Summary
Lorenz Bogaert, born 1976, is a Belgian serial Internet entrepreneur. He is co-founder of Massive Media,[1] a social media company owning digital brands such as social networking services Netlog and Ablo and social dating community Twoo. Lorenz lives in Ghent.
Education edit
Bogaert studied law and management at the universities of Brussels (BE), Fribourg (CH) and Namur (BE).
Career edit
In 2012 Massive Media was acquired by Meetic, now part of internet holding company IAC. Bogaert is also co-founder of cryptocurrency portfolio application Delta, which was acquired by eToro in 2019[2] and he was involved in launching expense management scale-up Rydoo,[3] acquired by Sodexo in 2017.[4] Another company founded by Bogaert is proptech scale-up Realo of which he is executive chairman. In 2019 he was listed as the 4th most important angel investor in Belgium by Antwerp Management School.[5]
Bogaert was awarded Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2008.[6]
References edit
- ^ Conard, Geert (November 2009). Friends with Benefits, Networking in a New Economy. Ecademy Press. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-905823-64-2.
- ^ "Investment platform eToro acquires crypto portfolio tracker app Delta". TechCrunch. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "Xpenditure Raises $5.7M To Kill The Monthly Expense Report". TechCrunch. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "Sodexo launches new integrated business travel and expense app". Bdaily Business News. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "Veel ondernemers, weinig vrouwen in top 50 Belgische tech-investeerders". Site-DataNews-NL. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "Lorenz Bogaert". TEDxBrussels. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
External links edit
- Lorenz Bogaert profile at TEDxBrussels, 2011
- How Netlog Leaps Language Barriers in the Wall Street Journal
- Why Belgium is an innovation hotspot