Overview
David Mellett is a co-founder of beefounders and is based in Brussels. He has been chief executive officer and cofounder of BeeFounders since December 2018, and since June 2026 has been a co-founder of belleire. He chairs the board of Mekanika, a role he has held since December 2019, and has chaired the board of No Waste Republic since February 2025.
Between November 2023 and July 2025 he was general manager of hoona. He cofounded Bolder Foods and sat on its board from June 2023 to June 2025, and was a board member and investor at Eclo - Exotic Mushrooms from 2016 to 2021. He cofounded Little Food and served on its board from February 2016 to December 2019. From January 2015 to May 2018 he worked as a coach and independent consultant at DeepCo. Earlier, he was a marketing strategist at SWIFT from 2005 to 2014, following seven years in business analysis and programme management at Bank of New York.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Galway and completed a certificate in transforming business at the MIT Sloan School of Management in 2015. His stated areas of expertise are fundraising, strategy, business development, board development and team leadership.
Career history
In the news
- As a startup, every early adopter is important. Founders have to fight hard to win every one. Massive thanks Marco Tavares and Louyet Waterloo for supporting another local business to get started. All credit to Laure Dykmans for her talent and creativity with the compositions. They look amazing. If interested, contact us hello@belleire.com
- As a startup, every early adopter is important. Founders have to fight hard to win every one. Massive thanks Marco Tavares and Louyet Waterloo for supporting another local business to get started. All credit to Laure Dykmans for her talent and creativity with the compositions. They look amazing. If interested, contact us hello@belleire.com
- Love the association between flowers and well-being at work. Exactly why we launched belleire Laure Dykmans
- Together with Laure Dykmans, belleire is already adding colour to stadiums, showrooms, hospital rooms and many other spaces needing a touch of joy and originality. Help us share the joy by sharing this with your networks and reaching out hello@belleire.com for a conversation, quote, info etc… Olivier Poulaert Eric Theunis Fleur Parnet Nathalie Chastel Laurent Mikolajczak Melis Michael Sandrine Garin Michael Minch-Dixon Ilana Taub Charles-Louis Stinglhamber Bruce Douglas
- Charles-Louis Stinglhamber is #hiring. Know anyone who might be interested? https://lnkd.in/e7YNjndw
- Government policy + hit the wallet = waste less … if this is anything to go by. Well done South Korea
- Laure Dykmans has been busy designing new floral compositions which are now available on our website www.belleire.com. https://lnkd.in/eaUqFdgN On my side, I'm reaching out to prospects interested in our B2B rental model. If you have a showroom, events space, office space, reception or any area where you want to bring more colour and originality into your client and staff spaces, contact us hello@belleire.com.
- Very very happy to share that I'm launching a new venture and this time it's from a more personal motivation to build something with my partner in life, not just at work. Together with Laure Dykmans, we've launched www.belleire.com. Professional environments can often be very sterile and far removed from the comfort and colour we find at home yet we spend lots of time in them. belleire is changing that through our creative artificial flower compositions which bring smiles to your faces and positivity to your spaces. 🌺 We offer
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