David Laurier

Venture Capital - Private & Public Equity - Private Credit - VC & PE Secondaries - Pre-IPO - FoF - Rare & Irreplaceable Real-World Assets - Hard Assets - Digital Assets

📍 Ghent Metropolitan Area, Belgium🔄 Updated September 2026💼 14 investments📅 9 years investing🗓 Last invested Nov 2024𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 Belgium
14
Total investments
3
Early stage
2
Mid stage
4
Late stage
9y
Years active

Portfolio

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Shareholder & LP
Nov 2024
Allocator One is one of the most active investors in emerging fund managers globally, with visibility on around 80% of the market. We back the top 3% of breakout GPs and provide them with the capital, data, and infrastructure to scale.
Space Perspective Investor Ambassador and Legacy Explorer
Jul 2021
Space Perspective is the world’s first carbon-neutral spaceflight experience company on a mission to make transformative space travel accessible to more people than ever before. Our Spaceship Neptune, which comprises a pressurized capsule propelled by a giant SpaceBalloon™, offers a safe and accessible six-hour journey to the edge of space. Those who fly with Space Perspective, which is being regulated by the FAA and follows guidelines established by NASA and the U.S. Coast Guard, enjoy unprecedented views of our planet through the largest windows ever flown to space, a world-class meal and cocktail service, Wi-Fi, and lavatory—all from the world’s first Space Lounge. Based on Florida’s Space Coast, Space Perspective was co-founded by human spaceflight veterans Jane Poynter and Taber MacCallum, who met as original crew members in Biosphere 2 and previously founded World View and Paragon Space Development Corporation. Space Perspective’s team more broadly has been instrumental in the development of every U.S. human spacecraft for the past 40 years.
Private Investor
May 2021
Magnax valorizes yokeless axial flux technology in various markets. The company drives value by strategically investing to strengthen the position of its subsidiaries. These companies focus on specific markets, each requiring a unique approach. One is Traxial, which focuses on ground-based e-mobility.
Private Investor
Mar 2021
MINDSCOPIC® is an award-winning brand that develops nootropic supplements of the highest quality that fit a healthy, vital and energetic lifestyle. In the creation of all their products, the emphasis is placed on the purest and most effective, science-based dosage. MINDSCOPIC® differs from all other dietary supplements on several critical points by the following elements that together form MINDSCOPIC®’s brand promise: - 100% Vegan Capsules - Open Source Formulation - Natural Ingredients - GMO-free - No artificial flavours or colours - GMP Certified Production Facility - Based on Scientific Research - Clean & Clear Labeling
Private Investor
Aug 2020
Acquired by Infinite Reality for $450M and now under the iR family, Landvault is building infrastructure to accelerate the metaverse economy, by building tools to create, deploy and monetize content. We have helped over 200 clients enter the metaverse, including top organizations and brands like Abu Dhabi government, Mastercard, L’Oreal, RedBull and Heineken. We are also building a standard to deploy interoperable content - the Matera Protocol.
Private Investor
May 2020
Turnkey solution to design and sell merchandise globally leveraging the benefits of print-on-demand.
Private Investor
Mar 2020
Re-story wil journalistiek anders aanpakken en zo impact genereren: een positieve boodschap van actieve hoop brengen aan de hand van verhalen van denkers en doeners die bewijzen dat het anders kan, dat bedrijven "beter voor mij" en "beter voor de wereld" hand in hand kunnen laten gaan, en dat het op die manier mogelijk is om allemaal samen voor een omslag te zorgen van de economie en van het kapitalisme. Welvaart is niet allesbepalend, want zonder welzijn en welbevinden betekent die welvaart niet zo veel. Re-story herschrijft de verhalen van zij die te weinig gehoord worden en informeert en inspireert.
Member of the board
Mar 2020
Tradelegs utilizes Options Artificial Intelligence to generate a new class of Systematic Strategies. Tradelegs strategies adapt to changing market conditions, are both active and non-discretionary, and can be customized to meet partners' payout, risk and hedging requirements. They can be designed to beat benchmarks, generate yield, hedge, or generate risk-managed absolute return. Tradelegs also provides an interactive version of its platform to enable institutional investors to shape tactical returns by utilizing scientifically optimized, custom options strategies. Lead investors include the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and SenaHill Partners. Tradelegs’ founding team has a successful track record building enterprise-class applications that utilize advanced optimization technology. They have delivered products to global customers in several industries including airlines (fleet assignment and schedule optimization), logistics (cargo scheduling and routing), and telecommunications (complex mission-critical routing in mobile service provider networks).
Private Investor
Dec 2019
In an exquisite marriage between the South African Macadamia nut and the finest quality Belgian chocolate, Maison Macolat brings together two worlds. Discover the smooth and buttery texture of the “King of Nuts”. With its 5 innovative flavors it’s the perfect indulgence for all chocolate & fine food lovers. Where did this journey begin? Julian, raised in South Africa, as the 6th generation farmer, left his home farm, to discover the wonder of Belgian chocolate in his travels. Intrigued by the unique craftsmanship of the chocolatiers, he envisioned a new way to present the precious Macadamia to the world: married with the finest Belgian chocolate. “We wanted to bring the best of both worlds together into one unique, and exclusive product, something completely unlike anything seen or tasted before”, Julian Bunge (Founder & CEO) says. The challenge was born: a perfectly balanced combination of the heritage of the Macadamia together with Belgian chocolate. Julian supplied Belgium’s most respected chocolatiers with carefully produced Macadamias from a group of speciality farmers on the East Coast of South Africa, the world’s finest microclimate for this crop. Our Macolatiers, as they are known, enabled innovative new flavors to be birthed, with this precious Macadamia nut. “Our expert Macolatiers ensure the same unique attention to detail is used throughout product creation, pairing, serving and sharing.” Through this groundbreaking process, the Macolat was born. Maison Macolat represents a unique combination of taste innovation, heritage, and commitment to community. The synthesis of long experience in macadamia farming, a new innovation for Belgian chocolate, and an overriding desire to create a unique lifestyle. Maison Macolat offers a totally new experience in fine food, that pushes the limits of discovery. Continue to discover on www.maisonmacolat.com.
Private Investor
Jul 2019
Tradelegs utilizes Options Artificial Intelligence to generate a new class of Systematic Strategies. Tradelegs strategies adapt to changing market conditions, are both active and non-discretionary, and can be customized to meet partners' payout, risk and hedging requirements. They can be designed to beat benchmarks, generate yield, hedge, or generate risk-managed absolute return. Tradelegs also provides an interactive version of its platform to enable institutional investors to shape tactical returns by utilizing scientifically optimized, custom options strategies. Lead investors include the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and SenaHill Partners. Tradelegs’ founding team has a successful track record building enterprise-class applications that utilize advanced optimization technology. They have delivered products to global customers in several industries including airlines (fleet assignment and schedule optimization), logistics (cargo scheduling and routing), and telecommunications (complex mission-critical routing in mobile service provider networks).
Private Investor
Jul 2019
Antelope DX develops a point-of-need diagnostic platform that allows consumers and healthcare professionals to have on-the-spot access to key health parameters. The Antelope technology aims to offer clinical lab performance with the ease-of-use of a pregnancy test at a consumer price tag. The platform is based on an innovative lab-on-chip technology that can perform a sensitive test on any bodily fluid, without requiring complex user operations or sample preparation.
Experience · 25 entries
All (25)
Investments (14)
Founder (5)
Board (2)
2024
Shareholder & LP
Nov 2024
Allocator One is one of the most active investors in emerging fund managers globally, with visibility on around 80% of the market. We back the top 3% of breakout GPs and provide them with the capital, data, and infrastructure to scale.
2021
Space Perspective Investor Ambassador and Legacy Explorer
Jul 2021
Space Perspective is the world’s first carbon-neutral spaceflight experience company on a mission to make transformative space travel accessible to more people than ever before. Our Spaceship Neptune, which comprises a pressurized capsule propelled by a giant SpaceBalloon™, offers a safe and accessible six-hour journey to the edge of space. Those who fly with Space Perspective, which is being regulated by the FAA and follows guidelines established by NASA and the U.S. Coast Guard, enjoy unprecedented views of our planet through the largest windows ever flown to space, a world-class meal and cocktail service, Wi-Fi, and lavatory—all from the world’s first Space Lounge. Based on Florida’s Space Coast, Space Perspective was co-founded by human spaceflight veterans Jane Poynter and Taber MacCallum, who met as original crew members in Biosphere 2 and previously founded World View and Paragon Space Development Corporation. Space Perspective’s team more broadly has been instrumental in the development of every U.S. human spacecraft for the past 40 years.
Private Investor
May 2021
Magnax valorizes yokeless axial flux technology in various markets. The company drives value by strategically investing to strengthen the position of its subsidiaries. These companies focus on specific markets, each requiring a unique approach. One is Traxial, which focuses on ground-based e-mobility.
Private Investor
Mar 2021
MINDSCOPIC® is an award-winning brand that develops nootropic supplements of the highest quality that fit a healthy, vital and energetic lifestyle. In the creation of all their products, the emphasis is placed on the purest and most effective, science-based dosage. MINDSCOPIC® differs from all other dietary supplements on several critical points by the following elements that together form MINDSCOPIC®’s brand promise: - 100% Vegan Capsules - Open Source Formulation - Natural Ingredients - GMO-free - No artificial flavours or colours - GMP Certified Production Facility - Based on Scientific Research - Clean & Clear Labeling
2020
Limited Partner
Dec 2020
Waterland is an independent private equity investment group that supports entrepreneurs in realizing their growth ambitions. With substantial financial resources and committed industry expertise, Waterland enables its portfolio companies to achieve accelerated growth both organically and through acquisitions. Waterland is an active investor in the financial, strategic and operational sense. In the current dynamic business environment with an increasing number of mergers and acquisitions, Waterland is a partner that provides entrepreneurs with a powerful position in the increasingly competitive international arena. Since the start in 1999, the firm has made investments in more than 1100 companies. Waterland currently manages more than €14 billion of investor commitments. Investments are made in markets with attractive characteristics for a consolidation strategy: consistent growth, sufficient size, sustainable profitability, fragmentation and (indication of) consolidation. Waterland focusses on industries that are undergoing change as a consequence of one or more of the following trends: sustainability, digitalization and outsourcing, ageing population, and leisure and wellbeing. Waterland employs 200+ professionals. Our teams are based in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Spain, Norway and Denmark and operate across Europe.
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