Summary
Kristof De Spiegeleer is a veteran tech entrepreneur and CEO with 12+ years of executive experience building sovereign, privacy-first cloud and edge infrastructure through ventures like ThreeFold, TF9 and OurWorld Ventures. He has a long track record of founding and scaling datacenter, cloud and hosting businesses from Qlayer and Dedigate to innovations later acquired by industry players (e.g., Amplidata, Sun/Veritas integrations). Kristof focuses on Augmented Collective Intelligence—designing decentralized, quantum-safe networks and bare-metal cloud stacks that prioritize data sovereignty, efficiency and end-to-end encryption. He combines deep engineering roots (Master’s in Engineering from Ghent University) with investor and incubator experience, regularly spinning technology into mission-driven ventures spanning cyber cities to digital freezones. Notably, his work emphasizes pragmatic infrastructure breakthroughs—real-world bare-metal solutions and self-healing edge clouds—rather than theoretical promises.
12 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Postgraduaat Mgmt & Economics, Postgraduaat Mgmt & Economics at KU Leuven
Master's Degree Engineering, Master's Degree Engineering at Ghent University