Blog Title: Web 2.0 in Belgium

Plugg Conference 2008 - discount codes here!

Many of you know I organize the Plugg Conference 2008 in Brussels, due to be held the 19th of March. We’re ready to start distributing discount codes to many of Plugg’s media partners for them to share with their readership. We’ve decided to share discount codes with subscribers of the Plugg blog, as well as the readers read more..

Clear2Pay Raises An Extra 10 Million Euro

Clear2Pay, the Belgian financial technology company focused on delivering globally applicable solutions for secure, timely electronic payments, has raised 10 million euro from its initial investors in a round led by Iris Capital Management. Erkan Kilicaslan, Partner at Iris Capital Management states: “We stand very strong by our statement at the time of our first investment read more..

Yuntaa Raises 1 Million Euro from Arkafund

When Yuntaa launched in July 2007, I ended my post (back then on blognation Belgium) with this sentence: “Expect us to report a venture capital investment for this company soon!”. I’ve been proven right. Arkafund, a venture capital fund initiated by Dexia Bank & Sydes, has agreed to back the Web 2.0 backup company for 1 read more..

Opened up registrations for Plugg Start-Ups Rally 2008

Not sure if this is the right place to post, but I can use any publicity for Plugg, so might as well do it on my own blog(s) With a little more than 2 months to go before the conference, we’ve now made it possible for start-ups to submit their company profile online for read more..

T-Zine

A new year, a new challenge, allbeit right up my alley (hope I’m not blowing my own horn too much). As from today, I’ll be contributing to T-Zine on a regular basis. In case you don’t know, T-Zine is the technology & multimedia blog / newsletter from quality newspaper De Tijd. Blog posts on a variety read more..

Acquia Raises 7 Million Dollars

That was quick. After announcing the birth of Acquia, his new Drupal start-up, Dries Buytaert has confirmed fund raising to the amount of $ 7 million (too bad it’s not in euros ). From the accouncement: Today we announced that Acquia has raised $7 million from a group of venture capital (VC) firms. That’s a read more..

AOL Launches, Still Not Sure Why

Like I predicted some time ago, AOL.be launched yesterday, living up to their promise to have a presence before the end of the year. This is the comment that someone left on my earlier post: Hi Robin, Have a look at www.aol.be now. This might answer your question AOL.be launched today. The site launched as an Ultra read more..

Back To Business As Usual

Last January, I decided to start this blog to cross my fascination with the whole Web / Mobile 2.0 wave and the country I live in. The idea was to get a feel for what was going on here, and if people would be interested in whatever innovations (or me-too projects) local entrepreneurs were read more..

Le Web 3 Was Fantastique

There were several blognation editors at the Le Web 3 conference in Paris, the annual vibrant get-together of web entrepreneurs, developers, managers and investors from around the globe, but allow me to share my own personal thoughts about the event as the first among them. In general, the conference was just awesome, especially considering the read more..

Tag Your Wish List on Del.icio.us And Say You WANTZ.IT

If you only come here to learn about the latest innovations from across the globe that will change the world indefinitely, please look away. My buddy Christian Verschaeren, never short on wild ideas, claims most wish list applications out there are just not simple enough. Just in time for the holiday season, he created WANTZ.IT, which read more..