Our Startups
Here below is a timeline of the startups we've bootstrapped, some of which have been incorporated as a separate entity.
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Sep 2014
Company: Vggie
Founder(s): Joke Gysen, Laurent Van Winckel
Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium
Website: vggie.com
Type of business: Vegetarian marketplace
Stage: In development
Vggie's mission is to make meat obsolete, thereby reducing the killing of animals for our own pleasure and contributing to a more ecological world.
Jun 2013
Company: Mise
Founder(s): Laurent Van Winckel
Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium
Website: mise.co
Type of business: Location-based chatting
Stage: In development
Mise connects you with people and events nearby in real-time.
Feb 2013
Company: Storanza
Founder(s): Nicolas Marchand, Robbie Nevens, Gilles Marchand, Laurent Van Winckel
Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium
Website: storanza.com
Type of business: Furniture marketplace
Storanza is an online shop specializing in furniture and home decoration.
Oct 2011
Company: FaceCoverz
Founder(s): Laurent Van Winckel
Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium
Website: facecoverz.com
Type of business: Facebook vertical
Stage: Acquired
FaceCoverz is a resource website and Facebook app that provides Facebook Timeline cover photos for your Facebook profile.
Jul 2010
Company: Spotia
Founder(s): Laurent Van Winckel, Robbie Nevens
Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium
Website: spotia.com
Type of business: IT consultancy
Stage: Active
Spotia is a software company that provides subscription-based SaaS to small businesses, including other IT-related services.
Aug 2007
Company: CJReport
Founder(s): Prameya Bhandari, Laurent Van Winckel
Headquarters: Syracuse, New York
Website: cjreport.com
Type of business: Citizen journalism
Stage: Deadpooled
CJReport was a citizen journalism news website. CJReport's mission was to give citizens a voice in a world where traditional media and the government resorts to censorship. Citizen journalism was a trending phenomen back in 2007 - 2008, and we competed against news websites such as NowPublic.com, CNN's iReport and Newsvine.com, but ultimately failed to gain enough traction.
Dec 2002
Company: GiGamer
Founder(s): Laurent Van Winckel
Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium
Website: gigamer.com
Type of business: Online flash games
Stage: Acquired by Escalate Media
GiGamer was an online flash games and movies portal.