Pieterjan Bouten

Pieterjan Bouten is the General Partner at Entourage, a venture studio and venture capital fund he founded in early 2024. Previously, he co-founded and served for over a decade as the Chief Executive Officer of Showpad, scaling the sales enablement platform to approximately $100 million in revenue and 500 global employees before transitioning to a board member role in 2022. He also co-founded the product design studio In The Pocket, where he currently serves as Chairman of the Board, and acts as an Entrepreneur in Residence at the Vlerick Business School. Earlier in his career, Bouten worked as a consultant at Accenture and led European business development for the social networking platform Netlog, following his graduate studies at KU Leuven. His current professional focus centers on guiding early-stage technology startups through venture funding, digital transformation, and international expansion.