SmartFin
Venture capitalBrussels · Seed–Late Stage · 23 people tracked
Investment thesis
SmartFin targets exceptional, growing B2B technology companies headquartered in Europe, backing ambitious founders who want to lead their markets. Beyond capital, the firm emphasizes hands-on support, clear feedback and relevant guidance drawn from operator experience. It writes investment tickets of up to €50m and manages more than €600m in assets, maintaining a diverse and well-balanced portfolio of around 25 companies. The firm positions itself as a partner that supports and guides the entrepreneurs it trusts, focusing on technology ventures across the European region.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 23 people
from the firm's website & public directories
Founder mafia
4 people who came through SmartFin went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 28 of 39 portfolio companiesEnterprise Software ×16SaaS ×16AI & Machine Learning ×10Data & Infrastructure ×7Fintech ×5Consumer ×3Developer Tools ×3E-commerce ×3
HQs:Belgium×3Netherlands×2United Kingdom×1Luxembourg×1Türkiye×1United States×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 14 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×82 founders×33 founders×24+ founders×1
Investments · 39 tracked
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Willow (originally founded as Contento) offers social media management for small and medium-sized B2B professional service providers, combining a scheduling and content platform with AI tools and human social media coaching.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSGhent, BE
Ludwig Dumont(Founder)in
Co-investorsPMV
Akinon provides a digital commerce platform for enterprise retailers, offering software to build and operate e-commerce websites and omnichannel retail operations.
E-commerceEnterprise SoftwareRetail TechSaaS
Tolga(CEO & Co-founder)inÇağrı Orçan(Chief Sales Officer & Co-founder)inMümin Öztürk(Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer)Ahmet Emre Sarı(Executive Chairman)inEmre Uçan(VP of Professional Services)Sevcan Demir(Chief Operations Officer)
Co-investorsRevo Capital
UK-based provider of market surveillance and big data analytics software for banks, brokers, asset managers and regulators.
Auditstage is a cloud-based audit management platform that consolidates fragmented audit tools into a single system, automating data ingestion, workflow management, and documentation with integrated AI for risk detection and review across the entire audit engagement process.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Betty Blocks is an AI Application Generation Platform that enables enterprises to build production-ready applications from prompts with built-in governance, audit trails, and portable code ownership.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
CrazyGames is a free browser gaming platform hosting over 4,500 games across multiple genres for casual players on desktop and mobile devices.
ConsumerGaming
Raf Mertens
Deliverect operates a platform designed to support the food service and restaurant industry worldwide, facilitating growth and digital operations through integration with major food delivery and point-of-sale partners.
E-commerceEnterprise SoftwareFoodTechRetail TechSaaS
Zhong Xu(Founder)inJerome Laredo(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlkeon InnovationCoatue ManagementNewionOMERS VenturesRedpoint Ventures
Emma provides a multi-cloud management platform that enables organizations to deploy, manage, and optimize infrastructure across on-premises, private, and public cloud environments without vendor lock-in.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLuxembourg, LU
Dmitry
Co-investorsAltaIR CapitalRTP Global
EyeSee is a behavioral market research firm using webcam eye-tracking and facial coding to test packaging, ads and e-commerce.
EyeSee is a behavioral research firm that provides predictive insights for shopper behavior, advertising effectiveness, product innovation, and e-commerce optimization.
ConsumerData & InfrastructureMarketing Tech
Happeo builds an intranet platform for growing companies that centralizes company information such as policies, processes, onboarding, and updates into one searchable place.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Co-investorsDN CapitalEndeit CapitalEvli Growth PartnersVendep CapitalInkef
Tango offers a real estate management software platform for enterprises, covering site selection, lease management and accounting, project and maintenance coordination, energy and sustainability reporting, and workplace/occupancy analytics.
Enterprise SoftwarePropTechSaaS
Co-investorsSICTIC
Luzmo provides an embedded analytics platform with charts, filters, dashboards, and built-in AI chat that software companies integrate into their own products to give end users self-service data insights.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSaaS
Co-investorsAxeleo Capital
Danish family-owned manufacturer of weighing, packaging and optical sorting machines for fruit and vegetables.
NGDATA provides an AI-powered customer data platform for financial institutions that unifies and activates existing customer data to drive deposit growth and customer lifetime value without replacing core banking systems.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintech
Co-investorsCapricorn Venture PartnersHPE GrowthPamica NV
Amsterdam-based OpenUp runs an employer-funded platform giving employees anonymous access to psychologists, coaches and courses.
Co-investorsMundi Ventures
MariaDB develops a relational database system designed to serve as a cost-effective alternative to legacy databases like Oracle for storing and accessing data across mobile, web, and IoT applications.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSilicon Valley, US
Vikas Mathur(Chief Product Officer)
Co-investorsHighBar PartnersOpenOceanKreos CapitalSpintop Ventures
Recharge.com is an online platform that sells mobile phone credit, gaming vouchers, and prepaid payment cards with instant digital delivery.
ConsumerE-commerceFintech
Co-investorsExpansion Venture Capital
Roamler provides real-time retail monitoring and field execution services for FMCG brands and retailers across Europe, helping them identify growth opportunities and optimize store performance through data collection and on-demand field teams.
Data & InfrastructureMarketing TechRetail Tech
SEQUESTO offers an agentic operating system (aOS) that combines AI model intelligence, specialist agents, connected knowledge, and configurable workflows into one auditable platform for drafting responses to RFPs, RFIs, DDQs, tenders, and security questionnaires.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Patrick Dalvinck(Founder)inEvrard t'Serstevens(Founder)in
Co-investorsNewion
Belgian cloud accounting platform that unifies businesses' financial data, reporting and communication for accountancy firms.
Co-investorsEntourage VenturesIndex Ventures
Tango provides a software platform for managing commercial real estate portfolios across corporate, retail, and other enterprises.
Enterprise SoftwarePropTechSaaS
Belgium-based provider of digital infrastructure for financial services.
Co-investorsAlpana Ventures
Belgian video technology company behind THEOplayer and THEOlive, acquired by Dolby in 2024.
Co-investorsPMV
Timefold builds AI-powered scheduling and operational planning software, delivered as APIs, that generates optimized, transparent, and adaptable schedules for teams managing workforce and field operations.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningClimate TechDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Geoffrey De Smet(Founder)
Co-investorsKOMPAS VC
Timeseer is an AI-driven sensor data quality platform that detects, validates, and resolves issues in industrial IIoT sensor data to make it trustworthy and fit for operations, analytics, and AI.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureIoT
Co-investorsCrane Venture PartnersOTB Ventures
Belgian DataOps company whose platform monitors and improves the quality and reliability of time-series data.
Banqup (formerly Unifiedpost) provides automated digital solutions for invoicing, payment processing, and tax compliance across procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, and payment workflows.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Co-investorsFrancisco Partners
Amsterdam-founded provider of secure email, data-leak prevention and compliance software, now part of Kiteworks.
Co-investorsDawn CapitalDN CapitalhenQ vc
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesLuzmo · luzmo.com · Nov 5, 2025
Sequesto · startuphub.ai · Sep 17, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has SmartFin made?
- SmartFin has 39 tracked investments.
- What stage does SmartFin invest at?
- SmartFin invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What is SmartFin's typical check size?
- SmartFin typically writes checks of $1.1M – $55M.
- What sectors does SmartFin focus on?
- SmartFin focuses on B2B Marketplaces, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, SaaS.
- Where is SmartFin located?
- SmartFin is headquartered in Brussels, BE.
- Who does SmartFin co-invest with?
- SmartFin most often shares deals with DN Capital, Newion, PMV, among 30 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamWat money “smart” maakt | Jürgen Ingels van Smartfin (ep. 2/5)
On Good Terms · Jürgen Ingels
SuperHero Conversations EP2 | Jürgen Ingels - Founder SuperNova & Smartfin
SuperNova · Jürgen Ingels
137. Jürgen Ingels, Smartfin Capital, Over Tech Durfkapitaal
Discours Met De Boys · Jürgen Ingels
3. The Preview: "Ondernemen/Durfinvesteringen" met Jürgen Ingels, Founder van Smartfin
Business AM · Jürgen Ingels
Faraday Video Blog: Thomas Depuydt about Smartfin and the local ecosystem
Faraday Venture Partners · Thomas Depuydt
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