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Sofie Baeten

Investor

Managing Partner Qbic II & III, (Co-)founder Qbic II & III at Qbic Fund

Ghent Metropolitan Area

About

PhD with a long venture capital track record, previously managing partner at Capital-E, Gimv and Baekeland Fonds II. She holds several board/chair positions in portfolio companies and holds degrees from Ghent, Leuven and Vlerick.

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Experience

  1. Vlerick Business SchoolBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
  2. Blue Foot MembranesBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
  3. Blue Foot MembranesChair Of The Board Of Directors2017 — 2025
  4. ABSCINTBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
  5. Wintercircus GhentShareholdercurrent2024 — present
  6. AmphiStarBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
  7. AnimabBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
  8. IndigoChair of the Board of Directorscurrent2022 — present
  9. Qbic Fund | Venture CapitalCEO and co-founder Qbic IIIcurrent2022 — present
  10. Triple Helix Molecules as a ServiceCo-Foundercurrent2022 — present
  11. Women on Board Belgiumassociate member of Women on Boardcurrent2021 — present
  12. TOT BEHEER VAN VOLKSVERMOGENIndependent Board Membercurrent2019 — presentGhent Metropolitan Area
  13. AloxyChair Of The Board Of Directorscurrent2018 — present
  14. Qbic IIManaging Partnercurrent2016 — presentGhent Metropolitan Area
  15. InspireS BVManaging Partnercurrent2010 — present
  16. QustomDotChair Of The Board Of Directors2020 — 2026
  17. EyeD PharmaBoard Member2022 — 2024
  18. UniD ManufacturingBoard Member2022 — 2024
  19. CrowdScanBoard Member2021 — 2022
  20. iFLUX - Envision Groundwater in MotionBoard Member2019 — 2022

Education

  1. KU LeuvenPhD in Materials Science
  2. Ghent UniversityMaster of Science in Materials Engineering
  3. Vlerick Business SchoolMaster in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Skills & more

Venture Capital32Cleantech8Innovation Management14Start-ups30Mergers1Corporate Development2Growth Capital1Technology Transfer2Entrepreneurship13Due Diligence3Private Equity3Business Strategy7
+7 moreDeal SourcingInvestmentsRestructuringBusiness DevelopmentMergers & AcquisitionsManagementStrategy

From Sofie's professional profile.

Same school

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

+ 141 more

Also attended Ghent University76

Sabine VermassenExecutive Director at Capricorn Venture PartnersNoé WachsmuthVisiting Analyst at Capricorn Venture PartnersJeroen Van IseghemInvestment Analyst at Capricorn Venture PartnersLukasPartner at Hummingbird VenturesRoxanneCompliance Officer at Hummingbird VenturesSriram BalusuAssociate at Ysios Capital

+ 70 more

Also attended Vlerick Business School68

Sabine VermassenExecutive Director at Capricorn Venture PartnersSteven LeveckeExecutive Director at Capricorn Venture PartnersFilip PintelonInvestment Partner Health at Capricorn Venture PartnersKobeFinance Director at Hummingbird VenturesLucas De FourLegal Manager at Hummingbird VenturesWard CapoenPartner at V-Bio Ventures

+ 62 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Vlerick Business School7

Harry De SmedtIC at AngelwiseHans MaenhoutPartner at FinindusFrank MaeneManaging Partner at Volta VenturesSophie ManigartLP Committee Chair at Qbic FundJohan BrantsAdvisory Board Expert at Qbic FundLaurenz GovaertsDirector at EQT Life Sciences

+ 1 more

Also worked at QustomDot3

Cédric Van NevelPartner at Qbic FundMarek KotelnickiManaging Partner at VIGO VenturesWojciech SmolińskiManaging Partner & CEO at VIGO Ventures

Also worked at EyeD Pharma4

Bart De LeeuwPartner/CFO at Fund+Halina NovakPrincipal at Fund+Frédéric SchyntsInvestment Manager at Meusinvest (Noshaq)Chris BuyseBoard Member at Fund+

Colleagues at Qbic Fund

Cédric Van Nevel
Partner at Qbic Fund
Danny Gonnissen
Partner at Qbic Fund
Delphine Hajaji
Advisory Board Expert at Qbic Fund
Dirk Wauters
Advisory Board Expert at Qbic Fund
Ellen Crabbe
Advisory Board Expert at Qbic Fund
Eric Peeters
Advisory Board Expert at Qbic Fund
Guy Huylebroeck
Partner Qbic I at Qbic Fund
Johan Brants
Advisory Board Expert at Qbic Fund