About
Jean-Baptiste Maenhout is an Investment Manager at Smartfin who previously worked as an investment banking analyst at J.P. Morgan in Brussels and London, with earlier internships at Bencis Capital Partners and Lazard. He holds a Master in Business Engineering from KU Leuven and Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, and serves as a Board Observer at Payflip.
Experience
- SmartfinInvestment Managercurrent2025 — present
- SmartfinAssociate2022 — 2025
- TimefoldBoard Observercurrent2025 — present
- SEQUESTOBoard Observercurrent2025 — present
- PayflipBoard Observercurrent2023 — present
- J.P. MorganInvestment Banking Analyst2020 — 2022Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- LazardInvestment Banking Intern2019Brussels Metropolitan Area
- Bencis Capital PartnersPrivate Equity Intern2018Brussels Metropolitan Area
- Solegear Bioplastic Technologies Inc.Sauder School of Business d.studio Participant2015Vancouver
Education
- Solvay Brussels School of Economics and ManagementMaster in Business Engineering, Major in Finance2016 — 2019
- City University of Hong KongExchange Program, Accounting and Finance2017
- The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)Summer School2016
- KU LeuvenB.A. Business and Information Systems Engineering2013 — 2016
- The University of British ColumbiaExchange Program, Commerce2015
- Sint-BararacollegeHigh School, Latin-Mathematics (8h)2007 — 2013
Skills & more
Finance11Object Pascal4Microsoft Excel11SQL5Leadership9
Languages Dutch · English · French
- Bloomberg Market Concepts — Bloomberg
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Also attended Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management51
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Also attended City University of Hong Kong34
Anneli MathesonExecutive Assistant at Prelude VenturesAndrea OliverPrincipal at Nauta CapitalFabian GrunerInvestor at HV CapitalChenchen LiuAssistant General Counsel at Orbit StartupsLaurence BoudriasAssociate at NAventuresIsabel SarwarInvestment Managerin at Yabeo
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Also attended KU Leuven147
Katrin GeyskensExecutive Director at Capricorn Venture PartnersSimon WoutersInvestment Manager at Capricorn Venture PartnersWouter Van de PutteInvestment Director at Capricorn Venture PartnersFilip PintelonInvestment Partner Health at Capricorn Venture PartnersKim De KeyserValuation Expert at Capricorn Venture PartnersIne JordensLegal Director at Capricorn Venture Partners
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Also attended The University of British Columbia164
Joan MirallesHead of Administration & Valuation at Inveready Technology Investment GroupRares CrisanInvestor at Notable CapitalMarianne WuVenture Partner at Congruent VenturesBrendan BakerPartner at Rackhouse Venture Management LpAli KashaniVenture Partner at Think+ Ventures Management, LlcNick FitzInvestor at Juniper Ventures Management, Llc
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Shared employers
Also worked at SEQUESTO1
Also worked at Payflip1
Also worked at J.P. Morgan694
Rishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesNaseem MoumeneVice President at NorthzoneFranklin BiGeneral Partner at Pantera CapitalMegan LightcapPartner, Creator Fund at Slow VenturesNatalie SchmitkeManaging Director Capital Networks at Burda Principal Investments
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Also worked at Lazard163
Jimena NowackInvestor at Index VenturesChristian TeichmannCEO & Managing Director at Burda Principal InvestmentsSolomon HailuPartner at March Capital PartnersKevin KopczynskiPartner at Congruent VenturesDerek RappInvestor at RiverVest Venture PartnersWill DuftonPartner at Giant Ventures Global Llp
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Colleagues at SmartFin
Bart Luyten
Founding Partner at SmartFin
Bert Baeck
EIR at SmartFin
Boris Bogaert
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Pitchdrive
Erwin Vandendriessche
Advisor at SmartFin
Harry Haeck
Partner at SmartFin
Joris De Meester
Advisor at SmartFin
Joris Van Der Gucht
EIR at SmartFin
Jürgen Ingels
Founding Partner and Chairman at SmartFin









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