Boris Bogaert

Tech Entrepreneur, Keynote Speaker, and Co-founder Pitchdrive in Europe

Love new technologies and innovations, and I’m even more fascinated in creating a business around it and make it marketable. "Get me talking about startup growth, funding, and company culture, and I'm buzzing

In 2012 we co-founded two SAAS startups and one scale-up in the same journey Cardwise, Xpenditure and Rydoo , all innovative products for managing expenses digitally and used by millions of people around the globe. We exited the company successfully to Sodexo Group (EURONEXT:SDXOF) in March 2017. The extraordinary company culture we’ve created during that period makes me most proud.The right company values have blessed me in this life and rewarded me with a sense of accomplishment and a confidence that people can break rules and make things work for the better.

Therefore, in 2020, I followed my dream after identifying a significant gap in larger (pre)seed investments in Europe and co-founded Pitchdrive with my former shareholders.

Pitchdrive is a data & entrepreneur driven early stage startup engine containing different funds. The last fund of 30 M € was closed in March 2022. A group of vetted entrepreneurs are mentoring our portfolio startups towards their next tipping point.

Before that, I pioneered in the internet & mobile tech sector and also joined Massive Media (publishers of Netlog & TWOO) in 2007, a leading European on-line community that was acquired by IACI (NASDAQ:IACI) in 2012.

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Endorsements
I was literally on the edge of my seat – and trust me, that's a rare sight! Boris Bogaert is awesome. Knows how to be captivating his audience, sharing his expertise and spraying his ‘paying it forward’ into the world. The go-to entrepreneur with a wealth of experience in people management, culture, strategy, customer success, and sales management in the thriving Tech & SAAS startup scene. He's the brain behind multiple ventures, with Pitchdrive being one of the gems.
Andy Nijs (Business Maverick for CEO's)
As founder the best guidance and mentorship comes from people who immerse themselves knee deep in your A+ problem at hand and act almost as a 10x individual contributor for a short period of time. Boris (Pitchdrive) has done both for us in the past few years. That's very rare, and incredibly valuable. It's great to know you'll always pick up the phone when shit hits the fan Boris Bogaert :)
Nathan Coox (Co-founder & CEO Smooved)
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