What Be Angels does

Be Angels SA is a Belgian business angel network, founded in 2000 and headquartered in Brussels with a secondary office in Louvain-la-Neuve, that connects early-stage startups with private investors (business angels). The organization operates a structured deal-flow process: entrepreneurs submit projects through an online platform (proseeder.com), a Selection Committee reviews submissions, and pre-selected startups pitch at monthly Investors' Night events attended by the network's angel members. The average initial investment ticket facilitated through the network is €250k, typically pooled across several investors, with a typical 3-6 month timeframe from submission to closed funding.

BeAngels monetizes via a transaction-based commission of 3-5% on capital raised from its investing members, with the rate varying by amount raised. The company serves two customer segments: startups and founders seeking seed and pre-Series A capital (primarily in Belgium, Luxembourg, and Hauts-de-France) and high-net-worth individuals seeking curated deal flow and co-investment opportunities. Surrounding the core deal-matching service, BeAngels operates an ecosystem of adjacent products: BeAngels Academy for member education, Pooling Services to consolidate cap tables, the Startup Pack of negotiated partner discounts (including Google for Startups, Stripe, Jobloom, and others), the My Portofolio investor dashboard, and community groups such as NXT Brussels and the Health Expert Circle.

The network is supported by strategic partnerships with regional innovation finance institutions including PMV (Flanders), BAN Flanders, Imec-Istart, VLAIO O&O, and BDO for tax advisory. BeAngels operates 11-50 employees, facilitated deals including FORCEBIT (€275k sensor-technology seed in September 2024) and ARK Capture Solutions (€2M CO2 capture round in 2025), and has scheduled 88 Investors' Night events for 2025.

Name

Be Angels

Legal name

Be Angels SA

Website

https://beangels.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

BeAngels is a Belgian business angel network, founded in 2000, that connects early-stage startups in Belgium, Luxembourg, and Hauts-de-France with private investors through monthly Investors' Night events, charging a 3-5% commission on capital facilitated.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Angel Investment Network / Early-Stage Funding Services

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Emerging Managers / Seeding Platforms (FSAHAKAI)

Keywords

• Business angel network
• Early-stage startup funding
• Seed and series A investment
• Private investor matchmaking
• Deal flow management

Headquarters

HQ city

Louvain-la-neuve

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Success Fee / Commission: BeAngels charges a commission on funds raised from investing members. The tariff varies according to the amount raised, ranging from 3-5% of the capital secured through their platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

BeAngels is a membership-based business angel network that connects early-stage startups with private investors via monthly Investors' Night pitch events and an online submission/portfolio platform. It supports entrepreneurs with deal sourcing, structured investor pooling, and post-investment follow-on, and supports its investor members with curated deal flow, portfolio tracking, and training through BeAngels Academy.

Product overview

BeAngels is a Belgian business angel network connecting innovative startups with private investors. The organization operates a multi-product investment ecosystem comprising: a fundraising portal enabling entrepreneurs to submit and pitch projects, a portfolio tracking platform for investors, and educational programs through BeAngels Academy. Additional services include pooling mechanisms for investor consolidation, collaborative investment groups like NXT Brussels, and the monthly Investors Night event series for startup pitches. The network also provides a Startup Pack with discounted partner services. BeAngels primarily serves the Belgium, Luxembourg, and Hauts-de-France regions, with an average initial investment ticket of €250k per startup.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NXT Brussels: Investment group focused on collective intelligence in investing
• BeAngels Academy
• BeAngels Luxembourg
• Pooling Services
• BeAngels x PMV

Products and services

• Investors Night Monthly pitch events where pre-selected startups present to BeAngels investors, followed by networking. Each session features ~5 pre-vetted startup pitches to assembled business angels, managed by a dedicated DealFlow manager who facilitates follow-up meetings.
• BeAngels Fundraising Platform Online portal that connects innovative startups with BeAngels' investor network, enabling entrepreneurs to submit projects for review and gain access to investor matching once selected for an Investors' Night pitch.
• My Portfolio Investor dashboard that lets BeAngels members track and manage their investment portfolios, monitoring holdings across BeAngels-backed startups.
• Investor Dealflow Access Curated startup investment opportunities platform for BeAngels members, hosted via the verve.vc partner portal, providing access to the network's deal flow.
• BeAngels Academy Training and skill development program for business angels, helping members optimize their investment approach and support for portfolio entrepreneurs.
• Pooling Services Investor pooling service that consolidates multiple business angels into streamlined cap tables, reducing administrative tasks and optimizing investor relations for portfolio startups.
• Startup Pack Package of advantages and partner discounts negotiated by BeAngels for startups in its network, spanning services such as Argafin, Guberna, Jobloom, Google for Startups Cloud, Stripe, and other providers.

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• BDOminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAccounting and consulting firm partnered with BeAngels to help private investors navigate new capital gains tax regulations
• NXT BrusselsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInvestment group focused on collective intelligence in investing; gathers after Investors' Night events

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BAN Flanders: Belgian Business Angels Network Flanders — operates the same angel-investor-to-startup matching model in the same Belgian geography and is already a formal co-investment partner of BeAngels, making it the closest direct competitor and collaborator.
• Verve Ventures: Swiss-headquartered online venture investment platform; runs the verve.vc infrastructure that BeAngels already uses for Investor Dealflow Access, and competes for the same European early-stage deal flow with a more digital, scalable model.

Regional players

• France Angels: France's national federation of business angel networks; comparable in mission (curating, training and matching business angels with startups) and operates adjacent to BeAngels' Hauts-de-France footprint.
• SeedBlink: Central and Eastern European equity investment platform enabling community-driven startup funding; offers a comparable mix of curated deal flow, community and post-investment tools, although its geographic focus differs from BeAngels'.
• Companisto: Germany's leading digital private-investor network; operates a similar community-driven, fee-based model for early-stage investing but is anchored in the DACH region rather than Benelux.
• LITA.co: French impact-focused equity investment platform connecting individual investors with mission-driven startups; competes for the Hauts-de-France deal flow that overlaps with BeAngels' southern footprint.

Broad incumbents

• EBAN (European Business Angels Network): Pan-European umbrella for business angel networks, providing syndication, policy advocacy and best-practice standards — overlapping with BeAngels' role as a member-driven angel community in Belgium and Luxembourg.
• AngelList: Largest global online platform connecting angel investors with startups via syndicates and rolling funds; the canonical digital incumbent against which traditional angel networks like BeAngels must differentiate on curation and regional access.
• Gust: Global SaaS platform powering angel networks (deal management, syndicates, due-diligence workflows); serves as both a potential technology supplier and an indirect competitor to BeAngels' proprietary submission flow.

Others

• PMV (Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen): Flemish public investment company that is simultaneously a co-investment partner via BeAngels x PMV and an investor in many of the same startups; a key ecosystem participant shaping competitive dynamics for BeAngels.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments26 records

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