Pauline Brunel

Syndicate One is an international network-driven fund making early-stage investments into high-potential Belgium-based and Belgian-founded tech startups. Syndicate One pools valuable expertise, a vast international network, and smart seed capital from an impressive group of experienced founders, operators and professional investors to help young Belgian startups reach the next level. Additionally, Syndicate One frequently launches targeted initiatives to strengthen Belgium’s tech ecosystem, such as the first standardised convertible note agreement fit for the Belgian market, the ‘State of Belgian Tech Report’, and industry events. In its first four years, Syndicate One has invested in two unicorns, Aikido Security and Fundamental, as well as high-growth companies like Techwolf, Conveo, Sirona Technologies, Donna, Tekst, Cosmic Aerospace, Powernaut, SAPI, Mindoo and other promising startups.

Entrepreneurship in the service of the climate emergency! We identify, fund, and launch 100 companies designed and structured from start to finish to combat greenhouse gases. Our mission: > identify high-impact innovations; > recruit experienced entrepreneurs to transform these innovations into companies with solid business models; > inject financial resources to maximize and accelerate deployment. All innovations are made available as open source. Every euro raised is used to combat climate change. Any individual or organization can join the effort starting at €1 on our website (in just a few minutes) and take concrete action, on a global scale, against climate change. Everything is detailed (and you can contact us) at team-planet.com

Founded in 2009, BlackFin Capital Partners is the leading private equity firm investing in financial services companies across Europe. A fully independent firm, BlackFin is led by its partners, who have worked together as senior executives and entrepreneurs in the European financial industry for decades. The firm now spans Europe with offices in Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, and London and has team of +50 investment professionals with nationalities spanning the globe. Backed by institutional investors from Europe, the Americas and Asia, BlackFin has raised an aggregate of +€4 billion in commitments and deploys capital from its complementary financial services buyout and fintech venture funds. Our Buyout strategy targets asset-light businesses, such as: asset management, institutional and retail brokerage, distribution of insurance and banking products, payments, fund administration, business process outsourcing, and financial software. BlackFin Tech, our VC strategy, focuses on early-stage B2B FinTech, InsurTech and RegTech companies with exceptional growth that have also a demonstrated a clear product-market fit with potential to be international category leaders. We believe in responsible investing and incorporate ESG in our investment and monitoring processes.

Syndicate One is an international network-driven fund making early-stage investments into high-potential Belgium-based and Belgian-founded tech startups. Syndicate One pools valuable expertise, a vast international network, and smart seed capital from an impressive group of experienced founders, operators and professional investors to help young Belgian startups reach the next level. Additionally, Syndicate One frequently launches targeted initiatives to strengthen Belgium’s tech ecosystem, such as the first standardised convertible note agreement fit for the Belgian market, the ‘State of Belgian Tech Report’, and industry events. In its first four years, Syndicate One has invested in two unicorns, Aikido Security and Fundamental, as well as high-growth companies like Techwolf, Conveo, Sirona Technologies, Donna, Tekst, Cosmic Aerospace, Powernaut, SAPI, Mindoo and other promising startups.

Entrepreneurship in the service of the climate emergency! We identify, fund, and launch 100 companies designed and structured from start to finish to combat greenhouse gases. Our mission: > identify high-impact innovations; > recruit experienced entrepreneurs to transform these innovations into companies with solid business models; > inject financial resources to maximize and accelerate deployment. All innovations are made available as open source. Every euro raised is used to combat climate change. Any individual or organization can join the effort starting at €1 on our website (in just a few minutes) and take concrete action, on a global scale, against climate change. Everything is detailed (and you can contact us) at team-planet.com

This is about you, the founders, not us. We know, we are tech startup founders ourselves. There is no better type of partner. We only invest in Fintech. Focus is a necessary prerequisite for success. We are here to help you stay focused on what matters. We lean in and get our hands dirty when and where you want us to. We don’t tell you what to do, we tell you what we would do.

Women in VC is a Canadian grassroots organization dedicated to accelerating the next generation of women in venture capital through Professional Development, Networking and Suppport. Our vision is to unify the venture capital community to equip the next generation of leaders, cultivate confidence and enable women to see themselves in a spectrum of diverse leadership for generations to come. What started as a bi-monthly dinner series between 5 women, has grown into a thriving community with over 100+ active members.