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Read below to discover the Miles Ahead team & regular events we are organising. Find our who is who at Miles Ahead and what to expect when attending the already infamous Sessions.

Insights
5 min

AUAR secures £5.1M to reinvent Homebuilding with Robots and Timber

London-based construction robotics startup AUAR has secured a £5.1 million funding round to further its mission of transforming how homes are built using timber and automation.

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Insights
5 min

WeHave raises €1M to bring smart, measurable ROI to sponsorship & media

wehave.io, a Belgian tech company, raised over €1 million to scale its data-driven platform. By enabling brands, media and rights holders to measure conversions and impact — not just visibility — they are redefining what ROI really means.

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Insights
5 min

Belgian start-up IntelliProve raises €1M in Seed funding to further accelerate growth of their video-based health monitoring technology

IntelliProve today announced receiving €1 million in investment from The White and Yellow Cross, VLAIO, imec.istart Fund and other private investors to fund its market expansion and product development. IntelliProve is a fast-growing MedTech start-up based in Ghent that focuses on camera-based health monitoring.

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Founder Stories
4 min

Miles Ahead increases its funding to €30 million to capture the opportunity in the Deep Tech and AI market

The Belgian venture studio and fund has raised an additional 10 million in funding for its Miles Ahead Capital I fund in a final closing round.

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Insights
8 min

Tiro.health raises 1 Million to reduce administrative burden of doctors and accelerate the transition to value-based healthcare

Tiro.health, the Ghent-based startup developing software for healthcare professionals announced today that it has successfully completed a capital round of €1 million led by venture studio and fund Miles Ahead, joined by other investors such as Imec.istart and business angel Lorenz Bogaert.

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Founder Stories
8 min

The potential of robotics and AI in construction is enormous: tech company AUAR raises 3 million euros.

Startup Automated Architecture (AUAR) has raised £2.6 million in seed capital, a funding round led by the Ghent-based investor Miles Ahead. This funding will be used, among other things, to expand operations in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Insights
5 min

Ghent-based Miles Ahead raises 20 million for AI and deep tech startups.

The Ghent-based investor Miles Ahead surpasses the milestone of 20 million euros in funding for startups in artificial intelligence and deep tech.

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Insights
5 min

MyGamePlan provides football players and coaches with insight into their statistics.

That sports has become mathematics, and coaching relies on data analysis, has been no secret since the success of the website FiveThirtyEight. With a handy app, the Leuven-based startup MyGamePlan aims to make those statistics accessible to every professional football player and coach.

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Insights
4min

Will technology save the world?

The world is not in good shape. We are depleting nature’s resources too fast and global warming is threatening our future. Should we save the world by consuming less? Or should we radically opt for more growth and more prosperity? That was the central theme of the latest Miles Ahead Session.

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Insights
7 min

Sealution raises €1.3 million with an internal data network for ocean-going vessels

Sealution, a start-up that developed a proprietary network of receivers that enables internal communications on ocean-going vessels, raises over €1.3 million in a funding round. The young company from Sint-Martens-Latem found an Internet of Things (IoT) solution that connects all devices and systems on a seagoing vessel.

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Insights
7 min

Tech veterans support Belgian AI startups.

Several prominent figures from the Flemish tech world establish the 'venture studio' Miles Ahead. It sits between a tech fund and an incubator, offering young AI companies a total of 35 million euros in capital and support from experts.

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Behind The Scenes
5 min

A day in the life of a founder at Miles Ahead

With role models such as Albert Einstein and Kris Jenner, Bram Van de velde is not your ordinary entrepreneur. At 30, he has already founded three companies. Leadcamp is set to become a leading software vendor for the European SMB market. With ‘Give it your all, never back down’ as a motto, he will leave no stone unturned to achieve his goal.

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Insights
7 min

How inbound marketing is key to accelerate SaaS success

If a SaaS company wants to grow, it cannot do so without inbound marketing. And by focusing its organization on product-led growth, a SaaS company can entirely rely on the sales power of inbound marketing, doing away with sales reps. Following the golden rules of inbound marketing will allow start-ups to accelerate their growth - and shorten the time to exit. That was the story that PieSync cofounder Ewout Meyns and HubSpot’s Rory Hope told during the second Miles Ahead Session.

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Behind The Scenes
5 min

A day in the life of a business consultant at Madison Partners

“Never regret things you did, only regret things you didn’t do. If there’s an opportunity, grab it!” That is the personal motto of Lotte Vandewalle, Business Consultant at Madison Partners. That motto, coupled with her natural curiosity helps advise customers on becoming data-driven.

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Insights
5 min

The future of AI – blowin’ in the wind

With the number of articles, events and even TikTok movies about Artificial Intelligence, you might wonder if there is any aspect of AI left to discuss. Well, think again. Attending the Miles Ahead Session on the Future of AI on April 19th hast definitely gave us new insights and food for thought.

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Behind The Scenes
5 min

A day in the life of a Product & Technology Advisor at Miles Ahead

Even when he is cooking, Maarten Mortier takes a technological and atomic approach to it. His experience in advising and leading various startups (CTO at Showpad) certainly qualifies him as the perfect Product & Technology Advisor at Miles Ahead.

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Trends
7 min

A day in the life of a Business Expert at Miles Ahead

‘Lifelong learning’ is the motto of Beatrice Toussaint, business expert at Miles Ahead startup Nextrans.

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- Miles Davis