Gino Engels

Active Investor

Co-founder and Chief Customer Officer at Lighthouse

Haaltert, Belgium

Gino Engels, Co-founder and Chief Customer Officer at Lighthouse is an active investor based in Haaltert, Belgium. This profile covers what Gino Engels backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Gino Engels was a Co-Founder and served as Chief Customer Officer at Lighthouse. He serves as an Investor at Torus Capital. He graduated from the European University College in Brussels with a Master's Degree in Finance, Economics & Management. In his master's thesis, he specialized in Business Development & International Marketing. After graduating, he participated in the global management traineeship at AB InBev and had a successful career with commercial roles at AB InBev and Sony, where he worked with leading retailers to develop profitable pricing and promotional strategies. In 2012, he co-founded OTA Insight. The company has since grown from a small disruptor challenging an established hospitality marketplace to a business supporting over 55,000 hotels and accommodation providers (Accor, Hilton, IHG, etc) in 192 countries. The company now operates from offices in London, Ghent, Dallas, Denver, Singapore, Sydney, and São Paulo. In 2018 and 2019, OTA Insight was honored as one of The Sunday Times Tech Fast 50 companies, recognizing Britain and Europe's fastest-growing private technology companies. He helped raise a $20M growth equity round led by Eight Roads and F-Prime, the growth venture funds of financial behemoth Fidelity Investments. As Chief Commercial Officer, he now leads the go-to-market efforts and drives the continued development of OTA Insight's product portfolio. He was awarded the HSMAI TOP 25 Americas Extraordinary Minds in 2018 and HSMAI Europe Top 20 Extraordinary Minds in 2017. The awards recognize leaders in sales, marketing, and revenue optimization of hospitality, travel, and tourism organizations for their accomplishments in the industry. He has made Angel investments in several SaaS startups in the UK and Europe, and is particularly interested in investing in ecological and sustainable technologies that can help transform industries and societies for the better, addressing critical global challenges such as climate change and growing global inequality.

Investor type: Angel
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Invests in: Healthcare & BiotechSaaS & EnterpriseConsumer & RetailDeveloper Tools & DataTravel & Hospitality
Location: Haaltert, Belgium
Typical check: $500K
Past investments: 1

Notable investments

Donna (Business/Productivity Software)

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