Feldspar — Usable data from messy inputs

Who we are

Vincent Vantrappen

Co-founder

Master Industrial Engineering

Expertise: Data, GxP, Automation

Background: Consulting

Thomas Boogaerts

Co-founder

Master Civil Engineering

Expertise: Generative AI, Full-stack & mobile development, Marketing

Background: Co-founder HabitBull

Ward Homan

Co-founder

PhD Astrophysics

Expertise: Numerics & algorithms, Distributed systems, Communication

Background: Academia

Origins and shared insight: Feldspar started because Ward, Vincent, and Thomas kept noticing the same kind of data problems that silently take a lot of time, from different directions—and arriving at the same conclusion: too much important information still lives in PDFs, emails, or shared folders, and operational experts spend significant time retyping, copy-pasting, and reconciling versions.
Ward and Vincent's track record: Ward began in academia before moving into data science and data engineering, and Vincent came through IT consulting and ended up in the same space. When they crossed paths, they started collaborating almost immediately—switching between hands-on work (getting data to flow, turning it into something usable) and the bigger context around it (enterprise architecture, data governance, getting teams aligned). As a freelance duo, they repeatedly built custom fixes to make messy information workable.
Thomas's parallel angle: Thomas went through a few startups and later moved into IT consulting with a focus on Generative AI products—where he saw the same pattern: a lot of effort going into solutions that had to be rebuilt for the next case.
How we came together and committed: The spark to do it together came from an informal chat between the cousins Vincent and Thomas at a family gathering, and soon after the three of us met for the first time—in late 2025, for a few hours in the lobby of the Crowne Plaza in Zaventem, roughly halfway between our homes. By January we had wrapped up our freelance contracts and committed full-time to the joint endeavor.
What we're building and how we're approaching it: We started with totally open discussions on what we're building and why, then decided to put a simple story and tangible identity around it, build a proof-of-concept on real inputs, and start talking to potential clients to find concrete use-cases they want solved. Our core approach has crystallised: make unstructured business information digitally usable and easy to handle—cutting the time it takes to work with it—without turning every operational pain into a high-tech spectacle.