The Faktory
The Faktory is a private tech startup accelerator, incubator and venture capital seed fund founded by Pierre L’Hoest, the Belgian entrepreneur renowned for starting EVS Broadcast Equipment, an international TV slow motion technology valued at 422M€ in 2016. The Faktory has invested in 11 companies with a capital of over 4.5M€ under management. Our companies offer products and services to international niche markets in the areas of consumer electronics, high-technology, gaming and apps, drones, SaaS and IoT products. Our team and mentors come from all walks of life with professional experience in different countries. Furthermore, we partner with Boldstart Ventures, based in NYC, who, with over 30 years of venture tenure, oversaw the successful exits such as Divide (acquired by Google), GoInstant (acquired by Salesforce) and Rapportive (acquired by Linkedin). Based on efficient approaches like the Lean Startup and Business Model Canvas, a 360° analysis is applied to the most promising ideas. The objective is to help startups to grow by identifying and validating market niches, customer-centric development and by providing the means necessary to deploy and launch their businesses successfully.
Zozio is a logistics platform that enables its customers to optimize the flow of their factories by collecting, visualizing, and analyzing field data in real-time both inside and outside the factory. The technical operator is thus relieved of manual, repetitive tasks, while the operational manager is assisted in logistical planning decisions.
Nestwave SAS provides advanced, IoT geolocation solutions to IoT modem and DSP vendors. Nestwave's patented, hybrid-signal technology significantly improves localization accuracy in critical indoor and dense urban environments while greatly reducing power consumption and solution footprint compared to existing solutions.
IVEX develops tools and software tools to enable the repeatable and scalable testing and validation of ADAS/AD vehicles. Emerging as a start-up born from the University of Leuven (KUL), IVEX is a diverse team of 10+ different countries. As we grow in this dynamic high-tech sector, we've forged partnerships with global conglomerate Siemens, strategically positioned to fuel IVEX growth in the world. IVEX offers strong engineering knowledge and robust software products, fostering collaborations with a wide range of industry stakeholders. Products and Services Companies developing and testing autonomous driving or driver assistance systems (AD/ADAS) generate terabytes of driving data each day. Engineers have to spend hours looking at the data trying to find valuable insights from the data. IVEX solutions enable engineers to be much more efficient while maintaining safety as a top priority. The company offers a cloud-based testing and validation tool suite, and an onboard real-time safety checker that can be used in isolation or in conjunction. IVEX software helps to: - Identifying and categorizing driving scenarios (e.g. cut-ins, cut-outs, etc…) - Exporting identified scenarios to other tools - Creating digital representations of driving scenarios to be used in simulation tools - Analyzing vast datasets using less computational resources
MyCellHub.com is a pre-startup from the KULeuven in the biotherapeutics industry that aspires to reform the way cell production processes are organised. With a regulatory compliant Saas-platform for data management and analytics, we increase the efficiency of your manufacturing processes, provide actionable insights via cell culture specific process analytics and facilitate regulatory compliance by means of a real-time audit trail and automated batch records.
Nestwave SAS provides advanced, IoT geolocation solutions to IoT modem and DSP vendors. Nestwave's patented, hybrid-signal technology significantly improves localization accuracy in critical indoor and dense urban environments while greatly reducing power consumption and solution footprint compared to existing solutions.
Our data observability solution offers companies the opportunity to monitor their data usage and scale with more data projects, thanks to its unique platform and "Data Observability Driven Development" (DODD) method. Our disruptive approach goes further than simply scanning data sources: it monitors data where and when it is being used by your applications, so users are always in control and can "Trust what they deliver".
BDM Reco is a data science company developing a real time content and user recommendation engine.
e-peas is a disruptive semiconductor company that enables the seamless operation of all connected nodes. The company is developing ultra-low-power high performances circuits such as energy harvester interfaces and microcontrollers that help companies make their IoT devices smarter and more energy-efficient by either prolonging battery life or making the devices live forever. e-peas also develops energy harvesting solutions which extend rechargeable batteries' life of portable devices by harvesting energy from solar, thermal, vibration, radiofrequency, and other sources. These solutions help industries to build products that free users and industries from a burden of replacing non-rechargeable batteries The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Mont-saint-guibert, Brabant Wallon, Belgium.
Altostratus is the maker of Pioupiou, a connected wind gauge that reads the speed and the direction of the wind and is ready for deployment practically anywhere. Pioupiou can sustain itself in remote areas therefore it needs no electrical nor WiFi connections. With Pioupiou, you can read wind measurements in real-time via your smartphone, tablet or computer and share reliable data within Pioupiou’s community.
Kanopy Technologies reinvents the way we care for plants with the smart and reliable Kanopy25. Connected to our smartphones, Kanopy25 monitors your plant's watering needs by measuring its weight permanently. Equipped with an automatic watering pump, all you need to do left is to enjoy your plant and to fill up the water tank every now and then. Thanks to this innovative system, we are now able to give our plants exactly what it needs to survive and also to grow in the long-term.
WhiteCrow Tech offers WhiteCrow Hub, a mountain bike wheel that enables its users to change the tire pressure while riding. It is used in fat and plus bikes. WhiteCrow Tech develops a closed air system that is able to hold a pressure level higher than that of the tire. WhiteCrow Tech was founded by Xavier Serret in 2014. It is based in Seraing, Belgium.
RIIOT LABS and its smart pool analyser, blue by Riiot, tell the user in real time if his/her pool is fine for a dip. The sensor continuously measures the key parameters of swimming pools, such as temperature, pH, active chlorine or salinity levels. Data are instantly analyzed and communicated to the user via a mobile application or through notifications to people who take care of the pool.
e-peas is a disruptive semiconductor company that enables the seamless operation of all connected nodes. The company is developing ultra-low-power high performances circuits such as energy harvester interfaces and microcontrollers that help companies make their IoT devices smarter and more energy-efficient by either prolonging battery life or making the devices live forever. e-peas also develops energy harvesting solutions which extend rechargeable batteries' life of portable devices by harvesting energy from solar, thermal, vibration, radiofrequency, and other sources. These solutions help industries to build products that free users and industries from a burden of replacing non-rechargeable batteries The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Mont-saint-guibert, Brabant Wallon, Belgium.
Herrmutt Lobby is a collective of musicians, handymen and programmers whose main objective is to develop hardware and software devices.
Wishbone biomaterial is the avant-garde bone substitute for dental implants. Wishbone is an innovative medical device company founded by internationally renowned clinicians in the sector of periodontology and dental surgery. Wishbone biomaterial is a novel range of bone graft substitute for dental implants made of pure and optimized bovine hydroxyapatite, the mineral part of bovine bones (veal originating from Belgian cattle). Wishbone developed an innovative manufacturing process, which guarantees organic constituent removal while preserving the hydroxyapatite structure similar to human bone. The structure, granulometry and purity of Wishbone biomaterials are optimized to improve biocompatibility, ostegenesis and handling.
Airboxlab designed Foobot, an indoor air quality monitor to help people take control of their air quality.
Abrakam is a videogame studio founded in 2013 known for Faeria, with more games on the way for both mobile and PC players. Faeria is a high-quality fast paced CCG where players incarnate gods able to create lands on which they battle in PvP, solo, and co-op modes.
Sharebox helps your entreprise to build the social graph inside the building. The main idea is to recreate connections between the departments. The expert in passion is no longer an outside consultant but a daily worker inside your building fully valorized. By integrating the program into your company, your employees will get to know each other better by sharing the videos on the social networks and truly increase employer branding. The Sharebox program represents a real CSR project on the long term, the one-shot teambuilding is over. The concept “Happy at work” is no longer an utopy, absenteism will decrease and your productivity will be boosted. Sharing on a webplatform has never been easier, a snowball effect is guaranteed thanks to the videos ! First, you simply describe your passion on the website and offer to others to join in on it… Then if they want to, they can also offer their own passions. Already tested by the FPS Social Security (www.socialsecurity.fgov.be) and Vlan (www.vlan.be) the project has proved its impact clearly .
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