Maarten Masschelein

TLDR

Maarten Masschelein is Co-founder and CEO of Soda, a Brussels-based data quality and observability platform backed by Hummingbird Ventures and Point Nine.

Overview

Maarten co-founded Soda in April 2018 alongside Tom Baeyens, after spending seven years at Collibra in data governance roles, including two years in New York. He holds a Master in General Management from Vlerick Business School and a Master in Business Information Management from KU Leuven.

Soda's platform helps organizations detect data anomalies automatically, prevent future issues through collaborative data contracts, and manage data quality across pipelines. The company has raised $27.9M across three rounds, including a $14M round in 2024 for North American expansion. Investors include Hummingbird Ventures, Singular, and Point Nine.

Career Highlights

• Seven years at Collibra in data governance before founding Soda in 2018
• Raised $27.9M for Soda including a 2024 round for US expansion
• Soda.io is a leading open-core data quality platform used by enterprise data teams globally

Connections

Strong link to Collibra alumni network through his career trajectory. Part of the Brussels enterprise data ecosystem alongside companies like Collibra and Soda.