About
Founder of Syndicate One who manages the new fund and leads its mission to back exceptional Belgian entrepreneurs.
Experience
- BelfortCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Syndicate OneFoundercurrent2021 — present
- Kraken Digital Asset ExchangePartner, Kraken Ventures2021 — 2025
- Dawn CapitalVC Investor2020 — 2021London, England, United Kingdom
- X, the moonshot factoryMoonshot Strategy2019Mountain View, CA
- The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Consultant2014 — 2018Brussels Area, Belgium
Skills & more
Leadership49Teamwork45Entrepreneurship60Social Impact24Engineering17Renewable Energy11Project Management16
Languages Dutch · English · French · German · Spanish
From Laurens's professional profile.
Colleagues at Syndicate One
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Adriaan Storme
Director Strategy & Operations at BRYTER at Syndicate One
Alexis Eggermont
Co-founder & CPO at Accountable at Syndicate One
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Amaury Timmermans
CEO at Egmont Toys at Syndicate One
Andy Gijbels
CTO at Start it Accelerate, CEO at Invenira (acquired) at Syndicate One
Anna Thomlinson
Head of Operations at Segments.ai at Syndicate One
Annabel de Gheldere
Investor at Atempo Growth at Syndicate One
Arnaud Bakker
VC at Triton Capital at Syndicate One
Catharina Soenen
PE Investor at GIMV (Sustainable Cities team) at Syndicate One
Network2
Andrew Steinwold
Managing Partner at Fermion
Boris Bogaert
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Pitchdrive
Investors connected to Laurens in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
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 Founder at Syndicate One.
- 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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Harvard Business School mafia323
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Imperial College London mafia196
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KU Leuven mafia24
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Pieter AbbeelBS/MSFounded Gradescope +1Peter VanbekbergenFounded Imec Xpand +1Dieter De MesmaekerMaster in Industrial SciencesFounded DataCamp +1Herman VerrelstMaster in EngineeringFounded BiocartisChiara BagainiBachelor of Business Administration - BBAFounded RepathNico HuybrechtsMasterFounded Datashift
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Kraken mafia10
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Syndicate One mafia9
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Same school
Also attended Harvard Business School2,000
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Katrin GeyskensExecutive Director at Capricorn Venture PartnersSimon WoutersInvestment Manager at Capricorn Venture PartnersSteven LambertInvestment Partner Digital at Capricorn Venture PartnersAntoine D'HollanderInvestment Director at Capricorn Venture PartnersWouter Van de PutteInvestment Director at Capricorn Venture PartnersFilip PintelonInvestment Partner Health at Capricorn Venture Partners
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Shared employers
Also worked at Kraken Digital Asset Exchange28
Arjun SethiCo-founder, Chairman at Tribe Capital FirstlookSeth HallenFounder and Managing Partner at Hallstone VenturesVictor Bunoust-RoquerePrincipal at Manhattan Venture PartnersMarcusGlobal Head of Regulatory Strategy at SENTINEL GLOBALHisham ElhaddadManaging Partner at HOF CapitalChristopher CalicottManaging Director at Trammell Venture Partners (TVP)
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Also worked at Dawn Capital42
Jimena NowackInvestor at Index VenturesAndrea OliverPrincipal at Nauta CapitalElaine GohInvestor at 13books CapitalJosh CliftHead of Fund Finance at RTP GlobalKyriakos SouroullaPortfolio Reporting Manager at RTP GlobalSeyon IndranPrincipal at Concept Ventures
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Also worked at X, the moonshot factory48
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Also worked at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)907
David SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockDave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Massimo PrelzInvestor at DN CapitalRasmus AreskougInvestor at DN CapitalRiccardo MontiOperating Advisor at P101 VenturesAntonio TurroniOperating Advisor at P101 Ventures
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