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Funding & Grants

Funding & Grants.

Last updated: 26 October 2026

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

In one sentence

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

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BeImpact

BeImpact is a free digital platform and support hub for impact organisations. It offers visibility, a community, a funding finder, and support with fundraising and matchmaking…

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FDT Health Impact Grants (Pulse Foundation & Financière de Tubize)

FDT Health Impact Grants: up to €50,000 as repayable 'pay-it-forward' support for a pilot, MVP or first market test of a Belgian innovation that improves access to healthcare.…

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Pitchdrive (pre-seed & seed fund)

Pitchdrive is an Antwerp-based pre-seed and seed fund offering initial cheques of €250k to €2M, fully funded by entrepreneurs, with its €60 million Fund IV focused on AI-native…

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Biobased, agrifood & biotech funding: specialized funds

Overview of funds that specifically invest in biobased materials, sustainable chemistry, agrifood and biotech—useful when generalist tech VCs are not a good fit for a materials or…

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