Startups.be

TLDR

Startups.be is the national organisation anchoring Belgium's startup ecosystem, co-founded and managed by Karen Boers from Brussels.

Overview

Startups.be serves as a national one-stop-shop and matchmaker for Belgium's startup ecosystem, connecting startups with incubators, accelerators, investors, and public actors at both national and international level. It was co-founded and led as Managing Director by Karen Boers and operates from Brussels.

The organisation became a founding member of the European Startup Network, which grew into a 24-country network with over 25,000 startups within 18 months. It also ran an annual event at The Egg that became the precursor to SuperNova, one of Belgium's flagship tech events.

Omar Mohout served on the board of Startups.be.

Key People

• Karen Boers - Co-founder and Managing Director

Sources

• Omar Mohout, "How Brussels became Belgium's most surprising startup city" (Apr 2026)
• Crowdsourcing Week speaker profile: Karen Boers
• Mirror Review, "Karen Boers: Assisting Entrepreneurs For Connecting Dots In The Tech Ecosystem"