Overview
Niels Bessemans is co-founder and CEO of Optiflux, a company he co-founded in February 2021. He is based in Holsbeek.
Before that, he worked at KU Leuven, where he was a postdoctoral researcher from January 2018 to July 2021 and, from March 2018 to July 2021, held a VLAIO innovation mandate as innovation manager. From August 2013 to February 2018 he held a PhD fellowship from IWT, and in July 2013 he had a student job at the Flanders Centre of Postharvest Technology.
He studied at KU Leuven, completing a bachelor's degree in bioscience engineering with a focus on biosystems engineering in 2011 and a Master of Science in Bioscience Engineering in 2013, followed by a PhD in bioscience engineering in 2018. He took the MBA Bootcamp at Flanders Business School in 2017 and 2018 and a postgraduate programme in corporate finance at KU Leuven in 2018 and 2019.
Career history
In the news
- 𝗔 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗹𝘂𝘅! 🍎🌍 We're proud to announce that Optiflux has raised €2.5 million to accelerate our mission: to become the global leader in fruit quality management. This new investment from Agri Investment Fund LAVA, LRM, and GEMMA FRISIUS - FONDS K.U.LEUVEN will help us accelerate our international expansion, strengthen our platform, and continue building the future of fruit quality management. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗳𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 Every day, millions
- 𝐖𝐢𝐣 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐢𝐞𝐧, 𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐳𝐢𝐣𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐨𝐩 𝐳𝐨𝐞𝐤 𝐧𝐚𝐚𝐫 𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐮𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚! Bij Optiflux zijn we op zoek naar een 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞- 𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 die graag de handen uit de mouwen steekt en enthousiast wordt van techniek, innovatie én internationale projecten. In deze rol ben je verantwoordelijk voor de installatie, opstart, service en optimalisatie van onze systemen bij klanten in binnen- en buitenland. Je werkt met geavanceerde pneumatische en elektrische
- 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐚𝐠 𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐞 𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐱 𝐨𝐩 𝐃é 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞! 🇳🇱 Ben je vandaag op Dé Perendag? Kom dan zeker langs op onze stand en ontdek hoe Optiflux fruittelers, handelaren en veilingen helpt om de kwaliteit van peren objectief, snel en datagedreven te beoordelen. Met 𝐨𝐧𝐳𝐞 𝐀𝐈-𝐠𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧 maken we 𝐤𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞: ✅ sneller en consistenter; ✅ objectiever en reproduceerbaar; ✅ gebaseerd op veel grotere steekproeven; ✅ en ondersteunen
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