# The Faktory Fund

> The Faktory Fund is a VC fund in Liège backing Software and Analytics. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Liège, Belgium
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 9%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/the-faktory---company-belinvest-s-a
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/_TheFaktory
- Website: http://www.thefaktory.com/

The Faktory Fund is a VC fund in Liège focused on Software and Analytics. The Faktory is a private tech startup accelerator, incubator and venture capital seed fund founded by Pierre L’Hoest, the Belgian entrepreneur renowned for starting EVS Broadcast Equipment, an international TV slow motion technology valued at 422M€ in 2016. The Faktory has invested in 11 companies with a capital of over 4.5M€ under management.Our companies offer products and services to international niche markets in the areas of consumer electronics, high-technology, gaming and apps, drones, SaaS and IoT products. Our team and mentors come from all walks of life with professional experience in different countries. Furthermore, we partner with Boldstart Ventures, based in NYC, who, with over 30 years of venture tenure, oversaw the successful exits such as Divide (acquired by Google), GoInstant (acquired by Salesforce) and Rapportive (acquired by Linkedin).Based on efficient approaches like the Lean Startup and Business Model Canvas, a 360° analysis is applied to the most promising ideas. The objective is to help startups to grow by identifying and validating market niches, customer-centric development and by providing the means necessary to deploy and launch their businesses successfully.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$4.2M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $2.1M–$22M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 13% |
| Analytics | 3 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 13% |
| Computer | 2 | 9% |
| Logistics | 2 | 9% |

43 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 15 | 65% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 9% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 4% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Belgium | 13 | 57% |
| France | 2 | 9% |
| United States | 2 | 9% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pierre L'Hoest | Founder and President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pierre-l-hoest |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| e-peas | e-peas is a disruptive semiconductor company that enables the seamless operation of all connected nodes. The company is developing ultra-low-power high performances circuits such as energy harvester interfaces and microcontrollers that help companies make their IoT devices smarter and more energy-efficient by either prolonging battery life ormaking the devices live forever. e-peas also develops energy harvesting solutions which extend rechargeable batteries' life of portable devices by harvesting energy from solar, thermal, vibration, radiofrequency, and other sources. These solutions help industries to build products that free users and industries from a burden of replacing non-rechargeable batteriesThe company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Mont-saint-guibert, Brabant Wallon, Belgium. | $21.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 08, 2026 |  |
| e-peas | e-peas is a disruptive semiconductor company that enables the seamless operation of all connected nodes. The company is developing ultra-low-power high performances circuits such as energy harvester interfaces and microcontrollers that help companies make their IoT devices smarter and more energy-efficient by either prolonging battery life ormaking the devices live forever. e-peas also develops energy harvesting solutions which extend rechargeable batteries' life of portable devices by harvesting energy from solar, thermal, vibration, radiofrequency, and other sources. These solutions help industries to build products that free users and industries from a burden of replacing non-rechargeable batteriesThe company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Mont-saint-guibert, Brabant Wallon, Belgium. | $19.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 20, 2024 |  |
| xyzt.ai | xyzt.ai is a SaaS platform for ANALYTICS, REPORTING and VISUALIZATION of big location data in the Maritime & Ports, Smart City and Logistics industries. EASY & EFFORTLESS | $1.1M | Seed | Oct 23, 2023 |  |
| IVEX | At IVEX, we are creating a safety co-pilot to make existing decision making platforms for autonomous driving safe. Our technology is based on years of research performed at KU Leuven University in Belgium. Our unique IP and team experience in behavior planning and functional safety enables the development of safe and reliable autonomous systems toreduce the traffic victims to zero by 2030. | $2.4M | Seed | Feb 23, 2023 |  |
| MyCellHub | MyCellHub.com is a pre-startup from the KULeuven in the biotherapeutics industry that aspires to reform the way cell production processes are organised. With a regulatory compliant Saas-platform for data management and analytics, we increase the efficiency of your manufacturing processes, provide actionable insights via cell culture specificprocess analytics and facilitate regulatory compliance by means of a real-time audit trail and automated batch records. | $2.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 15, 2022 |  |
| Zozio | Zozio provides logistic flow optimization, stock optimization, workplace environment, sustainable production, track, and trace services. | $4.2M | Seed | May 09, 2022 |  |
| Nestwave | Nestwave SAS provides advanced, IoT geolocation solutions to IoT modem and DSP vendors. Nestwave's patented, hybrid-signal technology significantly improves localization accuracy in critical indoor and dense urban environments while greatly reducing power consumption and solution footprint compared to existing solutions. | $2.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 14, 2021 |  |
| IVEX | At IVEX, we are creating a safety co-pilot to make existing decision making platforms for autonomous driving safe. Our technology is based on years of research performed at KU Leuven University in Belgium. Our unique IP and team experience in behavior planning and functional safety enables the development of safe and reliable autonomous systems toreduce the traffic victims to zero by 2030. |  | Pre-Seed | Feb 18, 2020 |  |
| MyCellHub | MyCellHub.com is a pre-startup from the KULeuven in the biotherapeutics industry that aspires to reform the way cell production processes are organised. With a regulatory compliant Saas-platform for data management and analytics, we increase the efficiency of your manufacturing processes, provide actionable insights via cell culture specificprocess analytics and facilitate regulatory compliance by means of a real-time audit trail and automated batch records. | $1.1M | Seed | Sep 12, 2019 |  |
| Nestwave | Nestwave SAS provides advanced, IoT geolocation solutions to IoT modem and DSP vendors. Nestwave's patented, hybrid-signal technology significantly improves localization accuracy in critical indoor and dense urban environments while greatly reducing power consumption and solution footprint compared to existing solutions. |  |  | Apr 02, 2019 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does The Faktory Fund invest in?

The Faktory Fund invests primarily in Software, Analytics and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Belgium. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is The Faktory Fund's check size?

The Faktory Fund typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$4.2M at Seed and $2.1M–$22M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds The Faktory Fund participates in.

### How do I contact The Faktory Fund?

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### Who are the partners at The Faktory Fund?

The team at The Faktory Fund includes Pierre L'Hoest (Founder and President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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