Tim Vandecasteele

Tim Vandecasteele is a co-founder of Silverfin, a cloud-based financial platform that automates accounting tasks for small and medium-sized enterprises. He has a strong background in software engineering and product development, with a Master's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Universiteit Gent.

Career Highlights

Tim co-founded Silverfin in 2013 with Joris Van Der Gucht.2 Prior to Silverfin, he worked as a Ruby on Rails developer at Vasco Data Security and held software leadership positions at Philips, including Software Cluster Leader and Software Project Manager for User Experience.

Silverfin Journey

Under Tim's leadership as the visionary product leader, Silverfin grew significantly over the past decade:

• The platform is now used by 850 firms worldwide, supporting over 320,000 businesses.2
• Silverfin expanded to 15 countries, thanks to its customizable and API-driven platform.2
• The company was acquired by Visma in 2023.2

Recent Developments

In March 2024, Tim announced his departure from Silverfin to pursue new adventures.1 In his farewell message, he expressed gratitude to the early customers, employees, and his co-founder Joris for their support throughout Silverfin's journey.1

Personal Qualities

Colleagues describe Tim as:

• A great team leader and strong team builder3
• Having a calming personality that makes others feel comfortable3

Tim's LinkedIn username is indeed timvandecasteele.34