Posted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Insights, Policy on Aug 30, 2017
On 26 July, the Belgian government released plans to significantly reform the Belgian corporate tax regime. While all the details are yet to be released, we can expect profound changes.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Growing on Aug 17, 2017
The acquisition of Riiot Labs by the Spanish multinational group Fluidra concludes a collaboration that has already begun a few months ago. While for The Faktory, a Liège-based incubator, it’s the first sussesful startup exit.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Funding, Growing on Aug 11, 2017
By adding Luxembourg to Payconiq’s international footprint, making and receiving payments will become a reality throughout the Benelux. "This is a great example of a Benelux partnership, laying a strong foundation for a European digital future in payments,” believes Duke Prins, CEO of Payconiq.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Funding, Growing on Aug 08, 2017
bpost strengthens its position in the sustainable and cold chain logistics with the acquisition of Bubble Post. No terms of the acquisition were disclosed.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Go Global, Insights, Going Global on Jul 20, 2017
The start-up scene in Hong Kong is still young and fragile, but local governments have created a new masterplan in which the city could become the San Francisco to Shenzhen’s Silicon Valley in the ‘Bay Area’ of the Pearl River Delta.
Read morePosted in Ecosystem, Policy, Going Global on Jul 18, 2017
Would you like to set up your own business? Do you want to try yourself as an entrepreneur to see if it is something for you? Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs is your chance to make it happen this summer!
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Funding on Jul 13, 2017
Hasselt-based startup Small Teaser raised €800K in its first capital round from LRM, The Co-Foundry, and several business angels for investing in R&D, marketing and expanding into the US market.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem on Jul 05, 2017
The Liege-based WSL-incubator, dedicated to engineering-minded startups, recently engaged in a new initiative that combines awareness-raising, training and testing activities as well as project development in the field of Internet of Things. Here’s the latest from Wallonia and Brussels, courtesy of ...
Read morePosted in Ecosystem, Insights, Experts, Funding, Starting Up, Fundraising on Jul 04, 2017
Execution is key for a young startup company that wants to raise money, argues Daan Moreels. In this column, Imec’s entrepreneur in residence gives some golden tips and tricks for young entrepreneurs that want to start a business.
Read morePosted in Ecosystem, Insights, Policy on Jul 03, 2017
What will our society look like in 10 years? How will data, algorithms and AI shape our economy? Policywise, what will be the focus points of the EU in the next generation of the Internet? Last week, the European Union took a new step towards addressing these and many more cross-disciplinary issues ...
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Funding on Jul 03, 2017
The Belgian 'food tech' startup APICBASE received €700.000 in a round led by BAN Vlaanderen. The funding will be used to accelerate growth and invest in European expansion.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Funding, Growing on Jun 28, 2017
The new funding secured from Pamica NV, the investment company of Michel Akkermans, should allow IntellectEU to lead the cutting-edge blockchain development and application.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Go Global, Going Global, Growing on Aug 30, 2017
A group of Belgian startups in food and agritech is travelling to Israel during the first week of September to get to know the local food tech scene, and to work together with some of the biggest food corporations in the world.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Funding, Growing on Aug 14, 2017
The Belgian vc pioneer Hummingbird Ventures brought together €80 million for a new fund run by Barend Van den Brande. It’s the third time that the archetypical Belgian vc raises money to invest in tech companies.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Funding on Aug 11, 2017
According to Frank Bekkers, CEO of Joyn, this capital round, led by KBC, ING and the publishing group Mediahuis, was “planned” in advance. The Brussels-based startup, that counts 1.6 million Belgian users, targets at reaching 3 million by the end of next year.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Funding on Jul 28, 2017
After winning over some strategic partnerships in Belgium, Opinum raises €1 million to back up its international growth. The new capital comes on top of €2 million raised previously and is led by SRIW Environnement, Sambrinvest, Inventures and Bruno Vanderschueren.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Going Global on Jul 18, 2017
SpotCrowd joins the Techstars Retail accelerator this summer in Minneapolis for 3 months of boosting their business, capped off by Demo Day on October 11th. "It’s a great honour! We are just the second Belgian startup admitted to Techstars," proudly says SpotCrowd co-founder Roderick Lindner.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Funding on Jul 14, 2017
With a fresh capital of $4M received from Arthur Ventures, DataCamp is moving more into the business e-learning sphere.
Read morePosted in Ecosystem, Insights, Experts on Jul 06, 2017
In this column, B-Hive founder Jurgen Ingels elaborates on the changes resulting from digital transformation, with a special focus on employee engagement. “It will be a passage into an era of greater time efficiency”, he believes.
Read morePosted in Ecosystem, Starting Up, Growing on Jul 05, 2017
Building on complementary innovation initiatives such as the Booster Programme and Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50, as of June Deloitte launches Innovation Fund to support 3 Belgian startups.
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