Novable allows companies to drive innovation by identifying the most relevant startups for their strategic agenda thanks to an AI-based innovation scouting technology.

CORPORATE VENTURING - A FRAMEWORK100 Ways Startups Can Transform Your OrganisationFor large companies and corporations, collaborating with startups has become a mandatory exercise. The scale of challenges they face is such that external assistance is now necessary. More and more organisations have understood the importance of corporate venturing. Yet, fundamental questions remain. What concrete benefits can startups bring to my business? What are the most relevant startup engagement models? Where to start?This book outlines a new "Corporate Venturing Framework™", listing 100 ways startups can transform any organisation, and 50 startup engagement models. These two lists are articulated around a canvas that will help innovation professionals unfold the blueprint of their open innovation activities: a clear strategy, smart objectives, relevant initiatives, a pragmatic road book and a versatile performance monitoring dashboard.The Corporate Venturing Framework™ is the model you need to quickly and efficiently start or review your startup collaboration strategy.This book features real-life examples with companies like Nike, IBM, Siemens, BMW, Unilever, Shell, Microsoft, Pfizer, Facebook, Google, Toyota, Ford, Renault, General Electric, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, McDonalds, Lego, Amazon, Walmart, Coca-Cola, Starbucks, Ikea, Danone, Cisco Systems, Netflix, L'Oréal, Disney, Vodafone, Adobe, Accenture, AstraZeneca, Uber, Airbus, Volkswagen, Bayer, Bosch, P&G - and more.Buy the book on Amazon: linktr.ee/corporateventuring

The right approach to Venture Design - putting my entrepreneurship experience at work for startups, investment funds and companies, with a focus on technology and innovation.// Venture design// Venture building// Startup coaching// Innovation landscape// Strategy & Market research// Corporate Venturing & Startup Programs// Portfolio Strategy & Startup Support// Due diligenceSinople was also my portfolio holding company before Klow (was shareholder of Early Stage/K Company/WeBlend, Fair Wood Ventures/Cleverwood, Franc-Quartier and L'Aurore/Bebooks).

We are professional shareholders, investing in promising companies through venture capital and hands-on contributions to strategy, finance and business development.Our portfolio includes startups and companies active in blockchain/DLT, HRTech, Audiovisual and Real Estate.// Stampify - exit (MBO)// Beehire - ongoing// Moonday - bankrupt// Novable - ongoing

Board member and mission chief for the NGO Amalgache, providing dental care to Malagasy children through bi-yearly field missions in Ambalavao, Madagascar

Administrateur-délégué ad interim de Pharma Express, le site e-commerce de pharmacie et parapharmacie du groupe vpharma depuis 2009. J'y suis en charge de la filialisation et de la transition vers une phase de croissance et de reconquête.

Following the acquisition of Swan Insights by the Bisnode Group, I was in charge of the PMI and then, as a member of the management team, contribute to the Group Analytics strategy, organisational design and corporate management, as well as data innovation initiatives and startup relations feeding the group's R&D pipeline for all 19 countries.

// MBO in February 2019Stampify paves the way to the business of tomorrow, by providing entrepreneurs, startups and companies with new-generation corporate governance tools. Stampify’s mission is to build a frictionless business world where connected organizations work together with transparency, flexibility and trust. To do that, Stampify takes the most out of advanced technology, including distributed ledgers.

// Acquired by Bisnode Group in December 2016As part of the Bisnode Group – the leading European Data & Analytics company, Swan provides Big Data & Analytics products and solutions at a global scale. Swan's technology combines the best of new-generation Business Information, Contextual Intelligence and Data Science, in order to deliver unprecedented value to local and global customers. The Swan team is composed of Data Scientists with a deep expertise in data acquisition, machine learning and natural language processing – mixed with a business acumen that turns data into concrete actionable insights.Have a look at http://www.swan.business

// Acquired by M.I.B. in June 2016Résultat de la fusion entre les éditions numériques L'Aurore et Libook, bebooks est à présent le plus grand diffuseur belge francophone de livres numériques chez les libraires Amazon Kindle et Apple iBookstore.Avec plus de 200 livres Kindle en ligne, dont près de 100 sous gestion (http://kindle.libook.be), bebooks travaille avec de grands noms belges tels que Jacques Mercier, Bruno Colmant, Paul Magnette et Jean-Luc Fonck, ainsi qu'avec des institutions de renom, telles l'Académie royale de Belgique, les Archives de l'Etat ou l'Université de Liège.

// Acquired by ACT* on September 2014Along with 3 partners, I co-founded the venture holding Fair Wood Ventures to be an investment vehicle and startup incubation in promising markets, especially digital. Cleverwood was the first initiative, and due to its success, we focussed on it.

// Fully integrated in the Cronos Group in October 2013K is a full-service Digital Business agency, based in Belgium and serving all Western Europe. Its activity approaches e-business from a strategic perspective, with a clear purpose: Build the Digital Enterprise. Strategically. K works on the Transformation of Organisations towards a digital world, and a better society enabled by a blend of technology, creativity, governance and innovation. Its services are organised around three main pillars, all interlinked: Digital Enterprise (making the Enterprise business more efficient through a strategic transformation), Client Relations (the way an organisation connects with its stakeholders and Enterprise Relations (at the crossroad of the first two, the connection between inside and outside, whose frontiers get blur).On top of that, K constantly develops a deep expertise on a couple of topics to ensure its leadership in the latest areas. The current Dedicated Lines of Business are E-Government Consulting, Mobile Business (esp. banking), Interactive Digital Television and Social Business and Collaborative Platforms (Enterprise 2.0).K quarters count more than 120 expert people, working from three different locations in Belgium (Brussels, Antwerpen and Liège).In October 2013, K Company integrated the CommaGroup from Cronos and changed name for weBlend. It was the opportunity for me, having led the full integration for 3 years, to leave the company management and start a new venture.

// Disposed in 2013AGORATI est un portail Web 2.0 dont la fonction est d’agréger le flux RSS des blogs des politiques belges (élus et candidats) au sein d’une interface commune.AGORATI permet de consulter rapidement et simplement l’ensemble du discours politique belge, actuellement disséminé dans les centaines de blogs. LL'activité fut cédée en 2013.

// Merged with Libook in 2013 to become BebooksMaison d'édition contemporaine (ebooks/imprimés), fusionnée en février 2013 avec Libook pour devenir Bebooks (bebooks.be), le plus grand distributeur de livres numériques en Belgique.

// Acquired by the Cronos Group in May 2010, Early Stage became K CompanyEarly Stage was the first Enterprise 2.0 consulting company in Belgium.Early Stage provided organisations with prior consulting helping them transform traditional e-business activities into reliable, connected, collaborative Enterprise 2.0 ecosystems.We helped organisations secure the foundations of their e-business and Enterprise 2.0 projects. Early Stage provided preventive consultancy aiming at improving projects' chances of success by securing their foundations: finding the best matches between the product, its audience, the organisation and the environment, and aligning stakeholders on the same vision. Early Stage was certified partner of blueKiwi, Jive Software, SocialText and Knowledge Plaza, and maintained sustainable relationships with major software E2.0 editors.

Strategy & Planning Director, leading the department in charge of helping clients define digital strategies and roadmap subsequent projects. Key achievements/clients :* Strategic Consulting for BELGACOM and BELGACOM TV; initiation of Belgacom TV vortal (http://www.belgacomtv.be)* Strategic & Business Consulting for FORTIS AG* Strategic Consulting for TOURING : brand positionning and Web strategy, creative consulting.* Strategic Consulting for ELECTRABEL (strategic roadmaps for e-business challenges)* Change Management Consulting at EUROCONTROL* Change Management Consulting for UBIZEN/CYBERTRUST - a worlwide project (EUR-US)* Change Management & Web Consulting for D'IETEREN* Strategic, Creative and/or Usability Consulting for key accounts like AXA, SARA LEE, P&G, NESTLE, MICROSOFT, CISCO SYSTEMS, FIAT AUTO BELGIO, BMW, ARC TRANSISTANCE, PROXIMUS, EUROMUT, SKYNET, etc.* Strategic and Creative Management in major pitches for National Lottery, Lexus, Kia, Solvay, etc.

In charge of some key accounts business development and day-to-day management (mainly for the Belgacom Group).

In charge of the business development and day-to-day management of the Best of Group companies. In charge of the company's corporate communication and press relations.

Freelance Web consulting around University of Liège.

Journalist at RTC Télé Liège for the evening news report (field investigations, video edition and final cut on reports).