Bart Houben

“The best way to make sure the corporate venturing initiative lasts, is to look through the lens of an investor.”

Bart is an investor and General Partner at 9.5 Ventures, a venture capital fund dedicated to corporate venturing. 9.5 invests in ventures that can leverage an unfair advantage from a corporate partner. Before this, Bart was managing the portfolio of direct investments of a private investor as well as investment manager at Gimv, a publicly listed PE fund. His professional activities are a rare combination of operational roles in start-ups & scale ups and roles as investor and board member.