About
Manu Vanderveeren is co-founder and COO at Spott. He previously worked at McKinsey on strategy, technology due diligence, and human resources projects, and held internships in investment banking and private equity at Morgan Stanley and corporate venture capital.
Founder at SpottYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Manu went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Spott's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Manu can intro founders to Spott's investors below.
Spott's investors · 4
Co-founders at Spott
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Lander DegreveFounder
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Samuel SmeysFounder
Experience
- SpottCo-Founder & COOcurrent2024 — presentNew York - Leuven - London - Sydney
- McKinsey & CompanyAssociate2022 — 2024Brussels - London - Dubai
- CVC Capital PartnersPrivate Equity Analyst2021Brussels
- Morgan StanleyInvestment Banking Analyst2020London
Skills & more
Languages Dutch · English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Manu Vanderveeren?
- Manu Vanderveeren is co-founder and COO at Spott. He previously worked at McKinsey on strategy, technology due diligence, and human resources projects, and held internships in investment banking and private equity at Morgan Stanley and corporate venture capital.
- Where does Manu Vanderveeren work?
- Manu Vanderveeren is Founder of Spott.
- What companies did Manu Vanderveeren found?
- Manu Vanderveeren founded Spott.
- Where did Manu Vanderveeren go to school?
- Manu Vanderveeren studied at Y Combinator (Spott (Winter batch 2025)); London Business School (Master's degree, Financial Analysis); KU Leuven (Bachelor's degree, Business Economics).
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