Top 25 Wellness VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Belgium in October 2023

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• BOTALYS — BOTALYS uses an innovative Biomimetic Indoor Farming technology to recreate the ideal wild conditions for rare botanicals to grow in. We develop pristine & potent botanical ingredients for the Nutraceutical and Cosmetic industries.
• Sunrise — Sunrise aims to bring simple answers to millions of people suffering from sleep disorders.We have developed a 3-gram sensor to diagnose sleep with gold standard quality. The technology offers a revolutionary new way to measure brain commands at night, with published clinical results never seen before. Studies demonstrate Sunrise is as accurate asin-lab sleep studies, at a fraction of the cost.Affecting one in three people, sleep disorders are extremely common. Sleep apnea is the most prevalent disease with almost 1 billion persons concerned. This condition leads to great body damage over time and yet remains undiagnosed in 80% of the cases.Patients, caregiver and insurers stand to benefit greatly from a solution to current highly cumbersome, expensive and time-consuming diagnostics systems.
• Novadip Biosciences — Novadip Biosciences, an advanced biopharmaceutical company focused on new generation of therapies from adipose stem cells adapted to hard and soft tissues reconstruction.

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• IVEX — At IVEX, we are creating a safety co-pilot to make existing decision making platforms for autonomous driving safe. Our technology is based on years of research performed at KU Leuven University in Belgium. Our unique IP and team experience in behavior planning and functional safety enables the development of safe and reliable autonomous systems toreduce the traffic victims to zero by 2030.
• Funkey — Kies je teambuilding uit meer dan 500 onvergetelijke activiteiten. Wij zorgen voor de volledige organisatie, incl. eventuele catering en overnachting.
• dScribe — dScribe is your one-stop-shop to catalog, document and discover anything data-related.No more spending hours looking for the right data.No more doubting about the meaning of your KPIs.Reach the next level of data maturity by offering your users a single entry point to find, understand and access all your reports & data, no matter wherethey are stored.

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• HypnoVR — HypnoVR is a virtual reality software for anesthesia, treatment of pain, and anxiety. It was founded in 2016 and is based in Strasbourg, France.
• moonbird — HealthTech, Mindfulness, Hardware, Better breathing
• Saturne Technology — Saturne Technology is specialized in laser-cutting, laser-drilling, laser-welding and laser-cladding, using a manufacturing process by Selective Laser Melting (SLM) (i.e. metallic 3D-printing using fine metallic-powder bed).

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• Invineo — Invineo design and development of a "smart machine" for catering and hospitality professionals.
• Sunrise — Sunrise aims to bring simple answers to millions of people suffering from sleep disorders.We have developed a 3-gram sensor to diagnose sleep with gold standard quality. The technology offers a revolutionary new way to measure brain commands at night, with published clinical results never seen before. Studies demonstrate Sunrise is as accurate asin-lab sleep studies, at a fraction of the cost.Affecting one in three people, sleep disorders are extremely common. Sleep apnea is the most prevalent disease with almost 1 billion persons concerned. This condition leads to great body damage over time and yet remains undiagnosed in 80% of the cases.Patients, caregiver and insurers stand to benefit greatly from a solution to current highly cumbersome, expensive and time-consuming diagnostics systems.
• iSTAR Medical — iSTAR Medical is a medtech company delivering breakthrough eye care solutions through minimally-invasive implants with bio-integration.

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• Xeltis — Xeltis is pioneering a restorative approach in cardiovascular therapy.
• Axithra — Saving lives and improving health economics through significant advancement of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM).
• Kiro — Kiro is an IT company that offers artificial intelligence, ergonomic design, and software development solutions for medical biology.

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• cikisi — Specialized in Web Intelligence (collecting, searching and filtering web information). Help companies and organizations to take advantage of Web information that are relevant to their development. Develops and commercializes Cikisi WMT, a Web Intelligence Solution.
• AbolerIS Pharma — AbolerIS Pharma aims to develop novel and unique therapeutic approaches to induce immune tolerance.
• Santero Therapeutics — Santero Therapeutics seeks to provide novel medications with fresh modes of action that combat diseases with high resistance. Santero develops antimicrobials with novel modes of action to combat the rise of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms.

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• IONNYK — IONNYK is a new medium of art photography, containing millions of tiny ink capsules.
• MYOCENE — Myocene is a Liège-based sports technology company which creates unique and innovative devices for measuring muscle fatigue and performance.
• Verbolia — The SEO game-changer for e-commerce, helping retailers reclaim top organic search rankings. Discover untapped long-tail keywords from your product catalog and auto-generate SEO optimized pages at scale.

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• Guud Woman — Verbeter je cyclus met Guud Woman. Onze supplementen ondersteunen je hormonen en vruchtbaarheid, bevorderen een gezonde huid en meer.

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• Guud Woman — Verbeter je cyclus met Guud Woman. Onze supplementen ondersteunen je hormonen en vruchtbaarheid, bevorderen een gezonde huid en meer.
• Willo — Interview anyone, anywhere for free. GDPR compliant one-way video interviews that can be set up in minutes. Trusted in over 100 countries - free to start.
• Kuai Commerce — Kuai Commerce is a next-generation solution for ambitious brands looking to sell directly to Chinese Gen Z consumers through the power of social commerce. Our tech-enabled services provide market entry and brand acceleration options for emerging category-leaders who otherwise would find the complexity of China prohibitively challenging

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• Dotfile — Dotfile is the Compliance Orchestration Platform for Fintechs. Streamline KYC & KYB and scale AML/CFT due diligences over +200 countries.
• Guud Woman — Verbeter je cyclus met Guud Woman. Onze supplementen ondersteunen je hormonen en vruchtbaarheid, bevorderen een gezonde huid en meer.
• Anthems Media — Social Music Discovery App

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• IONNYK — IONNYK is a new medium of art photography, containing millions of tiny ink capsules.
• Minagro — Minagro develops high-quality green products for crop care. Minagro conducts research activities in confirmed proprietary technologies from green and specialty chemistries.
• Sunrise — Sunrise aims to bring simple answers to millions of people suffering from sleep disorders.We have developed a 3-gram sensor to diagnose sleep with gold standard quality. The technology offers a revolutionary new way to measure brain commands at night, with published clinical results never seen before. Studies demonstrate Sunrise is as accurate asin-lab sleep studies, at a fraction of the cost.Affecting one in three people, sleep disorders are extremely common. Sleep apnea is the most prevalent disease with almost 1 billion persons concerned. This condition leads to great body damage over time and yet remains undiagnosed in 80% of the cases.Patients, caregiver and insurers stand to benefit greatly from a solution to current highly cumbersome, expensive and time-consuming diagnostics systems.

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• askR.ai — Chat with your data ! What if you did not need the technical process to access your data anymore? Simply ask your question and our artificial intelligence will provide the appropriate answer : number, graph, table...
• Sensefuel — Sensefuel is a software publisher dedicated to the retail industry and in particular e-commerce. Its innovative e-commerce search engine is based on algorithms specifically designed for online sales. It helps e-merchants of all sizes to give their visitors a new search experience through personalized results.
• Per Angusta — Per Angusta is a SaaS Procurement Performance Management Software. Built by buyers, for buyers, it enables Procurement teams to work together like never before!

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• Phasya — Phasya offers solutions for detecting drowsiness and measuring eye movements. These solutions are based on eye tracking technologies using eye images. Phasya also develops solutions for detecting various physiological and cognitive states such as stress, attention, cognitive load, and mind wandering.Phasya solutions can be used in variousapplications such as safety, medical diagnosis, and research. We have notably specific solutions and developments for driver monitoring applications.Indeed physiological and cognitive states such as drowsiness influence the ability of an individual to perform a task or to make a decision. Furthermore the measurement of ocular parameters enables one to understand the brain activity and gaze behavior.
• Ampacimon — Ampacimon develops dynamic line rating systems for transmission and distribution systems operators. Ampacimon’s products address grid infrastructure challenges such as aging assets, transmissions congestion, renewable integration, interconnectors.

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• CYCLE — GetHenry is a rapidly growing subscription service for market-leading delivery companies. We make sure that thousands of couriers are on the move safely, quickly and comfortably every day. In this way, we not only create added value for delivery services, but also help to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions on the last mile.
• Itana — Talent City’s mission is to build a network of charter cities that focuses on creating technology-enabled jobs within a free trade zone with its own regulation and bylaws.
• Translucent — Translucent is next-gen accounting software.

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• Guud Woman — Verbeter je cyclus met Guud Woman. Onze supplementen ondersteunen je hormonen en vruchtbaarheid, bevorderen een gezonde huid en meer.

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• Virovet — Antiviral drugs and thermostable vaccines for livestock
• Sunrise — Sunrise aims to bring simple answers to millions of people suffering from sleep disorders.We have developed a 3-gram sensor to diagnose sleep with gold standard quality. The technology offers a revolutionary new way to measure brain commands at night, with published clinical results never seen before. Studies demonstrate Sunrise is as accurate asin-lab sleep studies, at a fraction of the cost.Affecting one in three people, sleep disorders are extremely common. Sleep apnea is the most prevalent disease with almost 1 billion persons concerned. This condition leads to great body damage over time and yet remains undiagnosed in 80% of the cases.Patients, caregiver and insurers stand to benefit greatly from a solution to current highly cumbersome, expensive and time-consuming diagnostics systems.
• ITeos Therapeutics — iTeos Therapeutics is pioneering the discovery and development of highly differentiated immuno-oncology therapeutics for cancer patients.

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• IVEX — At IVEX, we are creating a safety co-pilot to make existing decision making platforms for autonomous driving safe. Our technology is based on years of research performed at KU Leuven University in Belgium. Our unique IP and team experience in behavior planning and functional safety enables the development of safe and reliable autonomous systems toreduce the traffic victims to zero by 2030.
• MYOCENE — Myocene is a Liège-based sports technology company which creates unique and innovative devices for measuring muscle fatigue and performance.
• Allegro Biotech — Allegro has developed the world’s-first custom-tailored, durable, biocompatible, anisotropic, regenerative meniscus cartilage, providing immediate support while also leverage the body’s own healing potential to regenerate human cartilage (proliferation and differentiation of fibrochondrocyte cells).

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• Lindus Health — Lindus Health. From recruitment to delivery, we accelerate clinical trials. Our mission is to make health research accessible for everyone, everywhere.
• Enveda Biosciences — Enveda Biosciences is a biotechnology company building new medicines from plants. It harnesses the complexity of the natural world to tackle today’s biggest healthcare challenges. With the help of the advancements in knowledge graphs, machine learning, and metabolomics, they discover the next generation of small molecules. Its technologiessystematize the discovery of small molecules and novel targets for complex diseases. By probing novel chemical space and mechanisms of action, they are breaking the status quo for challenging diseases with a need for effective treatments, such as fibrosis or neurodegeneration.Enveda, launched in 2019, is based in San Francisco, California.
• Sensible Biotechnologies — Engineering cells to make better mRNA.

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• Twikit — Twikit is an enterprise software company with a sharp focus on mass customization and digital manufacturing. We set new standards on how brands and enterprises conceptualize and manufacture products: customizable, on demand and digitally manufactured. The company has its HQ in Antwerp - Belgium and commercial offices in New York City and Stuttgart.The core differentiator of Twikit is the combined knowledge of software, product engineering for digital manufacturing and digital business chains. We work with our partners across the world to enable advanced product individualization by offering seamless end-to-end solutions from ideation to full integration with our enterprise software solutions. Our unique strength is that we integrate product parametrization and UX with digital manufacturing and mass customization at scale into any (existing) business and digital manufacturing flow.
• Bluebee — Delivering a streamlined way for users to analyze, explore, and manage large-scale genomics data in the cloud.
• moonbird — HealthTech, Mindfulness, Hardware, Better breathing

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• I-care Group — I-care offers products, training, and services to its industrial customers.
• Sunrise — Sunrise aims to bring simple answers to millions of people suffering from sleep disorders.We have developed a 3-gram sensor to diagnose sleep with gold standard quality. The technology offers a revolutionary new way to measure brain commands at night, with published clinical results never seen before. Studies demonstrate Sunrise is as accurate asin-lab sleep studies, at a fraction of the cost.Affecting one in three people, sleep disorders are extremely common. Sleep apnea is the most prevalent disease with almost 1 billion persons concerned. This condition leads to great body damage over time and yet remains undiagnosed in 80% of the cases.Patients, caregiver and insurers stand to benefit greatly from a solution to current highly cumbersome, expensive and time-consuming diagnostics systems.

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• Sunrise — Sunrise aims to bring simple answers to millions of people suffering from sleep disorders.We have developed a 3-gram sensor to diagnose sleep with gold standard quality. The technology offers a revolutionary new way to measure brain commands at night, with published clinical results never seen before. Studies demonstrate Sunrise is as accurate asin-lab sleep studies, at a fraction of the cost.Affecting one in three people, sleep disorders are extremely common. Sleep apnea is the most prevalent disease with almost 1 billion persons concerned. This condition leads to great body damage over time and yet remains undiagnosed in 80% of the cases.Patients, caregiver and insurers stand to benefit greatly from a solution to current highly cumbersome, expensive and time-consuming diagnostics systems.

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• Automata — Automata is a deep-tech company that creates products that empower people to automate physical work. The company's product, Eva, is a lightweight and affordable robot arm built for professionals in a production line, in a lab, a home workshop or even in a classroom. People don't need to be technical experts to communicate with robots. Theweb-based software platform can be programmed by anyone, anywhere, any time, from any device, making it easy to reconfigure for a wide range of different tasks.Automata was founded on 2015 and is headquartered in London, England.
• Awell Health — Ollie is a vast library of over 100 interface blocks with complete Webflow CMS integration. Build beautiful websites in less time than ever.
• Pencil Biosciences — Next Generation Genome Editing Tool

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• Guud Woman — Verbeter je cyclus met Guud Woman. Onze supplementen ondersteunen je hormonen en vruchtbaarheid, bevorderen een gezonde huid en meer.
• Bright Star Studios — Publisher of Ember Sword. We build zero-friction next-gen social MMOs that empower gamers through open player-centric-economies based on digital collectibles.

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• Ukio — Artfully designed fully furnished apartments available for extended stays
• Trebellar — Trebellar provides advanced data analytics for building occupancy, energy efficiency, and climate optimization. Maximize your workplace productivity with our intelligent building solutions.
• Guud Woman — Verbeter je cyclus met Guud Woman. Onze supplementen ondersteunen je hormonen en vruchtbaarheid, bevorderen een gezonde huid en meer.

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• Chainels — The tenant experience app for every property in your portfolio. Save time, gain insights and collaborate with your tenants all in one place.
• VoxelSensors — Novel sensor architecture designed for low latency and low power 3D perception.
• fruitcore robotics — fruitcore robotics is a robotic system that leverages intelligent software and innovative mechatronics.