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Start it @KBC

Accelerator · Founded 2013 · Leuven, Belgium

#3 Investor Ranking 2026 Top 1% in Benelux

Business incubator supporting companies that address high-profile social issues

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564 Portfolio companies+167% in 5 years
2 Unicorns
575 Investments
May 2024 Last investment
01 · Biggest holdings

Start it @KBC’s biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies Start it @KBC still holds, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead. Dealroom has no parsed shareholder register for Start it @KBC, so the size of each stake isn’t shown.

#CompanyValuation
  1. 1 KeyrockUnicorn · Fintech · Belgium $1.1B
  2. 2 Loop EarplugsWellness Beauty · Belgium $4M

Unicorns and thoroughbreds Start it @KBC has backed and still holds, at Dealroom’s latest valuation. See the underlying shareholder registers on Dealroom →

02 · Portfolio analysis

Where Start it @KBC’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 564 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. Belgium637
  2. UK7
  3. USA7
  4. Netherlands3
  5. France2
  6. Luxembourg2
  7. Philippines2
  8. Portugal2
  9. Australia1
  10. Austria1
  11. Germany1
  12. Ireland1
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software71
  2. Food66
  3. Health58
  4. Transportation50
  5. Media44
  6. Energy43
  7. Marketing42
  8. Real Estate36
  9. Fintech34
  10. Home Living33
  11. Education31
  12. Fashion31
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed562
  2. Series A2
By growth stageCount
  1. Early Growth642
  2. Breakout Stage24
  3. Late Growth3
03 · Portfolio market map

Inside Start it @KBC’s portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 564 tracked.

Keyrock
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.1B
Soda
Security
$63M
Morrow
Health
$44M
SettleMint
Fintech
$70M
Topcompare.be
Fintech
$88M
Wheel the World
Travel
$44M
Hyperlane
Media
Luzmo
Media
$44M
Resortecs
Fashion
$26M
Winwinner
Fintech
$55M
Azumuta
Enterprise Software
$35M
Apolitical
Education
$12M
FibriCheck
Health
$40M
THEO Technologies
Media
$40M
OTIV
Transportation
$40M
Go Vocal
Media
$24M
Juunoo
Real Estate
$29M
trensition
Enterprise Software
$28M
Pulsify Medical
Health
$17M
QustomDot
Semiconductors
$12M
Sitemark
Energy
$22M
Phished
Security
Peerby
Marketing
$10M
Digiteal
Fintech
$3.6M
Apicbase
Food
$18M
Dripl
Food
$18M
LIFEPOWR
Energy
$25M
Byteflies
Health
$20M
Bingli
Health
$24M
Hoplr
Telecom
$11M
Ellio
Transportation
$22M
Deselect
Marketing
$22M
Pozyx
Engineering and Manufacturing Equipment
$11M
Textus
Belgium
$20M
Planet B
Wellness Beauty
$16M
DEO
Health
$16M
Climate Camp
Energy
$15M
PlugInvest
Energy
$18M
Watcherr
Health
$8.8M
Almacena Platform
Fintech
$15M
Bullswap BVBA
Real Estate
$8.8M
S-Biomedic
Health
$8.8M
Sweepatic
Security
$12M
ValCUN
Robotics
$6.6M
WeGroup
Fintech
$13M
Mealhero
Food
GARVIS
Enterprise Software
$14M
MyCellHub
Telecom
ZapFloorHQ
Jobs Recruitment
$9.2M
TripAdvisor
Travel · Unicorn
$1.3B
Chift
Fintech
$10M
Bao Living
Real Estate
$6.6M
Optiflux
Food
$11M
Sequesto
Security
$11M
POM
Fintech
$3.7M
Academic Labs
Health
Recovr
Fintech
$4.8M
Ethernetics
Enterprise Software
$2.6M
Effitrax
Fintech
$9.3M
Accurat
Marketing
$4.4M
04 · Portfolio founders

Where Start it @KBC’s portfolio founders come from.

198 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. Belgium173
  2. United States10
  3. Netherlands5
  4. Luxembourg4
  5. United Kingdom3
  6. France2
  7. Spain1
UniversityCount
  1. KU Leuven62
  2. Ghent University36
  3. Vlerick Business School19
  4. University of Antwerp14
  5. Vrije Universiteit Brussel12
  6. UCLouvain11
  7. Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven7
  8. Hogeschool Gent6
  9. Thomas More University of Applied Sciences4
  10. University of Namur4
Previous companyCount
  1. Fortis Bank France7
  2. Ghent University7
  3. KU Leuven7
  4. Deloitte6
  5. Materialise6
  6. ClearCarbon5
  7. Proximus5
  8. Degroof Petercam4
  9. Playandgold4
  10. Unilever4
05 · Similar investors

Similar investors.

Peers the API surfaces as most similar by portfolio shape, with Dealroom investor rank and portfolio scale.

Bpifrance
Sovereign Wealth Fund · Maisons-Alfort
#94 rank 1,363 companies $165B portfolio
Techstars
Accelerator · New York City
#855 rank 2,278 companies $249B portfolio
Y Combinator
Accelerator · San Francisco
#62 rank 7,127 companies $1.9T portfolio
MassChallenge
Accelerator · Boston
#10,963 rank 1,065 companies $20B portfolio
Plug and Play
Venture Capital · Sunnyvale
#410 rank 1,576 companies $290B portfolio
Antler
Accelerator · Singapore
#1,199 rank 2,027 companies $22B portfolio
Enterprise Ireland
Other · Dublin
#1,494 rank 840 companies $140B portfolio
Eurazeo
Private Equity · Paris
#97 rank 375 companies $159B portfolio
06 · Key people

Key people at Start it @KBC.

Jan Meester
Jan Meester
Founder
 Katrien Dewijngaert
Katrien Dewijngaert
Founder
 Jim Nkolo
Jim Nkolo
CRO
Source: Dealroom next-gen API — investor team endpoint.