Posted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Go Global, Insights, Going Global, Growing on Nov 17, 2017
The Belgian insuretech scale-up Qover won the prestigious DIAmond Award during the DIA Conference in Munich. Qover convinced the jury through a live demonstration of how you can build an insuretech business in just 5 minutes. Different insurance services are available in open API’s that can be integ...
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Insights, Funding, Growing on Nov 07, 2017
British energy supplier Centrica has acquired Belgian power management startup REstore for €70 million to further expand Centrica’s geographic footprint.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Insights, Funding, Starting Up, Going Global, Growing on Oct 22, 2017
9.5 Magnitude is a pre-seed corporate venturing investment platform. It positions itself as co-manager and co-investor of startups that are tailored to the needs of large companies.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Go Global, Funding, Growing on Oct 16, 2017
Industry 4.0 specialist Arkite announces that it has closed a financing round of 1.6 million Euro to further accelerate its commercial expansion in Europe.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Insights, Funding, Going Global, Growing on Oct 11, 2017
Sentiance joins forces with Realize Mobile Communications (RMC), a leading Japanese provider of mobile solutions and a member of the SoftBank Group, to develop joint offerings in the Japanese market.
Read morePosted in Ecosystem, Insights, Policy, Experts on Oct 05, 2017
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Agenda Alexander De Croo has been nominated for the Startup Nations Award for National Policy Leadership.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Go Global, Going Global, Growing on Oct 04, 2017
Sales enablement platform Showpad has hired Jason Holmes as President and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Holmes will open and run Showpad’s new Chicago office, which will serve as the company’s North American headquarters.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Go Global, Insights, Experts, Going Global on Sep 28, 2017
If there’s one place in the world that’s strongly resembles Silicon Valley, it’s must be the area around Tel Aviv. This September, a delegation of 70 Belgian startups and corporates discovered the assets of ‘Silicon Wadi’ during a large-scale mission organized by the City of Antwerp, Startups.be, Fl...
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Insights, Policy on Sep 28, 2017
4.5 million jobs are created by the startup sector. This sector is under threat from the Copyright Directive. How can we improve and adapt European copyright law to match the development of new technologies? Here is what the European startup community has to say.
Read morePosted in Insights, Experts, Starting Up, Growing, Fundraising on Sep 25, 2017
Our society has missed out on an astonishing number of large companies, because, at a certain stage in their growth process, they weren’t able to overcome their growing pains. Why do so few companies succeed in overcoming these hurdles?
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Funding, Growing on Sep 22, 2017
The machine learning company with the core expertise in the predictive model building process automatization nails down a €1M investment from Saffelberg, the VC fund of Jos Sluys (ex-Arinso).
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Funding, Starting Up, Going Global, Growing on Sep 21, 2017
Founded in 2014 and developed within The Faktory, the Walloon energy saver specialist e-Peas has raised three million euro from an impressive bunch of international investors. The capital will enable the startup to launch several new products.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Insights, Policy, Growing on Nov 16, 2017
The European Startup Network (ESN) has joined forces with one of the most important startup ecosystems in Europe, France. France Digitale, an independent non-profit organisation will represent the French ecosystem in the network.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Policy, Experts, Starting Up, Going Global, Growing on Oct 26, 2017
From comprehending the Walloon tech startup players, to portraying the Walloon startup ecosystem at the global level. In the first semester of 2017, The Digital Agency and Startups.be have conducted a profound study to assess the state of the tech ecosystem in the Walloon region.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Go Global, Funding, Growing on Oct 20, 2017
With the help of The CoFoundry WinWinner wants to speed up its growth plans. Further digitalization of the platform should refine and optimize the matchmaking process.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Go Global, Funding, Going Global, Growing on Oct 13, 2017
The Ghent-based IoT startup Sensolus announced that Capricorn ICT Arkiv and Quest for Growth invested about €2.75 million in the business. The funding round was also joined by an unnamed angel investor with expertise in international market expansion.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Go Global, Funding, Starting Up, Going Global on Oct 10, 2017
The Leuven based healthcare startup LynxCare raises 1.2 million euro. The young company, that tracks and monitors patients for hospitals, also has someone working in San Francisco.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Go Global, Insights, Experts, Going Global on Oct 04, 2017
Before you attend larger-than-life events such as WebSummit and Slush, a good preparation is crucial! Here are ten ways to make the most out of your visit.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Go Global, Policy, Experts, Going Global on Oct 03, 2017
Startups.be has reached a structural collaboration agreement with Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT), Flanders’ agency for international enterprise. The agreement was signed on 3 October 2017 by Karen Boers, CEO of Startups.be, and Claire Tillekaerts, CEO at FIT, during an official ceremony at the Ho...
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Go Global, Insights, Experts, Going Global on Sep 28, 2017
Now that our mission to Israel is over, it’s time to collect some comments. Was the experience useful for the startups that participated? What did they learn?
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