Posted in Startup News, Go Global, Failing Forward, Funding, Going Global, Growing, Fundraising on Jul 18, 2018
The two-and-a-half-year-old Antwerp start-up June Energy announces a new capital round of 2.1 million euro. Some 5000 customers already use the technology to switch regularly to a cheaper energy supplier.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Insights, Experts, Going Global, Growing on Jul 03, 2018
MY-GATEWAY holds an open application to give away free Web Summit tickets to ten startups based in or focused on Central Eastern European countries until July 20th.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Go Global, Funding on Jun 13, 2018
Software AG announced its acquisition of the Belgian data analytics scale-up TrendMiner for an undisclosed amount. Founded in 2008 and based in Hasselt, TrendMiner specializes in visual data analytics for the manufacturing and process industry and will complement Software AG’s Internet of Things (Io...
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Insights, Going Global on May 29, 2018
One of the leading IoT startups from Belgium, Rombit has been awarded as the ‘Most Innovative International Startup of 2018’ at Bridge SF held in San Francisco recently.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Funding, Growing, Fundraising on May 29, 2018
What do Front, Aircall, Slite, Station, Forest and Spendesk have in common? All 6 were created by the startup studio eFounders, and all 6 have raised a total of $120M in funding since January.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Insights, Starting Up, Going Global, Growing, Fundraising on May 24, 2018
Choosing the Brussels region as the place to launch your startup has its pro’s and con’s, but pro’s definitely beat con’s. A new study conducted by Startups.be and the Brussels region reveals that the 75% of the local founders would recommend their friends to create their startup in Brussels.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Insights, Experts, Growing on Apr 17, 2018
The City of Antwerp, Startups.be and partners such as EY, Port of Antwerp, Synergrid and Digipolis join forces to organize the third edition of Antwerp Startup Fair, the job fair for anyone interested in buying from or working for a startup.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Funding, Going Global on Apr 04, 2018
Hasselt-based startup UgenTec closes a €7.5million funding round to scale its DNA analysis software, access new markets and recruit talent. The round was raised by existing shareholders, management and investment firm LRM.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Insights, Policy, Growing on Mar 19, 2018
Startups.be proudly becomes “Startup Europe Ambassador” in Belgium. The Startup Europe Ambassadors are a group of key influencers in the European startup ecosystems to provide information and advice about the European Commission's Startup Europe initiative. The objective is to democratise the startu...
Read morePosted on Mar 15, 2018
Spencer has been awarded as ‘Startup of the Year’ during Tech Startup Day in Brussels. Best scale-up is 3D software builder Twikit. Becycled gets the award for Student Startup of the Year, while Find.me is the most Disruptive Startup. The Tech for Good Award, that was handed out for the first time, ...
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Insights on Mar 15, 2018
Startups.be launches a brand-new job platform that intelligently links jobseekers and startups looking for talent. “Being able to attract talent is one of the big difficulties that our startups face”, says Jan Bormans of Startups.be. “With our new job platform, we tackle this problem.”
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Go Global, Insights, Policy, Experts, Starting Up, Growing on Mar 08, 2018
Haven't you put Tech Startup Day on your calendar yet? We suggest you better do it quickly. With exactly 1 week to go until Tech Startup Day, the anticipation is growing for Belgium's leading startup conference!
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Going Global on Jul 06, 2018
Faqbot has launched a newly redesigned platform to support its international growth.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Go Global, Insights, Going Global on Jun 21, 2018
BESIX Group is well aware that innovation, especially open innovation, is now a strategic issue. By creating its Accelerator, the Belgian Group has taken a new step towards greater openness and diversification, both upstream and downstream of the construction process itself.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Go Global, Going Global on Jun 08, 2018
IPee, an Antwerp manufacturer of innovative sensor technology for the sanitary world, launches in China.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Insights, Going Global, Growing on May 29, 2018
After six years of successful growth in Belgium, RetailSonar is ready to conquer the European market, starting from the Netherlands.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Insights, Experts on May 28, 2018
Environmental issues are one of the main challenges facing the world. The EU has adopted different measures to improve energy efficiency in Europe and set itself a 20% energy savings target by 2020. Startups are at the forefront of these changes. Startups.be and a group of international energy and e...
Read morePosted on May 07, 2018
During the ‘Sustainable Technology for Africa’-event in Leuven, three African start-ups (with Belgian links) were crowned. They enjoy further support and receive a social loan up to €100.000. This event was created by Ondernemers voor Ondernemers in cooperation with Thomas More, VITO and the African...
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Insights, Policy, Funding, Growing on Apr 12, 2018
The European Commission and the European Investment Fund (EIF) have launched a Pan-European Venture Capital Funds-of-Funds programme (VentureEU) to boost investment in innovative startups and scale-ups across Europe.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Insights, Going Global on Mar 21, 2018
Three of Belgium’s most exciting and innovative start-ups crowned winners at this year’s UK Digital Pitching Competition.
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