Dries Buytaert Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Investments
  • 5

  • Portfolio
  • 4

  • Exits
  • 1

Exits

Dries Buytaert General Information

Description

Dr. Dries Buytaert is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Technology Officer, Chief Strategy Officer and Board Member at Acquia. He is the Founder and serves as Project Lead, President and Board Member at Drupal. He also serves as a Board Observer of Seaters. He serves as an advisor at Reaction Commerce. He is an open-source developer and technology executive. He is the original creator and project lead for Drupal, an open-source platform for building websites and digital experiences. He is also co-founder and chief technology officer of Acquia, a venture-backed technology company. Acquia provides an open cloud platform to many large organizations, which helps them build, deliver and optimize digital experiences. A Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum, he holds a Ph.D. in computer science and engineering from Ghent University and a Licentiate Computer Science (MSc) from the University of Antwerp. He was named CTO of the Year by the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, New England Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young and a Young Innovator by MIT Technology Review. He blogs frequently on Drupal, open source, startups, business and the future at buytaert.net. He has a Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) in Computer Science & Engineering from Ghent University. Dr. Buytaert served as an advisor in recreation commerce

Contact Information

Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Primary Office
  • 53 State Street
  • 10th Floor
  • Boston, MA 02109
  • United States
+1 (888) 000-0000

Dries Buytaert Investments (5)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
NineID 20-Jun-2023 Seed Round 00.00 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue 00000 00000000 00.0
Oqton 14-Jan-2021 00000 00000 0000 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue 00000 00000000 00.0
Seaters 23-Aug-2018 00000 00000 00.000 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue 00000 00000000 00.0
Bitmovin 18-Sep-2016 Early Stage VC 000.00 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue 00000 00000000 00.0
OpenCollective 01-Oct-2015 Seed Round 00000 Financial Software Generating Revenue 00000 00000000 00.0

Dries Buytaert Exits (1)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
Oqton 01-Nov-2021 000000000000000000 00000

Dries Buytaert Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

Investments by Industry

Investments by Year

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Dries Buytaert Team (1)

Name Title Deals Funds Boards Office
Dries Buytaert Ph.D Angel Investor 00 0 Boston, MA

Dries Buytaert Co-Investors (10)

Name With Exits Lead Partner Series Industry
Fortino Capital Partners 1 0 0 Series chart Industry bar
Louis Jonckheere 0 0 Series chart Industry bar
Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen 0 0 0 Series chart Industry bar
Pieterjan Bouten 0 0 Series chart Industry bar
Sandvik 0 0 0 Series chart Industry bar