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 !