Bio

I have worked with companies & startups in the B2C and B2B SaaS software space for more than 14 years. I have co-founded multiple startups, launched an NGO and was part of two exits (Tech.eu was bought by Webrazzi; Kaltura exited via an IPO). Today, I am an entrepreneur turned investor working with Miles Ahead, a new venture studio focused on responsible AI & Deep Tech in Ghent (Belgium) and serve as an advisor to Field of View Ventures, a pan-European fund focused on startups building the Metaverse. In detail: After working with Accenture Belgium, I set up the Marketing & Business Development department for the Belgian startup Netlog in 2007 (81 million registered members, backed by Index Ventures & Atomico). In 2011, I moved to London and went from evangelising Social Media to Online Video targeting media & entertainment companies in the UK and EMEA. I first worked with the open-source video SaaS platform Kaltura (short-form video), followed by Saffron Digital (TV series & movies). In 2014, I returned to Brussels to co-found & lead the new tech publication, tech.eu, as a COO and turned the publication profitable in the first year there. In April 2016, I was introduced to VR and decided to develop a white-labeled distribution platform removing the frictions to access VR and AR, all via the browser (WebXR). During those 4 years with LucidWeb, I have raised 1M$/850,000€ in funding (public/private) to service A+++ clients with unique WebXR solutions, as well as to roll out the self-serving platform LucidWeb Pro in October 2020. The solution was used by international film festivals across the globe such as SXSW, Geneva International Film Festival, Lichter Film Festival Frankfurt, as well as MIT (USA). I have also co-founded the NGO Women in Immersive Tech Europe in 2018, counting more than 3,000 members. *Inspiring Fifty winner - Belgium (2020) - https://belgium.inspiringfifty.org/ *Opinion piece ''Fighting the unconscious gender bias through conscious action'': https://bit.ly/30IY8RL Jury: - Newmedia Columbia (Bogota, July 2018): Jury Interactive - Biennale VR College Cinema (Venice, January 2019) as a Creative Technologist - Geneva International Film Festival (2019): President of the Immersive Jury - Anima Festival Brussels (2020): Immersive Jury - Fine Arts Film Festival (US, 2021, 2022): Immersive Jury - InnovatieLab (Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds/VAF, 2021, 2022): VR, AR, interactieve projecten, webseries en crossmediale afgeleiden van tv-reeksen. - Projectomroep Digitale Transformatie (2022) - Departement Cultuur, Jeugd & Media