Marc        Gendebien

About

Marc Gendebien is a co-founder and Managing Partner at Expon Capital, a venture capital firm founded in 2015 and based in Luxembourg. The firm focuses on venture capital investments in technology-related companies. Expon Capital's team includes four partners and a total of 25 people. **Background and Experience:** * Gendebien is a financial operations specialist with experience in financial management of public and private equities. * His experience spans equity fund management, retail, food & beverages, European small caps, and serving as a CFO in his own venture. * From 1995, he worked as an equity fund manager at ING in Brussels, managing a €300 million AUM public equity fund in food & beverages and retail. He managed fund strategies through geographic allocation, company selection, and currency hedging and regularly beat a global benchmark. * In 2000, he co-founded Arvensia, an agro-commodities marketplace, where he was CFO and a board member. The platform handled over 10 million tons of cereal contracts annually. * In 2008, Gendebien supervised the reporting process at Société Générale Bank & Trust in Luxembourg. * Before Expon Capital, he joined Genii Capital in 2011, overseeing portfolio companies' performance and participating in the disposal of investments. **Expon Capital:** * Expon Capital invests in early-stage startups, especially technology-driven startups with the potential for impact in Luxembourg and beyond. * The firm concentrates its sea