Overview
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.
Career history
- Co-Founder2024 - presentBlackfin Venturesearly-stage SaaS investor
- Foundercurrentdie van de boekhouding
- Co-Founder & Co-CEO / CPO2013 - 2023Silverfincloud accounting platform acquired by Visma 2023
- Software DeveloperVasco Data Security
- Software DeveloperPhilips
In the news
- Very proud that Kasqade is one of the startups selected to build from the incredible Wintercircus Ghent campus. Back in March got a call from Bruno Vandegehuchte telling me there was a last minute pitch slot, and if I could come in in 2 days. That same week I stood in front Bruno and legendary entrepreneurs Tim Vandecasteele, and Bruno Lowagie to try and secure a spot on the Campus. Unbelievably proud that we are now part of this temple of excellence. There's an energy and ambition in this place we can't describe - LFGO 🦈
- If you already want to get a glimpse of what we're building at Falcon , come check it out 👀 Thank you Enya, Lore, and the Wintercircus Ghent team to put this together! (not intimidated at all to share the stage with the goat Tim Vandecasteele 🙀)
- Dream so big you get uncomfortable telling small-minded people." - Pietro Terzini I shared our dream with the Wintercircus family last night during our Community Season Opening: Putting Europe back on the map as global leaders in technology and entrepreneurship. Out of Ghent, Belgium. We want to become the European Y Combinator. Ridiculously ambitious? Probably. Delusional? I hope so, because Stef Wynendaele would say it's the biggest compliment we could get. And through our dream, we aim to make yours reality. Big time.
- Tim Vandecasteele en ik kennen elkaar al sinds 2011. Hij was een van 'mijn' eerste Bryo's en ik kon hem vrij snel koppelen aan Joris Van Der Gucht. In die match bleek magie te zitten, want Silverfin groeide pijlsnel. Samen werden ze ook 'Legende Voka Oost-Vlaanderen' eind 2023. Na de verkoop van Silverfin, smeet hij zich op andere projecten maar Campus Rommelaere nieuw leven inblazen is sowieso een bijzonder parcours. Ideale plek dus om nog eens bij te praten over het leven, ondernemen en zijn kijk daarop.
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