Pitchdrive Fund IV

Belgium

Pre Seed

About Pitchdrive Fund IV

Pitchdrive Fund IV is a €60M oversubscribed (capped from €50M target) pre-seed fund from Antwerp-based Pitchdrive. Entirely privately backed with no government or institutional LPs, it writes €250K–€3M checks into 25–30 AI-native startups across Europe. Chaired by team.blue founder Jonas Dhaenens and led by Managing Partner Wim Derkinderen, the fund operates a "Co-founder Capital" model with 20+ European tech entrepreneur LPs from Deliverect, Showpad, Teamleader and Loop Earplugs.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionBelgium

Funding StagePre Seed

Industry Focus

Ai Ml

Consumer Commerce

Enterprise Software

Marketplaces

Robotics Automation

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

European pre-seed AI-native founders wanting real operators in chair

AI-native

pre-seed/seed Europe

operator-led capital

Co-founder Capital

software-defined hardware

B2B tech

consumer products

marketplaces

Bullish Signals

Fund IV oversubscribed, €60M cap—discipline preservedwebsite

70+ companies backed globally, top 10% performingwebsite

100% private entrepreneur-backed LP basewebsite

24/7 mentor pool from unicorn founders directlywebsite

Funds I–III top-decile globally, clear track recordwebsite

Recent bets: ZeroDrift $10M, Zerodrift compliance AIwebsite

Portfolio companies securing exits and raising Series Awebsite

Winners return as mentors and LPs—flywheel compoundingwebsite

Warren €10M, Happl $11M Series A recent winswebsite

ORiS space, Otamiser revenue growth AI backingwebsite

Contrarian Signals

All-private LP base vulnerable in downturnblog

Operator-network model spreading across Europeblog

US expansion may dilute hands-on European modelblog

Founder Do's

Build genuinely AI-native — product/BM impossible 2yrs ago

Value being 1 of 70 companies vs spray-and-pray

Actively tap mentor pool (20+ unicorn founders)

Target €250K–€2M first check, from day one

Join 24/7 access to operator bench

Founder Don'ts

Don't pitch pure model labs or AI wrappers

Don't pitch without data or operator moat

Avoid bolted-on AI narratives for fundraising

Key GPs & Partners

Wim Derkinderen

Co-founder & Managing Partner

operator-ledthesis-drivendiscipline-focused

Jonas Dhaenens

Co-founder & Board Member

ex-founderunicorn-builderoperator

Boris Bogaert

Co-founder & Managing Partner

co-founderoperator-ledhands-on

Koen Christiaens

Co-founder & Managing Partner

co-founderoperator-ledhands-on

Lorenz Bogaert

Co-founder & Board Member

co-founderboard-level

Emily Kegels

Partner

partnerhands-on

Alexine Capiau

Partner

partnerhands-on

Ruth De Vits

Startup Lead

operatorhands-on

Bram Troch

Operations

ops-focused

Xhun Cedillo

Legal

legal

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Fund Overview

Fund Size€60M

Saves0

Website

Key People

Wim Derkinderen

Wim DerkinderenCo-founder & Managing Partner

Jonas DhaenensCo-founder & Board Member

Boris BogaertCo-founder & Managing Partner

Koen ChristiaensCo-founder & Managing Partner

Lorenz BogaertCo-founder & Board Member

Emily KegelsPartner

Alexine CapiauPartner

Ruth De VitsStartup Lead

Bram TrochOperations

Xhun CedilloLegal

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