#BETECH STARTUPS
Sample Size
1000STARTUPS
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. AdTech
2. Manufacturing
3. HealthTech
4. FinTech
5. HRTech
1. Amplidata €14.9M
2. Odoo €7.4M
3. Showpad €6.8M
4. Unified Post €6M
5. Cartagenia €4.2M
Flanders 50%
Brussels 33%
Wallonia 17%
6. Mobility
7. EdTech
8. MICE
9. MusicTech
10. Retail
TOP 10 STARTUP CITIES
1. Brussels
2. Antwerp
3. Ghent
4. Leuven
5. Hasselt
6. Liège
7. Louvain-la-Neuve
8. Namur
9. Kortrijk
10. 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
49,000
JOBS 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%

Infograph sirris

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    #BETECH STARTUPS Sample Size 1000STARTUPS TYPEMATURITY 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. AdTech 2. Manufacturing 3. HealthTech 4. FinTech 5. HRTech 1. Amplidata €14.9M 2. Odoo €7.4M 3. Showpad €6.8M 4. Unified Post €6M 5. Cartagenia €4.2M Flanders 50% Brussels 33% Wallonia 17% 6. Mobility 7. EdTech 8. MICE 9. MusicTech 10. Retail TOP 10 STARTUP CITIES 1. Brussels 2. Antwerp 3. Ghent 4. Leuven 5. Hasselt 6. Liège 7. Louvain-la-Neuve 8. Namur 9. Kortrijk 10. 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 49,000 JOBS 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%