1) EIT Digital Accelerator
EIT Digital Accelerator is designed for digital deep-tech scaleups in Europe that want to grow internationally.
Details of the startup:
- City: Brussels
- Started in: 2010
- Industries: Digital DeepTech
- Number of investments: 237
- Number of exits: 34
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 48
You can find their website here.
2) European Innovation Council
The European Innovation Council (EIC) supports innovations that have the potential to be used all over the world.
Details of the startup:
- City: Brussels
- Started in: 1957
- Industries: AI, HealthTech, Life Sciences
- Number of investments: 89
- Number of exits: 2
You can find their website here.
3) Digital Attraxion
Digital Attraxion is a digital startups accelerator that helps projects find their value proposition and raise their first round of funding by giving them coaching, networking, and money.
Details of the startup:
- City: Charleroi
- Started in: 2016
- Industries: Consumer, Travel, Hospitality Tech
- Number of investments: 52
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 26
You can find their website here.
4) imec.xpand
imec.xpand is a value-add venture capital fund that is run by its own team and focuses on hardware-based innovations in nanotechnology.
Details of the startup:
- City: Leuven
- Industries: Nanotechnology
- Number of investments: 14
You can find their website here.
5) imec.istart
imec.istart gives tech startups pre-seed funding and customised help to succeed and grow globally.
Details of the startup:
- City: Gent
- Started in: 2011
- Industries: Software, Hardware, DeepTech, Shallowtech
- Number of investments: 13
You can find their website here.
6) imec
Imec makes it possible for nanotechnology and digital technology to be improved in ways that have a big effect on the quality of life.
Details of the startup:
- City: Leuven
- Started in: 1982
- Founders: Roger Van Overstraeten
- Industries: Healthcare, Clean Energy
- Number of investments: 09
You can find their website here.
7) Climate-KIC Accelerator London
ClimAccelerator is a global program that gives start-ups the tools they need to come up with new climate solutions, make them more effective, and scale.
Details of the startup:
- City: Brussels
- Started in: 2010
- Industries: Cleantech, Climate, Agriculture, Transportation, Logistic, Clean City, Sustainability
- Number of investments: 08
- Number of exits: 1
You can find their website here.
8) Novalis Biotechnology Incubation
Novalis Biotech Incubation is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in companies that work in biotechnology and the life sciences.
Details of the startup:
- City: Gent
- Started in: 2018
- Founders: Jan Berghe, Wim van Criekinge
- Industries: Life Sciences, Healthcare
- Number of investments: 03
You can find their website here.
9) FF2032
FF2032 is a Corporate Venture Capital Fund run by Lotus Bakeries. It invests in later-stage food-related businesses.
Details of the startup:
- City: Lembeke
- Started in: 2019
- Industries: Food, Beverages, FoodTechnology, Sustainability
- Number of investments: 02
You can find their website here.
10) BlueHealth Innovation Center
The goal of the BlueHealth Innovation Center is to help the digital transformation of healthcare by coming up with new ways to use technology. They encourage young people to start businesses in HealthTech.
Details of the startup:
- City: Genk
- Industries: HealthTech
- Number of investments: 02
You can find their website here.
11) BlockIS
The goal of the new BlockIS acceleration program is to build an open, cross-border, and cross-sectoral innovation ecosystem that people can work together on.
Details of the startup:
- City: Brussels
- Industries: Blockchain
- Number of investments: 02
You can find their website here.
12) PARSEC Accelerator
The goal of PARSEC Accelerator is to give start-ups and SMEs the tools they need to create and sell new products and services based on Earth Observation (EO).
Details of the startup:
- City: Brussels
- Started in: 2019
- Industries: Food, Energy, Environment
- Number of investments: 02
You can find their website here.
13) The Birdhouse
Birdhouse is a start-up accelerator that helps startups grow by giving them growth programs that are made just for them on their way to becoming big.
Details of the startup:
- City: Gent
- Founders: Henri Jacobs
- Industries: Industry Agnostic
- Number of investments: 01
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 24
You can find their website here.
14) Lab Box
Lab Box is a Belgian startup studio that focuses on how people will move around in the future.
Details of the startup:
- City: Brussels
- Started in: 2017
- Industries: Mobility
- Number of investments: 01
You can find their website here.
15) Defiants
Defiants is a not-for-profit community accelerator and aggregator that connects DeFi companies with communities.
Details of the startup:
- City: Antwerpen
- Started in: 2018
- Industries: Web3
- Number of investments: 01
You can find their website here.
16) Boot Ventures
Boot Ventures is a startup studio and seed stage venture capital company based in Brussels that focuses on solving real-world problems with technology.
Details of the startup:
- City: Brussels
- Started in: 2010
- Founders: Laurent Van Winckel, Prameya Bhandari
- Industries: Consumer Goods, Consumer Services, Information Technology, Big Data, SaaS, IoT, AI, Cleantech
You can find their website here.
17) Ubiz Accelerator
Ubiz is a tech-focused corporate finance boutique for start-ups in mainland Europe and Africa in their early stages.
Details of the startup:
- City: Brussels
- Industries: Tech, Agro-Industry, MedTech, Biotech, Retail, Telco, Infrastructures, FinTech, Mobility, Hospitality
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 22
You can find their website here.
18) Test Farms
EIT Food is in charge of the world's largest and most active group of people working to improve food.
Details of the startup:
- City: Leuven
- Industries: Food, Technology, AgTechnology, Aquaculture, Nutrition, Education
You can find their website here.
19) B-Sprouts
B-Sprouts is an international incubator and accelerator for entrepreneurs and start-ups in the areas of IoT.
Details of the startup:
- City: Brussels
- Industries: Education, Ecommerce, Technology
You can find their website here.
20) REAKTOR #3
The Reaktor Program is an acceleration program that doesn't require you to give up any equity.
Details of the startup:
- City: Namur
- Industries: Industry Agnostic
You can find their website here.