{"id":14376,"date":"2026-04-09T17:59:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/?p=14376"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:25:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:25:54","slug":"het-forbes-startupnieuws-in-vlaanderen-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/het-forbes-startupnieuws-in-vlaanderen-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Het Forbes startupnieuws in Vlaanderen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Startups en scaleups vormen het kloppend hart van onze bedrijfswereld. Van The Beacon in Antwerpen tot het Wintercircus in Gent: Vlaanderen bruist van ondernemingszin. Forbes bundelt het belangrijkste startupnieuws van de afgelopen maand in \u00e9\u00e9n overzicht.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Europese romance tussen Aikido en Lovable<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/aikido.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/aikido.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/aikido-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/aikido-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/aikido-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/aikido-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/aikido-696x392.png 696w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/aikido-1068x601.png 1068w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/aikido-600x338.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wie een project bouwt in Lovable, kan sinds kort rekenen op de Gentse securityscaleup Aikido om het te beveiligen. Waar Lovable al een oplossing had die lekken in de code opspoorde, gaat Aikido een stap verder door aanvallen via AI-agenten te simuleren en zo zwakheden in de gebouwde app bloot te leggen. Met 25 miljoen gebouwde apps en dagelijks nog eens 100.000 nieuwe projecten, kunnen heel wat bouwers voordeel halen uit dit Europese partnerschap.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aikido.dev\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>www.aikido.dev<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Henchman-toppers lanceren nieuwe startup<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14381\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14381\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/backbone.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/backbone.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/backbone-300x240.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/backbone-1024x819.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/backbone-768x614.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/backbone-1536x1229.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/backbone-696x557.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/backbone-1068x854.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/backbone-1920x1536.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/backbone-600x480.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Backbone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Louis Opsomer en Siska Lannoo, beiden eerder actief in de internationale expansie bij Showpad en nadien in het managementteam bij Henchman, lanceren een nieuwe startup. Backbone is een AI-platform voor kwaliteit en compliance in de voedingsindustrie, waarmee kwaliteitsmanagers sneller en proactiever kunnen werken. De startup krijgt financi\u00eble steun van 100IN, het early stage fonds van serie-ondernemers Gilles Mattelin en Jorn Vanysacker.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usebackbone.ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.usebackbone.ai<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Uma Health schakelt versnelling hoger<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14378\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14378\" style=\"width: 756px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14378\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/uma-health.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"756\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/uma-health.jpg 756w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/uma-health-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/uma-health-696x633.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/uma-health-600x546.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Uma Health<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Het Gentse gezondheidsplatform Uma Health haalt 750.000 euro op om door te groeien naar 50.000 betalende gebruikers. Momenteel gebruiken 1.400 vrouwen de oplossing om hen te begeleiden tijdens de (peri)menopauze. In de Benelux kampen zo&#8217;n 2 miljoen vrouwen tussen 45 en 65 jaar met menopauzeklachten. &#8220;<em>Toch blijft dit vaak onderbelicht<\/em>&#8221; zegt medeoprichtster Ann Broch\u00e9.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umahealth.care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.umahealth.care<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Payflip breekt door in markt van maaltijdcheques<\/h2>\n<p>Al meer dan 15 jaar konden Belgische werkgevers kiezen uit slechts 3 aanbieders voor maaltijdcheques. Sinds kort worden die kaarten grondig herschud, dankzij het groene licht van de FOD Economie. Met meer dan 2.000 aangesloten bedrijven is de Brusselse scaleup Payflip \u00e9\u00e9n van de marktleiders op vlak van flexibel verlonen. &#8220;<em>Net als telecom en banken de voorbije jaren stappen hebben gezet naar digitale eenvoud, is het nu tijd dat ook maaltijdcheques mee evolueren<\/em>&#8221; aldus medeoprichtster Maura Nachtergaele.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/payflip.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>www.payflip.be<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Startups en scaleups vormen het kloppend hart van onze bedrijfswereld. Van The Beacon in Antwerpen tot het Wintercircus in Gent: Vlaanderen bruist van ondernemingszin. Forbes bundelt het belangrijkste startupnieuws van de afgelopen maand in \u00e9\u00e9n overzicht. 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