Gregoire De Hemptinne

TLDR

Gregoire De Hemptinne is co-founder and CEO of Shayp, a Brussels-based startup using smart sensors and analytics to detect water leaks in commercial and residential buildings.

Overview

Gregoire holds a Master's degree in Computer Sciences and Engineering from the Ecole Polytechnique de Louvain and an MBA from IESE Business School. He co-founded Shayp in October 2017, inspired by the enormous cost of undetected water leakage in buildings.

Shayp installs sensors on existing water meters to detect abnormal flows in real time and alert building owners. Clients include cities, municipalities, hospitals, schools, apartment complexes, and insurers. The company is officially recognised by the Brussels-Capital Region as a key sustainability startup.