Smartfin

Investment decisions are driven by Founder and Managing Partner Jürgen Ingels alongside Partners Bart Luyten and Thomas Depuydt. The team combines financial and entrepreneurial backgrounds, covering both numbers and hands-on operational experience.

Smartfin leverages an ecosystem that includes partnerships with very early-stage investor Pitchdrive and blockchain specialist Tioga Capital Partners. It also supports industry connectors Supernova and The Big Score, which link high-growth European tech companies with leading investors.

Smartfin primarily makes direct equity investments into private B2B technology companies. It maintains strategic partnerships with other venture managers for very early stage (Pitchdrive) and blockchain (Tioga Capital Partners), expanding deal access without operating a fund-of-funds strategy.

The firm invests from Seed stage up through late-stage growth. It prefers initial entry tickets that can be complemented by larger follow-on investments over the long term, carrying companies well beyond the start-up phase.

Smartfin explicitly positions itself as a generalist across B2B technology. It refuses narrow sector specialization, arguing that a well-diversified portfolio outperforms a concentrated thematic focus. Vertical exposure currently includes enterprise software, fintech, cybersecurity, AI/ML, media, real estate analytics, and mobility.

Smartfin is an asset manager raising institutional capital, not a single-family office. The specific limited partner base has not been publicly disclosed by the firm.

Smartfin leads rounds such as the £10m Series A in Incard, suggesting capacity as a lead investor. The firm has not publicly outlined a structured co-investment program for external limited partners, instead concentrating on direct equity and long-term company partnerships.