Posted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Go Global, Starting Up, Going Global on Sep 06, 2017
The Israeli healthcare start-up Best Brain wins the Antwerp pitch competition at the DLD Festival in Tel Aviv. BestBrain develops ‘neurofeedback headsets’ which can be used at home without doctor supervision.
Read morePosted in Startup News, Ecosystem, Funding on Aug 31, 2017
Elium, the collaborative platform for knowledge-based organisations, announces the closing of a €4 million funding round. The Series A round is led by Serena Capital in collaboration with S.R.I.W, a historical investor who has renewed its trust in Elium (formerly known as Knowledge Plaza).
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, 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, 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 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 Sep 04, 2017
Currently, C-mine Crib incubator is home to 50 companies. With additional facilities, this number is expected to double. Anniek Nagels, the chairperson of C-mine Crib, claims, "We aim for 100 companies by 2020!”
Read morePosted 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.
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