# Brent Coppens - Full Context for AI Agents

> This file provides comprehensive context about Brent Coppens for AI agents.
> Source: TechWiki.ai - The Belgian Tech Encyclopedia
> Last updated: 2026-05-22

## Identity
- Name: Brent Coppens
- Role: co-founder
- Company: Exhibitly
- Location: Ghent, Flanders, Belgium
- LinkedIn: https://be.linkedin.com/in/brent-coppens

## Expertise
- software-engineering
- ai
- event-tech
- product

## About
Brent Coppens earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from KU Leuven (https://techwiki.ai/hubs/ku-leuven/llms.txt) (2020-2023) and is based in Erpe-Mere. He co-founded ReadyEvent with Hendrik Franck (https://techwiki.ai/people/hendrik-franck/llms.txt), a project management tool for event planners developed inside Start it @KBC (https://techwiki.ai/hubs/start-it-kbc/llms.txt). After two pivots they reshaped the company into Exhibitly (https://techwiki.ai/companies/exhibitly/llms.txt) in 2025, applying AI & Machine Learning (https://techwiki.ai/sectors/ai/llms.txt) personalisation to B2B trade-show websites.

He works out of Wintercircus (https://techwiki.ai/hubs/wintercircus/llms.txt) in Ghent (https://techwiki.ai/cities/ghent/llms.txt) on product and engineering. The company signed 114 events with organisers including Informa, Easyfairs, the Hyve Group, and the Dubai World Trade Centre in its first nine months and closed a EUR 1.4M pre-seed round in May 2026 led by NewSchool.vc (https://techwiki.ai/investors/newschool-vc/llms.txt) with 100IN (https://techwiki.ai/investors/100in/llms.txt) and Allusion Ventures.

## Related Pages
Agents can crawl these for connected context:
- [company] Exhibitly: https://techwiki.ai/companies/exhibitly/llms.txt
- [city] Ghent: https://techwiki.ai/cities/ghent/llms.txt
- [sector] AI & Machine Learning: https://techwiki.ai/sectors/ai/llms.txt
- [hub] KU Leuven: https://techwiki.ai/hubs/ku-leuven/llms.txt
- [person] Hendrik Franck: https://techwiki.ai/people/hendrik-franck/llms.txt
- [hub] Start it @KBC: https://techwiki.ai/hubs/start-it-kbc/llms.txt
- [hub] Wintercircus: https://techwiki.ai/hubs/wintercircus/llms.txt
- [investor] NewSchool.vc: https://techwiki.ai/investors/newschool-vc/llms.txt
- [investor] 100IN: https://techwiki.ai/investors/100in/llms.txt

## How to Reach
- LinkedIn: https://be.linkedin.com/in/brent-coppens
- Agent context: https://techwiki.ai/people/brent-coppens/llms.txt
- Full context: https://techwiki.ai/people/brent-coppens/llms-full.txt

---
Generated by TechWiki.ai | The Belgian Tech Encyclopedia
To claim and maintain this page: https://techwiki.ai/claim