# PULSE Foundation

> PULSE Foundation is a Belgian philanthropic foundation supporting entrepreneurship through multi-year funding for social-profit organisations, programmes including BEyond and Revival, and policy advocacy. Established in 2012 by roughly twenty entrepreneurial families and entrepreneurs, it works across Belgium and reports deploying €1.8 million annually.

- **Founded:** 2012
- **Headquarters:** Brussels, Belgium
- **Founders:** Herman Daems (Founding member), Dominique Moorkens (Founding member), Martine Lhoist (Founding member), Jean Libert (Founding member), Olivier Davignon (Founding member), Olivier Halley (Founding member), Régis Mulliez (Founding member)
- **Products:** BEyond, Revival, RISE, First Lights, FDT Health Impact Grant
- **Notable:** Reports €1.8 million deployed annually., Reports 80+ BEyond scale-ups accelerated and 95% of alumni still active or acquired., Reports more than €350 million raised by BEyond companies; this is alumni fundraising, not PULSE funding.

## Products & services

- **BEyond** — Twelve-month, equity-free programme for Belgian tech scale-ups seeking international growth; mentoring, expert support and investor access.
- **Revival** — Free coaching, mentoring and peer support following forced business closure; twelve months, extendable to eighteen.
- **RISE** — Three-year leadership, organisational development and peer-support programme for the ten social-profit organisations PULSE funds.
- **First Lights** — Free administrative orientation for entrepreneurs facing bankruptcy, using the 24/7 Lumi AI assistant and trained volunteers for complex cases.
- **FDT Health Impact Grant** — Recoverable grants of up to €50,000 for Belgian healthcare-access pilots with validated proof of concept; repayment depends on success and capacity.
- **BE.Entrepreneur** — Entrepreneur-informed advocacy, including 25 recommendations across Boost, Enable and Educate and events in 2024 and 2026.
- **Wallons-y!** — Collective movement encouraging entrepreneurship in Wallonia, launched with AKT, L’Echo and Wallonie Entreprendre.
- **Fuckup Nights** — Licensed events where entrepreneurs discuss business failures publicly.

## Achievements

- Reports €1.8 million deployed annually.
- Reports 80+ BEyond scale-ups accelerated and 95% of alumni still active or acquired.
- Reports more than €350 million raised by BEyond companies; this is alumni fundraising, not PULSE funding.
- Reports 300+ Revival participants and a 78% rebound rate, defined as work, a new activity or qualifying training.
- Funds ten social-profit organisations over three-to-six-year cycles.
- Published 25 BE.Entrepreneur recommendations in 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — BE.Entrepreneur returned to TheMerode on 20 April to review progress since the 2024 recommendations.
- **2026-06** — Wallons-y! launched at La Sucrerie on 2 June; PULSE reports 700 attendees.
- **2026-07** — The 2025 annual report is available in the resources library, under a July 2026 document path.

## Links

- Website: https://www.pulsefoundation.be/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pulse-foundation/

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Last updated: 2026-10-08