{"id":14680,"date":"2026-05-06T10:24:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/?p=14680"},"modified":"2026-05-06T10:38:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:38:53","slug":"het-forbes-startupnieuws-in-vlaanderen-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/het-forbes-startupnieuws-in-vlaanderen-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Het Forbes startupnieuws in Vlaanderen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><strong>Startups en scaleups<\/strong> vormen het kloppend hart van onze bedrijfswereld. Van The Beacon in Antwerpen tot het Wintercircus in Gent: <strong>Vlaanderen<\/strong> bruist van ondernemingszin. Forbes bundelt het belangrijkste <strong>startupnieuws<\/strong> van de afgelopen maand in \u00e9\u00e9n overzicht.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>Gilles Mattelin en Jorn Vanysacker lanceren frituurketen met Average Rob<\/h1>\n<p>Het Tout Bien-bier heeft er een vettig neefje bij. <em>YouTube<\/em>-fenomeen Average Rob lanceert samen met jeugdvrienden en serie-ondernemers Gilles Mattelin en Jorn Vanysacker de frituurketen La Patate. La Patate moet een ode aan de Belgische frietcultuur worden. <em>&#8220;Geen toeters of bellen; gewoon een goed pak frieten in ossenvet, met een frituursnack erbij&#8221;<\/em>, klinkt het bij Average Rob. En ze zien het meteen groot: minstens 20 nieuwe vestigingen in vier jaar, waarvan de eerste de deuren opent in Antwerpen op 8 mei.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/lapatate.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.lapatate.eu<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Spotable-oprichtster spreekt in Amerikaanse Senaat<\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14684\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14684\" style=\"width: 1536px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/spotable.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/spotable.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/spotable-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/spotable-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/spotable-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/spotable-696x928.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/spotable-1068x1424.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/spotable-600x800.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14684\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 DR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bij de Amerikaanse Senaat op de koffie gaan, stond wellicht niet op Julie Dumoulins bingokaart voor 2026. Amper drie maanden nadat Spotable, een <em>AI-startup<\/em> voor de bouwsector, de eerste stappen had gezet op de Amerikaanse markt, mocht de medeoprichtster op uitnodiging van een nationale belangenorganisatie mee beleidsdiscussies voeren op Capitol Hill. Het gaat hard voor <strong>Spotable<\/strong>: vorig jaar haalde de <strong>startup<\/strong> nog 1,2 miljoen euro op, vandaag telt het meer dan 20 medewerkers en draait het een mooi deel van haar omzet in de VS.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/spotable.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.spotable.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Pep Energy houdt je scherp<\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14683\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14683\" style=\"width: 1394px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/capture-decran-2026-05-05-a-113747-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1394\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/capture-decran-2026-05-05-a-113747-1.png 1394w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/capture-decran-2026-05-05-a-113747-1-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/capture-decran-2026-05-05-a-113747-1-1024x582.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/capture-decran-2026-05-05-a-113747-1-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/capture-decran-2026-05-05-a-113747-1-696x395.png 696w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/capture-decran-2026-05-05-a-113747-1-1068x607.png 1068w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/capture-decran-2026-05-05-a-113747-1-600x341.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1394px) 100vw, 1394px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14683\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 DR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>De Genkse <strong>startup<\/strong> Pep Energy brengt een caffe\u00efnemuntje op de markt dat je energie doorheen de hele dag op peil moet houden. Elk muntje bevat ongeveer de helft van de cafe\u00efne in een gewone tas koffie. Mede-oprichter Vincent Peters testte zijn product eerst een jaar uitvoerig binnen <em>Start it @KBC<\/em>. Ondertussen is <strong>Pep Energy<\/strong> te verkrijgen in meer dan 150 verkooppunten. Om de groei door te zetten, haalde de <strong>startup<\/strong> 250.000 euro kapitaal op.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/pepmints.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.pepmints.eu<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Nieuw ruimtevaartfonds van 150 miljoen<\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14685\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14685\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/space-fund-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/space-fund-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/space-fund-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/space-fund-1024x800.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/space-fund-768x600.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/space-fund-1536x1200.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/space-fund-2048x1600.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/space-fund-696x544.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/space-fund-1068x835.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/space-fund-1920x1500.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/space-fund-600x469.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 DR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Serie-ondernemer J\u00fcrgen Ingels en Deliverect-oprichter Jan Hollez lanceren een nieuw fonds van 150 miljoen euro: het <em>Space and Defense Fund<\/em>. Belgische <strong>startups en scale-ups<\/strong> actief in de ruimtevaart- en defensiesector moeten zo een extra financi\u00eble <em>boost<\/em> kunnen krijgen om competitief te blijven met grootmachten over de oceaan. Het is een publiek geheim dat J\u00fcrgen Ingels verknocht is aan de ruimtevaart: hij organiseerde al een bezoek aan SpaceX met een groep topondernemers en wil een ruimtevaartmuseum bouwen.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/smartfinvc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.smartfinvc.com<\/a><\/em><\/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. Gilles Mattelin en Jorn Vanysacker lanceren frituurketen met Average Rob Het Tout Bien-bier heeft er een vettig neefje bij. 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