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Karen Boers, Startups.beFront runners in the global village
Once most of us were self employed
Then it became global business
To grow into a global village
#BETECH STARTUPS2015
Omar Mohout & Karen Boers
+3,000 STARTUPS
49,000JOBS CREATED
More than
BELGIUM
B2B
B2C
69%
31%
TOP 10 INDUSTRIES
1. AdTech
2. Manufacturing
3. HealthTech
4. FinTech
5. HRTech
6. Mobility
7. EdTech
8. MICE
9. MusicTech
10. Retail
*Counting for 54% of total
BELGIUM
47% 39% 8% 6%
Startup Scaleup Deadpool Acquired
ECOSYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS
STARTUPS ONLY
1. Brussels: 29%
2. Antwerp: 12%
3. Ghent: 10%
4. Leuven: 4%
5. Liège: 3%
Counting for 59% of total
SCALEUPS ONLY
1. Brussels: 21%
2. Ghent: 8%
3. Leuven: 7%
4. Antwerp: 7%
5. LLN: 5%
Counting for 47% of total
ECOSYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS
ACQUISITIONS ONLY
1. Leuven: 19%
2. Brussels: 16%
3. Ghent: 12%
4. Hasselt: 7%
5. Kortrijk/Lochristi/Liège/Antwerp: 4%
Counting for 68% of total
AVERAGE EMPLOYEES PER COMPANY
1. Leuven: 33
2. LLN: 32
3. Liège: 22
4. Brussels: 20
5. Ghent: 18
ECOSYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS
AVERAGE FOUNDING YEAR
1. Leuven: 2006
2. Hasselt: 2007
3. Brussels: 2008
4. Ghent: 2009
5. Antwerp: 2010
INTERNATIONALISATION
1. Ghent: 17%
2. Leuven: 16%
3. Hasselt: 15%
4. Antwerp: 11%
5. Brussel: 8%
Belgium average = 11%
VENTURE CAPITAL
2013
1. Ghent: € 9M (26%)
2. St.-M-Latem: € 9M (26%)
3. Hasselt: € 6M (18%)
4. Lochristi: € 5M (14%)
5. Leuven: € 3M (8%)
Total = € 33M
2014
1. Lochristi: € 20M (23%)
2. Brussels: € 19M (23%)
3. Leuven: € 17M (20%)
4. Ghent: € 12M (14%)
5. Antwerp: € 2M (2%)
Total = € 86M (of € 100M)
2015
1. Leuven: € 77M (33%)
2. Brussels: € 56M (24%)
3. Antwerp: € 26M (11%)
4. Ghent: € 24M (10%)
5. Hasselt: € 7M (3%)
Total = € 233M
STARTUPS WITH FOREIGN BRANCHES
31% 11% 11% 7%
USA FranceNetherlands UK
4%
Luxembourg
So what did/do we do ?
www.startups.be
ONE-STOP-SHOP & MATCHMAKER
- Access to customers & partners
- Access to coaching & experts- Access to investors- Access to startups &
innovation- International Go-to-Market
CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
- Data insights & Research- Access to experts (speakers,
mentors & jury members)
- Startup Voice in Policy Making
A one-stop-shop on #betech
STARTUPS.BE COMMUNITY:• 1000+ #BeTech startups• 100+ #BeTech enablers• 400+ investors• 10+ corporate innovators• 75.000+ online engagers
PARTNERING WITH:• Policy makers at all levels• Startup nations all over the world
Connecting the dots…Sign up and…• Get Visibility & Tailored
information
• Connect with investors, partners and more!
• Register NOW AT datascouts booth
Go to -> data.startups.be
Go global2015 track record:• 72 startups took the leap• With 40+ B2B meetings/startup on
average• 25+ pitches on main stages• 45+ (inter)national press articlesPrize Winners:• neoScores (Gustav) • Teamleader • Turbulent • Bart De Wever
Go to > startups.be/go-global
Go gloal• Take your startup to the
international arena
• Join our delegations traveling to worldwide tech hubs!
Go to -> startups.be/go-global
www.startupmanifesto.be Launched: 12 March 2015
Impact so far…• Digital Belgium: Startup Plan• City of Antwerp: buy from startups @ ACPAAS• FEDICT: buy from startups & open data• EU Startup Manifesto Movement & European
Startup Network launched with Belgium as best practice
• Press attention (#BeProud) in mainstream press for startup & entrepreneur stories
• Work-in-progress: procurement framework
Go to -> www.startupmanifesto.be
So what’s next?
Join the startup manifesto movement• Share your ideas & views. Tell us how the
manifesto helped you!
• Let us know what should be the next step – 2 month sprints per topic:
Use -> #bestartupmanifesto
• March-April: Startup Inc• May-June: Buy from Startups• Sept-Oct: Educate & Cultivate• Nov-Dec: Pay if Forward• Jan-Feb: #BE Proud
SHARE YOUR PROPOSALS
JOIN OUR TASK FORCES
HELP US CROWD-FUND
Go to -> https://opencollective.com/bestartupmanifesto
Open Collective by @xdamman
www.europeanstartups.org
Main goals of the network:
• Benchmarking & sharing of best practices• Data Analytics & Research• Joint international go-to-market for European startups
Founding members :• Austrian Startups• Beta-i Association (Portugal)• German Startups Association• Italia Startup• Spanish Startup Association • Startup Britain• Startup Cyprus
• Startup Delta• Startup Estonia• Startup Ireland• Startup Norway• Startup Poland• Startups.be (Belgium)• Swedish Startup Association
European startup network
Study, nurture and grow the ecosystem …
Grow the international footprint …
Grow access to customers & experts …
Grow access to & success rate with investors …
With a Kick-Ass to make it happen !!!
Karen Boers Thibaut Claes
Laura Ortiz
Gabriela Fernandez
Philippe Rangoni Yeri TieteYonca Braeckman
Diana Pati
Nataliya Tkachenko
NaïriBonte
Anaïs Bouzidi
Marleen Heyndrickx
YoshiJanssens
And thanks to our many Supporters & Sponsors
… and ALL of our COMMUNITY PARTNERS & AMBASSADORS !