Vincent De Smedt 👋

TERYA

Co-Founder / CEO

Start it @KBC

Startup Mentor

VIXO

With an entrepreneurial mindset I research & develop climate solutions and lead climate tech startups

Entrepreneur in Residence

KPMG Belgium

Leading the development of a new digital / ESG / WEB3 product within the KPMG digital innovation team.

Product Owner (Ext)

HYGINN | reinventing hygiene

Founder

EDMIRE | circular design

Circular & EcoDesign expert | Reducing product & packaging impact & waste by Life Cycle Assessment, concept design, product-service design, circular business modelling

Voka - Kamer van Koophandel Limburg

Advisor charter sustainable entrepreneurship

Astrobot

Co-Founder

Smart Design - Barcelona

As a Product Design Intern at Smart Design I supported the team working on several products for global brands in consumer electronics, telecommunication, transport and lifestyle products.

Product Design Intern

CEO at TERYA 🌳 A company purposed to regenerate forests & restore biodiversity. 
> we provide high quality voluntary carbon offset and compensation credits
> we provide a nature positive investment opportunity

🥇 Experienced in managing & building innovative businesses, climate focussed.
👨‍🏫 Startup Mentor, helping entrepreneurs not to make the same failures I did. 
🤖 Entrepreneur with a background in circular product & business design, strategic thinker & experience in B2B sales and ecosystem building. I co-founded several companies and projects in the fields of Biotech, SaaS and robotics. Eager to learn new skills, explore new ideas, and collaborate with others who are aligned.

☝️Build, test, improve! Keep iterating for better strategy & implementation! 
☝️Your network is your most valuable asset!
☝️Follow your passion, supported by ratio!

Climatetech Startup Mentor

Studio 55

Leap Factory

Leap Factory is a network of venture builders and innovators.
Together with industry partners we build the future of health & care, one startup at a time.
www.leapfactory.be

Helpper

Board Member

Helpper is the peer-to-peer platform for home assistance services.

It’s an online meeting place connecting people who need help at home, with a neighbour who wants to add to his income.

Helpper was honoured with the awards for Care entrepreneur of the year (2017), Radical Innovator (2019) & Belgian Startup of the year (2020).

Founder & CEO

Incite

Managing Director

Bagaar

Bagaar is a Digital Design bureau.
We invent and create advanced digital solutions for web, mobile, physical installations and other media. We strive to deliver high quality concepts and designs, from ideation to final product.

In my role as Client Director, it is my responsibility to advice our clients on their digital strategy.
For Bagaar's internal operations I follow up project execution, market positioning and financial control.

Client Director

Empact

Empact is the management consultancy firm in Belgium that focuses exclusively on transformation. Our mission is to empower companies to transform themselves and realize their vision. We believe that excellent results require maximum engagement at every level and we act in concert with the client to drive change in a very unique way: pragmatic, versatile, people-oriented and committed to results.

Project Manager

Accenture

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with more than 319,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments.

Management Consultant

I’m fascinated by ambitious and impactful innovation, and what makes it succeed (or fail).

I guide both startups and corporate innovators in navigating the obstacles and opportunities of developing new solutions for real problems.

I combine my background in economics & business, with 20 years of experience in new business models and startup venturing. As CEO or as mentor/coach, depending on the need.

In 2017 I founded Helpper (Belgian startup of the year in 2020), the peer-to-peer platform for home assistance services, of which I was CEO until May 2022.

You can contact me for everything related to:
* Innovating outside of your comfort zone
* Bringing a startup from 0 to 5
* Impact entrepreneurship & funding
* Building innovation teams & startup leadership
* Startup - corporate collaborations
* Public speaking about the above topics

Feel free to contact me. If I can't help you, I probably know who can. 🙂

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