Overview
Koenraad Belsack and Nele Van Damme co-founded Upgrade Estate, starting with a single house converted into student rooms using proceeds from a food truck business. The company grew into a major player in Belgian student and young-professional housing, managing more than 2,200 rooms across Ghent, Kortrijk, Bruges, Mons, Antwerp, and Brussels under brands including Upkot, Upliving, and Upoffiz.
The company's portfolio surpassed EUR 100M in assets. Both founders joined Nexxworks as Business Partners, with Belsack taking the role of chairman of the board while remaining active in the Ghent entrepreneurial ecosystem.
He is also an independent board member at Officenter and has been a speaker on Entrepreneurship and real estate innovation.
In the news
- Last week, Wintercircus Ghent's board and leadership team discussed the future of Europe's most buzzing tech hub in a 2-day offsite. If you had been a fly on the wall, you would not have noticed any hierarchy or politics in our discussions, only the most passionate and dedicated people showing up for something that's much bigger than all of us. Startup mentality. I'm grateful to have been involved with the Wintercircus since 2018, when the building was still part ruins, part construction site. As a member of the board, I'm baffled at
- Het zijn bizarre dagen. Waar we in Amerika een aantal grote IPO’s voor de boeg hebben en de miljarden ons om de oren vliegen alsof het niets is, is in Afrika een nieuwe uitbraak van Ebola aan de gang en is medische noodhulp op vele andere plekken wereldwijd broodnodig. Bent u van plan om te beleggen op de beurs? Overweeg zeker ook een investering in Artsen Zonder Grenzen België : een ‘operational excellent’ organisatie zoals mijn levensgezel en co-ceo Nele Van Damme het enkele weken geleden beschreef. Wat zij uiteenzet is
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