Flanders Investment & Trade - USA

LAST CHANCE! Join Us at the 2025 World Agri-Tech and Future Food-Tech Conference in San Francisco 🌱 Don’t miss this unique opportunity to showcase your innovations and connect with global leaders in agriculture and food technology. The 2025 World Agri-Tech and Future Food-Tech Conference in San Francisco is your gateway to partnerships, investments, and groundbreaking ideas that shape the future of these industries. 📅 Registration Deadline: January 13, 2025 This is your final chance to secure your spot and represent the strength of Flemish innovation on the U.S’ most groundbreaking stage. 👉 Register now to secure your place: https://bit.ly/3DAiVhe We can’t wait to see you in San Francisco! #AgriTech #FoodTech #Innovation Katlijn Mertens Anna Farias Anke Vanderstappen

Flanders at #CES2025!⚡️🌎 #CES2025 has officially kicked off and for the first time ever #Flanders has its own presence with a suite at the Venetian Tower Exhibit Suites 29th Floor, with the intent to grow in the future! John Baekelmans, Vice President Americas, is attending and excited to give you live updates on the exciting news coming from the conference in #LasVegas 🇺🇸! Make sure to follow this page for a very exciting announcement later this week😉💥 Interested to learn more?💡 Find Flanders Investment & Trade - USA at #CES2025 📍 The Venetian Tower Suite # 29-329 or contact us! John Baekelmans Wim Sohier Caroline D. Kristof Lowyck Piet Demunter Sara Henni ✔️Delegations representing #Flanders (+FIT): ➡️Consul General Sophie Hottat ➡️LRM CEO Tom Vanham ➡️Voka - Kamer van Koophandel Antwerpen-Waasland CEO Luc Luwel ➡️droneport.eu CEO Ward Decaluwe ➡️POM Limburg with Sara Smeets and Yannick Meerten ✔️Info on Booths: ➡️West Hall - Indy Autonomous Challenge at # WL7 with Unbox founder Erik Saelens ➡️Venetian Tower - Swave Photonics suite - CES INNOVATION AWARD 2025 with CEO Mike Noonen ➡️West Hall - IVEX at # 4672 with CEO Mario Henrique Cruz Torres ➡️West Hall - Segments.ai (YC W21) at # 7071 with CEO Otto Debals ➡️Venetian Expo- moonbird Booth # 55430 with CEO Stefanie Broes CTO Michael Broes ➡️Venetian Tower - imec USA suite with VP Bart Plackle ➡️Venetian Tower - Axelera AI ( NL /FL ) suite # 29-215 ➡️West Gate - Spectricity suite # 12-121 with Henrik Andersen, Michael Jacobs, David Yao Amra Hadzic Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT)

⚠️ #Webinar alert! ⚠️ Looking to scale your #startup to the #US? 🇺🇸 Don’t miss ‘The Big Leap – USA: The Expansion Playbook’, the first episode of this webinar series provides you with a concrete checklist of the key factors to consider when entering the US market with your startup. In short, this is your chance to learn from experienced professionals and get inspired by a real-life success story. So, whether you're just exploring or ready to take the leap, this session is packed with valuable tips to guide your US market expansion. The Big Leap series is an initiative from Startup.Flanders. The webinar series zooms in on expanding to some of the world’s most competitive markets, with a first focus on the US powered by our local FIT New York team. During this webinar we also highlight how our local New York office can assist in your US expansion. 📅 When? Thursday, January 23, 2025 – from 2 to 3 PM CET (8 to 9 AM EST) 🎙️ Speakers: - Laurence Breynaert, Trade Advisor at Flanders Investment & Trade - USA in New York, gives expert advice on mastering the rules of the game to successfully expand into the US. - Amaury Hellebuyck, Founder’s Associate at TechWolf, shares a compelling testimonial about how this innovative startup from Flanders successfully entered the US market. 👉 Register now to secure your spot! https://shorturl.at/aid0e P.S. Stay tuned for upcoming US episodes in March, May, September and November 2025, where we’ll delve into essential topics including tax and legal must-knows, effective pitching, drafting your expansion plan, and smart hiring in the US. Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) Flanders Investment & Trade - USA Laurence Breynaert Katrien Leinders John Baekelmans Olivier Van Orshoven Janne Kindt Wim Pappaert Stephanie Verhue Kristof Lowyck Leslie VAN DAMME Xavier B.

🌟 Exciting advancements at Stanford University! Dr. Olivier Gevaert and his team have developed Sequoia, an AI-powered tool revolutionizing cancer treatment by analyzing tumor biopsies to predict gene activity. This breakthrough: 🧬 Identifies optimal treatments like chemotherapy or immunotherapy. 📊 Boasts over 80% predictive accuracy for patient outcomes. 💡 Reduces costs by minimizing reliance on genomic tests. Next steps? Clinical trials and FDA approval! Sequoia could transform oncology and beyond. 👏Congratulations to this team for shaping the future of medtech! Interested to learn more? 📺Watch the news report here: https://lnkd.in/dgijRjxD #Innovation #AIinHealthcare #CancerResearch #flemish Wim Sohier Jan Wauters

💥Less than a month until Flanders Investment & Trade is heading to #CES2025 in Las Vegas!💥 🌎 Meet us at one of the world's biggest tech events January 7-10, 2025! Explore cutting-edge technologies and innovations, network with the world's most groundbreaking tech companies and connect with us at our suite in The Venetian. Let's experience CES 2025 together! 🚀 Get in touch if you'll be at the show!

Last week Flemish company Weichie.com held a networking event with big names in the web design, development, & agency industry, hosted by Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) New York 🗽   Weichie is a digital agency based in #Belgium. They create high quality digital experiences for brands and help them promote their business through the online world, specializing in websites, e-commerce, & applications.   The event was a precursor to the awwwards. conference held later in the week in NYC. It was the perfect mix of industry enthusiasts & leaders, creating a great environment for meaningful conversations ahead of the conference. #Flanders #Design #International #InternationalBusiness #Internationalization

The Antwerp-Houston Innovation Mission ended with a bang🚀💫 Watch the FINAL RECAP below as colleague Sara Henni joins the group to a visit to and meetings at the University of Houston Energy Transition Institute, Energy Tech Nexus, and NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration 🎥 💡Interested to learn more? Make sure to follow us and our co-organizers for daily updates on this innovation mission!📣 ➡️Startup.Flanders BlueChem Business in Antwerp Port of Antwerp-Bruges Thank you for all participants and organizers for such a successful week together in #Houston🇺🇸! ADLC Rayan Quintaes Aquature Ltd Ahmed S. M. Ismail David Martin Carboganic Bart Tambuyser Fluves Thomas Van Hoestenberghe iFLUX Christian Montag Oxylum Bert De Mot Qpinch Valerie Dejaeghere Triple Helix Steven Peleman BlueApp Quinten Van Avondt Liesbet Boogaerts Stephanie Verhue Olivier Van Orshoven Maarten Van Ostaeyen Barbara Veranneman Dries Van Gheluwe Liesbeth Stockman TOM PAESHUYS University of Antwerp Dirk Lanens Nathalie Mathys Ralph Moreau Filip Vandenbussche Willy Verbrugghe Debalina Sengupta #antwerp #flanders #ecosystem #startups #innovation #nasa

DAY 2 of the Antwerp-Houston Innovation Mission!🇺🇸 🚀Today was an exciting day in Houston for our delegation, as we paid a visit to both Greentown Labs and Ion Houston for a pitching event! The start-ups had a chance to pitch their companies to external guests, following by a networking session. Our colleague Sara Henni was there again today to follow them along their day in #Houston – watch her recap below! 🎥 Congrats to all the start-ups & scale-ups!👏🏼 ADLC Rayan Quintaes Aquature Ltd Ahmed S. M. Ismail David Martin Carboganic Bart Tambuyser Fluves Thomas Van Hoestenberghe iFLUX Christian Montag Oxylum Bert De Mot Qpinch Valerie Dejaeghere Triple Helix Steven Peleman 💡Interested to learn more? Make sure to follow us and our co-organizers for daily updates on this innovation mission!📣 ➡️Startup.Flanders BlueChem Stad Antwerpen Port of Antwerp-Bruges We are back tomorrow for day 3 !! BlueApp  Quinten Van Avondt Liesbet Boogaerts Stephanie Verhue Olivier Van Orshoven Maarten Van Ostaeyen Barbara Veranneman Dries Van Gheluwe Liesbeth Stockman TOM PAESHUYS University of Antwerp Dirk Lanens Nathalie Mathys  Ralph Moreau Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) Filip Vanden Bulcke Willy Verbrugghe Filip Vandenbussche #antwerp #flanders #ecosystem #cleantech #pitching #startups #innovation #energytransition

HOUSTON, we have arrived! 🇺🇸 🚀We have officially kicked-off the Antwerp-Houston Innovation Mission with a dynamic start to the week. Watch below as our colleague Sara Henni follows the delegation of Antwerp-based start-ups and scale-ups on their first day in #Houston. Want to be part of tomorrow's video? We still have tickets for today's pitching event available!! 🎟️ RESERVE YOUR SPOT HERE: https://lnkd.in/eGeztVS4 💡Interested to learn more? Make sure to follow us and our co-organizers for daily updates on this inspiring mission!📣 ➡️Startup.Flanders BlueChem Stad Antwerpen Port of Antwerp-Bruges See you tomorrow for day 2!! ADLC Rayan Quintaes Aquature Ltd Ahmed S. M. Ismail David Martin Carboganic Bart Tambuyser Fluves Thomas Van Hoestenberghe iFLUX Christian Montag Oxylum Bert De Mot Qpinch Valerie Dejaeghere Triple Helix Steven Peleman BlueApp Quinten Van Avondt Liesbet Boogaerts Stephanie Verhue Olivier Van Orshoven Maarten Van Ostaeyen Barbara Veranneman Dries Van Gheluwe Liesbeth Stockman TOM PAESHUYS Dirk Lanens Nathalie Mathys Ralph Moreau Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) Filip Vanden Bulcke Willy Verbrugghe Filip Vandenbussche #antwerp #flanders #ecosystem #cleantech #pitching #startups

📣HOUSTON Start-up Pitching Event TOMORROW📆   In the Houston area? Come and meet our delegates tomorrow for their pitching event! 🎟️ You can still reserve a spot here: https://lnkd.in/eGeztVS4 But be quick, limited spots available – you won’t want to miss these Antwerp start-ups pitch their innovative companies 💥👏🏼🚀
 Meet the start-ups and Flemish Ecosystem: https://lnkd.in/eXgFAWEz 📁 - ADLC Rayan Quintaes - Aquature Ltd Ahmed S. M. Ismail and David Martin - Carboganic Bart Tambuyser - Fluves Thomas Van Hoestenberghe - iFLUX Christian Montag - Oxylum Bert De Mot - Qpinch Valerie Dejaeghere - Triple Helix Steven Peleman - BlueApp Quinten Van Avondt - BlueChem Liesbet Boogaerts - Startup.Flanders Stephanie Verhue Olivier Van Orshoven - Stad Antwerpen Maarten Van Ostaeyen - essenscia Barbara Veranneman - Port of Antwerp-Bruges Dries Van Gheluwe Liesbeth Stockman TOM PAESHUYS - University of Antwerp Dirk Lanens - Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) Nathalie Mathys Ralph Moreau Filip Vandenbussche Willy Verbrugghe Filip Vanden Bulcke See you there?   Make sure to follow us all week long for updates on this Antwerp-Houston Innovation Mission!🇺🇸 #antwerp #flanders #ecosystem #cleantech #pitching #startups