1. Antwerp Startup City
Belgium’s ambitious innovation hub
28-11-2013
Evert Bulcke
LeWeb Paris, 12 december 2013

2. CONTENTS
Antwerp
Startup City
How?
Key Sectors

3. ECONOMIC ENGINE

4. ECONOMIC ENGINE
GDP Per Capita in percentage of EU average

5. QUALITY OF LIVING
“A hidden gem. Belgium’s best kept secret.”
The Daily Mail, 2013
“Colourful, dramatic, louche, hip.”
The Daily Telegraph, 2013

6. QUALITY OF LIVING
“the imagination and innovation that
spurred the fashions for which the city
became known is now blooming — from
design to cuisine, retail to architecture”
The New York Times, 2013

7. SKILLED WORKFORCE
35,3 %
Antwerp
27,7 %
Eur. Union
Percentage of people (25 - 64) with a college or university degree

8. MISSION

9. ANTWERP
Economic engine
Quality of living
Skilled workforce
‘Your prime business destination’

10. CONTENTS
Antwerp
Startup City
How?
Key Sectors

11. STARTUP CITY
Propelling the
City of Antwerp
into the future.
Kopterman, Antwerp – aerial cinematography, drones and visual software

12. VISION
Focussing on
the fourth sector.
Startup Economy.
DecoLabs Antwerp – interior design app, plugging into big data pools

13. VISION
Focussing on
the fourth sector.
Hybrid development.
New chemical 3D printing compounds developed by 4D Dynamics Antwerp …

14. VISION
Focussing on
the fourth sector.
Hybrid development.
… result in newer flexible and robust implants

15. CONTENTS
Antwerp
Startup City
How?
Key Sectors

16. SIMPLIFY
Guiding startups
through the
regulatory forest.

17. SIMPLIFY
Guiding startups through
government finance and
subsidy programs

18. MATCHMAKING
Matching startup needs
with investor opportunities

19. MATCHMAKING
Matching startup
needs with corporate
R&D strategies

20. MATCHMAKING
Matching projects by
sector middlemen:
incubators, coaches …

21. HUBS
Cocreating
innovation hubs

22. HUBS
Startup towers.
New icons of
entrepreneurial spirit.

23. aOS
‘Mayors Challenge’.
Building the virtual city
together.

24. aOS
Providing startups with
virtual building blocks,
so they can start
solving problems.

25. HOW?
Simplify
Matchmaking
Hubs
‘Antwerp Operating System’
Open Data > APS/SDK > Matchmaking > Marketing

26. CONTENTS
Antwerp
Startup City
How?
Key Sectors

27. AD:TECH
André Duval, investor.
Jini app, featured in LeWeb’s official competition 2012

28. E-HEALTH
NovoSanis, Antwerp – Smart surgical tools and health apps

29. LOGISTICS, MOBILITY

30. RETAIL

31. BLUECHEM
Brownfield Antwerp

32. BLUECHEM
Blue Gate Antwerp

33. KEY SECTORS
Ad:Tech
E-Health
Logistics, mobility, port activity
Retail
BlueChem / Blue Gate Antwerp

34. CONTENTS
Antwerp
Startup City
How?
Key Sectors
BusinessinAntwerp.eu

36. Antwerp Startup City
Evert Bulcke
@EBulcke
28-11-2013
evert.bulcke@stad.antwerpen.be
businessinantwerp.eu