Lorenz Bogaert
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.