Matthias Geeroms
About Matthias Geeroms
Matthias Geeroms is a co-founder of Lighthouse, a commercial platform for the travel and hospitality industry. The company was previously called OTA Insight. Crunchbase dates his co-founder role to September 2012. He was Chief Financial Officer until January 2026, when Crunchbase lists him as Head of Corporate Development.
Lighthouse sells pricing, marketing and distribution tools to hotels. A 2025 conference biography says it serves more than 75,000 hotel partners in 192 countries, with over 900 employees. As OTA Insight, the company announced an $80M Series B led by Spectrum Equity. He also announced the company's combination with Stardekk, a channel management provider for independent hotels.
He is based in Ghent, Belgium, and studied at Ghent University. Crunchbase also lists him as a mentor at Pitchdrive.
A conference biography describes him as an active angel investor with a finance background who mainly backs SaaS companies across a range of sectors. Crunchbase lists 12 personal investments and CB Insights lists 9. Tracxn and Dealroom also track his deals, and the counts differ between these databases.
The dated deals found are from 2024 to 2026. They include IntelliProve (seed, January 2025), Driven (seed, September 2025), Dalton (September 2025), Eagl (seed, September 2025) and Aikido Security (Series B, January 2026). An earlier angel round was Live the World, a Belgian travel startup that raised about 1 million euros from angels including him. The source gives no date for it.
No public statement from him on an AI-specific thesis turned up. His portfolio includes companies with AI in the name or product. Dealroom lists Dalton AI among his investments. Live the World is tagged under AI and big data on Nordic9. Aikido Security, a later-stage security company, raised a $60M Series B in January 2026 according to Tracxn, with DST Global and PSG among the co-investors.
Dealroom counts 10 seed, 1 angel and 1 early VC round among his 12 deals. Crunchbase also shows several pre-seed rounds. Dealroom shows most of his deals in Belgium. Tracxn adds the United Kingdom and the United States. Sectors named across the databases include enterprise software, health, security, legal, marketing, fintech and recruitment.
He often invests alongside other Belgian angels and syndicates, such as Syndicate One and Pitchdrive. His check size and any stated investment criteria are not public. The round sizes in the databases are totals for the whole round, not his own checks.
- Aikido Security: security software company. Series B in January 2026, reported at $60M.
- Eagl: Seed round in September 2025, reported at about $975K in total.
- Dalton: Listed as Dalton AI on Dealroom. Round in September 2025.
- Driven: Seed round in September 2025, reported at about $1.75M in total.
- IntelliProve: Seed round in January 2025, reported at $1.3M in total.
- Live the World: Belgian travel startup that raised about 1 million euros from angels including him.
- PolySense, BetterPic, Markmi, Jurimesh and Predikt: also listed in his Crunchbase investments, with no further detail found.
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- cbinsights.com/investor/matthias-geeroms
Investing activity
Matthias Geeroms is listed on Lounge as an angel investor. The deals desk records Series A and later AI rounds and seeds over $10M, so smaller checks may not show here yet.
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Frequently asked questions about Matthias Geeroms
Who is Matthias Geeroms?
He is a co-founder of Lighthouse (formerly OTA Insight), a hospitality software company. He is based in Ghent, Belgium, and invests as an angel.
What stage does Matthias Geeroms invest in?
Most of his listed deals are pre-seed and seed. He also took part in a Series B round in Aikido Security in January 2026.
What sectors does Matthias Geeroms back?
A conference biography says he mainly backs SaaS solutions across a wide range of sectors. Databases list enterprise software, health, security, legal and marketing.
What is Matthias Geeroms' check size?
It is not public. Databases show total round sizes, not his own checks.
Does Matthias Geeroms invest in AI startups?
His portfolio includes companies such as Dalton AI, and he has invested in security and enterprise software. He has made no public statement on an AI-specific thesis.
Does Matthias Geeroms invest outside Belgium?
Most of his deals are in Belgium. Tracxn also lists investments in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is Matthias Geeroms an angel investor?
Yes. Matthias Geeroms invests personally as an angel.
How can founders reach Matthias Geeroms?
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