Dr. Jos B. Peeters is Founder and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Capricorn Venture Partners, an independent European manager of venture capital and equity funds, investing in innovative European companies with technology as competitive advantage. Capricorn Venture Partners is based in Leuven, Belgium, and licensed by the FSMA. Currently Capricorn Venture Partners is managing venture funds in sustainable chemistry, cleantech, health-tech, digital health and big-data. Furthermore it is the management company of Quest for Growth, quoted on Euronext Brussels, and investment manager to the Quest Cleantech and Quest+ Funds.

Jos is regarded as one of the pioneers of the European venture capital industry, being active in this area since 1985. He is a founder and director of EASDAQ, which is operating as Equiduct, a regulated market for secondary trading in Europe.

Jos has a PhD in Physics from the University of Leuven. He is a past chairman of Invest Europe, the European association for private equity and venture capital (previously EVCA).