Overview
Jens co-founded Karomia in 2024 alongside Simon Hiel. He holds a Master of Science in Business Engineering from Ghent University and previously worked at Accenture, Skipr, Lab Box, and Luckycycle. Karomia raised EUR 2 million from imec.istart, Entourage, and the imec.istart Future Fund.
The platform allows companies to upload ESG documents and automatically generate CSRD or VSME-compliant reports, achieving a claimed 90% workload reduction. Karomia has helped over 45 companies in Europe and the US comply with CSRD, and was nominated for the 2025 Deloitte Belgium Rising Star Award.
Career history
In the news
- Just like last year, we’ll be at #TapioDay in Brussels on 23 November. 👋 Three things I’m looking forward to: 1. Seeing some of our customers on stage, sharing how far they’ve come on their sustainability journey 2. Meeting many of the sustainability leaders in the space again 3. Feeling the momentum in the market, which is clearly picking up big time Going too? Send me a message and let’s find 15 minutes to talk. PS: Pic is from last year, when we still had our old Karomia branding. We had just launched Kube ESG with Isabel.
- Last week the whole Karomia team spent 3 days at the seaside. 🌊 On a quarterly basis we have our team events. This time we decided to spend productive time a bit different. The breadth of ESG challenges our customers face is significant: so we go deeper in solving hard data & risk challenges. We’re peeling the onion further in solving the real problems. (Today, Karomia is sooo much more than “just” ESG reporting). All this, fully in line with our mission to support companies become more sustainable. Thanks to the organising
- A lot of of companies are worried about the audit of their ESG report. That's why, together with PwC Belgium, we addressed the topic head-first. Hanne-Lore Gielis audits sustainability statements & three things she made very clear: 1/ Effort is not evidence. Her test for your materiality assessment: could a stranger reach your exact conclusions using only what you documented? If the answer is no, passing an audit will be challenging. 2/ Every figure connects to a trusted, original source. When a number is reported, it's
- Tapio Day is back and it's going to be epic 🚀 (and free). Budgets keep tightening, regulations keep moving, the market is rather hectic, and companies have to navigate rough seas. Tapio Day is a full day to understand what actually works in leveraging transition as a competitive advantage with positive ROI. A day to explain how some do see through the fog and manage to turn their challenges into opportunities. Real cases, real numbers, and practitioners telling you what worked (or didn’t) for them. 📅 23 November 2026 at📍 Maison
- Your auditor will click on a number in your sustainability statement and ask: where does this come from? If the answer lives in an Excel formula, that conversation gets uncomfortable. On September 15, we show you live what a defensible DMA and a full audit trail look like in practice. The exact process your auditor will follow. With Hanne-Lore Gielis and Johara Naidoo from PwC Belgium and Jens Verhiest from Karomia. 60 minutes. Your questions answered live. 🎟️ Sign up today: http://bit.ly/45JZE7P
- We're hiring at Karomia💥 We help companies become more sustainable. We're growing fast & looking for people who want to build this with us. Open roles: 1️⃣ Front-end Developer 2️⃣ AI Engineer 3️⃣ Account Executive 4️⃣ Customer Success Intern (*) 5️⃣ Content & Social Intern (*) If you know someone who fits, tag them in comments or share this message. If it's you, even better, just apply or drop me a DM. (*) Internships come w real hiring/job opportunity! 💼 Link to all roles in comments.
- When your CSRD/ESRS report needs an audit, this is the webinar to attend: Together with Karomia's partner PwC Belgium we will go into the brain & processes of the audit. You will get all the tips on how you can best prepare. Very happy to be doing this alongside Hanne-Lore Gielis & Johara Naidoo. You can subscribe here http://bit.ly/45JZE7P Welcome to join, everyone!
- Charlotte Truyts from SFPIM & I had an open conversation yesterday about why & how SFPIM is collecting ESG data from portfolio companies. A quick recap of what I found insightful: 1. Snr mgmt sign-off is a must: ESG data is becoming more important as it influences investor relations directly. 2. ESG data from companies does feed into the board meetings to make sure the company is on track. 3. A robust scoring framework measuring progress is preferred over individual company targets. Thanks a lot Charlotte for your insights! Proud
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