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Posts by Philippe Willemsens

Astrea has assisted Garvis in successfully closing a capital round

11-10-2022

Astrea has assisted Garvis, the online and real-time AI platform for demand and inventory planning, in successfully closing a capital round in which the British investment funds Superseed and Scalebridge Capital and the German group Bosch Ventures realized an investment of 3.5 million Euros. Astrea is delighted to have contributed to this. Our team was […]

Astrea advised Plantyn with the acquisition of uitgeverij Averbode and Editions Erasme

12-05-2022

Astrea recently advised the educational publisher Plantyn, part of Infinitas Learning and in control of NPM Capital, with the acquisition of Uitgeverij Averbode and Editions Erasme known from the educational magazines “DOREMI”, “ZONNEKIND”, “ZONNELAND” and “VLAAMSE FILMPJES” – all iconic titles that will further grow, also through digitalization, under the wings of its new shareholder. […]

Astrea has advised ArchiMed on its investment in Xpress Biologics

18-11-2021

Astrea has advised ArchiMed, a leading investment firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industries, on backing Xpress Biologics, a leading developer of systems and manufacturing processes for the production of plasmid DNA and protein therapeutics. With the support of ArchiMed, Xpress Biologics will be able to take a bigger step in the expansion of its […]

Assistance with structuring initial seed funding GIMBER

30-10-2020

Astrea has advised the founders of the start-up GIMBER (gimber.com) a rapidly growing ginger drink manufacturer, with their first external funding round with the Luxembourg VC, DLF Venture and the Austrian VC, Square One Foods. The transaction was managed by Frédéric Verspreeuwen and Philippe Willemsens.

We advised Horizon Ventures with a multi series investment in Ghent based scale-up Cloudalize

20-04-2020

Steven De Schrijver and Dieter Veestraeten were advising Horizon Ventures, one of the largest venture capital funds of Hong Kong, on several rounds of investment in Cloudalize, a Belgian technology company. The Ghent based company Cloudalize offers a full-range of GPU-powered Cloud solutions for businesses. This is the first investment of Horizon Ventures in Belgium.

Astrea advised DoubleVerify on the acquisition of Digital Video Technology Company, Zentrick

20-02-2020

Astrea has assisted US-based company DoubleVerify Inc. (the leading independent platform for digital media measurement and analytics), which is backed by Providence, one of the largest sector-focused PE’s with a portfolio of 60 bn USD, with the acquisition of Zentrick, a Belgian company building technology that empowers ad tech companies to deliver effective video advertising […]

Astrea has assisted NYSE-listed HubSpot with the acquisition of PieSync

15-10-2020

Astrea (with lead partner Steven De Schrijver) assisted NYSE-listed HubSpot (which offers a full platform of marketing, sales, customer service, and CRM software — plus the methodology, resources, and support — to help businesses) with the acquisition of PieSync, a Belgian company providing a solution to synchronize customer data between different business apps. Astrea was […]

Assistance of Castelmore Group with acquisitions in property management industry

19-06-2019

Astrea has advised Castelmore Group with the roll out of their buy and build strategy in de property management industry, acquiring amongst others JALO BEHEER and BEHEER.  The transaction was managed by Frédéric Verspreeuwen and Philippe Willemsens, assisted by a multidisciplinary team at Astrea involved in the different aspects of the deal including on all […]

Assistance of Alcopa with the set-up of a joint-venture structure with the Bergé group

06-08-2020

ASTREA advised Alcopa with the sale of 60% of its shareholding in Alcomotive, a car distributor selling 30.000 vehicles per year in 6 European countries, to Bergé Auto, which sells 150.000 cars per year in 9 markets in Europe and Latin America. ).   The transaction was managed by Frédéric Verspreeuwen, Philippe Willemsens and Seppe Laenen, […]