Hello

Overview

Hello is a telecom and Microsoft 365 company based at Rubensstraat 165/3 in Turnhout. It was founded in 2020 by co-founders Koen Van Loon and Peter Batenburg, and the legal entity Hello BV was registered on 7 July 2020. Hello describes its expertise as cloud telephony, meeting rooms and user adoption. Its services cover Teams telephony, meeting room solutions built on Barco ClickShare and Microsoft Teams Rooms, SharePoint Online, Microsoft 365 training and user adoption, business mobile subscriptions, Fixed Mobile Unification and the CallGenius management tool. Partners include Microsoft, Barco, Poly, AudioCodes and Logitech. Published customer cases include Studio 100, Securex, Partena, FEDNOT, Boortmalt, Smulders, HD Hyundai, Democo Group, B&R Bouwgroep, All Sport, Smet Group, Renotec and GeoDynamics, as well as the municipalities of Merksplas, Erpe-Mere and Heusden-Zolder. Projects range from a Skype for Business to Teams migration at Securex to a Luware contact center for B&R Bouwgroep and hybrid meeting rooms for Smulders and Boortmalt. On 11 February 2026 Cheops Technology announced the acquisition of Hello after years of partnership between the two companies. Hello now operates as a Cheops company from the Turnhout office.

Funding history

• 2026 Acquisition: Acquired by Cheops Technology, announced 11 February 2026 (terms not disclosed)

Stated facts & numbers

• Founded: 2020
• Founders: Koen Van Loon, Peter Batenburg
• Headquarters: Turnhout
• Legal entity: Hello BV, BE 0749.895.518
• Parent: Cheops Technology (acquired February 2026)
• Customers: Studio 100, Securex, Partena, FEDNOT, Boortmalt, HD Hyundai, Democo Group
• Partners: Microsoft, Barco, Poly, AudioCodes, Logitech