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Laurens De Poorter

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Founder at Syndicate One · Co-founder at Belfort

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedBelfort

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About

Founder of Syndicate One who manages the new fund and leads its mission to back exceptional Belgian entrepreneurs.

Co-founder at Belfort

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Belfort's investors · 5

Anagram VenturesCamana Bay · since 2025Credibly NeutralBrooklyn · since 2025Inovia CapitalMontreal · $250K – $8M checks · since 2025Syndicate One$550K checks · since 2025Vsquared VenturesMünchen · since 2025

Co-founders at Belfort

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Michiel Van BeirendonckPrincipal Architect / Co-founder

Experience

  1. BelfortCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Syndicate OneFoundercurrent2021 — present
  3. Kraken Digital Asset ExchangePartner, Kraken Ventures2021 — 2025
  4. Dawn CapitalVC Investor2020 — 2021Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  5. X, the moonshot factoryMoonshot Strategy2019Mountain View, CA
  6. The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Consultant2014 — 2018Brussels Metropolitan Area

Skills & more

Entrepreneurship60Leadership49

Languages Dutch · English

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Investments

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Colleagues at Syndicate One

Adriaan Storme
Director Strategy & Operations at BRYTER at Syndicate One
Alexis Eggermont
Co-founder & CPO at Accountable at Syndicate One
Anna Thomlinson
Head of Operations at Segments.ai at Syndicate One
Arnaud Bakker
VC at Triton Capital at Syndicate One
Catharina Soenen
PE Investor at GIMV (Sustainable Cities team) at Syndicate One
Dieter Wachters
Cofounder & CTO at Raito at Syndicate One
Elise Stern
Venture Capital at Eurazeo at Syndicate One
Ellen Batens
VP Operations at Go Vocal at Syndicate One

Network2

Andrew Steinwold
Managing Partner at Fermion
Boris Bogaert
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Pitchdrive

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Laurens De Poorter?
Founder of Syndicate One who manages the new fund and leads its mission to back exceptional Belgian entrepreneurs.
Where does Laurens De Poorter work?
Laurens De Poorter is Co-founder of Belfort and Founder at Syndicate One.
What companies did Laurens De Poorter found?
Laurens De Poorter founded Belfort.
What companies has Laurens De Poorter invested in?
Investments tracked here include Atomarine, Donna, Molecule, Presail, Senken, Tinfoil.
Where did Laurens De Poorter go to school?
Laurens De Poorter studied at Harvard Business School (Master of Business Administration - MBA); KU Leuven (Bachelor (BSc) & Master of Science (MSc), Energy Engineering); Imperial College London (Full-year Erasmus Exchange, Electrical and Electronics Engineering).

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Also worked at Belfort1

Matthias DaueCo-founder at Rapta