BetaGroup Event #39, April 17 2013
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Come and meet every Tuesday morning Damien Boone from Securex, one of the Belgium’s biggest company specialized in social security,  payroll administration, staff management and people insurance.

New BetaGroup partner since January 2013, Securex is here to help you succeed in your business:  from coaching starters to handling out all your social obligations.

Who is concerned?

• Startups
• Self-employed
• Employers of Small & Mid-size companies
• People who are thinking to hire and extending their businesses

To setup a meeting :

Just email Damien damien.boone@securex.be and fix a meeting.

Can you ask other questions about health and safety insurance, HR Consulting or HR Research ?

Yes by email or during the meeting.

A new organization is taking place with new services and processes!

Our new BetaInvest 2.0 platform will improve efficiency through more transparency and easier  access to information.

Keep on registering to stay in touch!

A new workshop is organized , with the support of ABE-BOA at ICAB on May 15th about R&D.

Come and meet 4 Technology Startups who have faced R&D challenges. They will share their experiences and their tips with you.
CETIC Asbl and SIRRIS will let you peek into the harsh realities of 4 clever startups.

+ Olivier van de Werve, R&D Business Development Manager at Cetic asbl, Pico Lantini, Business Development Manager in Technology Strategy consulting at Sirris and Wim Codenie, Business Unit Manager ICT & Mechatronics at Sirris, will be there to give details about the strategic management of R&D and all the possible supports available in Belgium for startups.

On May 16th 2013 at 6:30PM, BetaGroup organizes a special special BetaGroup Event that will take place on May 16th at the Polytechnic Faculty of Mons.

Why Mons ? Because Betagroup wants to celebrate the three winners of the StarTech program, which is a student business incubator program offered to students by the Polytech Mons.

Coordinated by Professor Gatean Libert and with the support of WSL, the Startech program consists of a 10 weeks intensive coaching designed to provide a nurturing and supportive environment to students who want to start their own business.

This special event will be composed of the three winners of the StarTech program +  two young startups launched by fresh graduated students : Shareiff and Battlekart.

Hope you will join us !!

Belfius Bank starts commercializing Xpenditure by Belfius, a  new smartphone application, that will give the opportunity to their clients to connect their corporate credit cards and to automatically match receipts with the financial transactions of Belfius credit cards. This will enable users to save even more time!

The partnership between Belfius and Xpenditure is a strong signal of Belfius interest for technology and of it’s willingness to promote entrepreneurial talent made ??in Belgium.

Belfius clients have 3 months trial period where they can use Xpenditure by Belfius totally free. In addition, as everything is digitized, the information can be sent to an ERP system, to ease accountants’ life. And to work in compliance with EU laws, all receipts and expenditures are stored for the legal duration of 7 years required by the tax authorities.

Finally, Xpenditure is in talks with Belgian legislation so that the digitized receipts are fully accepted by the tax administration – as it is already the case in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Because 100% digitized means 100% green.

Xpenditure by Belfius – FR

Xpenditure by Belfius – NL

Come and meet Mohamed Moussaoui, our own Business Specialist from Belfius Bank, every Tuesday morning at ICAB / BetaCowork.

Mohamed will help you to get money from the bank and also to take advantage of the European Investment Fund (EIF). European Investment Fund is a european financial institution which provides guarantees on loans extended to small and medium-sized entreprises (SMEs). Belfius Bank is the only bank in Belgium which collaborates with the EIF.

Who can get this money?

• SMEs, self-emplyed, liberal profession, all companies that are starting and want to progress.
• Startups have to be in business for less than 3 years.
• For investment loans of minimum 75.000 € and maximum 500.000 €

Goals :

• Real estate and other assets,
• Transfer of activities,
• Innovation (R&D, patents or licences)

To setup a meeting : just email Mohamed and fix a meeting.

Can you ask other questions about loans and startups? Yes by email or during the meeting.