Henchman founders launch €10M pre-seed fund ‘100IN’; aim to invest €100K in 100 ‘exceptional’ founders

After exit, Henchman founders launch 100IN, a €10M pre-seed fund investing €100K in 100 tech founders.

The founding team behind legal-tech scale-up Henchman — Gilles Mattelin and Julie Capiau has unveiled 100IN, a new pre-seed private venture fund.

“For the past year, we’ve quietly been backing more and more like-minded tech founders. So, after 20+ early investments, it’s time to take things to the next level,” says Mattelin in a LinkedIn post.

The announcement comes over a year after LexisNexis Legal & Professional, a provider of information and analytics, acquired Henchman.

Investing €100K in 100 exceptional tech founders

Based out of Belgium, Henchman is a legal tech company that improves data from Document Management Systems (DMS) for faster document drafting.

The latest venture fund is designed to invest €100K in 100 exceptional tech founders.

The initiative is spearheaded by Gilles Mattelin, Julie Capiau, and Jorn Vanysacker, joined by a network of seasoned operators and entrepreneurs they met while building Henchman.

“A pre-seed private VC fund, built by the founders of Henchman, together with some amazing people we’ve met along the way,” adds Mattelin.