Frank Maene is 'Investor in Residence' at Vlerck Business School'. He is managing partner at venture capital fund Volta Ventures. Frank is a co-founder of digital campus BeCentral and mentor at Start it @KBC. He has been working at and with software startups for the past 25 years, both as investor, coach and executive. Prior to Volta Ventures, he was a managing partner at Hummingbird Ventures and Big Bang Ventures. Frank currently sits on the board of Awingu, BitSensor, VAMP, Sentiance and SweepBright. Notable transactions include exits to Western Digital (Amplidata), Clarabridge (Engagor), SUN (Qlayer) and Symantec (DCT). 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.