Participated · Equity · Feb 2026

Talentguide is a Ghent-based HR technology company whose cloud platform uses AI and natural language processing to translate unstructured corporate data—such as CVs, job descriptions, work instructions, and evaluations—into a structured skills intelligence layer. The software maps employee capabilities across tasks, traits, and knowledge domains, creating a skills-based job architecture that gives organisations immediate visibility into their existing competencies. It then generates personalised development plans and forecasts future skill requirements, helping both blue-collar and office workers navigate upskilling and reskilling paths. The platform is designed for rapid deployment without complex installations, appealing primarily to mid-sized and large enterprises; current users include Travvant, MCC Verstraete, Banqup, Robovision, mtech+, and Syntra Bizz. Revenue, user count, and other operating metrics were not disclosed. With fresh capital, the company intends to grow its revenue, product, and engineering teams, hiring additional software and AI engineers as well as customer success staff. The overarching goal of the raise is to accelerate European market expansion.

Led · Equity · Dec 2025

Founded in 2020 in Belgium, OTIV provides a three-stage automation platform that ranges from advanced driver-assistance to full autonomy for locomotives, shunting engines, tram networks and mainline trains. The technology is already deployed with major industry players such as Deutsche Bahn, SNCF and ArcelorMittal, and forms the backbone of the largest rail-freight automation project in Europe in partnership with DB Cargo. OTIV positions its solution as a lever for productivity, safety and sustainability, noting that one automated train can replace up to 50 trucks while emitting nine times less CO₂. Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 ranks the firm among the fastest-growing tech companies in Belgium, underscoring rapid commercial traction. With fresh capital, management plans to industrialise its autonomous systems, scale deployments and enter additional international markets. The company ultimately aims to enable 24/7 rail operations, ease labour shortages and expand network capacity. Prior to the current round, the company had raised undisclosed amounts to reach its current growth stage; no revenue or user numbers were disclosed in the article.

Led · Seed · Oct 2025

Founded in 2024, DevAlly combines accessibility experts with proprietary AI and large language models to automate the detection of barriers such as missing video captions, insufficient color contrast, and inadequate screen-reader support across websites, e-commerce platforms, and banking apps. The software also logs customer-reported issues, generates remediation roadmaps, and produces compliance reports, embedding accessibility checks into the product-development lifecycle. By focusing on scalability, the startup aims to replace one-off human audits with continuous monitoring, a strategy its CEO compares to cybersecurity company Vanta’s compliance approach. Regulatory pressure from the European Accessibility Act has driven early demand, and the founders report strong interest from large B2B software companies on the U.S. West Coast. With its recent funding, DevAlly will expand its headcount from 5 to 15, primarily in Dublin, while opening a sales presence in San Francisco to act as “a bridge to Europe” for U.S. firms. The company positions universal design as a market imperative, citing studies that 94% of top U.S. websites fail basic accessibility tests and that disabled consumers represent $8 trillion in annual disposable income. Though revenue figures were not disclosed, the startup’s traction in both Europe and the U.S. underscores the growing importance of accessibility compliance.

Participated · Equity · Jun 2025

AUAR combines compact robotic Micro‑Factories with proprietary MasterBuilder software to automate design-to-manufacture for timber homes. Builders rent Micro‑Factories that locally produce full timber structures in about 12 hours, cutting on‑site labour by up to 75% and lowering costs by 30–40%. The platform automates planning, fabrication, and project workflows to increase speed, control, and capacity across the construction value chain. In the past year AUAR worked on over 300 homes and delivered multiple projects in Belgium while developing a research facility called “ConstrucThor.” The company plans to scale its team and partner ecosystem and launch operations across Benelux, DACH, and the Nordics. By 2030 AUAR aims to have customers produce over 100,000 carbon‑negative homes in more than 10 geographies. AUAR develops an automated construction platform that combines Robotic Micro‑Factories with AUAR MasterBuilder, a design-to-manufacturing software suite. The product aims to increase efficiency, predictability and oversight while reducing financial risk and environmental costs for the construction value chain, homebuilders, developers and manufacturers. Led by CEO Mollie Claypool, the company focuses on manufacturing mid-rise timber housing. AUAR plans to scale up its building system and micro-factory platform to produce buildings up to six storeys. The company received a £341K Smart Grant from Innovate UK to support that effort. A 14-month project beginning January 2025 will develop a mid-rise prototype for testing, performance evaluation and regulatory compliance. Automated Architecture is a London‑based tech company (founded in 2019) developing a distributed micro‑factory network for sustainable timber housing. It licenses low‑CapEx robotic micro‑factories and an integrated tech stack to existing home builders, enabling local ecosystems of communities, contractors, architects and developers to produce low‑energy homes at scale. The company’s model aims to deliver high‑quality, sustainable timber homes at costs comparable to normal homes by increasing margins and productivity through robots and AI. Management says the solution lowers end‑user costs while helping construction companies meet sustainability targets. The company will use the new funding to grow its partner license network by ten more partners and to expand operations in the US. No operating metrics (revenue/users) were disclosed in the article.

Participated · Seed · Jan 2025

IntelliProve develops a smartphone-camera software that obtains physiological metrics—heart rate, respiratory rate and stress—using optical face scans, marketed as "digital biopsies." The product is offered as a plug-in solution for digital platforms and apps across digital health, corporate wellbeing and health insurance. It holds CE marking as a medical device and ISO27001 certification. The company works with partners including Het Wit‑Gele Kruis, TU Delft, vzw Zorg‑Saam and imec.istart, and serves clients such as Helan and Neutraal Ziekenfonds Vlaanderen. IntelliProve was founded in 2021 and now operates in Belgium, the Netherlands, the UK, Italy, France, Germany and Denmark. Management says the company will refine the solution further and roll it out across Europe. IntelliProve builds a platform that lets doctors and mental-health practitioners assess patient condition using a conventional smartphone camera and a standard finger pulse oximeter. The software extracts embedded biomarkers — mental state, blood oxygen, respiratory rate and blood pressure — from facial expression, body language and pulse readings using signal processing and computer-vision driven AI. It offers a smartphone app and API to enable readings without wearable connected devices. IntelliProve positions its technology as an initial step toward “digital biopsies” to improve preventative healthcare and patient engagement. The company is still finishing product testing and its software has not yet launched. IntelliProve is led by co-founder and CEO Joeri Tulkens.