Tim Vandecasteele

Tim Vandecasteele is one half of the founding team behind Silverfin, Ghent's cloud accounting platform for accountants and financial service firms. Before Silverfin, Tim worked as a software developer at Philips and at Vasco Data Security, building a technical foundation in enterprise software.

Tim and Joris Van Der Gucht co-founded Silverfin in January 2013 in Ghent. Tim led product, technology, support, and customer success for the first nine years as co-CEO, then shifted focus to product and support for the final two years before exit. Silverfin raised a Series B led by Hg Capital in 2020, and Visma acquired the company in 2023 at a point where it was generating EUR 37M+ in ARR, operating in 15 countries, and serving more than 350,000 end clients.

After the exit, Tim co-founded Blackfin Ventures, a new investment vehicle focused on the next generation of Belgian and European SaaS startups. He has also founded "die van de boekhouding" as an additional post-exit venture.

Tim is a technical founder who stayed hands-on with product throughout Silverfin's entire growth arc. His willingness to stay as CPO post-CEO transition and see the company through to a clean exit is notable in a landscape where founders often exit early.