Overview
EightySeven is a community of innovators for the built world that connects real estate and construction companies with PropTech, ConTech, Mobility and EnergyTech solution providers. The organisation was founded in 2017 as PropTech Lab and later rebranded to EightySeven, a name that refers to the 87% of their lives people on average spend indoors in human-made spaces. It is headquartered at Avenue Louise 350 in Ixelles, Brussels, and has 2-10 employees. Members fall into two groups. Seekers are real estate developers, asset managers, general contractors, architects, property managers, facility managers, REITs, owners and real estate investors. Providers are PropTech, ConTech, EnergyTech, mobility and other solution providers serving the built world. The community is active in Belgium, Luxembourg, Czechia, Portugal and Spain. The 2026 edition takes place on 16 September 2026 at Proximus Net Center in Brussels, with 800+ attendees expected and SFPIM and Astrea among the sponsors. As PropTech Lab, the organisation announced it was in the final phase of a €600K funding round to grow from 300 to 3,000 members. Idriss Goossens is Founder & CEO. He moderated an EightySeven panel at Futurebuild Belgium on 27 January 2026 and led a panel at Realty 2025 at Brussels Expo. The team also includes Prekshit Suthar, Ishan Raychaudhuri, Sara Aniny, Goncalo Bradford and Van Ho.
Funding history
- Funding round (announced as PropTech Lab): €600K round announced as in final phase, to scale from 300 to 3,000 members
Stated facts & numbers
- Founded: 2017
- Former name: PropTech Lab
- Headquarters: Brussels (Ixelles)
- Employees: 2-10
- Founder & CEO: Idriss Goossens
- Markets: Belgium, Luxembourg, Czechia, Portugal, Spain
- Flagship event: 87 Day, Brussels
In the news
- Belgium needs to renovate 80% of its homes. At today’s pace, it won’t happen. The facts: - 93% of homes in Brussels, 78% in Wallonia and 66% in Flanders were built before 1981. - Renovation has barely moved in 25 years. To reach 2050, we need to go 3 to 4 times faster. - Estimated bill: about €350 billion (National Bank of Belgium). The deadlines are now on paper: - EU: the worst-performing 16% of non-residential buildings must be renovated by 2030. - Flanders: buy an E- or F-rated home and you must bring it to label D within 6
- Save the Dates! Here is the programme of events for the rest of the season! 15 more events, in Portugal, Luxembourg and Spain, on top of our usualy partnerships (Mipim, etc)! Use collective intelligence, and dominate the innovation trends! its87.com #Ecosystem #PropTech #Construction #RealEstate
- 230,161 people cross into Luxembourg every day to work. 🌍 Luxembourg was the #1 foreign investor in Portugal in 2025. Real estate took a record 45.9% of Portugal's foreign direct investment. The best ideas don't stop at borders. Neither should our networks. On Thursday 24 June, the EightySeven communities from Belgium, Luxembourg and Portugal meet in one room for our Season Finale: "Cross-Border Fertilization". 📅 Thursday 24 June | 18:00 – 21:00 📍 Brussels 🎟️ Free for members · €20 (excl. VAT) for non-members Three ecosystems,
- 408 million parcels a year in Belgium. 6× more than in 2010. 📦 Prime logistics rent in Brussels: €80/m², the highest in the country. And the Brussels LEZ is now fining older diesel vans. More parcels. Less space. Cleaner vehicles. Something has to give. On Thursday 3 June, developers, logistics operators, investors and city planners meet in Brussels for "Last Mile & Urban Industrial". 📅 Thursday 3 June | 18:00 – 21:00 📍 Brussels 🎟️ Free for members · €20 (excl. VAT) for non-members One evening. A curated room. Spots are limited
- Brussels office take-up: −36%. 🏢 Belgian companies using AI: 34.5%, top 5 in Europe. Coincidence? Savills says the opposite: in Europe, the biggest AI adopters are hiring more, not less. So is AI emptying our offices, or reinventing them? On Thursday 20 May, landlords, occupiers, agents and tech leaders meet in Brussels for "AI & Office Take-up". 📅 Thursday 20 May | 18:00 – 21:00 📍 Brussels 🎟️ Free for members · €20 (excl. VAT) for non-members One evening. A curated room. Spots are limited and registration closes once we're
- 16,576 open vacancies. 👷 Belgian construction has the highest vacancy rate of any sector: 7.07%. 87% of hiring firms struggle to find people. In Wallonia alone, open construction jobs could rise to 30,000 with the renovation wave. That's not a shortage. It's a cliff. On Thursday 22 April, contractors, developers, training providers and tech players meet in Brussels to work out who will build Belgium's next decade: "Construction Labor Cliff". 📅 Thursday 22 April | 18:00 – 21:00 📍 Brussels 🎟️ Free for members · €20 (excl. VAT)
- 800bn. That's what ReArm Europe could mobilise. 🛡️ Belgium has doubled defence spending to 2% of GDP, with a roadmap to 3.5%. And it's turning into real estate: a €500M Defence HQ in Haren, bases reopening across Flanders, FN investing ~€100M in new ammunition capacity. Defence and dual-use real estate is becoming an asset class. On Tuesday 23 March in Brussels, developers, investors, contractors and defence players meet for "Dual Use & Defence Real Estate". 📅 Tuesday 23 March | 18:00 – 21:00 📍 Brussels 🎟️ Free for members ·
- 100+ Flemish businesses can't get a grid connection. One runs on diesel generators. ⚡ Data centres are passing 260 MW in Belgium. Grid operators are investing €15bn+ in Flanders to catch up. And from 2028, ETS2 puts a carbon price on every gas boiler. Energy now decides whether real estate gets built. On Tuesday 19 January, developers, grid operators, energy players and investors meet in Brussels for "Energy–Real Estate Collision". 📅 Tuesday 19 January | 18:00 – 21:00 📍 Brussels 🎟️ Free for members · €20 (excl. VAT) for
Alumni
- PPieter Van HoorneChair of the PropTech Lab Peer Group - Internationalization / Fundraising
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