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BAN Flanders, over 26 years of matching capital-seeking startups & scaleups with private investors (business angels)! BAN Flanders is an experienced business angel network in Flanders to cover Belgian and cross-border investment. A platform with added value for starting and upscaling entrepreneurs searching for capital. Through matchmaking and deal guiding, companies raise capital combined with the business angels' know-how, experience and network. We offer services for both companies as private investors. www.ban.be dealguiding, fundraising, networking, investment management, international funding, and business angels

Our Vision : We have High Standards - We Build Companies - We have Impact Kurma Partners is a key European venture capital group specialized in healthcare, with €470 million under management, with two dedicated franchises : Kurma Biofund focused on therapeutic (current active fund KBIII) and Kurma Diagnostics focused on diagnostic and digital health (current active fund Kurma Dx2). Biotechnology, Lifesciences, Drug Development, Technology transfer, Rare diseases, Digital Healh, Diagnostics, and Medtech

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

Leading growth platform in Belgium that connects Europe's most promising startups and scale-ups Startups.be & scale-ups.eu joined forces in 2018 to solidify our offering for the Belgian tech ecosystem at large. Together, we are the top-of-mind time squeezer for tech entrepreneurs. We enable the most promising high-tech scale-ups and startups to grow faster and promote the Belgian tech & innovation industry. We pride ourselves in being the leading growth platform in Belgium that connects Europe's most promising startups and scale-ups with our network of deep pocket investors, corporate buyers, global partners and relevant stakeholders to fast track innovation and collaboration …

We offer financing solutions for the creation and growth of your business. The Noshaq group contributes to the development and economic redeployment of the province of Liège by ensuring long -term financing of business projects. Our holding company has ensured a specific place in the Liège financial landscape, with an intervention technique based mainly on the equity in the capital, has been made in more than 20 years. Noshaq, Invest and reference fund management company, currently maintains 460+SMEs and regional interest projects.

Imec is a world-leading R&D and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies. At imec, we shape the future by enabling nano- and digital technology innovation that enhances quality of life—together with partners from the industry, government, and academia. Our R&D is built on three core pillars: - a unique 2.5-billion-euro 300mm semiconductor pilot line - over 6,000 colleagues from around the world - an ecosystem of 600+ world-leading industry partners and a global academic network Since 1984, imec quickly made its name as the leading research hub for advanced CMOS scaling and continues to set the course for the …

Innovation with heart Inspired by a passion for technology and engineering, Melexis designs, develops and delivers innovative micro-electronic solutions. They enable designers to turn ideas into applications that support the best imaginable future. The company’s advanced mixed-signal semiconductor sensors and actuators integrate sensing, driving and communication into next-generation products and systems. They improve safety, raise efficiency, support sustainability and enhance comfort. Melexis is a world leader in automotive sensors. Today, on average, every new car produced worldwide contains 18 Melexis chips. Melexis uses this expertise to serve other markets as well: alternative mobility, smart appliances, smart buildings, robotics, energy management …

A 100%-no-strings-attached startup accelerator. Mission-driven & always supporting courageous entrepreneurs. Join us! Start it @KBC supports and promotes innovative and scalable entrepreneurship and, with over 1000 startups, is Belgium's largest startup community. To achieve this, the community concludes partnerships with organizations and companies that adopt the same pay-it-forward mentality. This way, Start it @KBC is building an ecosystem and a dynamic network of startups, scale-ups, incubators, accelerators, mentors, VCs, supporting partners and strategic partners. Start it @KBC is constantly reshaping, expanding and improving its offering in co-creation with the startups. The community has hubs in Antwerp, Ghent, Hasselt, Leuven, Kortrijk, …

Tesla’s mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy. Our mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy. With global temperatures rising, the faster we free ourselves from fossil fuel reliance and achieve a zero-emission future, the better. In pursuit of this mission, we make electric vehicles that are not just great EVs, but the best cars, period. We also produce and install infinitely scalable clean energy generation and storage products that help our customers further decrease their environmental impact. When it comes to achieving our goals, we pride ourselves in accomplishing what others deem impossible. …

Sectors: Automobile