Sabine Vermassen

(Capricorn Partners)

Sabine has been a BVA board member since 2018. She is currently our Chairperson.

Sabine has more than 30 years’ experience in venture capital and private equity. She started her career in the M&A department of an international law firm and has been working since 1991 for several venture capital funds and their portfolio companies. Sabine holds both a master’s degree in law and an MBA from the Vlerick Business School.

Sabine is now partner and member of the executive committee of Capricorn Partners, an independent partner-owned management company of venture capital, growth capital and quoted equity funds. Capricorn is investing through its Quest Sicav funds, the quoted fund Quest for Growth and through several closed-end private venture capital funds. Capricorn Partners is a fully licenced alternative investment fund manager with Sabine as its responsible for the risk and compliance department.

As of the general meeting of 2022 Sabine is Chairwoman of the BVA. Since a couple of years Sabine has been co-chair of the legal & tax committee of the BVA and member of the Professional Standards Committee of Invest Europe.