Antwerp's startup scene shows a strong mix of industries, from cloud infrastructure to financial technology. The city is home to both new companies and established players.
Healthcare company PanTera has raised $134M for cancer treatment development. Meanwhile, enterprise software firm TOPdesk recently secured a €200M private equity round.
Below is our list of 50 Antwerp startups worth keeping an eye on.
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| Year Founded | 2022 |
| Founders | Akshat Tandon, Karl Driesen |
| Funding Amount | $10M |
| Startup Size | Lean Team (11-50) |
| Last Funding Status | Series A |
| Top Investors | Volta Ventures, Investlink, TIN Capital |
PanTera produces actinium-225, a rare medical isotope used to create targeted radiopharmaceuticals for cancer patients. Their work helps enable a new generation of personalized treatments by addressing the isotope's limited supply.
| Year Founded | 2022 |
| Founders | Sven Van den Berghe |
| Funding Amount | $134M |
| Startup Size | Lean Team (11-50) |
| Last Funding Status | Series A |
| Top Investors | EQT Life Sciences, Kurma Partners, PMV, SFPIM, Eurazeo |
IntellectEU develops technology solutions for the digital finance industry, specializing in financial integration and DLT development. Their Catalyst Integration Platform acts as middleware to connect disparate financial systems and services.
| Year Founded | 2006 |
| Founders | Dirk Avau, Hanna Zubko |
| Funding Amount | €2M |
| Startup Size | Mid-Size Team (51-250) |
| Last Funding Status | Venture Round |
| Top Investors | — |
Gorilla builds a data platform designed for the energy sector to handle pricing, forecasting, and reporting. Utility companies use their cloud-native solution to process and bill complex energy portfolios.
| Year Founded | 2018 |
| Founders | Ruben Van den Bossche, Tom Vroemans |
| Funding Amount | €29M |
| Startup Size | Mid-Size Team (51-250) |
| Last Funding Status | Series B |
| Top Investors | Headline, Beringea, PMV, Agentschap Innoveren & Ondernemen |
Datacenter United provides colocation, connectivity, and cloud services through its network of carrier-neutral data centers. They also specialize in complex IT projects, offering data migration, structured cabling, and workplace recovery solutions for businesses.
| Year Founded | 2010 |
| Founders | — |
| Funding Amount | €120M |
| Startup Size | Lean Team (11-50) |
| Last Funding Status | Debt Financing |
| Top Investors | NIBC Bank N.V., Belfius Bank, DNB |
TOPdesk builds a user-friendly service management platform that unifies IT, HR, and facilities support into a single system. Their software helps organizations improve service delivery and gives employees a central place to get the help they need.
| Year Founded | 1993 |
| Founders | Frank Droogsma, Wolter Smit |
| Funding Amount | €200M |
| Startup Size | Large Team (251-1,000) |
| Last Funding Status | Private Equity |
| Top Investors | CVC Capital Partners |
Venly builds blockchain technology tools that help companies integrate features like digital wallets and NFT marketplaces. Their solutions are designed to work across multiple blockchains, giving developers flexibility when building web3 applications.
| Year Founded | 2018 |
| Founders | Davy Van Roy, Gerbert Vandenberghe, Karel Striegel, Tim Dierckxsens |
| Funding Amount | €24.7M |
| Startup Size | Lean Team (11-50) |
| Last Funding Status | Series A |
| Top Investors | Plug and Play, HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds), Fortino Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Alpaca VC |
Conveo has built an AI co-worker that designs expert studies and interviews real people to automate market research. The platform instantly analyzes the resulting video footage to deliver user insights.
| Year Founded | 2024 |
| Founders | Ben Smet, Dieter De Mesmaeker, Hendrik Van Hove |
| Funding Amount | $5.8M |
| Startup Size | Lean Team (11-50) |
| Last Funding Status | Seed |
| Top Investors | Y Combinator, Pitchdrive, Syndicate One, Pioneer Fund, 6 Degrees Capital |
Credix built a B2B credit platform that helps businesses offer flexible financing options to their buyers. Their technology allows companies to embed credit solutions directly into the transaction process, simplifying how business customers pay.
| Year Founded | 2021 |
| Founders | — |
| Funding Amount | $126.6M |
| Startup Size | Lean Team (11-50) |
| Last Funding Status | Debt Financing |
| Top Investors | Motive Partners, Valor Capital Group, Abra, BTG Pactual, Meteora |
NGRAVE develops an end-to-end solution for managing crypto, centered on its flagship hardware wallet. Their system allows users to generate keys, create backups, and sign transactions while remaining completely offline for enhanced security.
| Year Founded | 2018 |
| Founders | Edouard Vanham, Ruben Merre, Xavier Hendrickx |
| Funding Amount | $6.5M |
| Startup Size | Lean Team (11-50) |
| Last Funding Status | Series A |
| Top Investors | YZi Labs, imec.istart, Sol Strategies, Digital Finance Group (DFG), Mechanism Capital |
40 Additional Antwerp Startups Worth Following
The top 10 are just a small slice of what’s happening in Antwerp right now. Founders are busy building new things in AI, media, and fintech, and they've raised hundreds of millions of euros to do it.
Some are early in their journey, while others are scaling quickly. Below is a look at the other startups that are shaping Antwerp's ecosystem.