Finance, Funding & Logistics: Key Strategies for Scaling into the US market

Belwest and IMS present a networking, panel and cocktail event.

Welcome to the Finance, Funding & Logistics: Key Strategies for Scaling into US market event. Join us on Wed, May 29, 2024 at 17h at Huis van de Hertogen van Brabant as we delve into the essential strategies for expanding your business into the US market. Learn from industry experts and network with like-minded professionals. Don’t miss out on this valuable opportunity to take your business to the next level.

AGENDA

• Doors open 17h
• Networking 17h-17h30
• Presentations 17h30-18h40
• Reception: 18h40-20h

SPEAKERS

• Jan Barbe – General Manager at KBC US
• Piet Demunter – COO at Flanders Investment & Trade
• Olivier Van Orshoven – Head of Startup.Flanders at Flanders Investment & Trade
• Ben Troch – Director Benelux International at Management Solutions
• Patrick Hollenfeltz – CEO at TLS Express
• Yannis Moore – Founder & Managing Partner at Montfort Ventures
• Alain Charbonnier – CEO at BelWest

PANEL SCHEDULE

• Welcome by Alain Charbonnier, CEO at BelWest
• ‘US Tax Due Diligence Matters During a Funding Round’ by Ben Troch, IMS
• ‘Turn your logistics into your strategic asset’ with Patrick Hollenfeltz, TLS Express
• ‘International growth: an introduction to Flanders Investment & Trade and Startup.Flanders’ with Piet Demunter and Olivier van Orshoven
• ‘Fundraising: VC trends – European startups raising in the United States’ by Yannis Moore, Montfort Ventures
• Conclusion by Jan Barbe, General Manager at KBC US

This event will be hosted at la Maison des Ducs de Brabant. It is co-organized by Belwest and IMS, and made possible by our partners and sponsors: KBC group, Druven, TLS Express, FIT, Startup.Flanders and Montfort ventures.

This is a limited seat venue. Should you be unable to attend at the last minute, we kindly ask you to unregister as soon as you can, so that someone else can benefit from your seat.

Belwest is the Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce for the Western US, headquartered in Los Angeles with chapters in San Francisco, San Diego, Portland OR, Brussels and Luxembourg, and connects the 2 biggest economies and innovation areas of the world : the Western US and the center of Europe. We help grow the business of our members through expansion services, effective networking and advocacy, and we are open to all businesses, whatever their size, location or nationality. The Chamber is organized in Special Interest Groups in Aerospace, Gaming and Entertainment, Architecture and Design, Life Science, Corp. Immersive Technology and is working on opening new Groups in CleanTech, Food and Beverage, FinTech and Blockchain… Belwest is associated with the International Federation of Chambers BLCCA in Brussels, and has a direct and privileged access to 14 Belgian and Luxembourg local Chambers, as well as 41 other multilateral Chambers across the world.