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Jürgen Ingels

Investor

Founding Partner & Chairman at SmartFin

St-Katelijne-Waver, Flemish Region, Belgium

About

Founder and former CFO of payment software company Clear2Pay, which was sold to FIS in 2014. He is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, author of 'Start, Grow, Sell', founding partner of SmartFin, and initiator of SuperNova and The Big Score. He serves on the boards of several companies including WDP, Materialise, Guardsquare, MariaDB, Recharge and Deliverect.

Invests in

Fintech

Experience

  1. SmartFinFounder and managing partnercurrent2015 — presentBrussels Area, Belgium
  2. WDP - Warehouses with brainsBoard Membercurrent2018 — present
  3. MaterialiseBoard Membercurrent2013 — presentLeuven Heverlee, Vlaanderen, België
  4. DeliverectBoard Membercurrent2020 — presentVlaanderen, België
  5. CaviarLid van raad van bestuurcurrent2026 — presentMechelen, Vlaanderen, België
  6. FimpleMember Board of Directorscurrent2025 — presentLonden
  7. VYNCKEMember Board of Directorscurrent2024 — present
  8. Willemen GroepBoard membercurrent2015 — presentmechelen
  9. GhelamcoBoard Membercurrent2017 — present
  10. Projective GroupBoard Membercurrent2011 — present
  11. AkinonBoard Membercurrent2020 — presentTurkije
  12. NPM CapitalAdvisory board member 'Everything is Digital'current2022 — present
  13. Tioga Capital PartnersMember of the Investment Committeecurrent2020 — presentBelgië
  14. Scale-Ups.euFoundercurrent2017 — presentBelgië
  15. Scale-Ups.euOrganizercurrent2023 — presentAntwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
  16. Scale-Ups.euOrganizer2017 — 2018
  17. Royal Antwerp F.C.Lid van raad van bestuur2021 — 2026
  18. GuardSquare nvBoard Member2014 — 2025Leuven Heverlee, Vlaanderen, België
  19. Recharge.comBoard member2021 — 2025Amsterdam en omgeving
  20. ItinerisBoard Member2012 — 2025

Education

  1. University of AntwerpMBA1995 — 1996
  2. University of Antwerppolitical and social sciences1991 — 1995
  3. vrije middelbare school (vms)

Skills & more

Mergers47Private Equity99Management Consulting66Venture Capital69Start-ups99Investments99Business Strategy92Mergers & Acquisitions80New Business Development24Entrepreneurship50Contract Negotiation9Strategic Partnerships16
+12 moreExecutive ManagementBusiness DevelopmentCorporate FinanceBankingChange ManagementRestructuringFinanceBusiness PlanningStrategyManagementCorporate DevelopmentStart-up

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Same school

Shared employers

Investments

Board seats

AkinonDeliverectGhelamcoGuardsquareMariaDBMaterialiseProjectiveRechargeWDP

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at SmartFin