Management buy-out (MBO): buying the firm you run
MBO: managers buy their SME through a holding, with debt, a fund and a vendor loan. Worked structure, stake kept, personal risks, Belgian legal limits.
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Buyouts & succession
Owner buy-out (OBO): cash out without selling your firm
Owner buy-out: sell part of your shares to your own holding with a fund. Worked structure, governance, and the 33% internal capital gains tax since 2026.
Buyouts & succession
SME succession: evergreen fund or closed-end fund?
Retiring in four years: should an evergreen or closed-end fund back your SME succession? The fund's timeline, drag-along and what happens to your shares.
Start-ups & scale-ups
Funding a biotech in Belgium: milestones, funds, grants
Funding a biotech in Belgium: rounds tied to scientific milestones, seed funds, invests, non-dilutive grants and the first-round terms that shape the rest.
Start-ups & scale-ups
Funding a start-up or scale-up in Belgium
Funding a start-up or scale-up in Belgium: staged rounds, seed funds, invests, the tax shelter. Published ticket sizes and a worked dilution example.
Start-ups & scale-ups
Start-up and scale-up tax shelter: rules and ceilings
Belgian start-up and scale-up tax shelter: 30%, 45% or 25% tax reduction, €100,000 ceiling per investor, €500,000 or €1M raised per company.