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Dr Jos B. Peeters

Chairman Executive Committee - Venture Capital, IT

Has a PhD in Solid State Physics from the University of Leuven. He worked at Bell Telephone Manufacturing Cy, PA Technology and BeneVent Management, before starting Capricorn Partners.

Yves Vaneerdewegh

Partner, Member Executive Committee - Quoted Equity, Finance & General Administration

Yves is a commercial engineer and a certified EFFAS financial analyst. He worked for Hamburg Mannheimer NV (Munich Re Group) as a financial analyst (1993-1997) and at Puilaetco as a portfolio manager (1997-2005). Yves joined…

Sabine Vermassen

Partner, Member Executive Committee - Compliance, Legal & Risk, Fund Administration

Holds a Master degree in Law (UGent) and a Master in Business Administration (Vlerick School). Sabine started her career in the M&A department of an international law firm and has been operating since 1991 as…

Olaf Cörper

Partner

Olaf holds a diploma in economics (TU Berlin). He is also a Certified EFFAS Financial Analyst (DVFA). Olaf started his professional career in early 2004 at DZ Bank AG in Frankfurt, where he gained experience…

Katrin Geyskens

Partner

Before her 15+ years in venture capital, Katrin acquired extensive experience in banking and management consulting at CERA Bank (now KBC), Merrill Lynch (now BofA) and A.T.Kearney. She holds a Master of Business Economics: Business…

Rob van der Meij

Partner

Rob is a chemical engineer from Delft University in the Netherlands and has worked both in the corporate, strategy consulting and start-up world in chemicals, process and water technology. Rob has held business management positions…

Dr ir Marc Lambrechts

Senior Investment Manager

Was a senior scientific advisor at IWT and section head with the R&D division of Terumo Europe prior to joining Capricorn Partners. He has a PhD in Microelectronics from the University of Leuven, with a…

Steven Lambert

Senior Investment Manager

At Capricorn Digital Growth Fund, Steven is bringing his combined enterpreneurial, consulting and engineering experience to invest in and coach Deeptech growth companies. Prior to joining Capricorn, he owned and lead a PE funded scale…

Dr Ludwig Goris

Senior Investment Manager

Obtained a Master in Chemistry (UGent) and a PhD in Physics (Hasselt University) focusing on organic solar cells research. After his post-doctoral scholarship at Stanford University Ludwig re-joined Hasselt University to develop new thin film…

Yvette Go

Senior Investment Manager

Yvette holds a Master of Business Administration from IESE Business School (Spain) and a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from Delft University of Technology (Netherlands). Yvette is an experienced investment professional, having invested in…

Dr Katya Smirnyagina

Executive Director Capricorn Health-tech Fund

PhD in Cellular & Molecular Biology (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA), BS in Biochemistry (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia). Katya completed her scientific training at the Stanford University School of Medicine, then worked in management consulting…

Steven Levecke

Senior Investment Manager

Steven holds Master degrees in Business Economics and in Financial Management (Vlerick Business School). He worked as Senior Auditor and as Executive at PwC's Transaction Services' team before joining Capricorn in 2007. In 2013 Steven joined…

Paul Van Eynde

Senior Investment Manager

Paul holds Master degrees in Business Engineering and in International Marketing Management (LUC). He worked for 23 years in various roles for ING and NN Group in 6 countries across 3 continents before establishing Fusion Partners…

Benjamin Fischler

Investment Analyst

Benjamin holds a degree in Accounting and Finance (Warwick Business School). Benjamin has gained experience in financial analysis, business development and deal sourcing across 3 different continents. Prior to joining Capricorn Partners in October 2020,…

Antoine D’Hollander

Investment Associate

Antoine holds a MSc in Bioscience engineering (KULeuven), General Management Master (Vlerick) and a Biomedical PhD (KULeuven). He has corporate experience in the medical 3D printing and digital health sector as business developer and commercial…

Jing Zhou

Chief Representative China

Jing holds Master degrees in Environment and Resource Economics from University College in London. She worked as director of the Foreign Direct Investment department in Jiangsu Yixing Industrial zone until 2008. From 2008 to 2011…

Wouter Van de Putte

Investment Associate

Wouter holds a MSc in bioscience engineering (KULeuven) and an MBA from Flanders Business School (KULeuven). He has corporate experience in the environmental remediation industry as well as the biotechnology sector where he held roles…

Daniela Arruda Costa

Investment Associate

Daniela is a skilled researcher with corporate experience in a chemical start-up. With her knowledge of agricultural biotechnology, bio-informatics and bio-chemical markets, she has the knowledge to analyse the technological grounds of relevant investment cases.

Fabian Koning

Business Development Manager

Fabian H.J. Koning (1961, B.Sc. of Business Administration, Maastricht) started a partnership with Capricorn Partners in 2008 as a capital introducer for the Quest Cleantech Fund. In October 2016, this co-operation was formalized through his…

Jan Avonts

Investment Manager

Jan holds a Master degree in applied economics and a Master in Finance, both from the University of Antwerp.  He became a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) in 2017.  Jan started his career in the banking…

Ine Jordens

Legal & Risk

Ine started her career in the M&A department of Baker McKenzie (Brussels), was senior associate of Quorum (Antwerp), a business law firm with specialisation in M&A and venture capital, and has been operating since 2018…

Marc Pauwels

Fund Administrator

Marc Pauwels studied economics (with a specialisation in accountancy) in Brussels. Following this, he obtained a degree at the “fiscale hogeschool” in Brussels. Marc worked as a tax advisor, before joining the former CERA Bank…

Kim De Keyser

Valuation expert

Holds a master degree in applied economics from the University of Leuven. Kim started her professional career in the audit department of an international audit firm, mainly involved in the audit of financial institutions. Kim…

Marina Ruiter

Executive Assistant

Worked at PA Technology, BeneVent Management and Royal Dirkzwager, prior to joining Capricorn Partners.

Prof Philippe Haspeslagh

Chairman, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee

Philippe Haspeslagh is Dean of the Vlerick Leuven Ghent Management School. He is on leave from INSEAD where he holds the Paul Desmarais Chair in Partnership and Active Ownership. He previously taught as a Visiting…

Liesbet Peeters

Non-Executive Director, Member of the Audit and Remuneration Committee

Liesbet Peeters is managing partner at Volta Capital, facilitating impact investments into emerging markets. Prior to this she founded Lapiluz Advisory Services and worked for Capricorn Partners, International Finance Corporation and Greenpark Capital. Liesbet is…

Hilde Famaey

Non-Executive Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee

Hilde is a member of the management committee of Koramic Holding. Prior to this she founded Alta Plana Advisory Services and Waterford. She built experience in private equity and venture capital at AlpInvest Partners as…

Maud Watelet

Non-Executive Director, Member of the Audit Committee

Maud is active in impact investing as Senior Investment Officer at EDFI-ElectriFI. Prior to that, she worked as family officer and for Colruyt’s holding Korys, where she was responsible for the set up of a…

Jan Cerfontaine

Non-Executive Director, Member of the Remuneration Committee

Jan received a law degree (LLM) and a degree in philosophy (MA), both from Louvain University. Currently he is a guest professor at Ghent University (Financial Law Institute) and serves as chairman of the board of…