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A Diversified and Highly Experienced Team behind Every Investment
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Our team consists of 8 experienced investment professionals who each have their
own profile and specific qualifications. We share a rich industrial knowledge
and hands-with experience in building successful companies.
This experience not only results from putting operational and technical
skills to use but is also built on new venture developments in both successful
start-ups and challenging turnaround situations. The team is rounded out by
a senior analyst who helps us in due diligence, market analysis and spotting new
trends, a business analyst who is responsible for reporting and valuation and the financial analyst responsable for financial analyses and due diligence.
We work as a partnership to make our investment decision. Although one person is typically in the lead position, we are all committed to make every investment successful. Every quarter we review our complete portfolio and analyze where we need extra resources to make the company succeed. |
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Alex BrabersExecutive Vice President ICT
Alex Brabers (°1965) joined GIMV in 1990. As Executive Vice President he is responsible for the ICT business unit. He joined the Executive Committee in 2001.
He is a board member of various listed and non-listed companies, including Telenet, Inside Contactless, VirtenSys, OTN Systems and Aventiv.
Alex Brabers holds a degree in Economics from the K.U. Leuven.
Steven CoppensExecutive Investment Manager
Steven Coppens (°1975) joined GIMV in 2000. As a Executive Investment Manager he is actively involved in early and later stage technology investments in Europe and US.
Before joining GIMV, he was Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Brussels. During this period he mainly worked on international SAP implementations. Prior to that, he was Business Analyst for United Technologies Corporation in Paris.
Steven Coppens holds a seat at the board of L&C, TinubuSquare, Gemidis, Ecophos, Aventiv and Human Inference. He holds a Master in Applied Economics from the University of Leuven and a Master from ESC Montpellier (France).
Bart DielsInvestment Director ICT
Bart Diels (°1969) is Investment Director at GIMV. Bart realized some successful exits through the trade sales of BAI, FICS, Filepool & Metris.
Before joining GIMV in 1995, he worked as an internal auditor for Delta Lloyd Bank and as a PhD student at the University of Antwerp.
Bart Diels is a board member of Clear2Pay, Dialog Imaging Systems, CoreOptics, OTN Systems and Metris. He holds a Master in Financial & Quantitative Economics and an MBA, both of the University of Antwerp.
Geoffroy DubusDirector GIMV ICT France
Geoffroy Dubus (°1968) heads up the ICT activities of GIMV in France.
He has been a General Partner of Innovacom in Paris, a French venture capital company specialized in IT and telecom. Prior to that, Geoffroy Dubus was Assistant Vice President and Director of Business Development of France Telecom North America (New York).
Geoffroy Dubus holds a Msc in telecommunications engineering from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Telecommunications of Paris, has a master's degree in physics from the University of Paris XI-Orsay and an MBA from Columbia University in New York.
Elderd LandExecutive Investment Manager
Elderd Land (°1967) is since 2000 working as Executive Investment Manager on GIMV's business development in the Netherlands.
Prior to joining GIMV, Elderd has worked at ABN AMRO Corporate Finance in charge of the telecom and internet sector teams in Amsterdam. Before he has worked for KPN Telecom in the International Business Development department.
Elderd Land is member of the board of Mentum, Mediornet, Psytechnics, 3mensio, GreenPeak Technologies, Liquavista and Human Inference. He holds a Master in Business Administration of the Erasmus University of Rotterdam.
Hansjörg SagePartner
Hansjörg Sage (°1969) joined Gimv in 2008 to head up the ICT activities in German speaking countries.
Before joining Gimv he was a Director in 3i’s global Venture Capital team where he focused on hardware-related early and late stage investments in European technology start-ups. Prior to 3i Hansjörg worked on technology investments in Europe and Israel at Lehman Brothers. He started his career as a strategy consultant with the Boston Consulting Group in 1997.
Hansjörg holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Karlsruhe and a PhD from University of Strasbourg in control theory and robotics. In addition, Hansjörg obtained an MBA from INSEAD.
Raffi KamberJunior Investment Manager
Raffi Kamber (°1978) joined Gimv in 2008 as Junior Investment Manager to reinforce the French office.
His previous professional experience includes Bouygues Telecom, Thales and Autostar. Raffi holds an engineer degree and an MBA from Insead.
Johan ReynaertJunior Investment Manager
Johan Reynaert (°1976) joined Gimv in 2008 as a Junior Investment Manager.
Previously he was working as an International Business Development Manager at IMEC. Johan holds a PhD in Microelectronics and an MBA from INSEAD.
Eline TalboomSenior Analyst
Eline Talboom (°1968) works since 2000 as Senior Analyst at GIMV.
Before joining GIMV, she worked with Sydes, a subsidiary of the VUM Group, the leading Belgian newspaper publisher. Before she has worked 8 years with Bank Brussels Lambert, now ING, as Product Manager International Payment Products and as Segment Manager for retail clients.
Eline Talboom holds a Master in Applied Economics from the University of Antwerp (RUCA).
Sara LambrechtsFinancial Analyst
Sara Lambrechts (°1979) joined Gimv in 2002. As a financial analyst she is responsible for financial analysis and due diligence.
Prior to that, she was in charge of transaction support and portfolio reporting at GIMV. Sara holds a degree in commercial science (Handelshogeschool Antwerpen).
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