron VahlbergJoonatan Samuel
Co-investorsHummingbird Ventures
SereneDB is a real-time database that combines search and analytics, offering full-text, vector, fuzzy, geospatial, and hybrid search alongside SQL execution and columnar storage.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsIndex VenturesSmartFin
Spendesk offers an all-in-one spend management platform that covers procurement, company cards, invoices, expenses, approvals, budgets, and reporting for finance teams.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Co-investors3foundersFundersClubIndex VenturesWind Venture
Tekst uses AI to map how work flows across a company's inboxes, CRM, ERP, and documents, turning unstructured communication into a process map, then deploys AI agents to execute workflows and handle exceptions across enterprise systems.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsSyndicate One
TextYess provides AI agents and unified customer data for eCommerce brands to run conversational sales and support across messaging channels like WhatsApp.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceMarketing Tech
Co-investorsAngel InvestGrowth CapitalMoonstone Venture Capital
Warren is a financial wellbeing and pension platform offered as an employee benefit, combining investment and pension plans with a "wealth enablement" layer that includes AI coaching, a decoded payslip, a total reward statement, and access to certified human financial experts.
FintechHR TechSaaS
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioRaitoacq. by Collibra
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesConverge · businessmirror.com.ph · Jul 15, 2026
Companion · citybiz.co · Jun 29, 2026
Lexroom · eu-startups.com · May 19, 2026
Handhold · finsmes.com · Apr 9, 2026
Aikido Security · fintech.global · Jan 15, 2026
Bitmovin · streamingmediablog.com · Mar 27, 2025
Conveo · adweek.com · Mar 25, 2025
Dealcar · startupsreal.com · Feb 25, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Entourage Ventures made?
- Entourage Ventures has 35 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does Entourage Ventures invest at?
- Entourage Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does Entourage Ventures focus on?
- Entourage Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Fintech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Does Entourage Ventures lead rounds?
- Entourage Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Entourage Ventures co-invest with?
- Entourage Ventures most often shares deals with Index Ventures, Syndicate One, Y Combinator, among 35 tracked co-investors.
Co-investors · 13
Index Ventures is a multi-stage venture capital firm that backs companies from Seed to IPO and beyond, including through its dedicated seed fund Index Origin.
Pitchdrive is a Belgian venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups across Europe. The firm is led by entrepreneurs and provides active support to portfolio companies.
Lightspeed is a global venture capital firm that has spent over two decades backing innovative companies as an early and first investor.
DST Global is a global internet-focused investment firm that backs fast-growing, high-value internet companies. It does not solicit or accept retail investors.
Base10 Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in automation technologies for the real economy, backing companies addressing problems relevant to the broad majority of people. The firm pledges to donate 50% of certain proceeds to support the next generation of technology founders.
Notion Capital is a European early-stage venture investor focused on business software companies, run by a team of former entrepreneurs and operators.
Banyan Ventures is an early-stage venture firm founded by a solo GP that backs AI companies, with a particular focus on AI infrastructure.
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.
Headline is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage consumer internet and mobile companies across global markets.
Project A Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm backing founders across sectors, combining thematic expertise with a generalist operational platform. It also runs Project A Studio, a pre-investment platform for founders to validate ideas.
Invests in defining mobile-first companies.
Elephant is a venture capital firm that invests in fast-growing, capital-efficient technology companies.
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Firms observed investing alongside Entourage Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Entourage Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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