Laurent Drion

Founder/Partner

1998 - Current

--- Please note that we are fully deployed since mid-2018 and are currently not making new investments --- E-Merge is a 3-partner Brussels-based Angel Fund. Founded in 1998 E-Merge has made so far 40+ direct early-stage investments, mostly as lead investor (25+ in the EU & 15+ in the US) and 200+ investments through AngelList Syndicates. • Our preferred business models are: SaaS & Marketplaces • Our main areas of interest are: E-Commerce Infrastructure & Internet Infrastructure (with a special focus on payment systems), SMB services, Autonomous Vehicles (especially flying ones), and NewSpace opportunities (CubeSats services) We focus on early stage (Seed + Series A) and invest up to $1m per portfolio company, usually spread over multiple rounds.

Investor

2013

Where the world meets startups for investing and jobs. Over $160M raised by over 565 startups. Over 10k matches/week between job seekers and companies.

Investor

2017

Investor

2013

Spreedly offers a single API and secure credit card tokenization to connect to 100+ payment gateways around the world. Spreedly has several service offerings taylor-made to process and forward payments on marketplaces in a PCI-compliant fashion.

Investor

2019

Investor

2012

Nanosatisfi's mission is to provide convenient, affordable, on-demand access to satellites. To that end, they are developing a space-based application platform, comprised of an AVR/Arduino based computer in a CubeSat standard with a freely programmable micro-processor and 25 sensors. They augument that with a software interface to the web for convenient and affordable access to the payload. NanoSatisfi’s four founders met at the International Space University as members of the 2012 Master’s class. Together, they combine experience at 9 universities, in 8 companies, in 7 languages on 3 continents.

Investor

2012

Ordoro is a web app for small- and medium- sized e-commerce retailers to manage their orders, inventory and suppliers. Ordoro deals with everything that happens after a shopper clicks checkout on the retailer’s website: print packing lists and shipping labels, manage inventory levels, manage dropshipping, manage customers, manage suppliers etc.

Investor

2016

HappyCo develops a suite of software to improve the efficiency of operations in the field. The Happy Inspector product helps our customers to replace their paper based forms and workflow with a customizable mobile app and powerful web-based software to improve their efficiency.

Investor

2016

LeoLabs provides commercially-responsive radar tracking services for organizations operating in Low Earth Orbit. Our services prevent collisions, track satellites immediately after launch, detect anomalies, and more. LEO is a shared, critical resource and responsible stewardship is important if we are to maintain its use.

Investor

2016

Onfleet makes it easy for businesses to manage and analyze their local delivery operations. Our product includes intuitive smartphone apps for drivers, a powerful modern web dashboard for dispatchers, and automatic notifications and real-time tracking for recipients. Onfleet has powered millions of deliveries globally, for hundreds of businesses ranging from grocery, restaurant, and flower delivery to dry cleaning and moving & storage companies.