Pre-Seed–Seed · 6 people tracked
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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
3 people who came through Entourage Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 31 of 36 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×20SaaS ×19Enterprise Software ×17Fintech ×5Marketing Tech ×5Data & Infrastructure ×4Developer Tools ×4Sales Tech ×4
HQs:Belgium×5United States×4Italy×2Germany×1Spain×1Finland×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 17 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×52 founders×73 founders×34+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 24 founders with education data
KU Leuven ×8Ghent University ×5Universidad Carlos III de Madrid ×2Université de Namur ×2Vlerick Business School ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 31 founders with career history
Aalto University ×2Block ×2Morgan Stanley ×2Robovision ×2Sitecore ×2Start it @KBC ×2Turun yliopisto - University of Turku ×2Veriff ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
2 founders hold a PhD · 1 hold an MBA (of 26 with degree data)
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 ComputingHelsinki, FI
Sabrina Maniscalco(Founder)inMatteo Rossi(Director)in
BoardLauri Kokkila(Director)Haakon Overli(Director)Jorma Jaakko Ollila(Director)Jussi Pekka Westergren(Director)
Co-investorsInventureInventureK5 GlobalDawn Capital
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)in
BoardFergal Mullen(Director)inBenjamin Blume(Director)in
Co-investorsHighland EuropeSpeedinvestY CombinatorZillionizeAtomicoDawn Capital+1 more
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 DevicesAntwerpen, BE
Hans Danneels(Founder)
Chift provides a unified API platform that enables B2B software companies to integrate financial data and connect business tools through native integrations that users can activate in one click.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintechSaaSBerlin, DE
Gauthier HenrozinMatthieu HertogheinHenry Hertoghein
Co-investorsSeeder FundWING by Digital Wallonia
CluedIn provides a master data management platform that unifies customer and operational data across enterprise sources using graph-based technology.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Tim Ward(Chief Executive Officer)inMartin Hyldahl(Chief Technology Officer)in
Co-investorsDawn Capital
Commerce Clarity provides AI-powered agents that automate retail product catalog operations, ensuring accurate product data across downstream systems like search, marketplaces, and ads.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail TechSaaSMilan, IT
Daniele Vella(Founder)in
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
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
Carlos Horno Santacruz(Founder)inSergio Guisado Villanueva(Founder)inCarlos Horno(CEO & Co-founder)inSergio Guisado(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsBynd Venture Capital4Founders CapitalDemium Capital
DESelect offers a marketing optimization platform that lets marketers build audience segments, personalize campaigns, and manage message frequency in Salesforce Marketing Cloud without writing SQL or relying on technical teams.
AdTechEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSales Tech
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)inPieter Buteneers(Co-Founder)in
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 TechStockholm, SE
Elias Malm(Founder)in
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
Uku Tammet(Founder)in
Co-investorsChange Ventures
Co-investorsActon Capital
Lexroom is a legal technology company that combines AI and legal expertise to modernize legal services.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTech
Martina Domenicali(CRO)inPaolo Fois(CEO)inAndrea Lonza(CTO)in
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 VenturesMSMMustard Seed Maze
9ID provides company-level verification and compliance checking for external workforces at industrial and enterprise sites, automatically blocking access when employers fail verification against live registries.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Co-investorsPitchdrive
OneCrew is a CRM and job-management system built specifically for paving contractors, connecting leads, customer records, and job sites to estimates, proposals, scheduled jobs, and invoices.
Construction TechEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Max Kostow(Founder)inAri Bleemer(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Omri Bloch(Director)
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 VahlberginJoonatan Samuelin
Co-investorsHummingbird Ventures
SereneDB is a database system with a PostgreSQL-compatible interface that combines vectorized SQL execution, search indexing, and columnar storage for large-scale analytics workloads.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Belgian cloud accounting platform that unifies businesses' financial data, reporting and communication for accountancy firms.
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 SoftwareFintechSaaSParis, FR
Guilhem Bellion(Co-founder)inRodolphe Ardant(Founder & President)in
Co-investors3foundersFundersClubGeneral AtlanticIndex VenturesWind VentureYaday
Co-investorsAccel
Tekst provides AI-driven automation for medtech companies to handle product incident reporting, complaint management, and email routing.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainMedical DevicesSaaS
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
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioRaitoacq. by Collibra
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesAlgorithmiq · arcticstartup.com · Aug 24, 2026
Converge · 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
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Entourage Ventures made?
- Entourage Ventures has 35 tracked investments, 2 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 41 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 B2B software-focused venture capital firm built by operators, backing SaaS, cloud and enterprise technology companies.
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 global venture capital firm investing in early- and growth-stage founders, with teams on the ground across multiple continents.
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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