Fund profile / Belgium

Smartfin Capital III

Geography
Belgium
Stage
Series A
Fund size
$250M
Focus
AI/ML, Climate & Sustainability and SaaS
Signals
Published
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N°01 / About

About Smartfin Capital III

Smartfin Capital III is a venture capital firm based in Belgium, focusing on Series A stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, Climate & Sustainability, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionBelgium
Funding StageSeries A
Industry Focus
AI/ML
Climate & Sustainability
SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Enterprise founders solving real-time data+AI infrastructure

enterprise tech
real-time data
agentic AI
database/infra
AI-powered software

Bullish Signals

Portfolio co MariaDB acquires GridGain 2026external
MariaDB+GridGain: real-time agentic infra playwebsite
Portfolio co BrightAnalytics: AI-powered CFO softwareexternal
BrightAnalytics secures PSG Equity growth capitalexternal
MariaDB wins DBTA Best Database 2026 againexternal
MariaDB unifies operational, analytical, AI workloadsexternal
Fund institutionalizing with legal/compliance leadershipexternal
Evelyn Waumans appointment confirms professionalization pushsocial

Contrarian Signals

No contrarian signals recorded.

Founder Do's

Build for enterprise data/ops teams
Emphasize real-time, agentic capabilities
Show clear infrastructure moat

Founder Don'ts

Consumer-focused or SMB-only pitches
Batch/legacy data architectures

14 signals on Smartfin Capital III

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$250M
Saves0
People

Key People

Jürgen, Ngels, Bart Luyten

Evelyn WaumansHead of Legal & Compliance
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