Arnaud De Vos (ex-J.P. Morgan) joins Fortino Capital as their new Investment Manager. He will be responsible for sourcing, realising deals and following up the portfolio companies. Duco Sickinghe, Managing Partner, says the management is thrilled to have Arnaud on board: “What struck us about Arnaud is his impressive resumé and experience in corporate finance…
DetailsSoftware AG announced its acquisition of the Belgian data analytics scale-up TrendMiner. Founded in 2008, TrendMiner specializes in visual data analytics for the manufacturing and process industry and will complement Software AG’s Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 product portfolio. We would like to congratulate CEO Bert Baeck and the entire team at TrendMiner.…
DetailsSix months after the 20 million euro investment by Fortino Capital, the Brussels software company MobileXpense is upping its game. It has released a new app SpendCatcher and introduces its upgraded solution for travel and expense management. To secure this sustainable growth, Pieter Geeraerts joins MobileXpense as the new CEO. MobileXpense is one of the…
DetailsFortino Capital is pleased to announce that Steven De Troyer has joined their team as investment director. In this new role, Steven will be responsible for sourcing and driving new investments and the performance of its portfolio companies. Having worked for several renowned companies in the advisory and investment sector, Steven brings valuable investment experience…
DetailsFortino Capital invests in intelligent synchronization platform PieSync Fortino Capital leads a 2.8 million euros ($3.5 million USD) round in the Ghent headquartered company PieSync through its venture fund. Fortino Capital led the round with participation from existing investors including Ark Angels Activator Fund, PMV and Dirk Vermunicht.The PieSync intelligent synchronization platform is an integrated software-as-a-service cloud application to manage contact…
DetailsZaventem, 21 december 2017 – Fortino Capital invests the first 20 million euros from its new Digital Growth Fund in fast growing cloud software pioneer MobileXpense. The Brussels-based company is specialised in travel and expense management and already completed more than 1.300 implementations worldwide. As a majority shareholder, Fortino Capital will assist the MobileXpense management…
DetailsZaventem, 29 november 2017 – Fortino Capital, de investeringsmaatschappij die onder andere investeerde in de succesvolle scale-ups Teamleader, Bloomon en BuyBay, lanceert zijn tweede investeringsfonds, genaamd Fortino Capital II Growth. Het is een fonds met een kapitaal van 200 miljoen euro bestemd voor investeringen in scale-ups en groeibedrijven in de Benelux. Uit dit fonds is…
DetailsAt an event in London, TrendMinder – company of CEO Bert Baeck – won the Frost & Sullivan Award for “Enterprise of the Year”. It is a price for the best software for analyzes in the manufacturing industry across Europe.
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The latest addition to the team at Fortino Capital is Céline Vanbever (32). She has been appointed as Compliance & Legal Officer. Céline is responsible for supporting Fortino Capital, and will also support the portfolio companies in legal, governance and compliance matters. After completing her studies at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and at New…
DetailsReal Impact Analytics is proud to announce the appointment of Xavier Pansaers as new Chief Revenue Officer Formerly Chief Operating Officer at Odoo, Xavier has a strong track record in tech company scale-ups. During his mandate, Odoo transformed a local service company to a multinational software company generating multi-million euros in yearly recurring revenue. His…
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