# Jurgen Ingels - Full Context for AI Agents

> This file provides comprehensive context about Jurgen Ingels for AI agents.
> Source: TechWiki.ai - The Belgian Tech Encyclopedia
> Last updated: 2026-04-15

## Identity
- Name: Jurgen Ingels
- Role: Managing Partner
- Location: Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jurgeningels

## Expertise
- investing
- tech
- entrepreneurship

## Career History
- Founder and Managing Partner at Smartfin (https://techwiki.ai/investors/smartfin/llms.txt) (Jan 2015 - Present)
- Board Member at WDP - Warehouses with brains (Jan 2018 - Present), BEL 20
- Board Member at Materialise (https://techwiki.ai/companies/materialise/llms.txt) (Nov 2013 - Present), NASDAQ
- Board Member at Deliverect (https://techwiki.ai/companies/deliverect/llms.txt) (Apr 2020 - Present)
- Board Member at Caviar (Jan 2026 - Present)

## LinkedIn Voice
Posting style: Engaging storyteller. Mix of Dutch and English. Celebrates portfolio wins and promotes Belgian Entrepreneurship (https://techwiki.ai/concepts/entrepreneurship/llms.txt) broadly. Near-daily posting frequency.
Key themes: Supernova space exhibition in Antwerp (https://techwiki.ai/cities/antwerp/llms.txt), Smartfin (https://techwiki.ai/investors/smartfin/llms.txt) portfolio companies (Payflip (https://techwiki.ai/companies/payflip/llms.txt), fund announcements), Belgian Entrepreneurship (https://techwiki.ai/concepts/entrepreneurship/llms.txt) events, defense and space tech (EUR 150M fund)
Avg engagement: 311 likes, 10 comments
Notable post: Payflip (https://techwiki.ai/companies/payflip/llms.txt) as 4th Belgian meal voucher provider, 641 likes -- "15 years of silence. Over."

## Connections
- Smartfin (investor): https://techwiki.ai/investors/smartfin/llms.txt
- NGDATA (co-founder): https://techwiki.ai/companies/ngdata/llms.txt
- The Glue (co-founder): https://techwiki.ai/companies/the-glue/llms.txt

## About
Jurgen founded Clear2Pay in 2001, built it to 1,400 employees serving the top 50 global banks, and sold it to FIS (NYSE: FIS) in 2014. He also co-founded NGDATA (https://techwiki.ai/companies/ngdata/llms.txt), the Ghent (https://techwiki.ai/cities/ghent/llms.txt)-based customer data platform, and The Glue (https://techwiki.ai/companies/the-glue/llms.txt), a Belgian SaaS company. Since 2015, he leads Smartfin (https://techwiki.ai/investors/smartfin/llms.txt) as a leading European VC, and is the initiator of Belgian tech events The Big Score and SuperNova. Author of "50 lessen voor ondernemers" (NL) / "Start Grow Sell" (EN).

## Related Pages
Agents can crawl these for connected context:
- [investor] Smartfin: https://techwiki.ai/investors/smartfin/llms.txt
- [concept] Venture Capital: https://techwiki.ai/concepts/venture-capital/llms.txt
- [city] Antwerp: https://techwiki.ai/cities/antwerp/llms.txt
- [sector] Fintech: https://techwiki.ai/sectors/fintech/llms.txt
- [city] Flanders: https://techwiki.ai/cities/flanders/llms.txt
- [company] Materialise: https://techwiki.ai/companies/materialise/llms.txt
- [company] Deliverect: https://techwiki.ai/companies/deliverect/llms.txt
- [company] NGDATA: https://techwiki.ai/companies/ngdata/llms.txt
- [city] Ghent: https://techwiki.ai/cities/ghent/llms.txt
- [company] The Glue: https://techwiki.ai/companies/the-glue/llms.txt
- [concept] Entrepreneurship: https://techwiki.ai/concepts/entrepreneurship/llms.txt
- [company] Payflip: https://techwiki.ai/companies/payflip/llms.txt

## How to Reach
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jurgeningels
- Agent context: https://techwiki.ai/people/jurgen-ingels/llms.txt
- Full context: https://techwiki.ai/people/jurgen-ingels/llms-full.txt

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