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Frank Maene

Investor

Managing Partner at Volta Ventures

Ghent, Flemish Region, Belgium

About

Frank Maene is managing partner at Volta Ventures, a venture capital fund investing in early-stage B2B software startups in the Benelux region. He has over 30 years of experience in the software startup ecosystem as an investor, board member, and operational executive, with current board positions at companies including Chili Publish, Keyrock, NannyML, Sentiance, and Stackguardian. Maene holds master's degrees in Applied Economics and Accountancy from the University of Gent and Vlerick Business School, and serves as Investor in Residence at Vlerick.

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Experience

  1. Volta VenturesManaging Partnercurrent2014 — presentBelgium
  2. StackGuardianBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
  3. KeyrockBoard membercurrent2018 — presentBrussels Area, Belgium
  4. CHILI publishBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
  5. NodalviewBoard membercurrent2019 — presentBrussels
  6. SweepBrightBoard Membercurrent2017 — presentAntwerpen, Belgium
  7. SentianceBoard Membercurrent2013 — presentAntwerp Area, Belgium
  8. Vlerick Business SchoolInvestor in Residencecurrent2015 — present
  9. NannyMLBoard Member2020 — 2025Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium
  10. QualifioBoard member2018 — 2023Louvain
  11. CashforceBoard Member2019 — 2022
  12. magnetic.ioBoard Member2016 — 2019Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
  13. AwinguBoard Member2011 — 2018Lochristi, Belgium
  14. Hummingbird VenturesManaging Partner2010 — 2015Antwerpen, Belgium
  15. EngagorBoard member2013 — 2015Gent Area, Belgium
  16. AmplidataBoard Member2010 — 2015Lochristi
  17. Big Bang VenturesManaging Partner2000 — 2015Antwerpen, Belgium
  18. CicekSepeti.comBoard Member2010 — 2015Istanbul, Turkey
  19. XAwareVP Europe2005 — 2006
  20. ExpertEyes, Inc.CEO1999 — 2000Menlo Park, CA

Education

  1. Vlerick Business SchoolMaster, Jr MBA Accountancy1984 — 1985
  2. Ghent UniversityMaster, Applied Economics1979 — 1984
  3. Sint-Lodewijkscollege, BruggeHigh School, Latin-Sciences1976 — 1979

Skills & more

StartupsVenture Capital99Start-ups99Fundraising9Entrepreneurship70E-commerce18Private Equity24Due Diligence13Investments33Business Intelligence10Entrepreneur2Business Development40
+12 moreProduct ManagementBusiness StrategyValuationManagement ConsultingMergersBusiness PlanningCloud ComputingDigital MediaSaaSSoftware as a Service (SaaS)StrategyNegotiation

Languages Dutch · English · French

From Frank's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Vlerick Business School64

KobeFinance Director at Hummingbird VenturesLucas De FourLegal Manager at Hummingbird VenturesWard CapoenPartner at V-Bio VenturesHendrik Van AsbroeckManaging Partner at Astanor VenturesHarry De SmedtIC at AngelwiseHiram ClausInvestment Director at NPM Capital N.V.

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Also attended Ghent University70

LukasPartner at Hummingbird VenturesRoxanneCompliance Officer at Hummingbird VenturesSriram BalusuAssociate at Ysios CapitalWard CapoenPartner at V-Bio VenturesPhilippe de LathuyLegal Counsel at Astanor VenturesJan VorstermansInvestor at Angelwise

+ 64 more

Shared employers

Also worked at CHILI publish1

Stefan Van den BusscheFinance | Growth at Angelwise

Also worked at Nodalview2

Pablo VenturaInvestor at KfundJoe BondPartner at PROfounders Capital

Also worked at SweepBright1

Filip SchouwenaarsAI & ML Researcher at Syndicate One

Also worked at Sentiance4

Amit ShofarSr. Investment Director at Samsung Catalyst FundNicolas AutretPartner at Walden CatalystMartin De PryckerManaging Partner Qbic I at Qbic FundVincent JocquetManaging Partner at RDY Ventures

Colleagues at Volta Ventures

Bart De Waele
Advisor at Volta Ventures
Doron Hacmon
Advisor at Volta Ventures
Frank Staut
Advisor at Volta Ventures
Frans-Willem de Kloet
Advisor at Volta Ventures
Iman Lamrani
HR Counsel at Volta Ventures
Koen De Waele
General Partner at Volta Ventures
Kris Van den Bergh
Advisor at Volta Ventures
Lode Peeters
Advisor at Volta Ventures