Stefan de Waele

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.

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.

RapidFit NV engages in the development and sale of fixturing systems. The company was founded on February 28, 2013 and is headquartered in Louvain, 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.

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.

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.