#BETECH STARTUPS

Sample Size

1000 STARTUPS

TYPE MATURITY

BY PROVINCE BY REGION

TOP 10 INDUSTRIES TOP 5 INVESTMENTS IN 2014 FOUNDING YEAR

STARTUPS WITH FOREIGN BRANCHES

B2B 72%

B2C 28%

51%

33%

37% 8% 3%

Startup Scaleup Deadpool Acquired

1. AdTech2. Manufacturing3. HealthTech4. FinTech5. HRTech

1. Amplidata €14.9M2. Odoo €7.4M3. Showpad €6.8M4. Unified Post €6M5. Cartagenia €4.2M

Flanders 50%

Brussels 33%

Wallonia 17%

6. Mobility7. EdTech8. MICE9. MusicTech10. Retail

TOP 10 STARTUP CITIES

1. Brussels2. Antwerp3. Ghent4. Leuven5. Hasselt

6. Liège7. Louvain-la-Neuve8. Namur9. Kortrijk10. Wavre

*Counting for 54% of total *Counting for 39% of total investments

(Brussels)

16%

Antwerp

13%

East Flanders

10%

Flemish Brabant

6%

Walloon Brabant

6%

Limburg

5%

West Flanders

5%

Liège

3%

Hainaut

2%

Namur

1%

Luxembourg

1981 2014

49,000JOBS CREATED

More than

TOP 3 DOMAINS USEDUNIVERSITY SPIN-OFFS

9%

BVBA / SPRL NV / SA Others

54% 43% 3%

Omar Mohout - © Sirris 2015

LEGAL SETUP

31%

USA

11%

France

11%

Netherlands

7%

UK

4%

Luxembourg

UGent 20%

KUL 18%

ULB 16%

UA 15%

VUB 12%

ULG 10%

Others 8%

.com 57%

.be 28%

.eu 5%