Bart Wilberts

Compagnie Benelux Participations SA (Cobepa) is an indepndant private equity firm, a subsidiary of Cobehold SA founded in 1957. The firm is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium with additional offices in New York, New York and Munich, Germany.

Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen NV (PMV) is a private equity/venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Region of Flanders founded in 1995. Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen NV is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

Meridian Technique Ltd. develops and distributes orthopaedic digital imaging solutions. The firm offers digital planning and templating for joint arthroplasty and revisions, trauma, limb deformity correction, osteotomy and spinal assessment and is chosen by hospitals to complete their target of film-free radiology. The company was founded by John Chambers, Adrian Dwyer and David Kitson in 1997 and is headquartered in Southampton, the United Kingdom.

Borit NV manufactures hydroformed sheet metal products and assemblies. The firm’s products and solutions include components for fuel cells, hydrogen generation and compression, flow plates for heat exchangers and cooling solutions, process intensification micro reactors and structural parts. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Geel, Belgium.

Ontoforce NV creates and implements pioneering technology for information flow and management. Its disQover connects internal and private data with external and public information. The company was founded by Hans Simon Constandt in 2011 and is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium.

CHILI Publish NV develops and offers online document editing solutions. The firm offers online PDF and 3D viewing SDK. The company was founded by Bram Verniest, Kevin Goeminne and Joeri Paelman in 2010 and is headquartered in Aalst, Belgium.

Part of Materialise NV, Materialise GmbH is a German company that offers 3D printing solutions for flexible volume manufacturing of industrial applications and drives mass personalization in healthcare. The company is based in Gilching, Germany. Materialise has been at the forefront of 3D printing technology for over 30 years, empowering its customers to bring their ideas to life and change the world. The CEOs are Johan Pauwels, Marcus Joppe. The company was founded in 1990 by Wilfried Vancraen.

InvestSuite NV develops automated investment solutions to help financial institutions. The company was founded by Bart Vanhaeren and Laurent Sorber on March 14, 2018 and is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.

Materialise SA provides 3D printing solutions for flexible volume manufacturing of industrial applications and drives mass personalization in healthcare. Materialise is based in Leuven, Belgium. The Belgian company has been at the forefront of 3D printing technology for over 30 years, empowering customers to bring their ideas to life and change the world. The private company was founded in 1990 by Wilfried Vancraen, who has been the CEO since then.

RheaVita BVBA has developed a unique freeze-drying technology that integrates all the traditional freeze-drying process steps into one continuous production line. The company is based in Zwijnaarde, Belgium and was founded in 2018 by Jos Corver and Thomas de Beer, with Thomas de Beer serving as the CEO since then. The technology involves spinning glass vials during the freezing process, resulting in a thin layer of product coating the inner lining of the vial. This approach offers several advantages over traditional freeze-drying methods, including faster product and process development, reduced cycle times, lower production costs, and improved product quality and process uniformity. The Belgian company also developed a digital twin of the system to facilitate future process development and optimization, maintenance and repair, and operator training.

Part of Materialise NV, Materialise Motion NV is a Belgian company that engages in clothing and accessories manufacturing and market and opinion research activities. The company is based in Beringen, Belgium. Founded in 2014.

Aska Bike BV specializes in sustainable high-speed e-bikes called ÅSKA speedpedelecs. The company is based in Bertem, Belgium. These bikes are designed to conquer all terrains without compromising on power.