Organization · Family Office
De Eik
De Eik is a Belgian family-owned investment company focused on long-term participations in non-listed companies, closed-end investment funds, and listed companies, particularly in the Life Sciences and Food sectors.
Overview
What De Eik does
What De Eik is
De Eik is a Belgian family-owned investment company focused on long-term participations in non-listed companies, closed-end investment funds, and listed companies, particularly in the Life Sciences and Food sectors.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports funder capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Family Office
- Founded
- Founded in 1970
- Approximate age
- About 56 years
- Structured capabilities
- Funder
- Last reviewed
- March 26, 2026
Official channels
Find De Eik elsewhere
Open the official website or a supported primary organization account.
Capability profile
De Eik as a funder
Investment thesis
De Eik focuses on providing equity capital to medium-sized enterprises with a long-term investment horizon, emphasizing sustainable value creation and partnerships with entrepreneurs.
Focus narrative
De Eik invests across the entire equity spectrum, from early-stage ventures to publicly listed companies. The company employs a strategy based on three strategic pillars: Direct Investments in unlisted medium-sized companies, Fund Investments in private equity and venture capital funds, and Liquid Investments in publicly listed companies with strong competitive advantages. The organization concentrates its investments on three ecosystems: Future Proof, Food, and Healthcare.
Focus and fit
- Stages
- Friends and Family · Angel · Accelerator · Pre-seed · Seed · Seed+ · Series A · Series A+ · Series B · Series B+ · Series C · Series C+ · Series D · Series E · Series F · Growth Equity · Pre-IPO · Ipo
- Regions
- Europe · Global
Availability
- Currently deploying
- Not published
Portfolio and track record
- Recorded portfolio count
- 8
Portfolio context
Notable portfolio companies include Armira, an investment platform for 'mittelstand' companies in the DACH region; Astanor, focused on building food and agriculture companies; Clay Capital, aiming for a sustainable food and feed system; DN Capital, a global early-stage technology investor; Droia Ventures, focused on drug-developing companies; Indufin, a Belgian private equity investor; Mediahuis, a European media group; and V-Bio Ventures, transforming scientific innovation into life sciences companies.
Common questions
What to know about De Eik
Upseed classifies De Eik under the Family Office organization type. Its current public profile includes funder capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
March 26, 2026
Known limits
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