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SPEAKER OVERVIEW 2026

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Ines Feytons and Prof. Dr. Pieter Vandekerkhof

Co-Founders of Nascent

Nascent is a Hasselt University spin-off and technology platform built to solve one of startup’s biggest challenges: co-founder fit. Powered by a science-based methodology that combines academic research on soft skills, personality and alignment with practical startup experience, Nascent makes the “human fit” between co-founders visible and actionable.

Our platform matches solo founders with the right co-founder and helps existing founding teams anticipate friction and design processes to manage it. Our co-founder team combines academic rigor with startup expertise, ensuring that every insight is both evidence-based and practical in the messy reality of entrepreneurship.

Our mission is simple: increase the odds of startup success by empowering resilient co-founders teams that can withstand the pressure of startup life.

For us, revolutionary entrepreneurship is rethinking startups from a human perspective. Nascent applies research-driven technology to co-founder relationship, helping founders understand their fit, anticipate friction and build resilient teams that make ventures more Resilient and successful.

What is your greatest ambition or dream for your company?

Our ambition is to make Nascent the global science-based platform for co-founder fit, matching the right people and giving teams the insights they need to build resilient, successful ventures.