Overview
Fortino Capital is a Belgian Venture Capital firm with a clear focus on B2B software and SaaS companies. The firm invests across Europe with a strong track record in Belgian tech.
Portfolio includes TechWolf and other B2B software companies. The firm typically targets growth-stage companies with proven revenue models.
Portfolio
- TechWolf - Skills AI platform, co-investor at Series B
Media & appearances
- SuperNovaYouTubeDuco Sickinghe @ SuperNova Conference 2018Sickinghe's VC firm, founded four and a half years earlier, itself a fast-growing scale-up; invests primarily based on team and culture rather than product.
Stated facts & numbers
- Fortino Capital was founded roughly four and a half years before this September 2018 keynote (founded December 2013). (0:00:31, SuperNova 2018-11-06)
Key people
Investments
TechWolf
TechWolf is a Ghent-based AI platform that maps workforce skills using job data and HR systems, enabling large enterprises to make talent decisions based on real competency intelligence.
BizzMine
BizzMine is a Kortrijk-based QHSE management software platform backed by Fortino Capital, serving 350+ customers in quality, health, safety, and environment compliance.
Efficy CRM
Efficy is a Brussels-based CRM platform focused on mid-market companies in Europe, backed by Fortino Capital and Altamir with 13,500 customers across multiple markets.
MobieTrain
MobieTrain is a Genk-based mobile microlearning platform for deskless and frontline workers, with EUR 14.8M in total funding including a EUR 9M Series B from Fortino Capital in 2024.
Salonkee
Salonkee is a Luxembourg-based salon management and booking platform with EUR 34.2M in total funding from Fortino Capital and Newion, and 110 employees.
In the news
- A warm welcome to Bert Simoens, who joined us as Investment Manager in the Benelux PE team. Bert brings over 10 years of experience in M&A and strategy consulting, most recently at Boston Consulting Group. Welcome to the Antwerp team, Bert! 👋 https://lnkd.in/eX72Nxcr #FortinoCapital #PrivateEquity
- Our CFO & Operating Partner Job van Tilburg will be off to Paris🗼next week. He will be joining SuperReturn Operating Partners Europe for a conversation around ‘what makes an amazing CFO?’ He’ll be sharing the panel with Ivo Huhmann from Schock GmbH , Pawel Surma from Five Arrows , Johannes Brunner from FSN Capital Partners and Victoria Peddie Bell Looking forward to hearing the different perspectives around the table! #PrivateEquity #FortinoCapital #CFO
- L'IA impressionne en démonstration. Mais que vaut-elle une fois confrontée à la réalité de l'entreprise ? Intégration aux outils existants, sécurité, coûts, adoption par les équipes, performance réelle… C'est souvent là que les promesses se heurtent au terrain. Et si nous devions changer notre façon de mener les projets IA ? 🎤 Pour ouvrir IAKA 2026, nous accueillons Julien SIMON, expert international de l'intelligence artificielle, passé notamment par AWS et Hugging Face, aujourd'hui AI Operating Partner chez Fortino Capital. Avec
- L'IA impressionne en démonstration. Mais que vaut-elle une fois confrontée à la réalité de l'entreprise ? Intégration aux outils existants, sécurité, coûts, adoption par les équipes, performance réelle. C'est souvent là que les promesses se heurtent au terrain. Et si nous devions changer notre façon de mener les projets IA ? 🎤 Pour ouvrir IAKA 2026, Julien SIMON, expert international de l'intelligence artificielle, passé notamment par AWS et Hugging Face, aujourd'hui AI Operating Partner chez Fortino Capital avec une keynote « Stop
- Our Partner Toon Smets joined the panel “The New Alpha - Where will the returns of 2030 be made?” on the Private Equity Summit in Brussels. Together with Jan Camerlynck, Managing Partner at Sofindev Private Equity Partners, and Ruth De Wulf, Partner at Creafund, Toon discussed specialisation, the changing software landscape, AI disruption and what makes B2B software businesses resilient. The conversation also touched on the opportunities ahead for Belgian software companies and the role international capital can play as they grow.
- Our Benelux Investment Team is looking for ambitious Interns to join us in Amsterdam. Interns working alongside Ida van Hasselt - Kuijken, Friso Roscam Abbing, Toon Smets, Alexandra de Klerk, Gijs Beens, Diederik Wijnmaalen will gain hands-on experience in: • Live deal execution and financial modelling • Collaborating with C-level management teams across our Dutch portfolio companies • Sourcing investment opportunities and conducting market research • Developing investment theses and supporting investment decisions Interested? More
- In Part 3 of our Supply Chain Series, Alexandra de Klerk and Ida van Hasselt - Kuijken map the software landscape across warehouse, yard and order management (WMS, YMS and OMS). Plenty of established names, but also a growing group of European players tackling a market where legacy and manual workflows are still very much present. A look at the software behind day-to-day supply chain operations. Did we miss a company that should be on our radar? Let us know in the comments. 👇 More info : https://lnkd.in/ek38hN4r #PrivateEquity
- CEO van Mijn Leven | Renaat Berckmoes (Fortino Capital): ‘De allerbeste ondernemers leren ontzettend veel zelf’Na een lange carrière in de bedrijfswereld, onder meer als CFO van Telenet, koos Renaat Berckmoes voor een nieuw avontuur. Met Fortino Capital investeert hij in Europese software- en technologiebedrijven, van jonge start-ups tot volwassen ondernemingen. Zijn belangrijkste advies: blijf leren, durf beslissen en wees altijd bereid om van koers te veranderen. The post CEO van Mijn Leven | Renaat Ber
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