Posted 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 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 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, 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.
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