Jens Verhiest
Jens Verhiest is co-founder of Karomia, a Ghent-based SaaS startup that automates CSRD and ESG reporting for companies subject to European sustainability disclosure rules, backed by imec.istart.
Jens co-founded Karomia in 2024 alongside Simon Hiel. He holds a Master of Science in Business Engineering from Ghent University and previously worked at Accenture, Skipr, Lab Box, and Luckycycle. Karomia raised EUR 2 million from imec.istart, Entourage, and the imec.istart Future Fund.
The platform allows companies to upload ESG documents and automatically generate CSRD or VSME-compliant reports, achieving a claimed 90% workload reduction. Karomia has helped over 45 companies in Europe and the US comply with CSRD, and was nominated for the 2025 Deloitte Belgium Rising Star Award.
Career
Roles
KaromiaCo-FounderJan 2024 – Present
LiveCycleCo-FounderJan 2023 – Dec 2023
- Young Leaders - Inspiring MentorsYL-IM Young Leader (ed. 2023)Mar 2023 – Mar 2023
- ITS.beBoard Member2021 – Dec 2022
Lab BoxInvestment AssociateJan 2018 – Jan 2019
SkiprHead Of Business DevelopmentJan 2018 – Dec 2022
- LuckycycleBusiness Development DirectorJan 2017 – Dec 2017
- Accenture#4factoryConsultantOct 2011 – Dec 2016
- Beijing Heading Century ConsultingInternJul 2010 – Sep 2010
Education
- IAE Business School Toulouse, FranceErasmus, Finance d'Entreprise2010 - 2011
Ghent University#2schoolMaster of Science, Business Engineering - Finance2009 - 2011
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