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welovefounders — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($250K–$2.0M Checks)

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Profile updated November 2026Website

welovefounders is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm investing in SaaS, AI / ML, Real Estate. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 11 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$2.0M
Portfolio
11 companies on record
Partners
5 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
SaaS, AI / ML, Real Estate
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-11-08

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $2.0M

Portfolio

11+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investment Thesis

Early-stage fund investing in B2B software and technology-driven companies, with explicit coverage of AI, legaltech/regtech, logistics/supply chain, and vertical SaaS. Strong thematic overlap with service-heavy AI deployments for SMEs and recurring software-plus-services models.

How welovefounders invests

welovefounders is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on SaaS, AI / ML, Real Estate.

welovefounders typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment. Our records include 2 funds raised by the firm.

welovefounders has backed 11 companies in our records, including Kompa, TwoWay, Eagr.

Partners & Team

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Tom Figueredo

Operations Manager

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Olivier Mertens

Partner

Pre-seed and seed investments
Digital startups

Founded APIX in 2000 and co-founded Taatu in 2005. Served as Investment Manager at Sambrinvest, cultivating a portfolio of 30+ startups including Urbantz, Shippr, Accountable, Sortlist and Shyfter, with investments exceeding 30M€.

OT

Olivier Tabery

Partner

Tech-driven companies
Late-stage rounds in Europe and the US
European deal sourcing

Established a classic car investment fund, then worked at a Private Equity search fund in Chicago. Founded Dedicated, a deal-by-deal venture firm, in 2018, and built a portfolio of 30+ scale-ups including Klarna, Airbnb, SpaceX, Perlego and Solaris.

AD

Antoine Duchateau

Partner

Software sector
Private equity

Co-founded Odyssey Financial Technologies in 1995 and served as CEO and Chairman until its sale to Temenos Group in 2010. Moved into private equity in 2011 and made 12 key investments between 2011 and 2022, including Sophia Genetics, Vocalcom, OneAston, Urbantz, EMAsphere and Clear Space.

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Thomas Goubau

Operating Partner

Founder mentoring and coaching
Construction sector

Worked with BT Telecom and AT Kearney before co-founding APROPLAN in 2013, a B2B SaaS company for the construction sector, which later merged with a Danish firm to form LetsBuild. Now mentors and coaches founders and CEOs of startups and scale-ups.

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
AI / ML
Real Estate

Funds

Fund II

$150M2022
investing

Fund I

$100M2020
investing

Recent Activity

Raised Fund II ($150M)

2022 · fund records

Raised Fund I ($100M)

2020 · fund records

Portfolio Companies (11)

Other

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Kompa

PropTech AI

Kompa is building an AI-native management platform for small construction businesses. It progressively automates time-consuming administrative tasks — from quotes and invoicing to job tracking, accounting and scheduling — so teams can focus on running and growing their business.

TW

TwoWay

FinTech AI

TwoWay is the real-time trading intelligence platform built with traders, for traders. TwoWay transforms that flood of broker communications into structured, real-time market intelligence, giving traders the information advantage to capture more opportunities, price with confidence, and never be left behind by a market that has already moved.

EA

Eagr

AI SalesTech

Eagr is the AI sales performance operating system for Heads of Sales, mining calls to discover what wins, keeping the playbook always current, and coaching reps at scale with AI training.

DO

Dockflow

AI Data

Dockflow is an AI-driven Logistics Enablement Platform designed specifically for maritime supply chains. By unifying data from terminals, carriers, AIS, IoT sensors, and partners, Dockflow provides real-time visibility, predictive logistics intelligence, and automated workflows.

PR

Presage

AI Cloud

Presage builds world models for cloud infrastructure, designed for the era of AI agents. By simulating the impact of automated decisions before they are executed, Presage helps engineering teams anticipate incidents and drifts, and manage performance, reliability, and stability in production.

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Peliqan

Data AI

Peliqan is an all-in-one data management platform. It centralizes, transforms, and activates data from multiple sources efficiently, without requiring data engineering expertise.

MI

MinersAI

AI Data

MinersAI helps the mining industry operate more efficiently and sustainably by structuring, enriching, and analyzing soil data.

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Shyfter

HRTech

Shyfter is an HR Tech scale-up based in Brussels with a global ambition. Their innovative platform transforming the HR sector, offering a suite of powerful apps that redefine how businesses manage their human resources and workforce operations.

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Clovis

PropTech

Clovis simplifies project management in the construction sector through an intuitive and powerful collaborative platform.

DO

Donna

SalesTech AI

Donna, the most proactive and knowledgeable assistant for sales reps on the go. Donna supports you before, during, and after your in-person and online sales interactions.

How to pitch welovefounders
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in SaaS, AI / ML, Real Estate — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Tom Figueredo, Operations Manager.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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