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Brussels (Belgium), May 12, 2026 — Ventory has raised €2.65 million in a funding round led by KBC Securities, with existing investors Finindus, Matterwave and delaware also participating. With its platform, Ventory, a Start it @KBC alumnus, acts as the missing layer between ERPs and the field.

For Ventory, the investment follows a year of breakout growth: ARR x6, 10 new enterprise accounts signed in 2025, +500 customer locations now managed on the platform, and over 80,000 SKUs tracked daily. Today, Ventory is embedded in the operations of the world's leading medical robotics manufacturer, a national railway operator, healthcare providers, medical distributors, energy producers and asset managers across 7 countries — organisations whose uptime, assets and field service revenue depend on having inventory in the right place at the right time. \u200b \u200b

Bye bye spreadsheets

“From vans and trunk stock to consignment, field service depots and customer sites, Ventory replaces the Excel spreadsheets, Google Sheets, paper tickets and disconnected tools that have historically governed billions of euros of field inventory. The platform integrates natively with SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and Sage, and is newly ISO/IEC 27001 certified. The pace of enterprise adoption is itself proof of scalability — Ventory now delivers measurable value to some of the most operationally complex organisations in the world”, says Vishal Punamiya, founder and CEO of Ventory.
"For decades, enterprises have invested millions into ERP systems and accepted that visibility ends the moment inventory leaves the warehouse. Ventory closes that gap," said Vishal Punamiya, CEO and Founder of Ventory. "Landing some of the most demanding enterprises in the world tells us we're defining a category — and KBC Securities, alongside Finindus, Matterwave and Delaware, gives us the firepower to go after it."

 

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An overlooked gap in the market

The raised capital will fund three priorities: deepening Ventory's native AI product roadmap and ERP integrations, geographic expansion into Western Europe, and scaling its enterprise go-to-market team.

"Ventory has identified an overlooked gap in enterprise software, and their expertise and traction is proving their ability to capture this new and quickly growing category," states Olivier Rits, KBC Securities. "We're proud to lead this round and back the Ventory team, together with the existing investors, on the next phase of their journey."

100 million

At the end of last year, KBC Group announced it would invest 100 million euros to strengthen the Belgian start-up landscape: 50 million in early-stage funding for the top-tier start-ups in the Start it @KBC programme via the Start it Fund, and a further 50 million in follow-on funding for the very best of them via KBC Securities. \u200b

“Top-tier start-ups from our programme can count on early-stage capital and an extra year of support via the Start it Fund to accelerate their growth; for the absolute top performers, such as Ventory, there is also the possibility of receiving additional funding via KBC Securities. Together, we thus offer a unique journey: from the initial ideas to a potential IPO,” says Geert Cleuren, CEO of KBC Securities. \u200b

 

About Ventory

Ventory serves as the essential connection between the field and core systems like WMS and ERP. Designed for field-intensive sectors including healthcare, medical devices, energy, and rail, the platform ensures the ERP and WMS record of truth reaches the very last mile. Utilized daily by field service professionals, Ventory is ISO/IEC 27001 certified and features seamless integrations with Sage, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Oracle, and SAP. Discover more by visiting ventory.io.

 

About KBC Securities

KBC Securities is Belgium’s leading investment bank and forms part of the KBC Group. KBC Securities’ investment services team manages KBC’s venture capital fund and supports promising companies such as Ventory with capital, venture capital experience and expertise. Furthermore, KBC Securities, in partnership with Start it X, manages €100 million, made available by the KBC Group, to invest in Start it @KBC’s start-ups. \u200b \u200b

Further information is available at www.kbcsecurities.com. \u200b

 

About Start it @KBC

Start it @KBC is a unique, equity-free accelerator programme that focuses on real impact and has supported more than 2,000 start-ups since 2014, over 1,700 of which are based in Belgium. This makes it the leading player in Europe, and even the fifth largest globally. \u200b

As a key player in the Belgian start-up ecosystem, it has coached some of Belgium’s most successful startups, including well-known names such as Aikido Security, Keyrock, Bolt, Loop Earplugs, Conveo, Segments.ai and Crazy Games.

https://startit-x.com/en/accelerate

About Finindus

Finindus is a Belgium-based venture capital investment company funded by ArcelorMittal and the Flemish Region and is linked to OCAS, a world-class metal research centre. Finindus provides early stage and growth financing to innovative companies offering smart and green industrial technologies in the field of materials, sustainable manufacturing and industry 4.0. www.finindus.be

 

About Matterwave

Matterwave Ventures is a leading European venture capital firm investing in early-stage hardware and software companies, leading the transformation of the European industrial sector towards a more sustainable, sovereign, and digitalized future. Matterwave’s vision is to regain technology leadership, production capacity as well as energy and raw material autonomy in Europe. With over EUR 250 million of assets under management, Matterwave typically participates in Seed and Series A financing rounds across Europe. www.matterwave.vc \u200b

 

About delaware

Delaware is a global consultancy delivering digital transformation across SAP, Microsoft, and other core enterprise stacks. As a strategic partner, they provide Ventory with unparalleled expertise in supply chain and ERP implementation.

 

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Dries Van de Putte · dries.vandeputte@ventory.io \u200b

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