Frank Maene got his start in software startups in the 1990s, spent time in Silicon Valley during the dot-com boom, and later co-founded Big Bang and Hummingbird before starting Volta Ventures, where he made Sentiance his very first investment back in January 2015. He's also known for practical, specific advice—pointing out that real competitors aren't always obvious rivals like Volkswagen versus Opel but can be something like Excel, and telling founders to treat fundraising like a sales process with a pipeline and systematic follow-up.