Overview
NewSchool.vc is a Belgian Venture Capital fund focused on backing the next generation of tech founders. The fund is led by Christophe Morbee as General Partner, who simultaneously serves as CEO of besox.
The fund's tagline, "Backing the next generation of mobsters," is a direct nod to the Belgian tech mafias framework, positioning itself as the capital layer supporting alumni and founders emerging from Belgium's talent-generating companies.
In the news
- Christophe Morbee (CEO besox): ‘Ondernemen zat niet in mij, dat is gegroeid’Christophe Morbee is de CEO van besox, het sociaal secretariaat voor kmo’s dat jaar na jaar mooie groeicijfers voorlegt. Tussendoor stuurt de ondernemer ook nog het investeringsfonds NewSchool.vc aan. "Ik ben oprecht overtuigd van de start-ups waarin we investeren. Dat zijn de bedrijven van de toekomst." Een gesprek over professionaliseren, doorbijten en pokeren.
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DataNews · 2 Nov 2026
- Our portofolio company Ravical just raised a whopping 17m$ seed round! Congratz Joris Van Der Gucht & team. 🔥
- Great pitches aren’t born on stage. They’re built in rehearsal. Together with northstar, we’re hosting a Pitch Night in Ghent: a low-ego room to sharpen your pitch and get honest feedback from investors who’ve heard hundreds of them. northstar is Belgium’s open AI & robotics community, where builders meet and startups are born. They run the hackathons, meetups and open lab. NewSchool.vc brings together the investors' side: part of a new wave of VC investors, small and founder-run. Fund I closed at €10M this September. Investors:
- Ravical has raised a $17m seed round, led by MMC Ventures with Lakestar, Pitchdrive and new investor Shapers. More than 100 firms already build on Ravical. The funding will fuel our international expansion and help more firms put AI to work across the whole firm. Thank you to the firms building with us every day, to our team, and to our backers. Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/e4a9cbKT
- 9.875 million. Fund I officially closed. And plenty of momentum across the portfolio. 🚀 Just over a year after launching NewSchool VC, it’s exciting to see our founders turning ambition into commercial traction. A few highlights from our Q3 update: → Kernel reached $5m ARR, up from $600k at the start of the year, our fastest growing portofolio company. → Donna grew ARR with almost 125% over the last 2 quarters, with major international customer rollouts like P&G. → Bavest, Cashfeed, Dalton AI, Alice, Talentir, Spotable, Ravical
- Two NewSchool portfolio companies. Two Deloitte Rising Stars. Very proud to see Spotable and WARREN selected for Deloitte Belgium’s 2026 Technology Fast 50 Rising Star programme, recognising some of Belgium’s most promising young technology companies. 🚀 🏗️ Spotable is transforming how construction companies manage their projects and operations & after their recent 4M € funding round, is gearing up for expansion into the 🇺🇸. Quite literally: “Raising the roof for tech innovation.” 😉 💡 Warren is building a fintech & wealthtech
- From Ghent to the US. And just getting started. Big milestone for our portfolio company Spotable, raising €4 million to accelerate its expansion into the US. 🚀 Spotable is bringing AI and automation to one of the world’s largest industries: construction. What started in Ghent is rapidly becoming an international story. We backed Sebastien Vandendriessche, Julie Dumoulin, Pieter-Jan Philips and the Spotable team early on, and it’s great to see the speed at which they keep executing, learning and expanding. Belgian tech. Global
- A great milestone for NewSchool VC. What started just over a year ago as an idea to build a new early-stage fund has now grown into a fund of close to €10 million, with more than 30 investments in promising technology companies. Above all, I’m grateful for the trust of our investors, founders, and everyone who has helped build NewSchool over the past year. And in many ways, we’re only just getting started. 🚀 Thank you De Tijd for sharing our story.
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