Funding project with experts

Looking for growth funding at the best conditions together?

Get the best deals from the right financiers thanks to an optimal financing mix, well-founded files, and a strong network of +5,000 international financiers.

Get access to our network of 5k+ financiers
Go through a fully customized funding process
Work with an expert from preparation to cash in your account

Start-up, scale-up or SME, tech or retail, we get it funded

Why seek growth funding with The Harbour as wingman?

If you find it important to quickly raise the desired amount from the right financiers, and on good terms, then The Harbour's funding experts are your biggest chance of success. As the leading funding agency in Belgium, we help you from A to Z to raise growth funding so that you can take the next step with your company.

Better deals thanks to substantiated files

All documents, pitch decks and financial plans are carefully prepared so that you appear professional and have a strong file to negotiate.

We raise money in 86% of our funding processes

The Harbour's quality label ensures greater credibility among financiers

A solid foundation helps to convince investors and maximizes your chances of success

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An international network of financiers

Get access to our international network of more than 5,000 financiers who we can call at any time with an interesting file. By contacting multiple financiers, we determine the ideal funding mix to enforce the best conditions.

Bank financing with our wide network of (local) bankers

Government funding with, among others, PMV, LRM, Welvaartsfonds, Finance & Invest Brussels...

Capital via business angels, family offices, professional investment funds and corporates

Alternative forms of financing such as crowdlending, factoring, leasing, revenue-based financing...

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Advice and support in all areas

As the only Funding Agency in Belgium, we have all the necessary in-house knowledge to complete the entire funding process: finance, legal, marketing, sales, strategy... You will have a fixed point of contact who will guide you through the process together with our dynamic team of experts.

Raising funding for ambitious companies is our specialty

We have experience with start-ups, scale-ups and SMEs from across all sectors

We will continue until the money is in your account

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These growing companies already found their deal

How Content & Coffee raised nearly half a million to make their dream come true

Growing costs money. And Content & Coffee, “the application lifecycle company”, knew that all too well. With big ambitions for the future and a group of interested investors on board, their capital round seemed within reach. But a missing financial plan and a clear valuation were a challenge that needed to be addressed. Together with The Harbour, they set to work to turn their growth plans into a financial success story. The result? A smart financing mix that raised almost half a million euros and prepared themselves for the future.

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Content & Coffee

How MyGrid raised €600,000 to accelerate the energy transition

The road to growth is full of challenges, especially if you want to launch an innovative product in a competitive market. For MyGrid, the Flemish start-up behind the ModuleOne smart home battery, that was no different. To achieve their mission of making renewable energy accessible to everyone, founders Jan Wellens and Stef Van de Gehuchte needed not only capital, but also the right investors. With the help of The Harbour, they created a smart and strategic Funding Process finished, resulting in €600,000 and valuable expertise. This is how MyGrid prepared to fulfill their sustainable mission.

Stef Van de Hamlet

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MyGrid

600,000 euros for the telephone exchanges of the future

A sleazy 150 years after Alexander Bell invented the telephone, it is still an indispensable communication tool for companies. But the classic telephone exchange has had its best time. Sippy brings it to the cloud. This way, companies from anywhere in the world and from any device can make and receive calls with the same number.

Benoit Biesmans

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Sippy

€1,200,000 for a digital concrete platform

No more ordering truckloads of concrete by phone or email. The East-Flemish start-up Betrotrace built a platform to streamline communication between concrete plants, transporters and contractors. This way, the right delivery of concrete gets to the right place on time.

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Betotrace

200,000 euro bank loan for innovative pharmacy brands

Pharma More develops products and brands for pharmacists, but has recently also focused directly on consumers. The focus is on cosmetics and biocides. Founder Dries Van de Walle comes from a family of pharmacists and therefore knows the market like the back of his hand. Meanwhile, Dries has knocked on The Harbour's door for a second time: “I haven't even watched any other parties.”

Dries Van de Walle

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Pharma&More

Appreciation helps make successful online recruitment tool future-proof

CVWarehouse was founded in 2006 by Inge Geerdens and creates software for digital recruitment processes. The user-friendly online recruitment tool makes it a lot easier for companies to manage vacancies and candidates and thus optimize the recruitment process.

Inge Geerdens

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CVWarehouse

How production company Kriket found the perfect partner to internationalize

To scale their product internationally and build a team, Brussels cricket bar manufacturer Kriket sought help from The Harbour to find a professional and reliable “smart capital” investor.

Michiel Van Meervenne

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Kriket

500k to gain a foothold in Belgium as a Dutch entrepreneur

Entrepreneurship is not new for Bart Van der Meer (39). That's what doing business in Belgium is. When he hits a prime location along the Gentse Baan in Sint-Niklaas, he wants to open a Q8 gas station with a sandwich shop and a supermarket there. Said like that, but not so easily done.

Bart Van der Meer

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My Partners

How does such a Funding Process work?

Of course, each process is unique, but here is an example of a Funding Process.

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Step 1: Screening

We analyse your business plan and historical figures to see if your company is in a good condition to raise growth funding.
Of course, we also check whether you meet our criteria for a funding process:

You have a validated business model, not a vague idea.

You are in a growth phase and want to expand (inter) nationally.

You still have at least six months of runway.

You are looking for at least 250,000 euros to further grow your business.

You want to be guided and go through the process together with funding experts

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Step 2: Preparation of files

We support you from A to Z to draw up an attractive financing file including, among other things, a substantiated financial plan. While our financial and legal experts are preparing the necessary documents, you will receive further sales and marketing guidance to present your file in an attractive way.

“We find growth funding 3 times faster than entrepreneurs who do it themselves”

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Step 3: Matchmaking with the right funders

Based on your project, vision and situation, we look for the right financiers in both your network and our own network of 5,000+ contacts. Then we will create the ideal funding mix to find the best conditions. Ultimately, we will bring you into contact with the financiers and guide you through the discussions.

More info about matchmaking

Bank financing

Classic, but no less important pillar in growth funding.

Government funding

Complement your mix with growth funding from governments with attractive features.

Alternative funding

Think of alternatives such as crowdlending, factoring, leasing...

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Step 4: Closing

We won't stop until everything, whether or not in cooperation with your lawyer or bookkeeper, is completed. For us, a process only stops when the legal documents have been drawn up, all the signatures are on the contracts, you see the money in your account and we have sounded together.

“We knew our sector, we had interested investors, but as a start-up, we had no experience in raising funding. The Harbour was the ideal coach and sparring partner. We are very proud to have realised our plan A together. Plan B could simply be left in the drawer.”

Jasdeep Mann

Founder — Transforce

Why did more than 1,000 founders already choose The Harbour?

We delen onze expertise

Honderden bedrijven vonden de nodige groeifinanciering dankzij onze goed onderbouwde dossiers, sterke connecties en hands-on begeleiding.

We verliezen geen kostbare tijd

We brengen je dossier in stroomversnelling door snel met financiers aan tafel te zitten. Hoe sneller de financiering rond is, hoe sneller je terug kan focussen.

We staan samen in de ring

The Harbour is jouw wingman tot het geld op je rekening staat. Krijg hands-on hulp bij financiële plannen, term sheets, pitch decks, onderhandelingen en meer.

86%

success rate on all our funding and M&A rounds

3x

a deal faster than doing it yourself

100%

focus on acquisitions and growth funding

5,000

warm contacts in our international network

We are certainly not the only solution, but we are the best

It is smart to be guided in such a process. But then you let your best
guidance by a party that has the right expertise and focus on this.

Consultants

like “the Big Four”

A lot of experience with advice, less with matchmaking

Not practical and hands-on

Only interested in large companies

Limited network with banks, angels, buyers...

Costs are rising rapidly

Accountants and lawyers

offices that want to expand their services

Do entrepreneurs not always understand

Don't do matchmaking

Unable to make an attractive pitch deck

Can take little risk

Do not have an M&A or funding network

The Harbour Experts

fully focused on funding and M&A

Speak the entrepreneur's language

Support from A to Z

Commercial, financial and legal team

Know exactly what financiers and buyers want

Warm network of 5k+ international contacts

We only focus on growing entrepreneurs who meet the following criteria:

You have a validated business model, not a vague idea.

You are in a growth phase and want to expand (inter) nationally.

You still have at least six months of runway.

You are looking for between 250k and 25mio to further grow your business.

You want to be guided and go through the process together with funding experts.

Do you only have a limited need for financing? Our partner Credion would be happy to help you out.

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Frequently asked questions.

Do you have any other questions?

What if I can't raise funding?

It is true that we do not find suitable funding for a limited part of our processes. That's why we work partly on commission, so we share the risk. If we are unable to raise funding together, you only pay the start-up costs that partially cover the administrative side of the process.

Isn't The Harbour just for companies that can't raise traditional financing or are in trouble?

Certainly not. We draw up a thoroughly substantiated file that increases your chances of success, but your company must be financially healthy to raise money anyway. Many companies also come to us immediately to buy time and negotiate better terms.

Are you taking over everything or am I keeping part of the control?

We need each other along the way to get the right deals. We take every step of the way together and work as your wingman. We don't take actions that we haven't discussed together first.

What if I already have a financial plan or other documentation?

Each process and price are drawn up based on the things you have already prepared yourself. Some entrepreneurs come up with a network themselves but need a strong file to go to their financiers. Other entrepreneurs come without a network but with a fully prepared file. We then match them with financiers until the money is in the account.

Do you still have questions?

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