Laurens De Poorter

Laurens De Poorter is the Co-Founder and CEO of Belfort Labs, a company specializing in accelerating encrypted compute to practical performance, allowing sensitive data to be processed without decryption.

Laurens is a serial entrepreneur and investor with a focus on **cryptography** and **AI infrastructure**.

Laurens's experience includes commercializing breakthrough technologies at **Google[x]**, investing in crypto startups as the first European Partner at **Kraken Ventures**, and founding **Syndicate One** in Belgium.

Laurens also previously worked as a management consultant for the **Boston Consulting Group (BCG)**.

Laurens holds an MBA from **Harvard Business School** and studied electrical engineering at **KU Leuven** and **Imperial College London**.

Currently, Laurens is focused on advancing Belfort's mission to make encrypted compute practical at scale for real-world applications, including confidential smart contracts, payments, DeFi protocols, and national security.

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