SmartFin Capital

Investor- Venture Capital

Overview

SmartFin Capital is a technology Private Equity fund founded in December 2014, targeting growth technology companies headquartered in Europe and the United Kingdom that display the potential for significant value creation.

Country: Belgium

Founded: 2014

Headquarters: Antwerp, Belgium

Investment Strategy

Geography

  • North America
  • Europe

Sector Focus

  • Payments and Remittances
  • Data and Analytics

Investment Stage

  • Early Stage Venture
  • Series A
  • Series B

Summary

SmartFin Capital is a technology Private Equity fund founded in December 2014 by Jurgen Ingels, Bart Luyten, Edward Schiettecatte and Stefan Dierckx.

We target growth technology companies, headquartered in Europe and the United Kingdom that display the potential for significant value creation. Our investments range from EUR 1 million to EUR 10 million over the lifetime of the portfolio company, and are always minority stakes.
Given some of our founders past experience as successful entrepreneurs in financial technology companies, the Fund has a very strong edge and value add in the FinTech area.

We are a strong value-added partner to our portfolio companies given the successful track record, expertise and complementary experience within our team. We support our companies to become successful international leaders by accelerating the scaling and monetization of their growth.

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Investments

Date

Name

Size

Round

Co-Investors

Sector

Country

January 2016

UnifiedPost

$11m

Venture

Payments

Belgium

October 2015

NGDATA

$10.2m

Series B

Big Data

Belgium

September 2015

Ancoa Software

$5.46m

Series A

Data Analytics

United Kingdom

December 2014

Ancoa Software

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

Data Analytics

United Kingdom

December 2014

NGDATA

$2.2m

Undisclosed

Big Data

Belgium

Key Employees

Stefan Dierckx
Founding Partner

Jürgen Ingels
Founding Partner

Bart Luyten
Founding Partner

Edward Schiettecatte
Founding Partner