Ghent · Pre-Seed–Seed · 16 people tracked
Investment thesis
Volta Ventures backs ambitious B2B software founders from day one, investing at the pre-seed and seed stages. The firm targets software startups building scalable solutions for business customers, with a geographic focus on companies originated in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg (the Benelux region). Initial checks range from €100k to €1M, with substantial follow-on potential. Beyond capital, Volta provides hands-on support across go-to-market strategy, hiring and international growth, emphasizing a founder-focused, personal and no-nonsense approach.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.
Team · 16 people
from the firm's website & public directoriesFounder mafia
2 people who came through Volta Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 39 of 48 portfolio companiesSaaS ×26AI & Machine Learning ×22Enterprise Software ×10Fintech ×9Data & Infrastructure ×7Developer Tools ×6Cloud Computing ×4Marketing Tech ×4
HQs:Belgium×5Netherlands×3United States×2European Union×1Finland×1United Kingdom×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 12 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×52 founders×43 founders×24+ founders×1
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 48 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathAxoniq provides an event-sourcing platform that stores commands, decisions, and events as immutable, replayable audit trails deployable on cloud, on-prem, or hybrid infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsAtlantic Vantage Point
Frankfurt-based index technology company providing indexes, crypto benchmarks and end-to-end self-indexing infrastructure.
Co-investorsETFS Capital
Blanco offers a white-labeled WealthTech platform for wealth and asset managers, including a KYC & Compliance Suite for client onboarding and data management and an Investment Suite for portfolio management, reporting, and securities administration.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Caretta is a real-time sales AI assistant that helps salespeople conduct technical and product-focused conversations during sales calls by pulling from internal documentation, knowledge sources, and organizational data.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Kayra Bahadir(Founder)inOmar Elamin(Founder)inPavlos Markesinis(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorTreeo VC
Cascador Health provides a platform (Cascador Edge/Merge) that collects, anonymises, and analyses real-world healthcare data to generate real-world evidence for healthcare providers, life science companies, research groups, and government agencies.
Data & InfrastructureDigital HealthHealthtech
CHILI GraFx is a creative automation SaaS platform for producing personalized, on-brand graphical content at scale across print, digital, and in-store channels.
AdTechMarketing TechSaaS
Churned offers an AI-powered platform that unifies customer data from CRM, support, usage, financial, and marketing sources to predict at-risk customers and recommend automated retention, reactivation, and upsell actions.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSAmsterdam, NL
Co-investorsNewion
Ecochain provides LCA (life cycle assessment) automation software that lets industrial manufacturers model their products and production processes to calculate product footprints and generate verified EPDs, PCFs and environmental profiles at scale.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechSaaS
Artjom Janssen
FERO provides an AI-driven checkout engine for e-commerce retailers that personalizes and adapts the checkout flow in real time to reduce cart abandonment and increase conversions.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail TechLondon, GB
Chris S(Founder)Craig Savage(Founder)Paul-Christian Stoy(Founder)
Co-investorsCoatue Management
Gameye is a game server orchestration platform that lets multiplayer game studios start dedicated game server containers on bare metal and cloud via a REST API, spanning 21 providers and 200+ datacenters worldwide.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsGamingRotterdam, NL
Sebastiaan Heijne(Founder)in
Co-investorsMakers FundLakestar
Brussels-founded digital asset investment group providing market making, OTC, options trading and asset management.
Co-investorsSC VenturesMiddlegame VenturesRipple
Belgian company behind A-Inside, an AI-driven customer data platform for life sciences, acquired by DLI Market Intelligence.
LangWatch's Scenario is an open-source tool that runs multi-turn adversarial "red-team" tests against AI agents, simulating jailbreaks, prompt extraction, data exfiltration, and other attacks to find vulnerabilities before deployment.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSAmsterdam, NL
Lupovis is a cybersecurity platform that captures real attacker activity and threat intelligence to provide context for security operations teams.
CybersecurityEnterprise Software
Co-investorsNauta Capital
Automation platform for legal contract drafting, signing, and management
Next Gate Tech provides an AI infrastructure platform for investment operations, offering harmonised data, deterministic and auditable workflows, and embedded domain knowledge for tasks such as NAV oversight and fee methodology.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Co-investorsExpon CapitalSeeder Fund
Nodalview provides a platform with AI-powered tools for real estate professionals and agents to modernize property marketing and visual presentation.
AI & Machine LearningPropTechSaaS
Thomas(CEO & Co-Founder)Mickaël(Co-Founder & Head of R&D)Jean(CEO & Co-Founder of Flaash)Enguerand(Co-Founder of Flaash)Sébastien(CTO & Co-Founder of Flaash)
Propellant Digital is a software provider offering connectivity and analytics services that let institutions consolidate, normalise, and enrich fixed income transparency data (bonds, derivatives, and Fixed Income ETFs) into single-tenant cloud storage ready for analysis.
Data & InfrastructureFintechSaaS
Qualifio operates a European first- and zero-party data collection platform that lets consumer brands' marketing teams build interactive and gamified experiences to engage audiences and collect consented data.
AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaS
Serge Rapaille
BoardOlivier Simonisin
Quinyx offers an all-in-one frontline platform for workforce management, providing AI-driven forecasting and scheduling, time reporting, task management, and employee communication and engagement tools.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaS
Erik Fjellborg(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsBattery VenturesAlfvén & DidriksonIdékapital
Responsum provides a modular privacy management platform that automates governance policies, Records of Processing Activities (RoPA), Data Subject Requests, and Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) for organizations subject to data protection regulation.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityLegalTechSaaS
Co-investorsNorth Texas Angel Network
Ringtime is an AI voice and WhatsApp assistant that automatically screens and qualifies job candidates through real conversations in 22 languages, contacting them across phone and messaging with retries.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaS
Co-investorsSyndicate One
Provides developer tools and SDKs for the Nx video management system (Nx EVOS/Nx Meta), including a RESTful HTTP Server API, a Metadata SDK for integrating third-party video analytics, Video Source and Storage SDKs, and the Nx AI Manager for deploying AI/ML models.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsIoT
Co-investorsBOM
Segments.ai provides a multi-sensor labeling platform for robotics and automotive companies.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareRoboticsBrussels, BE
Otto Debals(Founder)inBert De Brabandere(Founder)in
Co-investorsMerus CapitalY Combinator
Sentiance provides AI-powered on-device behavioral intelligence for mobile applications, turning sensor data into real-time insights about driving patterns, mobility, and lifestyle.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureInsurTechIoTMobility & TransportationSaaS
Co-investorsKPN VenturesSamsung Catalyst Fund
Belgian company that acquired NannyML
Sprinque was an Amsterdam-based B2B payments platform offering pay-by-invoice with net terms; it ceased operations in 2024.
Co-investorsGreat Stuff Ventures
StackGuardian is an infrastructure-as-code management platform that discovers and converts unmanaged cloud resources into version-controlled Terraform or OpenTofu, and enforces policy-as-code guardrails across provisioning pipelines and self-service workflows.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Co-investorsTIIN Capital
SweepBright provides software and automation tools for real estate agents, aiming to reduce administrative tasks so advisors can focus on client relationships.
PropTechSaaS
Co-investorsCAP HORN VC
Time-line Live is macOS software that analyzes live music in real time using local machine learning to predict musical events (builds, drops, breakdowns) and convert them into OSC and MIDI commands for lighting, visuals, and show systems.
AI & Machine LearningMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
TIS provides cloud-native financial software solutions with a commitment to environmental responsibility, diversity, and ethical governance.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Jörg Wiemer(Co-Founder & Lead Advisor)inZlatko Vucetic(CEO)in
Co-investorsGolub Growth83NorthTarget Partners
A company that builds interactive video experience (iVX) solutions designed to engage audiences and deliver measurable results for brands and agencies.
AdTechHealthtechMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSTurku, FI
Co-investorsSuperhero CapitalExpon Capital
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesKeyrock · cryptonews.net · Aug 22, 2026

Whale · bitcoinworld.co.in · Aug 17, 2026
Lupovis · darkreading.com · Jul 6, 2026
Segments.ai · segments.ai · Feb 3, 2026
Caretta · ycombinator.com · Feb 2, 2026
Nodalview · onlinemarketplaces.com · Jun 13, 2025
Videobot · thesaasnews.com · Mar 11, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Volta Ventures made?
- Volta Ventures has 51 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does Volta Ventures invest at?
- Volta Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Volta Ventures's typical check size?
- Volta Ventures typically writes checks of $108K – $1.1M.
- What sectors does Volta Ventures focus on?
- Volta Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- Where is Volta Ventures located?
- Volta Ventures is headquartered in Ghent, BE.
- Does Volta Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Volta Ventures leads investment rounds.
- Who does Volta Ventures co-invest with?
- Volta Ventures most often shares deals with Newion, PMV, Y Combinator, among 95 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamInvesteerder Frank Maene (Volta Ventures) over Dries Buytaert, Belgische startups en pitch perfect
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Frank Maene (Volta Ventures) | Fast & Serious | Silicon Belgium
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