Ghent Slush'D

🎉 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵! 🎉 Congratulations to Odoo (& Fabien Pinckaers) on their €500M investment at a €5B valuation, led by CapitalG (Google) and Sequoia Capital! 🚀 As one of Belgium’s tech champions, Odoo continues to prove the power of open-source innovation to revolutionize business software globally. We were honored to have Sébastien Bruyr, Odoo’s CCO, on stage at Ghent Slush'D, sharing insights about their incredible journey and success. 🇧🇪✨ And it doesn’t stop there! Belgian tech has yet another reason to celebrate: Lighthouse, a Ghent-based company providing hotel management software, just announced a €350M investment from @kkr, officially becoming Belgium’s fifth tech unicorn. 🦄✨ Belgium is making waves on the global stage, and this is only the beginning. 🌍 #BelgianTech #Odoo #GhentSlushD #Lighthouse #Unicorn #Innovation #TechLeadership

🌟 A huge thank you to our incredible partners! 🌟 Ghent Slush'D wouldn’t have been possible without your support, vision, and collaboration. Your commitment to fostering innovation and supporting Belgium’s startup community helped make this event truly unforgettable. Together, we built something amazing—and this is only the beginning. Here’s to many more inspiring moments! 🚀 Stad Gent | BAN Flanders - Business Angels Network Flanders  | The Harbour | Pitchdrive | Early-stage VC 🚀 | Cambrian | Deloitte Private  Google Cloud | dups | PMV | Mollie | Nuans | CloudNation | imec.istart | Who Owns The Zebra | Entourage | StarApps  #GhentSlushD #ThankYou #Partners #StartupCommunity #Innovation

A special thanks to all student organizations for helping us make Ghent Slush'D this epic ⚡ Your energy, dedication, and hard work played a big part in bringing this event to life. From setup to keeping everything running smoothly, you were essential in making this day unforgettable!  Thank you for helping us build something truly special for Belgium’s startup community. Here’s to the next generation of innovators! 🚀 Academics for Technology  Everest Analytics  WiNA Gent vzw  180 Degrees Consulting Leuven  180 Degrees Consulting Brussels  VTK Gent  The Belgian Leadership Project  #GhentSlushD #studentorganizations #entrepreneurship #innovation #event

𝗧𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗵’𝗗, 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗬𝗼𝘂! 💥 From the late nights to the endless planning sessions, we poured everything we had into bringing this event to life. We tackled every challenge, stayed fueled by passion (and way too much coffee), and pushed ourselves to create something unforgettable. This core team is the heart of Ghent Slush’D, and together, we pulled off something truly epic. To everyone who helped bring the vision to reality; here’s to us, the crew that united Belgium’s startup community and brought the concept of Slush'D to life. Let’s celebrate what we’ve built, because it’s pretty big. Cheers to the team that made it all happen! 🚀 🗣️ Shout-out to the whole team Tijl Coenen | Nathan De Troyer | Axel Desmet | Berend Buyle | Cas De Schinkel | Daniel Rey Sparemblek | Emilie Xu | Eunice Mokemba | Garvit Malik | Jarne Verstraete | Hélène P. | Hendrik Vandeput | Ismaël Bawah | Julie Bongaerts | Mehin Abbasova | Mohammed Andiche | Samuel Berton | Roald Parmentier #GhentSlushD #DreamTeam

🏆 𝗛𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗚𝗘𝗠 𝗣𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀! 🏆 The excitement from Ghent Slush’D is still in the air, and we want to take a moment to celebrate the winners of our nextGEM Pitching Competition one more time. These startups brought their A-game and truly impressed everyone: 🎓 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 & 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸: NOX Energy – driving change in sustainable energy. 💡 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 & 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸: OTIV – pushing boundaries in rail automation. 🤖 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 & 𝗔𝗜 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸: Donna – elevating sales to new heights using AI. And a special congratulations to Donna, who took home the title of the ultimate nextGEM 2024 winner! 🎉 We’re incredibly proud of the hard work and vision these teams brought to the stage. Here’s to their continued success! 🚀 Axelle Moortgat | Sam De Smet | Nicolas Christiaen #GhentSlushD #nextGEM #startups #Innovation #PitchingCompetition

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗗𝗮𝘆! 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗚𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗵’𝗗 𝗨𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 🙌 From the visionary speakers and bold startups to the enthusiastic volunteers and engaged attendees, you are the reason Ghent Slush’D was such an incredible success. Together, we showed what it means to say, “F*ck it, let’s unite Belgique.” From Flanders to Wallonia to Brussels, we built bridges, shared ideas, and brought Belgium’s startup ecosystem closer than ever. Thank you for bringing your energy, your curiosity, and your ambition. Whether you pitched, networked, learned, or simply soaked in the atmosphere, you were part of something special. Here’s to everyone who helped make Ghent Slush’D a day to remember! We can’t wait to see what’s next for this amazing community. Until next time! 🌟 #GhentSlushD #ThankYou

What a day already! ⚡ Ghent Slush'D is off to an epic start! Here’s a sneak peek of today’s energy and excitement at the Wintercircus! 🚀 #GhentSlushD #startupecosystem #investors #event

Are you ready for tomorrow? In less than 24h, we open Wintercircus for the most epic startup event in Belgium! 🚀 Get ready for a day filled with startups, investors, inspiration, networking, food & drinks, and so much more! ⚡ Here are the practicalities to prepare yourself.  See you all tomorrow at Ghent Slush'D!

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