STARTUP ECOSYSTEM 2015

Omar Mohout

+3,000 STARTUPS

49,000 JOBS CREATED

More than

Reality check

No new factories with 10,000 employees will open their doors in

Belgium any more

Innovative and creative technology startups are not labor intensive, in

average they employ 15 people

TYPE

B2B

B2C

69%

31%

GENT

B2B

B2C

80%

20%

GENT

1. AdTech

2. HealthTech

3. Manufacturing

4. Telecom

5. GeoTech

6. HRTech

7. FinTech

8. Utilities

9. Gaming

10. MediaTech

Counting for 50% of total

TOP 10 INDUSTRIES

1. AdTech

2. Manufacturing

3. HealthTech

4. FinTech

5. HRTech

6. MediaTech

7. Mobility

8. EdTech

9. Security

10. MICE

Counting for 44% of total

MATURITY

49%

Startup

37%

Scaleup

8%

Deadpool

6%

Acquired

51% 34% 6% 9%

FOUNDING YEAR

1981 2014

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BY PROVINCE

29% 17% 14% 11%

(Brussels) Antwerp East Flanders Flemish Brabant

7% 6% 5% 5%

Walloon Brabant Limburg West Flanders Liège

3% 2% 0%

Hainaut Namur Luxembourg

BY REGION TOP 10 STARTUP CITIES

1. Brussels

2. Antwerp

3. Ghent

4. Leuven

5. Hasselt

6. Liège

7. Louvain-la-Neuve

8. Mechelen

9. Kortrijk

10. Mons

Flanders 53%

Brussels 29%

Wallonia 18%

UNIVERSITY SPIN-OFFS

8%

22% KUL

19% UGent

14% ULB

13% UA

11% VUB

10% ULG

11% Others