John Spesak

Henri Essers en Zonen Internationaal Transport NV engages in the provision logistics solutions. It offers transportation, warehousing, value added services, systems and solutions, forwarding, customs, and railport services. The firm serves the chemical, pharmaceutical, healthcare, general and air cargo, infrastructure, and food feed industries. The company was founded by Henri Essers in 1928 and is headquartered in Genk, Belgium.

Limburgse Reconversie Maatschappij NV (LRM) is an independent private equity firm which was founded in 1994 by the Flemish government. Limburgse Reconversie Maatschappij NV is headquartered in Hasselt, Beglium.

Porthus NV offers Global Trade Management solutions, enabling organizations to manage complex business processes across the supply chain. Porthus uses innovative technologies to allow its customers to interact and conduct business with multiple trade partners using its networked platform. Porthus develops, hosts and manages software applications on this central multi-enterprise platform. The company delivers its Global Trade Management solutions to over 1,000 companies based in Europe and beyond. The company was founded by Peter Hinssen, Luc Burgelman and Frank Hamerlinck in 1999 and is headquartered in Lier, Belgium.

Cegeka NV engages in the provision of information and communication technology solutions. It offers cloud, software, outsourcing, business process, digital experience, data and automation, and training services. The firm servers the agriculture, food, energy, utilities, manufacturing, retail, leisure, aviation, mobility, healthcare, and telecom industries. The company was founded by André Knaepen in 1992 and is headquartered in Hasselt, Belgium.

Mediahuis Partners NV provides media solutions. It prints news, and operates radio and television networks. Its brands include Mediahuis, Gazet van Antwerpen, Het Belang van Limburg, De Standaard, Het Nieuwsblad de Gentenaar, Rondom, Corelio printing, Coldset Printing Partners, Vier, Vijf, Woestijnvis, Nostalgie, Rob TV, and Gezondheid.be. The company was founded on June 29, 1976 and is headquartered in Groot-Bijgaarden, Belgium.

Punch Powertrain NV engages in the design and manufacture of variable transmissions and hybrid power trains. It offers transmissions, hybrids, electric vehicle solutions, and innovations, which include electro-mechanical Kinetic Energy Recovery System, TwinMotor, and TwinSpeed. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Sint-Truiden, Belgium.

Part of EDPO LLC, Van Unen Miersma Propane, Inc. is a propane delivery company for both residential and commercial customers. The company is based in Ripon, CA. The company offers competitive pricing and hassle-free service, ensuring that customers never run out of propane. The company was founded by Rick van Unen, Jeff van Groningen, and Marion Miersma, with Rick van Unen serving as CEO since incorporation. Van Unen Miersma Propane was acquired by EDPO LLC on May 21, 2021.

Cegeka Health Care provides IT solutions. The private company is based in Hasselt, Belgium. The Belgian company was founded in 1995. Stijn Bijnens has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

Cegeka Business Solutions engages in the provision of enterprise resource planning software solutions. It provides Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Stack, and Axapta and Navision. It offers solutions to food and process industries, wholesale and distribution, and construction and installation companies. The company is headquartered in Gent, Belgium.

REstore NV offers aggregated balancing capacity to energy suppliers and transmission grid operators by steering electricity demand. Its automated demand response technology platform Flexpond optimally aggregates large sets of flexible industrial loads, such that they can offer more cost-and carbon efficient balancing power than current power plants. The company was founded by Pieter-Jan Paul Mermans and Jan-Willem Paul Rombouts in 2010 and is headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium.

Belfius Bank SA engages in the provision of banking services. It operates through the following segments: Retail and Commercial (RC), Public and Corporate (PC), and Group Center (GC). The RC segment manages commercial relation-ships with individual customers and with small and medium sized enterprises both at bank and insurance level. The PC segment involves the management of commercial relationships with public sector, social sector and corporate clients. The GC segment covers residual results not allocated to the commercial segments. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

Sparkcentral, Inc. operates an enterprise customer engagement platform for real-time customer service. It offers an open API platform that enables customer to integrate and centralize any customer touchpoint, whether it originates from an app, system, tool or CRM. The firm’s platform unifies social, mobile, cloud and contextual data to proactively deliver personalized and engaging customer experiences. The company was founded by Matthew Finneran and Davy Kestens in June 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Mediahuis NV operates as a digital media agency. The firm’s brands include Het Nieuwsblad and De Gentenaar, De Standaard, Gazet van Antwerpen, Het Belang van Limburg, NRC Media and Media Groep Limburg. The company was founded on January 1, 2014 and is headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium.

Founded in 2014 by founder Frank Maene, Volta Management NV is a venture capital firm headquartered in Ghent of Belgium.

Uest NV engages in the manufacture and distribution of smart watches for elderly people. It offers the Zembro and Zembro Plus watch, which in case of emergency will alarm the medical institutions and family members. The company was founded by Wouter Beke, Bart Jean-Marie Claes, Hans Cools, Christophe Degrez, Harry Eddy Jean Demey, Katrien Margriet Florence Devos, Colette Dierick, Marc Fauconnier, Marc Cornelius Maria Frederix, Peter Hinssen, Erik Luts, Dirk Oosterlinck, Barbara Agnes Karel Torfs, Steven Van Belleghem, Christiaan van Doorslaer, Luc Cecile Jozef Van Mol, and Patrick Vanbrabandt on September 12, 2014 and is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium.

Droneport NV provides training services for military and aviation industries. The firm operates as a incubator that connects entrepreneurs in the drone industry. It offers accommodation options in various formulas in combination with test and flight areas, meeting rooms and workspaces. The company is headquartered in Sint-Truiden, Belgium.

Be Central SA FS operates digital campus. It accommodates and welcomes a variety of training initiatives, projects and companies. The company was founded by Bart Becks, Karen Boers, Anne Collet, Xavier Damman and Olivier Delens in February 2017 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

HSBCAD BV is a Belgian software company founded in 2014 that offers flexible Offsite Construction Software. The company is based in Ghent, Belgium. The software takes a project from a solid design to a manufactured and assembled project. The hsbcad team creates and manages the software to assist in the construction process.

Part of EDPO LLC, Windmill Propane, Inc. is a propane supplier. The company is based in Visalia, CA. The company was founded by Marion Miersma, Jeff van Groningen, Rick van Unen. Rick van Unen has been the CEO since incorporation.

Part of ImmunoPrecise Antibodies Ltd., BioStrand BV is a Belgian company that offers an AI-powered biotherapeutic SaaS platform to accelerate drug discovery. The company is based in Diepenbeek, Belgium. BioStrand's LensAI provides data solutions for simplified management, insights, integration, and collaboration. The platform helps researchers discover drug discovery insights faster and master big omics data challenges with multi-dimensional integration. The company was founded in 2019 by Dirk Van Hyfte and Ingrid Brands, with Ingrid Brands serving as the CEO since then. BioStrand was acquired by ImmunoPrecise Netherlands BV on April 14, 2022 for $35.10 million.

Nexuzhealth NV is a Belgian company that provides a centralized electronic patient record system and related services. The private company is based in Hasselt, Belgium. Additionally, the company offers the Klinisch Werkstation (KWS) support to efficiently manage data flows in hospitals, improve processes, gain medical insights, and encourage collaboration within and between healthcare institutions. Founded in 2016, the company allows patients to access their medical records, appointments, invoices, and personal information online through the mynexuzhealth website and app.

Cegeka Groep NV provides IT solutions. The private company is based in Hasselt, Belgium. The Belgian company was founded in 1992 by André Knaepen. The CEO is Stijn Bijnens.