Overview
Syndicate One is a Belgian angel investment network focused on tech founders. Led by Frank Bekkers, the network pools capital from individual angels to back early-stage Belgian tech companies.
With EUR 22M in capital, Syndicate One operates as a structured angel group, offering founders both capital and a network of experienced operators and entrepreneurs.
Media & appearances
- VirtualYouTubeVirtual S02#32 - Bart Becks: De roots van AI: van science fiction tot realiteitA fund of mostly Ghent-based investors through which Becks backs young driven founders across Belgium.
- Ben's MentorsYouTubeDe Onzekere Toekomst van het Europees Tech EcosysteemNetwork-driven early-stage fund; first vintage was 32 people pooling €25k each (€800k), second vintage a structured €5-6M fund investing pre-seed/seed.
- SuperNovaYouTubeSuperHero Conversations EP9 | Emmanuelle Ghislain & Robin Wauters - Pulse FoundationRobin Wauters does pre-seed investments into young Belgian founders and connects them to international investors.
Stated facts & numbers
- Syndicate One's first vintage: 32 people invested €25,000 each, pooling roughly €800,000; the second vintage is a structured fund of €5-6 million.Ben's Mentors 2025-12-170:32:32
- Syndicate One now has about 40 active members.Ben's Mentors 2025-12-170:39:10
- Belgian startup funding declined in the first half of this year versus last year, per the second State of Belgian Tech report by Syndicate One.Ben's Mentors 2025-12-170:15:48
Funding & milestones
1 events found for Syndicate One · 2026
Funding eventType unspecifiedDetailsEUR 22M
Reported amount EUR 22,000,000
Source not attached to this recordDeal record
Recorded history so far. Original currencies are preserved; amounts in different currencies are not added together. Debt, grants, acquisitions and listings are separate event types. Undated events appear last.
Leadership & org chart
In the news
- The 🇧🇪 tech ecosystem is moving fast: second- or third-generation founders are now building the next big thing and raising the floor for every entrepreneur-to-be. 🚀 Syndicate One, together with Bain & Company, Sofina, and Agoria, want to tell the world this story, and we are sourcing it from the ones who are writing it: 🇧🇪 founders! Hence this Founder Survey: only around 7 minutes to complete, with all the questions that we long to see founders answer. 👉 If you’re a founder yourself: fill it in, and share it with fellow
- VC-taal" is meestal iets wat vrouwen pas leren nadat ze besloten hebben funding op te halen. Daardoor voelen ze zich vaak alleen in een kamer waar iedereen de regels al lijkt te kennen. Wat als we vroeger beginnen? Voor de pitch. Voor de funding round. Zelfs voor de beslissing om te starten? Met Syndicate One organiseren we elke maand een webinar over VC funding, telkens rond één specifiek thema. Op 8 oktober praten we met Leslie Cottenje "VC language". Wat investeerders écht bedoelen als ze een vraag stellen, en hoe je jouw
- Back in the day, a long time ago when I was doing translation studies, never had I ever assumed I’d be translating woman to vc language at some point 😄 I’ll give it a go though, having done a few funding rounds myself! If you’re looking to get funding, and you feel investors are missing the point, chances are… they are! Investors see the world through their lenses, so adapting your story matters and more specifically how you narrate matters a great deal! Join us during this - I hope - very interactive webinar of Syndicate One with
- At Entourage we believe the best founders don't need any handholding. Dieter De Mesmaeker and Hendrik Van Hove founders of Conveo are Exhibit A. So we'll take zero credit for their 💥 $50M round, led by DST Global, Balderton and Visionaries with Entourage Ventures doubling down. All we did was write the first cheque based on conviction in the founders, the stellar team they were hiring + the exciting space they were building in. What started as an AI research assistant is now the customer understanding layer for 400+
- Chuffed to see Belgian tech startups entering the big leagues: congratulations from all of us at Syndicate One to Conveo for closing $50 million in Series A funding. Make us even prouder Dieter De Mesmaeker, Hendrik Van Hove and team!
- Excited to welcome another wormrider to Syndicate One 🇧🇪 Reach out to Robin or me if you want to fight for Belgian Startup Spice 🌶️
- Great to hear Go Vocal mentioned as part of Brussels’ growing tech ecosystem. 🇧🇪 Brussels is where Go Vocal’s story started, and we’re proud to see how far it has traveled as we help governments around the world work better with the communities they serve. Thanks for the mention, Laurent Hublet and Syndicate One! 👉 Full conversation here: https://lnkd.in/eEZByxGP
- Have you actually looked into VC funding? Or did you assume it wasn't for you? I regularly hear the same things from women building ambitious companies. “I want to keep control.” “I don't want to owe anyone.” “We're not big enough yet.” “I'm not sure my company is a fit.” You might be entirely right, yet reconsidering VC funding is always worth it. This is the conversation we want to open with (aspiring) female tech founders. On 4 September at 12:45, Juliette Moortgat (investor at Clover Fund and Syndicate One) and I talk
Alumni 3 went on to found or lead
Dominique PellegrinoMember→CEO & Co-founder at Vertuoza
Nathan De TroyerFreelance: State of Belgian Tech 2025→Board & Co-Founder at Tectonic
Evert BeeckmanFounding Member & Investor→Partner at Entourage Ventures
The full Syndicate One mafia →
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