Overview
Pitchdrive is a venture capital fund that invests in pre-seed and seed stage startups[1]. Founded in 2018[2], the fund has raised four funds totaling €250K-2M in first-check investments[1]. Pitchdrive maintains a portfolio of over 70 companies backed globally[1].
Leadership & org chart
Investments
Swave Photonics
Swave Photonics is a Leuven-based deep-tech startup that raised EUR 43M to develop holographic display chips enabling high-quality augmented reality glasses.
OTIV
OTIV is a Ghent-based AI startup developing autonomous driving technology for trains and rail vehicles, winning the Deloitte Fast 50 in 2025 with 4365% revenue growth.
- IIntrow
Introw is a Ghent-based AI startup building a partner management platform that helps B2B companies track, activate, and grow revenue through their partner and reseller networks.
Donna
Donna is a Belgian AI startup building an intelligent sales assistant that automates follow-ups, CRM updates, and communication tasks for sales teams.
Cashfeed
Cashfeed is a Ghent-based AI-powered e-invoicing platform for SMEs, raising EUR 1.3M from Pitchdrive in July 2025 to automate Peppol-compliant invoice flows for Belgian businesses.
Ravical
Ravical is a Belgian startup building AI agentic software for professional services firms, having raised EUR 7.3M in a pre-seed round led by Lakestar in May 2025.
Conveo
Conveo is an Antwerp-based AI startup that automates qualitative research by conducting AI-powered interviews, enabling companies to gather rich customer and market insights at scale.
Henchman
Henchman was a Ghent-based legal AI company acquired by LexisNexis (US) in July 2024, having grown to 170+ law firm customers with AI-powered contract drafting tooling.
Contractify
Contractify is a Ghent-based contract management platform with e-signing and workflow automation, now part of the AXI Group.
- PPowernaut
Powernaut is a Ghent-based cleantech startup founded in 2024 that operates a Virtual Power Plant platform for aggregating and managing decentralized energy resources, having raised EUR 2.4M.
Bizzy
Bizzy is a Ghent-based AI sales automation startup that helps B2B teams identify and engage the right prospects at the right moment using company data and signals.
Otamiser
Otamiser provides automated optimization solutions for Airbnb property management.
Warren
Warren is a Belgian workplace financial wellness platform co-founded by David Du Pre and Cedric De Vleeschauwer.
Driven
Planet B
Planet B is a Belgian cleantech startup that ranked in the Deloitte Fast 50 2025 with 1091% revenue growth.
NineID
NineID is a Belgian SaaS startup providing access control and contractor management software for industrial and enterprise environments, backed by Entourage.
ZeroDrift
An AI compliance platform that validates and enforces regulatory policies on enterprise AI-generated communications in real time
- VVendorVue
VendorVue is a Ghent-based SaaS startup that raised EUR 1.4M to build a vendor management platform helping companies monitor, evaluate, and collaborate with their supplier base.
Cashplannr
Cashplannr is an AI-based cashflow forecasting solution that automates cashflow management for businesses.
In the news
- Big day for introw.io 💥 We've been looking forward to this one. Today, introw.io launches Partner Connect. Goodbye partner portals. Hello headless partner collaboration. Congratulations to the team on today's launch, and cheers to making Introw the PRM loved by vendors and partners 💛 🩷
- ORiS just raised a €5M pre-seed to beam power to satellites and drones with laser. 🛰️ We’re proud to co-lead the round alongside Earlybird Venture Capital, with participation from Galaxia, Vento and Piemonte Next Fund. ORiS is marking Pitchdrive’s first SpaceTech investment. Every new generation of satellites demands more power. As space missions become increasingly capable, energy is becoming one of the biggest constraints on what they can do. ORiS is tackling that challenge with laser-based wireless power transmission technology,
- The first half of 2026 has been a crazy one at Pitchdrive. 🔥 New investments. New fund. Now we're looking for interns to help build what's next. 🕵️ Startup Scout: Discover exceptional founders and grow our investment pipeline. ⚖️ Legal Operations: Help shape the legal backbone of Pitchdrive and support deals from term sheet to closing. Wondering what it’s like? "My internship at Pitchdrive was literally a life-changing experience." — former intern at Pitchdrive Looking for a work experience you'll still talk about years from now?
- We’re proud to see portfolio company WARREN announce their €10M seed round led by Motive Partners. Warren is tackling one of the biggest yet most overlooked financial challenges: workplace pensions. By combining a modern pension fund structure with financial coaching, the team is helping employees build stronger long-term financial outcomes while giving employers a more transparent and effective benefit offering. Since we first backed Warren, the team has moved quickly. They obtained their pension fund license, launched their own
- We are closing our new 60M fund 🚀 Ecosystem data shows that founders mentored by top-performing serial entrepreneurs are 3x (300%) more likely to become top-tier market leaders themselves. Elite operational instincts are a transferable asset. This truth drives a major milestone for Pitchdrive: the closing of our oversubscribed €60M Fund IV. Investor demand exceeded our original target, but we deliberately kept the fund focused. The Co-founder Capital model has always been about staying close to founders and providing hands-on,
- Pitchdrive raises €60M to back Europe's AI-native foundersEuropean pre-seed venture capital investor Pitchdrive hasclosed its fourth fund at €60 million, exceeding its initial €50 milliontarget. The fund is fully backed by private investors, with no governme...
- Startups + mentors = output x10 - 48 hours with the right people can compress years of learning ⚡💙 Wow... What an energizing week at our Pitchdrive Founder Deep Dive near Barcelona. 48 hours per cohort of 5 startups 10 startups in total 23 founders in total and 9 operators and entrepreneurs who’ve actually done the ride including major exits - and came back to help the next generation scale faster. People like Bart Swanson flying in from New York, alongside Jonas Dhaenens, Matthias Geeroms, Gilles Mattelin, Jeroen De Wit, Stéphane
- We have a lot of respect for founders who keep going. Even more for those who know when not to. As investors in Vendorvue, we’ve seen that decision up close. Vendorvue had customers, revenue, and a product that delivered. It was working. But it was not an absolute must-have. So the team chose to reset. They went back to the market. Explored different directions. Tested where the real demand was. That process led them to Peepel, where they are rethinking how companies handle HR by actually execut
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