We fund, accelerate & validate business. Imagining the Possible. Technology and innovation have reshaped our world and disrupted the way we all live and work. The future may not be knowable, but it is inventable and it belongs to those who dare to imagine what’s possible.
"The electric light bulb did not come from the continuous improvement of candles."
Oren Harari
We are ready to connect, build or help you. Helping companies scale their technology, revenue, operations, and financials. Investing time, capital, and networks in positive-impact (technology) companies.
Always open to joining & helping a promising team or product as an early or late-stage founder, advisor, or investor.
Helping companies scale their technology, revenue, operations, and financials by acting as their fractional expert.
Building and bootstrapping side ventures (Real estate, SaaS, webshops & services) and managing them end-to-end.
Thorough audits and due diligence as a Service to ensure your next funding round is fully de-risked, providing you with the confidence to move forward.
Managing and overseeing day-to-day operations to maintain efficiency, drive growth, and ensure sustainable success across all facets of your business.
Coleo family office of Fien & Michiel, was established in 2024 to manage their personal and financial affairs. Coleo primarily focuses on managing and strengthening its founders’ own business interests and strategic partnerships.Privacy PolicyThis is the website of Coleo, a partnership that manages:
- coleo.be - Tech Investments
- doer.be - Michiel Work
- degheest.com - Ventures
- fienommenon.com - Fien Personal
- fienance.be - Fien Work
- fienancieel.be - Fien Medical
- ghentto.com - Art Investments
- ghentertainment.be - Events
- ghentrecote.be - Meat Concept
- michmash.be - HospitalityPrivacy Policy
1. Data protection and securityColeo VOF provides the necessary control measures and regular system testing to manage and secure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of personal data with due diligence.2. Legal bases for processing personal dataColeo VOF may use personal data collected when:the processing is necessary for the performance of an agreement or to take pre-contractual measures at the user's request;the processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation;the processing is necessary for the pursuit of a legitimate interest. In that case, Coleo VOF will make a thorough balancing between its legitimate interest and respecting your privacy;the user has given consent. By commissioning our systems, the Customer confirms that all affected parties were informed by the Customer and gave their consent to the registration of their data through our systems.Consent may be withdrawn at any time. Withdrawal applies only to the period following the withdrawal and therefore does not affect the lawfulness of processing that took place prior to the withdrawal.3. Sharing personal data with processorsColeo VOF may share personal data with processors who provide services on its behalf, including:affiliated entities, if any (list available upon request at [email protected]
);external processors, including but not limited to public entities, IT service providers, auditors, marketing and communication agencies, and legal advisors.These processors are only authorized to process personal data for the specific tasks assigned to them and are bound by applicable data protection legislation.If a processor outside the European Economic Area is engaged, Coleo VOF will ensure an equivalent level of protection as required under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and cooperation will only take place with parties that meet the GDPR requirements for international data transfers.4. Google API Services User Data PolicyColeo VOF’s use and transfer to any other app of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.5. User rightsAs a user, you can exercise the following rights:Right of access: obtain access to your personal data and additional information regarding the processing.Right to restrict processing: in certain cases, request restriction of processing of your personal data.Right to data portability: in certain cases, request that the personal data provided by you be transferred to another controller, where technically feasible.6. Exercising your rights and complaintsYou may exercise the above rights by sending a request, together with a copy of the front side of your identity card, to [email protected]If you believe that the processing of your personal data violates the GDPR, you may contact the Belgian Data Protection Authority:Address: Drukpersstraat 35, 1000 Brussels, BelgiumEmail: [email protected]Phone: +32 2 274 48 007. Data retentionData is not kept longer than necessary on servers hosted by established cloud and hosting service providers that comply with GDPR requirements regarding security and privacy.Coleo VOF retains only the data necessary to provide optimal service. Upon or after termination of the contract, any interested party may request deletion of applicable data without obligation.If the Customer uses its own servers, whether or not in cooperation with Coleo VOF, Coleo VOF cannot be held responsible for the correct management of these servers. This remains entirely the responsibility of the Customer.8. Data controllerThe controller of personal data processing is: Coleo VOF, determines the purposes and means for processing personal data and acts as the contact point for questions regarding such processing.You can contact us at: [email protected]
If you feel that our website is not complying with our privacy policy, please contact our company at the address above.GOOGLE ANALYTICSThis website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service by Google Inc (“Google”).Google Analytics uses cookies (small text files that are put on your computer) to help analyze the website and how visitors use the site. The information on your use of the website, generated by the cookie (including your IP address), is transferred and saved by Google on servers in the United States. Google uses this information to keep track of how you use the website, to report on website activity to website operators, and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage.Google may provide this information to third parties if Google is legally obliged to do so, or insofar as these third parties process the information on behalf of Google. Google will not combine your IP address with other information that Google has. You can refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser. However, we would like to point out that in that case you may not be able to use all of the features of this website.By using this website, you consent to the processing of the information by Google in the manner and for the purposes described above.ADJUSTING THE PRIVACY POLICYFrom time to time, we may make some changes to this privacy policy. The most recent version of the privacy policy can always be consulted on the website.Cookie PolicyAs our website uses “cookies,” we would like to inform you about the different types of cookies we use, which cookies our service providers use, and how you can manage and block cookies.WHAT ARE COOKIES?Cookies are small pieces of data that a website asks your browser to store on your computer, laptop, or mobile device when you visit a website or a certain page of that specific website. The cookie enables that website to “remember” your actions and preferences over time and to apply them during subsequent visits. An example of such a preference is your preferred language.Cookies usually contain the name of the website from which the cookie came, how long the cookie will remain on your device (the expiration date), and a value which is usually a randomly generated unique number.A distinction is made between strictly necessary cookies and other cookies.The strictly necessary cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of the website, for example, for the security of our website and its accessibility. Under applicable law, we are not obliged to ask for your consent for the use of such cookies.A further distinction based on category can be made based on the specific purpose of the cookie. We will ask for your consent for each of these categories (unless strictly necessary).Cookies can be divided into the following categories:Permanent cookies and session cookies: The function of a permanent cookie is to recognize the web browser for repeated visits to the website, while the function of the session cookies is to recognize the web browser during the visit to the website. Permanent cookies are saved on your mobile device, whereas session cookies are deleted at the end of every session.
First-party cookies and third-party cookies: First-party cookies are placed by the website itself. Third-party cookies are placed by other websites than our own. This happens when our website contains elements of other websites, such as social media plugins or advertisements that are placed on our website.
Performance cookies and functional cookies: Performance cookies keep an eye out for how a visitor uses the website. This allows the website operator to adapt and optimize the content and usability of the website (for example: how many people have visited different pages of the website and which language is most popular among our visitors). Functional cookies are cookies that remember your preferences when you use the website, for example, the language you chose. They make the website more user-friendly and optimize your user experience of the website.
Cookies won’t always contain personal data, but can contain information that can lead to your identification, in which case such a cookie will be treated as personal data. To the extent that a cookie can be considered personal data, our privacy policy applies. More information about our privacy policy, data protection, and your rights can be found in the privacy policy.Our website uses social media plugins. These social media partners use third-party cookies.The following social media partners are used: [Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and YouTube].We refer to article 5 of the privacy policy for how we use these social media plugins. For your information, we will also give the links to the relevant cookie policies:(a) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
(b) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
(c) Instagram: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875MANAGING AND BLOCKING COOKIESWhen visiting the website, the visitor is informed which cookies are used by means of a pop-up. We ask permission from the visitor to use each of the cookies. You can manage or delete cookies at any moment using the settings of your internet browser, which allows you to refuse some or all cookies, with the exception of the strictly necessary cookies, as these are essential for the visitor to be able to use the website and its functions. Disabling cookies limits the service we can provide and may affect your user experience. Deleting cookies may lead to manual adjustments of preferences at every visit to our website.For more detailed information about controlling and/or deleting cookies, visit the web page related to your browser:(a) HTTPS://SUPPORT.GOOGLE.COM/CHROME (Chrome)
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(g) or visit, HTTP://ABOUTCOOKIES.ORG/HOW-TO-DELETE-COOKIES/.ADJUSTING THE COOKIE POLICYWe reserve the right to make changes to this cookie policy. The most recent version of this cookie policy can be consulted on our website.ESG Disclosures (SFDR)Coleo VOF (the “Company”) provides advisory, consultancy and investment-related services. The Company is not an alternative investment fund manager (AIFM) and does not manage collective investment schemes.This disclosure is provided on a voluntary basis for transparency regarding environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) considerations in line with the spirit of:Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector (“SFDR”);Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1288 (“RTS”);Regulation (EU) 2020/852 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment (“Taxonomy Regulation”).The Company may update this information from time to time and will publish any updates on this website.Integration of sustainability risksThe Company does not formally integrate sustainability risks into its advisory or investment decision-making processes as referred to in Article 3 SFDR.Sustainability risks — defined as environmental, social or governance events or conditions that could negatively impact value — may be relevant in certain engagements. However, due to the nature of the Company’s activities (including advisory mandates, SME environments and early-stage initiatives), reliable and consistent ESG data is often unavailable.Conducting a formal assessment in line with SFDR methodologies would require disproportionate resources relative to the scale and nature of the engagements. As a result, sustainability risks are not systematically assessed nor formally integrated into decision-making processes.Where relevant and proportionate, the Company may take sustainability considerations into account on a case-by-case basis.No consideration of adverse sustainability impactsThe Company does not consider adverse impacts of its decisions or advice on sustainability factors as described in Article 4(1)(b) SFDR.This means that potential negative impacts relating to, among others:climate and environmental matters (e.g. greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity, water and waste);social and employee matters;respect for human rights;anti-corruption and anti-briberyare not formally measured, monitored or reported.This position reflects:the limited availability of reliable ESG data in the Company’s typical engagements;the disproportionate administrative burden relative to the size of the Company; andthe absence of a regulatory obligation for the Company to apply SFDR principal adverse impact reporting.The Company does not currently intend to consider principal adverse impacts in a formal manner.EU Taxonomy alignmentActivities supported or advised by the Company are not assessed against the EU Taxonomy criteria for environmentally sustainable economic activities.Remuneration and sustainability risksAs a small enterprise without a regulatory obligation to implement a formal remuneration policy under AIFM or equivalent financial regulation, the Company does not integrate sustainability risks into remuneration structures.Proportional ESG approachWhile not subject to SFDR obligations, Coleo VOF remains attentive to sustainability considerations where relevant and proportionate, and supports pragmatic, business-aligned approaches to responsible and sustainable value creation.
Coleo is a general partnership that handles the day-to-day management of doer.be, degheest.com, fienommenon.com, and fienance.be.
| Company: | COLEO |
|---|---|
| Company Number: | 1014.233.681 |
| VAT Number: | BE1014233681 |
| Legal Form: | General Partnership (VOF) |
| Incorporation Date: | 27 September 2024 |
| Main Activity: | Consultancy |
| Street + Number: | Noordhoutstraat 21 |
| Postal Code + City: | 9031 Drongen |
| Country: | Belgium |
| IBAN: | BE20973501492256 |
| BIC: | ARSPBE22 |
| Establishment Unit: | 2.364.083.010 |
| Trade Register (RPR): | Ghent, Ghent Division |
| Email: | [email protected] |
| Website: | www.coleo.be |
| Managing Director: | Michiel De Gheest |
| Status: | Active |
| Legal Status: | Normal Status |
| Peppol: | 9925:be1014233681 |
| Official Gazette: | 24432393 |
| Crossroads Bank for Enterprises: | 1014.233.681 |
Coleo is een "general partnership" die het dagelijkse bestuur doet van doer.be, degheest.com, fienommenon.com & fienance.be
| Bedrijf: | COLEO |
|---|---|
| Ondernemingsnummer: | 1014.233.681 |
| BTW nummer: | BE1014233681 |
| Rechtsvorm: | VOF |
| Oprichting: | 27-09-2024 |
| Hoofdactiviteit: | Consultancy |
| Straat + Nummer: | Noordhoutstraat 21 |
| Postcode + Stad: | 9031 Drongen |
| Land: | België |
| IBAN: | BE20973501492256 |
| BIC: | ARSPBE22 |
| Vestigingseenheid: | 2.364.083.010 |
| RPR: | Gent, afdeling Gent |
| Email: | [email protected] |
| Website: | www.coleo.be |
| Zaakvoerder: | Michiel De Gheest |
| Status: | Actief |
| Rechtstoestand: | Normale toestand |
| Peppol: | 9925:be1014233681 |
| Staatsblad: | 24432393 |
| Kruispuntbank: | 1014.233.681 |