{
    "title": "Maurice & Nora, Wonka AI en Driven winnen goud op Belgium Startup Awards ",
    "modified_at": "2026-06-02 22:10:38",
    "published_at": "2026-06-02 21:29:00",
    "url": "https://news.evokepr.be/maurice-nora-wonka-ai-en-driven-winnen-goud-op-belgium-startup-awards",
    "short_url": "http://prez.ly/FSHd",
    "culture": "nl_BE",
    "language": "NL",
    "subtitle": "Startups van Start it @KBC kapen 11 van de 21 medailles weg ",
    "slug": "maurice-nora-wonka-ai-en-driven-winnen-goud-op-belgium-startup-awards",
    "body": "<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Brussel, 3 juni 2026 &ndash; Uit 103 kandidaturen en 51 finalisten werden gisteren in The Egg de winnaars van de Belgium Startup Awards gekozen: goud, zilver en brons in 6 verschillende categorie&euml;n, plus Consumer Startup of the Year, Business Startup of the Year en de Live Pitch Award. Van die 21 prijzen gingen er maar liefst 11 naar startups uit het acceleratorprogramma Start it @KBC, waarvan 3 gouden plus een speciale prijs voor Maurice &amp; Nora. De Awards zijn het sluitstuk van de Startup Day, die dit jaar nog maar voor de 2e keer plaatsvond en die 600 deelnemers samenbracht voor een programma vol keynotes, panels, fireside chats en andere inspirerende ontmoetingen.</strong> </p>\n    <figure\n        class=\"release-content-image release-content-image--contained release-content-image--align-center\"\n        data-component=\"image-zoom-popup\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-selector=\".release-content-image__image\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-i18n=\"data:application/json;base64,eyJEb3dubG9hZCI6IkRvd25sb2FkIn0=\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-tracking-views-event=\"Story Image View\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-tracking-download-event=\"Story Image Download\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-placement=\"content\"\n    >\n        <div class=\"image-thumbnail-rollover\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n            <img\n                src=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/e72df56f-403d-468f-a745-131234c9dfda/-/crop/3796x2730/0,126/-/preview/-/resize/1200x/-/format/auto/\"\n                                    srcset=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/e72df56f-403d-468f-a745-131234c9dfda/-/crop/3796x2730/0,126/-/preview/-/resize/1200x/-/format/auto/ 1x, https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/e72df56f-403d-468f-a745-131234c9dfda/-/crop/3796x2730/0,126/-/preview/-/resize/2400x/-/format/auto/ 2x\"\n                                class=\"release-content-image__image image-thumbnail-rollover__image\"\n                data-description=\"\"\n                id=\"image-e72df56f-403d-468f-a745-131234c9dfda\"\n                data-id=\"e72df56f-403d-468f-a745-131234c9dfda\"\n                data-original=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/e72df56f-403d-468f-a745-131234c9dfda/-/crop/3796x2730/0,126/-/preview/-/inline/no/IMG_5547.heic\"\n                data-mfp-src=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/e72df56f-403d-468f-a745-131234c9dfda/-/crop/3796x2730/0,126/-/preview/-/resize/1200x/-/format/auto/\"\n                alt=\"Story image\"\n            />\n            <div class=\"image-thumbnail-rollover__caption\">\n                <svg class=\"icon icon-expand image-thumbnail-rollover__caption-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-expand\"></use>\n            </svg>            </div>\n        </div>\n\n        <figcaption class=\"release-content-image__caption\"></figcaption>\n    </figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&ldquo;Het grote verbindende moment van de Belgische startupsc&egrave;ne, een jaarlijkse &lsquo;familiebijeenkomst&rsquo; waar founders, investeerders, corporates, media en publieke innovatie-actoren samenkomen&rdquo;: zo omschrijft de organisatie achter de Belgium Startup Awards haar jaarlijkse Startup Day. De focus is daarbij expliciet nationaal: het Belgische startupecosysteem samenbrengen &ldquo;van noord tot zuid, met Nederlandstaligen en Franstaligen verenigd rond eenzelfde ambitie: de startups die de Belgische economie van morgen bouwen vieren, verbinden en versnellen.&rdquo; </p><h4 id=\"een-jaar-gratis-begeleiding-ter-waarde-van-100000-euro\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Een jaar gratis begeleiding ter waarde van 100.000 euro</strong> </h4><p style=\"text-align: justify\">Tijdens de uitreiking van de Belgium Startup Awards, het hoogtepunt van de dag, werden in totaal 21 start-upprijzen uitgedeeld. De gouden medailles gingen naar: </p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Wonka AI &mdash; AI \u200b </p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Get Your Way &mdash; B2B \u200b </p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Tout Bien Pils &mdash; Consumers \u200b </p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Ark Capture Solutions &mdash; Impact \u200b </p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Maurice &amp; Nora &mdash; Platforms \u200b </p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Driven &mdash; SaaS </p><div\n    id='gallery-fdd6e770-486b-4f03-9fc4-51dd903b01c4'\n    class='release-content-gallery release-content-gallery--layout-contained'\n    data-component='chromatic-gallery,image-zoom-popup'\n    data-chromatic-gallery-padding='S'\n    data-chromatic-gallery-thumbnail-size='S'\n    data-chromatic-gallery-captions='data:application/json,true'\n    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Start it @KBC ter waarde van &euro;100.000. </p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Wonka AI</strong> is een innovatief platform dat gebruikmaakt van kunstmatige intelligentie om het prospecteren van potenti&euml;le klanten te automatiseren en te verbeteren, waardoor bedrijven op effici&euml;nte wijze hoogwaardige leads kunnen identificeren en benaderen. </p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Maurice &amp; Nora</strong> is een AI-gestuurd platform dat gezinnen en senioren in contact brengt met betrouwbare lokale studenten voor gezelschap, hulp bij dagelijkse bezigheden en kinderopvang in heel Vlaanderen en Brussel. </p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">&zwj;<strong>Driven </strong>is een Belgische software-startup die een door AI aangestuurd platform voor verkoopcommissies en prestatiebeheer aanbiedt. Het helpt bedrijven bij het ontwerpen van slimme incentives, het automatiseren van berekeningen en het afstemmen van verkoopstargets. </p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ook <strong>Gutsy</strong>, <strong>Nolla Care</strong> en <strong>HappyClient </strong>(zilver), en <strong>Aspilon Cosmetics, Sveric</strong>, <strong>Mobvious </strong>en <strong>Go Ocean</strong> (brons) komen van bij Start it @KBC. \u200b </p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Tout Bien Pils</strong> werd gekozen als Consumer Startup of the Year, en krijgt zo net als Maurice &amp; Nora een jaar gratis begeleiding van Start it @KBC ter waarde van 100.000 euro. De Live Pitch Award ging naar Noah. </p><blockquote style=\"text-align: justify\">&ldquo;<em>Met Start it @KBC begeleidden we sinds 2014 al meer dan 2.000 start-ups. De ervaring en expertise die we zo over de jaren heen hebben opgebouwd, maken dat we vandaag beter dan wie ook kunnen inschatten of een start-up succesvol zal zijn, en er dus ook steeds beter in slagen de juiste start-ups te selecteren. Dat 11 van de 21 prijzen vandaag door &lsquo;onze&rsquo; start-ups gewonnen werden, is daar het beste bewijs van&rdquo;, </em>zegt <strong>Lode Uytterschaut, oprichter en CEO van Start it @KBC. </strong>&ldquo;<em>Ook in de Deloitte Fast 50 bezetten onze start-ups de laatste jaren steeds vaker de hoogste regionen, en met Loop Earplugs en Conveo leveren we al 2 jaar op rij de &lsquo;rising star&rsquo;.&quot;</em></blockquote><h4 id=\"103-kandidaturen-6-categorieen-8-criteria\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>103 kandidaturen, 6 categorie&euml;n, 8 criteria</strong> </h4><p style=\"text-align: justify\">De winnaars werden door een jury van 30+ experten uit de Belgische ondernemerswereld gekozen uit 103 kandidaturen, waaruit 51 finalisten werden geselecteerd na Selection Pitches over heel het land. \u200b De jury evalueerde de kandidaten, die verdeeld waren over <strong>6 categorie&euml;n (AI, B2B, Consumers, Impact, Platforms en SaaS),</strong> volgens <strong>8 criteria</strong> <strong>(schaalbaarheid, financi&euml;le leefbaarheid, innovatie, team, tractie, achievements, visie en uitvoering). </strong>De publieksstemming, die meer dan 14.000 stemmen verzamelde, telde mee als extra criterium, met een gelijk gewicht aan de andere. \u200b \u200b </p><h4 id=\"familiebijeenkomst\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Familiebijeenkomst</strong></h4><blockquote style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Nicolas Debray, organisator van de Belgium Startup Awards en oprichter van Belgium Startup Ecosystem</strong>, blikt tevreden terug op deze editie: &ldquo;<em>Op twee jaar tijd is Startup Day h&eacute;t onmisbare moment van de Belgische startupsc&egrave;ne geworden. De dag waarop, eens per jaar, het hele ecosysteem zich onder &eacute;&eacute;n dak verzamelt. Het is een echte familiebijeenkomst geworden en dat is precies wat Belgi&euml; nodig had: een moment waarop we ophouden in regionale of taalkundige silo&#039;s te denken en samen vieren wat we aan het opbouwen zijn. De kwaliteit van de kandidaturen dit jaar, de onwankelbare steun van onze partners, en de energie in de zaal vanavond bevestigen het: het Belgische ecosysteem heeft zijn ontmoetingspunt gevonden</em>.&rdquo; </blockquote><div\n    id='gallery-55f8b5c7-5a4a-4281-9e59-0fe40a2c3c8c'\n    class='release-content-gallery release-content-gallery--layout-contained'\n    data-component='chromatic-gallery,image-zoom-popup'\n    data-chromatic-gallery-padding='S'\n    data-chromatic-gallery-thumbnail-size='S'\n    data-chromatic-gallery-captions='data:application/json,true'\n    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Hun missie: de meest ambitieuze startups van het land erkennen, belonen en versnellen, via een traject van zes maanden dat uitmondt in Startup Day. Een initiatief van Belgium Startup Ecosystem.</sup></p><p style=\"text-align: left\">&nbsp;</p><p style=\"text-align: left\"><sup><strong>Over Start it @KBC</strong></sup></p><p style=\"text-align: left\"><sup>Start it @KBC is een uniek, equity-free acceleratorprogramma dat inzet op re&euml;le impact en sinds 2014 al meer dan 2.000 start-ups begeleidde, waarvan ruim 1.700 in Belgi&euml;. Het is daarmee de leidende speler in Europa en zelfs de vijfde wereldwijd. \u200b</sup></p><p style=\"text-align: left\"><sup>Als sleutelspeler in het Belgische start-up-ecosysteem begeleidde het enkele van de meest succesvolle start-ups, met bekende namen als Aikido Security, Keyrock, Bolt, Loop Earplugs, Conveo, </sup><a href=\"http://segments.ai/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><sup><strong>Segments.ai</strong></sup></a><sup>, Crazy Games.</sup></p><p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https://startit-x.com/en/accelerate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><sup><strong>https://startit-x.com/en/accelerate</strong></sup></a></p><p style=\"text-align: left\">&nbsp;</p><div class=\"release-content-contact\" id=\"contact-ebc85db1-229f-420e-8de6-9946321b4b9e\">\n    <div class=\"release-content-contact__avatar\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/e7e2816a-9849-492a-93a4-50fc294396be/-/crop/2321x2321/394,309/-/preview/-/scale_crop/128x128/center/-/format/auto/\" alt=\"Paul Geens\" class=\"release-content-contact__avatar-image\" /></div>\n    <div class=\"release-content-contact__details\">\n        <strong class=\"release-content-contact__name\">Paul Geens</strong>\n        <em class=\"release-content-contact__description\">Senior pr consultant, Evoke</em>\n        <ul class=\"release-content-contact__details-list\"><li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"mailto:paul@evokepr.be\"  class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"paul@evokepr.be\"><svg class=\"icon icon-paper-plane release-content-contact__details-list-item-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-paper-plane\"></use>\n            </svg>paul@evokepr.be</a></li>\n<li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"tel:+32 472 59 70 74\"  class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"+32 472 59 70 74\"><svg class=\"icon icon-mobile release-content-contact__details-list-item-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-mobile\"></use>\n            </svg>+32 472 59 70 74</a></li></ul>\n    </div>\n</div><p style=\"text-align: left\">&nbsp;</p>",
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