Lorenz Bogaert Explained

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

Bogaert studied law and management at the universities of Brussels (BE), Fribourg (CH) and Namur (BE).

Career

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]

External links

• Lorenz Bogaert profile at TEDxBrussels, 2011
• How Netlog Leaps Language Barriers in the Wall Street Journal
• Why Belgium is an innovation hotspot

Notes and References

1. Book: Conard, Geert. Friends with Benefits, Networking in a New Economy. November 2009. Ecademy Press. 978-1-905823-64-2. 96.
2. Web site: Investment platform eToro acquires crypto portfolio tracker app Delta. TechCrunch. en-US. 2020-02-17.
3. Web site: Xpenditure Raises $5.7M To Kill The Monthly Expense Report. TechCrunch. en-US. 2020-02-17.
4. Web site: Sodexo launches new integrated business travel and expense app. Bdaily Business News. en. 2020-02-17.
5. Web site: Veel ondernemers, weinig vrouwen in top 50 Belgische tech-investeerders. 2019-12-04. Site-DataNews-NL. 2020-02-17.
6. Web site: Lorenz Bogaert. TEDxBrussels. 20 September 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110925040253/http://www.tedxbrussels.eu/2011/html/speakers/lorenz_bogaert.html. 25 September 2011.