Bart Claeys
About Bart Claeys
Bart Claeys is a Staff Product Designer on Social AI at Meta and lives in Seattle, Washington. Crunchbase dates his Meta role from November 2019. His Threads bio describes him as a Belgian living in Seattle who works as a product designer at Meta AI.
He founded Creativeskills.be, which Crunchbase describes as a recruiting business for creative and product professionals. His Threads bio says it was acquired. He also lists CryptoMiso.com as a project he founded, and his personal site is for Barclaey Inc., a user experience design business.
Earlier roles on Crunchbase include Creative Director at Ratio in Seattle (March 2011 to March 2015), Lead Designer at Zendorse, and Interactive Art Director at Openhere. His personal site also lists Interactive Art Director at Saatchi & Saatchi in Brussels. LinkedIn lists the University of Antwerp as his education. Crunchbase lists Artesis Hogeschool Antwerpen and Brunel University London.
Crunchbase lists Claeys as an individual angel investor with a Seed investor stage. It records one investment, one portfolio company, no lead investments and no exits.
The one recorded deal is Small Teaser, announced on July 13, 2017. Crunchbase labels the round Series A and says the company raised €800,000 from Claeys and four other investors. Tracxn labels the same deal a seed round of $915K, with LRM and The CoFoundry among the co-investors. Claeys was not the lead investor.
There is too little public data to define a thesis. Tracxn lists his sectors as Media & Entertainment and Consumer, and his geography as Belgium, but these labels come from the single Small Teaser deal. He has not publicly stated a check size, a preferred stage beyond Crunchbase's Seed tag, or what he looks for in founders.
His day job is design for AI products at Meta. Founders pitching him should expect a product and design perspective, but no public AI investments are on record.
- Small Teaser: Belgium-based company in Tracxn's Media & Entertainment and Consumer categories. Claeys invested in July 2017, alongside four other investors.
Investing activity
Bart Claeys has made 1 investment according to Crunchbase across 1 portfolio company, and has founded 1 company.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Bart Claeys
Is Bart Claeys an angel investor?
Crunchbase lists him as an individual angel investor with a Seed stage. It records one investment, in Small Teaser in 2017.
Has Bart Claeys invested in AI startups?
No AI investments by him are publicly recorded. He works on AI products as a Staff Product Designer on Social AI at Meta.
What is Bart Claeys' check size?
He has not published a check size. The amount he put into Small Teaser is not public.
What stage does Bart Claeys invest in?
Crunchbase lists his investor stage as Seed. Its only recorded deal, Small Teaser in 2017, is labeled Series A there and a seed round by Tracxn.
What is Bart Claeys' background?
He is a product designer who founded Creativeskills.be and was Creative Director at Ratio in Seattle from 2011 to 2015. He has worked at Meta since 2019 and is based in Seattle.
How can founders contact Bart Claeys?
His public profiles are LinkedIn, GitHub and Threads, and his business site is barclaey.com. He has not published pitch instructions.
Where is Bart Claeys based?
Bart Claeys is based in Seattle, Washington, United States.
How can founders reach Bart Claeys?
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