Put your money where the unfair advantage is.

Our startup studio model is designed to mitigate a startup's typical reasons for failure. Studio-born startups are 4 times more likely to succeed, and do so in half the time it takes traditional startups.

Defeating the startup odds

53% average IRR

The average Internal Rate of Return (IRR) for studio-born startups is 53%, while traditional VC-funded startups typically see an IRR of 21%.

Success rate x4

Combining experienced founders, reusable learnings and objective selection criteria, gives each new startup a significantly higher chance of success.

25 months to series A

Traditional startups typically take 56 months to reach series A. Studio-born startups reach that milestone in 25 months, on average.

Our building thesis

Care & HR

To optimise cross-fertilisation between our startups, industry partners and investors, we focus on 2 two industries that we truly understand: Care & HR

Impact focus

We focus on startups committed to making a positive social or environmental impact, while being profitable and robust over a long period.

Digital & scalable

We specialise in startups with digital technology at its core and a large addressable market. Both elements are foundations for the scalability of each startup.

For investors

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We are currently looking for foundational investors to accelerate the growth of our startup studio as a whole. If you wish to receive the investor deck, give us a sign.

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We are regularly looking for investors (private or institutional) to fund individual startups at different stages. Stay informed of future opportunities by sending us your information.

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Meet our team

François Gerard

Co-Founder & Business lead

François is an economist turned startup founder/mentor/board member. He takes the lead on the business aspects of all ventures. From business modelling to financial planning. From strategy to partnership building. In 2017 he founded Helpper, the largest home assistance platform in Belgium. Helpper provides 700.000 hours of home assistance every year to the elderly and people with a disability. It was honoured with several awards, ‘Care Entrepreneur of the year’ (2017), ‘Radical Innovator Award’ (2019) and ‘Startup of the Year’ (2020).

Dimitri Allaert

Co-Founder & Market validation lead

Dimitri has an academic background in medical engineering and extensive professional experience in the pharmaceutical industry. In 2018, he decided to pursue his entrepreneurial dream and founded BUFFL, a two-sided market research platform that allows companies to gather data within minutes. Under Dimitri's leadership as Founder, BUFFL grew to a successful company with a team of 20 employees. The platform has become a trusted solution for many innovative organisations seeking to quickly test assumptions. Dimitri's passion for building purpose-driven startups was sparked during his 2021 sabbatical after leaving BUFFL, when he had the opportunity to travel, mentor several startups, and engage with entrepreneurs, ultimately co-creating Leap Factory.

Pieter Moeremans

Co-founder & Tech lead

Starting with a degree in commercial engineering, Pieter discovered his passion lied with the technological side of building ventures. After having worked in a variety of roles within the SaaS scale-up Connecting-Expertise, he launched his own venture, plannr.eu, in 2017. In his quest for efficient development of digital solutions, Pieter became a respected expert in low code/no code development. He founded the no code startup studio Build-More in 2020, and Is President of ‘No Code Belgium’.