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Funding & Grants

Funding & Grants.

Last updated: 30 September 2026

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This intro brings together all articles within Funding & Grants (subsidies, VC/angels, programmes and ecosystems).

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Overview of funding options: subsidies, VC/angels, and ecosystems/tools to build your funding strategy.

Category summary

In this category you will find both concrete calls (subsidies, grants, prizes) and context/tools about venture capital, ecosystems and funding databases. The tags show two main tracks: Subsidies/Awards vs Funding & VC’s (often combined with network/events), complemented by a few supporting resources (coaching, cloud credits, ecosystem mapping).

Classification (based on tags)

Table of contents (all articles)

  1. 100IN Fund
  2. Alles Kan (City of Ghent)
  3. Angels & VCs by ticket size (VLAIO Risk Capital Database)
  4. Cloud credits for startups (Google Cloud & Microsoft Azure)
  5. Fast Lane UGent: setting up a spin-off faster (Fast Lane & Fast Lane Mini)
  6. FINMIX Design & Fashion (Flanders DC)
  7. FIT Mentorship Programme (Startup.Flanders)
  8. Free in-kind benefit: VAT activation via Xerius
  9. Free in-kind benefit: WeAre (custom software & AI automations)
  10. Ghent startup ecosystem
  11. Hefboom
  12. Henry van de Velde Awards (Flanders DC)
  13. How does VC funding work?
  14. Impact Shakers
  15. In-kind benefits and discounts via Gentrepreneur
  16. Innovation mandates (VLAIO)
  17. Internationalisation Starter Pack (FIT)
  18. Overview of VLAIO subsidy instruments (figures 2025)
  19. PMV Start Loan (Startlening)
  20. PMV Winwin Loan (Winwinlening)
  21. Project Europe fund
  22. Prototyping low carbon solutions (prototyping grant)
  23. Prototyping Sustainable Solutions (prototyping grant)
  24. Purina Better with Pets Prize
  25. Qbic (inter-university VC fund)
  26. Schaalklaar (VLAIO)
  27. SE’nSE project call (Foundation for Future Generations)
  28. SME Fund 2026 (EUIPO)
  29. Streekfonds East Flanders (with the King Baudouin Foundation)
  30. Subsidies & tax incentives for Software & Digital Innovation (we are)
  31. VLAIO Innovative Starter Support
  32. VLAIO R&D feasibility study
  33. VLAIO subsidy guide for the cultural & creative sectors
  34. Vocatio grant
  35. White paper: structuring spin-offs in Belgium (Cresco)
  36. Zorgvinding (In4Care Community)

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