Posted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Experts, Funding, Starting Up, Fundraising on Nov 26, 2018
For its seventh edition, Belgium’s leading startup conference Tech Startup Day is being revamped and changes its name into ‘The Big Squeeze’. Powered by Startups.be and Scale-Ups.eu, the one-day inspiration and networking conference positions itself as Belgium’s key event on time squeezing for start...
Read morePosted in Startup News, Insights, Funding, Starting Up on Oct 25, 2018
What support measures does an ambitious startup or entrepreneur need to be able to enter into the scale-up phase sooner? What common mistakes can be avoided? And, how does he select companies to invest in? Investor and face behind Clear2Pay and Scaleups.eu ,Jurgen Ingels gives all his insights and s...
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Insights, Starting Up on Oct 04, 2018
How can startups really act customer oriented? When and how do you have to invest in your customer? Leslie Cottenjé founder of Hello Customer, answers all these questions while explaining how her own scale-up Hello Customer works.
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, Starting Up on Jan 29, 2018
Faqbot, creator of a new automated, personalized chatbot platform, has announced a seed round of €340,000 led by influential Belgian business angels. Launched in 2017, Faqbot enables companies to build an automated helper bot - chatbot - quickly, easily and cost-effectively, without coding.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Go Global, Insights, Experts, Funding, Starting Up, Going Global, Growing, Fundraising on Dec 20, 2017
While a growing number of Belgian startups are successful in Belgium and abroad, a study conducted by Telenet and Startups.be reveals that half of the media and entertainment startups in our country don’t grow fast enough.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Go Global, Funding, Starting Up, Going Global, Growing, Fundraising on Dec 14, 2017
OTA Insight, the data intelligence platform for the hotel industry, has announced a new capital round of $ 20 million in growth financing. The capital round was led by Eight Roads Ventures, alongside F-Prime Capital Partners and previous investors in the company.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Go Global, Funding, Starting Up, Growing, Fundraising on Dec 14, 2017
Ticto, a Belgian pioneer in security wearables, announced the closing of a 1.7 million euros funding round. In combination with the conversion of bonds issued end 2015, this results in a total capital increase of 5.5 million euros. The company plans to use the funding to expand product development a...
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, 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, Insights, Policy, Starting Up on Nov 20, 2018
A New Declaration signed by organisations representing startups in Central and Eastern European Union Member States and the Western Balkans outlines concrete commitments to boost the regional growth potential of the regions and its entrepreneurs.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Insights, Policy, Funding, Starting Up on Oct 05, 2018
Ghent, 4 October 2018 - Ghent-based WinWinner, which specializes in guiding companies in their search for growth financing, has reached the sum of 10 million euros in raised financing for entrepreneurs in September. Flemish growth companies can’t or don’t always want to approach their bank when the...
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, Policy, Experts, Starting Up, Growing on Jan 31, 2018
Three years ago, Startups.be engaged in a European initiative dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship for first-time entrepreneurs and for those who are experienced and would enjoy getting fresh insights into their businesses.The journey has come to an end, but what a ride it was!
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Go Global, Experts, Funding, Starting Up, Going Global, Growing, Fundraising on Jan 15, 2018
Six months after its launch, Forest Admin has closed a 3 million euro round to accelerate the technological and international development of its admin-as-a-service interface for businesses. The round is co-led by Connect Ventures and Xavier Niel, with the participation of Taavet Hinrikus (CEO of Tra...
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