Investment Manager
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Jean-Baptiste Maenhout invests through Smartfin's published strategy: Back promising European B2B technology companies with investment, operating and governance expertise, including dedicated space and defence activity.
Founders whose work fits Smartfin's stated focus and who can show a large problem, differentiated insight, credible execution and stage-appropriate evidence.
Opportunities outside Smartfin's published stage, geography or sector focus are less aligned; no broader exclusion is inferred where the firm does not publish one.
Show founder-market fit, the problem and product, defensibility, traction, market scale, financing plan and why Smartfin's published strategy is a match.
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Jean-Baptiste Maenhout is listed by Smartfin as Investment Manager on the firm's current official roster. No additional employment history is inferred where the official roster does not publish it.