Belgium Startup Awards

71 startups! We're thrilled by the overwhelming response to the first Belgium Startup Awards. Now, they pitch live at A6K, BeCentral, La Grand Poste, The Beacon | Innovation Community and Wintercircus Ghent Tough choices ahead. Good luck to all! Stay tuned for updates. Let's scale it up! 👏 #startups #scaleups #buildingbridges

When dreams come true 🤩 Wintercircus Ghent BeCentral The Beacon | Innovation Community La Grand Poste and A6K Together The Belgium Startup Awards Selection Pitches are coming to YOU! 📍 Antwerpen 📍 Brussels 📍 Charleroi 📍 Ghent 📍 Liège We're partnering with key Tech Hubs across Belgium 🇧🇪 to bring the competition nationwide. This exciting partnership reinforces our commitment to connect, strengthen, and create value for the entire Belgian startup ecosystem. 💪 Tech Hubs are vital to our startup community. They provide essential physical spaces for startups to work, collaborate, network, and access resources. They also attract investors, mentors, corporations, and other key stakeholders, fostering growth and success. Each Tech Hub has its own unique focus, from business software and edtech to engineering sciences, and cultivates its own local community, network, and strategic partnerships. And we can testify, each is powered by a team of incredibly dedicated individuals 🤪, all committed to empowering entrepreneurs and helping them achieve their ambitious dreams! 🛸 We are so thankful to Charlene Crespel, Bruno Vandegehuchte and Louis Jonckheere, Inés Sylverans, Héloïse Devaux, Abd-Samad Habbachi and Valentine d'Hoffschmidt and their teams for hosting the BSA Selection Pitches 🙏 Application Deadline is this Friday 21!!!!  Only 10 slides. Crazy prizes. Everything’s possible 🚀 GO for it! Let's scale it up! 👏 #startups #scaleups #buildingbridges

This is for anyone: Raising funds, incentivizing key employees (ESOP), Facing gouvernance challenges, buying/selling a startup... Exciting news for Belgian startups! 🎉 We're thrilled to announce our key partnership with dups, legal, governance, and financial advisors who truly understand the startup journey. Whether you're just starting out, raising funds, or preparing for an exit, Dups has the expertise to guide you. Even better? The Belgium Startup Awards gold winners will receive FREE critical support hours from Dups! 🚀 A thriving startup ecosystem relies on strong service providers. Dups gets it. They speak the startup language, are efficient, solution-oriented, and know exactly what founders need. The Belgium Startup Awards are all about building bridges and fostering a collaborative environment. We believe that when entrepreneurs, investors, mentors, educational institutions, corporations, and government bodies work together, innovation flourishes. Thanks to the commitment and support of partners like Dups, we're making that vision a reality! 💪 Let's scale it up! 👏 #startups #scaleups #buildingbridges

Never seen before! Live Pitch Competition €100,000 Cash Prize for the Winner!!! We are delighted to share the: welovefounders & Friends Live Pitch 🏆 In addition to our regular Awards competition, we're excited to announce a Live Pitch event for select applicants. This exclusive opportunity will take place during our Awards Day, a full-day conference scheduled for Thursday, June 5th. 🗓️ Mark your calendars! This Live Pitch competition will offer participants exceptional visibility. Pitching in front of an anticipated audience of several hundred attendees at the Awards Day. Participants will also have the tremendous opportunity to present to a Live Pitch Jury composed of professional investors and angel investors. And eventually, the winner will have the chance to engage with jury members to negotiate an investment of up to €100,000 in their startup/scaleup. 🦈 Tank à la belgische saus! Do you know someone who should win this prize? Tag her/him in the comments 💬 You wanna win this prize? APPLY NOW: Belgium Startup Awards Let's scale it up! 👏 #startups #scaleups #buildingbridges

Third Sponsor and Prize announced! €95,000 👀 Worth of Advertising Space on La Libre La Libre is Belgium Startup Awards Media Partner! The La Libre Prize offers a unique chance to propel your startup into the spotlight. An opportunity to elevate your brand and reach a segmented audience in a prestigious newspaper! 🏅 Special B2B Prize: 40.000€ worth of advertising space in La Libre (paper and digital). For all: 🥇 7.500€ worth of advertising space + 3 months FREE Digital+ subscription. 🥈 3 months FREE Digital+ subscription. 🥉 3 months FREE Digital+ subscription. 👉 APPLY NOW: Belgium Startup Awards Let's scale it up! 👏 #startups #scaleups #buildingbridges

Second Sponsor and Prize announced! [€100,000 Media Campaign on JCDecaux] 👀 JCDecaux Belgium & Luxembourg is a platinum partner of the Belgium Startup Awards We're thrilled to count again on JCDecaux's commitment helping us to boost and to support startups in their growth journey 🚀 💰 A campaign worth €100,000 📸 Featured on the JCDecaux DOOH network 💪 Supported by a dedicated team to craft the media strategy and planning Unleash your startup's potential! The JCDecaux Belgium & Luxembourg Prize at the #1 Belgium Startup Awards offers an incredible opportunity: a chance to command attention across Belgium's digital landscape.  👉 APPLY NOW: Belgium Startup Awards Let's scale it up! 👏 #startups #scaleups #buildingbridges

First Sponsor and Prize announced! We're going BIG Key partner for starters & Cash prizes for winners 🧡 ING Belgium is a platinum partner of the Belgium Startup Awards And they got some AMAZING PRIZES 💸 for the winners (read until the end 👇). We're thrilled to announce ING Business Belgium as our key partner for the Belgium Startup Awards! Their deep roots in the Belgian economy make them the perfect fit to help us champion and support startups. We share a common goal of boosting these innovative businesses 🚀💰💰💰 and ING is demonstrating their commitment in a big way: they'll be offering the Awards winners banking accounts with a total to share of €8,000 in cash! This incredible opportunity will provide vital resources for any startup looking to grow. 👉 APPLY NOW: Belgium Startup Awards Let's scale it up! 👏 #startups #scaleups #buildingbridges

Another milestone Guess who’s our: 4th Ecosystem Partner 👀 BAM!, Start it X! At Start it X, they believe that innovation and growth are fundamental to any business. They harness that energy to take action and to find shortcuts. Based on the experience, expertise and network that includes 30+ industries, 1.600+ startups, 2.000+ entrepreneurs, almost 200 mentors and 40+ corporate partners, Start it X offers: ⚡️Start it Ventures Validate innovation in corporations and accelerate their (much needed) execution ⚡️Start it Expand Help international scaleups to expand and speed up their sales pipeline through business-focused linking ⚡️Start it Hubs Accommodate with offices in 6 locations ⚡️Start it Academy Share knowledge about innovation Thanks to Sophie Verhulst, Harold Roquet ... and the whole Team for your support 💪 Let's scale it up! 👏 #startups #scaleups #buildingbridges

Applications are now open 🚀 Here's The Season #1 for hunting the best startups in Belgium 🇧🇪 Just 10 slides! We made it extremely easy and simple for anyone to apply. All application's conditions are now live on the website. Go check it out 👀 Let's scale it up! 👏 #startups #scaleups #buildingbridges

🤫 Behind the scenes of our upcoming BIG ecosystem event. The first and unique Belgium Startup Awards! It's all coming together, one step at a time. Now visiting various locations for the Awards Day. A full day conference and awards ceremony 🎤 Funny that I bumped into Alain Heureux during that visit 😜 Excited to share more soon! Let's scale it up! 👏 #startups #scaleups #buildingbridges