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From early-stage ideas to growing spin-offs, we’ve supported entrepreneurial researchers on their journey beyond academia. These are just a few cases that highlight the people, projects, and ventures that show what’s possible with the right guidance and mindset.
B-Cos
What? B-COS is a to-be-incorporated spin-off of Ghent University, offering COS-products that have the potential to replace hazardous chemical pesticides. COS-molecules are nature-inspired products which boost the plant’s defense system in a specific, sustainable and cost-effective way.
Industry: Bio Tech - Deep tech
Headquarters: Belgium
Role Heirloom Labs: Connections & Masterclasses
Retinov
What? They provide a digital platform called MacuTest to predict your risk of progressing to the advanced stages of Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD), a blinding and incurable disease. According to your risk, they provide you with personalised lifestyle recommendations to help you preserve your vision.
Industry: Hospitals and Health Care
Headquarters: Bègles, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France ( Phd Bordeaux)
Role Heirloom Labs: Visibility: Winner of our competition + investor
Chenext technologies
The Problem : In the chemical industry, more than 80% of accidents are related to human failure. Insufficient and inadequate personnel training are often the main causes for industrial accidents.
Their Solution:With their VR training solutions, process operators and maintenance contractors can train unusual and dangerous situations in a safe virtual environment without harming themselves or others. Trainees can practice scenarios multiple times in order to gain more work experience without going to the real chemical plant.
Headquarters:Belgium
Industry: Chemical Industry
Role Heirloom Labs: matchmaking
Hapmag
What? At HapMag, they believe that technology can revolutionize medical training. Their platform offers a unique opportunity for medical professionals to train in a safe and controlled environment that mimics real-life scenarios. Their force-feedback (kinesthetic) haptic device delivers true-to-life human touch sensations in mid-air without restricting the user's hand movement, providing a lifelike training experience that helps medical professionals master critical skills.
Industry : Computer Hardware Manufacturing
Website: www.hapmag.nl
Headquarters; The Netherlands (Twente University)
Role Heirloom Labs: Strategic advice (Impact)
Scribewave
What? Scribewave is a start-up founded in 2023 by Ulysse Maes, specializing in transcribing video and audio files into text. It offers a SaaS service supporting 90 languages, using proprietary models and external models tailored to each language. The tool automatically selects the best model for high-quality transcriptions, and it's popular among businesses, journalists, and academics.
Headquarters; Belgium - PhD @ KUL Belgium
Industry: Saas
Role Heirloom Labs: Mentoring/strategic advice/ matchmaking