Jonas Dhaenens

Founder and President of team.blue | Passionate about building Europe’s leading digital platform to empower the next generation of entrepreneurs

📍 Ghent, Flemish Region, Belgium🔄 Updated September 2026💼 28 investments📅 19 years investing🗓 Last invested Nov 2022𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 Belgium20+ investments
28
Total investments
15
Early stage
1
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4
Late stage
19y
Years active

Portfolio

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Investor and Board Member
Nov 2022
Backed by entrepreneurs, run by entrepreneurs: Maxus is a pioneering private equity platform, backing the next generation top small and mid-cap fund managers. We target hard-to-access, hungry and emerging fund managers in the small and mid-cap market across Europe and the US. We go beyond fund investing: leveraging on our ecosystem, we unlock greater value through co-investments and secondaries. We’re backed by a powerful yet selective ecosystem of 35 investors - from leading entrepreneurs to unicorn founders across Belgium and the Netherlands. We bring deep expertise across technology, software, business services, energy & renewables, health and beyond. We don’t just tap into this network to source and evaluate opportunities - we stay engaged post-investment, providing valuable insights and strategic support to the managers we back.
Investor
Mar 2019
Our mission: Enhancing financial well-being At ROOV, we empower vulnerable individuals to take control of their lives. By partnering with guardians, debt mediators, social rental agencies, and clients themselves, we create a collaborative approach to building financial stability and independence. https://roov.app
Investor
Mar 2019
Cardify is the fastest business card ever made. Developed by and for business professionals looking to step up their game. Create your own: https://signup.cardify.app
Investor and Board Member
Mar 2019
SLOW FOOD - FAST SERVED Gehaktballen gevuld met verrassend liquide vulllingen. Pure ambacht met vlees van eigen kweek in een urban & eigentijdse setting. SHOP, TAKE AWAY & RESTAURANT Ons uniek winkelconcept bestaat uit onze nieuwe benadering van het concept 'open keuken'​. Je bent er namelijk te gast ìn onze keuken en je kunt alle actie live volgen. Van het mengen van het gehakt tot het vakkundig verpakken van de lekkernijen. Je kunt gezellig aan tafel schuiven en direct je bestelling verorberen of met een doosje lekkers naar huis gaan en samen met vrienden en familie genieten van een gezellige lunch.
late stageHospitality
Investor and Board Member
Jan 2019
Onze financieringsadviseurs helpen je onderneming aan zakelijke financiering vanaf €100.000. Meer dan 300 ondernemingen haalden via ons al €35 miljoen op bij banken, overheden, fondsen, privé-investeerders en crowdlending platformen. Mail ons op info@theharbour.be Ondernemingsnummer: BE 0669.937.131
Co-Founder & Board member
Jan 2019
Pitchdrive is a radical break from traditional early-stage investing. We want to get funding in the hands of great founders as soon as we can - in weeks, not months. Because entrepreneurs should focus on building a company, not on talking to investors. With our data-driven engine, we can qualify seed-stage ventures faster than anyone on the market. This allows us to make seed-stage investing scalable for founders and investors.
Investor
Jan 2019
1898 The Post is a hospitality company based out of 16 Graslei, Gent, Belgium.
Investor and Board Member
Sep 2018
Winwinner — Crowdlending Ondernemers en investeerders groeien samen. Op ons crowdlending platform brengen we ondernemers en investeerders samen. Ondernemers hebben ambitieuze plannen en investeerders zijn op zoek naar een beter rendement dan op de spaarboekjes. Wij brengen ze samen. Geld lenen aan een onderneming is risicovol. Als investeerder loopt u het risico dat het ontleende bedrag geheel of gedeeltelijk niet kan worden terugbetaald. Berichten die op deze pagina worden gedeeld maken reclame voor lopende campagnes.
Investor
May 2018
Manual.to makes it easy for companies to easily and quickly collect and share high performance visual instructions. Using our platform, companies build an effective knowledge base of practical how-to guides that combine video or pictures with text in any language and on any device. Our revolutionary approach to information creation and consumption makes content more accessible and easily understood. This leads to reduced errors/accidents and faster training. By printing instructions on devices as QR-codes or easy to read URLs, we help create a better informed workforce and increase customer success. We are part of the Microsoft Accelerator Alumni program, are a Microsoft Partner. We are a BNP Paribas International Hackathon Winner 2017, part of the Watt Factory Smart Education Accelerator, Start It @KBC network. We are working with multinational companies across Europe, in particular in the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. While we are industry-agnostic, we create a lot of value in maintenance, blue collar services, assembly and healthcare.
Investor
May 2018
Droia Ventures is a specialist investor, dedicated to making an impact and save patient lives. Droia invests in novel science and innovative approaches to bring promising drug candidates to patients, and accelerate their progress by actively supporting young drug development companies to achieve clinical proof of concept with their lead programs. Droia has an in-house team of experts and drug development professionals who follow the portfolio companies closely and provide hands-on support. Droia invests in early financing rounds and incubates new companies. Operating from Luxembourg and Belgium, Droia invests globally.
Investor and Board Member
Mar 2018
Welkin & Meraki has become Industrious Europe! England, Belgium and the Netherlands, we’re expanding our network to new places to continue to offer you a premium experience in every corner of Europe. Ready to join us? Follow the Industrious Europe page to keep up to date with the latest news about our spaces. https://www.linkedin.com/company/industrious-europe/
early stageHospitality
Investor
Jan 2018
Leaf stands for Let's Expand A Forest, how can we green the space around us with easy and well designed solutions. In our Leaf Factory, we design and produce different pieces of furniture all include a Leaf bassin filled with our plants. The tropical plants are grown in a tray at our partner VDE plant and come in two sizes. The Leaf medium tray for all our tropical and outside plants, the Leaf small tray for small tropical plants and mostly edible crops. Our furniture can be placed in your office, hotel or restaurant as stand on/alone, hanging from ceiling or wall, included with growing lights when it is too dark. We developed furniture for keeping edible herbs including an complete circular herb model. Ordering the trays at your wholesaler bringing back the harvested ones to the grower. We think beLEAF in expanding that forest so for selling every 5 medium trays we donate one tree to grow somewhere in Europe. Regreening the city is needed, but also regreening the rest of our world. Follow us on instagram: www.instagram.com/leaf_amsterdam/
early stageDesign Services
Investor
Nov 2017
A platform to help educational and public organisations better support young entrepreneurs in their region.
Investor
May 2017
Qollabi ensures that you and your partners stay aligned and engaged. Send comprehensive updates, track assigned tasks, and monitor shared initiatives and opportunities. Qollabi partners with the best in the world such as Deloitte, Atlassian, KPN, etc. learn more: https://qollabi.com
Investor and Board Member
May 2016
Get more done with less hassle. 15,000 entrepreneurs and their teams use Teamleaders business software daily to effortlessly create invoices, quotes, and projects, all in one place. This saves you time and money, leaving your hands free to focus on what you love and are good at.
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Experience · 33 entries
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Investments (24)
Founder (8)
Board (12)
2024
Co-Founder
May 2024
In the iconic Wintercircus, we are bringing together a group of exceptional entrepreneurs, researchers, students, and digital creatives. Providing them with a curated & diverse community, and a program of enlightening events designed to supercharge their connections, knowledge, and ambitions. The Wintercircus serves not only as an inspiring workspace & community, but also as a public forum, fostering open dialogues on how technology shapes our lives, while showcasing groundbreaking technological innovations.
2022
Investor and Board Member
Nov 2022
Backed by entrepreneurs, run by entrepreneurs: Maxus is a pioneering private equity platform, backing the next generation top small and mid-cap fund managers. We target hard-to-access, hungry and emerging fund managers in the small and mid-cap market across Europe and the US. We go beyond fund investing: leveraging on our ecosystem, we unlock greater value through co-investments and secondaries. We’re backed by a powerful yet selective ecosystem of 35 investors - from leading entrepreneurs to unicorn founders across Belgium and the Netherlands. We bring deep expertise across technology, software, business services, energy & renewables, health and beyond. We don’t just tap into this network to source and evaluate opportunities - we stay engaged post-investment, providing valuable insights and strategic support to the managers we back.
Investor and Board Member
Sep 2022
Vi er Sentia. Vi hjælper dig med din digitale rejse. Sentia er førende inden for managed cloud-løsninger i Danmark med tilstedeværelse på tværs af landet. Sammen finder vi den cloud-løsning, der skaber det stærkeste fundament for din forretning og vi er med dig hele vejen fra strategi til implementering, håndtering og drift – uanset din cloud modenhed. I Sentia er vi cloudneutrale. Og udover at drive vores egen private cloud, tilbyder vi cloud-services på tværs af alle de tre store public clouds; Azure, AWS og GCP. Endeligt sikrer vi kontrollen og performance af dine forretningskritiske cloud-applikationer med Digital Experience Monitoring og skaber samtidig forretningsværdi gennem en optimeret brugeroplevelse. Vi er: • Microsoft Azure Expert MSP • AWS advanced consulting partner • Google Cloud Partner • ISO 27001 certificeret • ISAE 3000 & 3402 revideret #Azure #AWS #GoogleCloud #CloudInfrastructure #CloudOperations #CloudMigration #ITSecurity #DataGovernance #DigitalTransformation #PublicCloud #PrivateCloud #HybridCloud #DistributedCloud #MultiCloud #ApplicationPerformanceManagement
2020
Founding Partner
Jan 2020
AMAVI Capital is an independent and dedicated Pan-European investor, established to support growth of the leading and most promising companies active in the Real Estate Technology (‘PropTech’) industry, with a geographical focus on the Benelux, Nordics, Germany, Switzerland and France. AMAVI Capital bridges the traditional real estate industry on the one hand and the most groundbreaking European PropTech scale-ups on the other. We partner with the world-shapers, creating companies that radically change the places we live, work and relax in today.
2019
Co-Founder & Group CEO
Jun 2019
team.blue is an ecosystem of successful brands working together across regions to provide customers with everything they need to succeed online. 60+ successful brands make up the group; within those brands, over 2700 experts serve its 3.3+ million customers across Europe and beyond. team.blues brands are a mix of traditional hosting businesses, offering services from domain names, email, shared hosting, e-commerce and server hosting solutions and specialist SaaS providers offering adjacent products such as compliance, marketing tools and team collaboration products. This broad product offering makes it a one-stop partner for online businesses and entrepreneurs across Europe.
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