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Betacowork

TLDR

Betacowork is a Brussels coworking space founded in 2010 by Jean Derely and Ramon Suarez, widely recognised as the longest-running coworking space in Belgium and a founding node of the Brussels tech community.

Overview

Betacowork was co-founded by Jean Derely and Ramon Suarez on November 19, 2010, during the first Coworking Europe Conference. The space is located in Etterbeek, Brussels-Capital, at Rue des Peres Blancs 4. Ramon Suarez managed and grew the space after Jean Derely shifted focus to other ventures.

The coworking space emerged directly from the BetaGroup community network that Jean Derely had built from 2008, giving it an early membership base drawn from the Brussels internet and startup scene. Betacowork became one of the primary hubs for early-stage founders, freelancers, and digital professionals in Brussels before the wave of larger campuses and corporate coworking spaces that followed.

Ramon Suarez went on to write The Coworking Handbook, drawing on the Betacowork experience, and served as a board member of BetaGroup and Startups.be. Nicolas Frenay, founder of BeTech, identified Betacowork as the physical home of his 7,300-member Belgian entrepreneurs community.

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Notes

Betacowork is described as the biggest and longest-running coworking space in Belgium. It occupies an important historical position in the Brussels ecosystem as one of the first dedicated tech coworking spaces in the country.

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See also

Team memberRamon Suarez
Key personJean Derely
LocationBrussels
RelatedBetaGroup
RelatedStartups.be
RelatedNicolas Frenay
RelatedToon Vanagt
Categories:hubsbrussels