Nicolas Van Eenaeme

Location

ghent

Region

flanders

Role

serial founder, angel investor

linkedin.com

Expertise

entrepreneurship, angel-investing, b2b-saas, fintech, proptech

TLDR

Nicolas Van Eenaeme is one of Ghent's most prolific serial founders, with co-founding credits spanning Netlog, Twoo, Delta (eToro exit), Realo, Dealside, Bizzy, Introw, and StarApps, plus angel fund REDCAT VENTURES.

Overview

Nicolas Van Eenaeme is a central figure in the Ghent startup ecosystem and a long-standing co-founder partner of Lorenz Bogaert. Their collaboration spans more than two decades, from Netlog in the early 2000s through multiple successive ventures.

Nicolas co-founded Netlog and Twoo with Lorenz Bogaert and Toon Coppens as part of the Massive Media group (acquired by Meetic/IAC in 2012). He then co-founded Delta, a cryptocurrency portfolio tracker, which was acquired by eToro in 2019. Realo, a data-driven real estate Marketplace (proptech), was another co-founding credit with Lorenz.

After those exits, Nicolas co-founded StarApps in Ghent alongside Lorenz Bogaert as a specialized venture builder that has backed Bizzy, Introw, FixForm, and other B2B SaaS startups. He also co-founded Dealside, a SalesTech startup, and Opus Labs.

Nicolas runs REDCAT VENTURES as his personal angel fund, deploying capital and operational expertise into early-stage Belgian startups. He is one of the most active early-stage investors in the Ghent cluster.

Career History

Co-Founder at Introw (Apr 2023 - present), digital partnership rooms (B2B SaaS)
Co-Founder at Bizzy (via StarApps ecosystem), SME intelligence platform
Co-Founder & CEO at StarApps (early 2024 - present), Ghent venture builder with Lorenz Bogaert
Founder at REDCAT VENTURES, angel fund for Belgian early-stage startups
Co-Founder at Dealside, SalesTech startup
Co-Founder at Opus Labs
Co-Founder at Delta (Fintech/crypto tracker, acquired by eToro 2019)
Co-Founder at Realo (real estate data platform / proptech)
Co-Founder at Twoo / Massive Media (dating platform, acquired by Meetic/IAC 2012)
Co-Founder at Netlog (social network, 94M+ users)

Connections

Lorenz Bogaert is his principal co-founder across multiple decades and ventures. Toon Coppens was the third founding pillar of the Netlog/Twoo group. The StarApps studio is the current joint vehicle for ongoing venture creation.

About

Nicolas is the operational counterpart to Lorenz Bogaert's more public-facing brand role. Across their shared ventures, Nicolas has typically taken hands-on COO/operational roles (notably as COO at Delta Investment Tracker) while Lorenz handles external network and community relationships.

Notes

Part of the core Ghent founder cluster. Very rarely interviewed publicly, making him somewhat underrepresented in press relative to his actual impact.