Frank Maene is 'Investor in Residence' at Vlerck Business School'. He currently is managing partner at Volta Ventures.
Prior to Volta Ventures, he was a managing partner at Hummingbird Ventures and Big Bang Ventures. Frank Maene has been working with software startups for the past 25 years, both as investor, coach and executive.
Notable transactions include exits to Western Digital (Amplidata), Clarabridge (Engagor), SUN (Qlayer) and Symantec (DCT).
Currently focusing on startups with HQ’s in the Benelux, he has operational experience in Silicon Valley and Turkey.
Frank currently sits on the board of Awingu, Beatswitch, Magnetic.io and Sentiance.
A regular keynote speaker and startup competition jury member, Frank holds Master's degrees in Applied Economics and Accountancy from the University of Gent / Vlerick, Belgium