Archive · 20142:06
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Helena Duson
Kapsalon Helena
50.8503° N · 4.3517° EBrussels · Belgium
The lighthouse of entrepreneurship in Belgium
Breaking downevery obstacleon the entrepreneurialpath.
01 · Our master narrative
One conviction.
One mission.
Entrepreneurship is a force for good. Our reason to exist is easy to say and hard to do: keep the path to it open, for every profile and every ambition.
Conviction
Entrepreneurship can drive innovation, inclusion and sustainability, but only when the path is open.
Mission
We are dedicated to demolishing every obstacle on the entrepreneurial path.
How
Three levers across seven pillars that span the full entrepreneurial journey.
Values
Entrepreneurial. In collaboration. And always, we pay it forward.
02 · The community
Faces of the movement.
Behind every Pulse Foundation program is an entrepreneur, a mentor, a partner who said yes. These are some of them, and they are the reason this foundation exists.↓ Fictional placeholders. Real videos, photos and quotes to come.
Revival
“After the bankruptcy, nobody called back. Revival put ten people in a room who understood without asking.”
Marc VandenbroeckEntrepreneur, second chance
FDT Grant
“The grant unlocked the pilot. The mentors made sure we did not waste it.”
Dr. Léa MoreauFounder, health access
FuckUp Nights
“I told the truth about losing everything. Forty founders exhaled at the same time.”
Tom BruyèreSpeaker · 1:48 video
03 · How we act
Three modes.
One shared mission.
The pillars are the themes we work on. The three levers are how we act on them, across the full entrepreneurial journey.
01 · Lever one
We Fund.
Structural, multi-year funding plus collective acceleration for the social-profit organisations already strengthening entrepreneurship across Belgium.
- Around 10 supported organisations
- Funded over 3 to 6 years
- RISE collective accelerator
02 · Lever two
We Operate.
A portfolio of in-house programs, some built in our own startup studio, designed to fill the gaps in the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
- BEyond, scaling and internationalisation
- Second Chance, Revival and First Light
- FDT Grant, health access
03 · Lever three
We Advocate.
We inform and advise decision-makers on what shapes entrepreneurship. Where a gap calls for more than a program, we help start a movement.
- BE.Entrepreneur, advocacy with proof
- Wallonsy, a collective movement
- From pain points to real reform
Our ambition
Pulse Foundation brings together entrepreneurial families who share one vision: entrepreneurship is the key to many of today's and tomorrow's societal challenges. That vision translates into three ambitions.
01
Stimulate culture
Stimulate and promote entrepreneurial culture from the earliest age, including a healthier relationship with risk and failure.
02
Ensure access
Ensure access to entrepreneurship for all entrepreneurs, whatever their form and whatever their ambition.
03
Guarantee the ecosystem
Guarantee that the ecosystem fosters the potential of all our entrepreneurs, everywhere in Belgium.
04 · Programs
Seven initiatives.
The Pulse Foundation universe.
Each program fills a gap in the entrepreneurial ecosystem, with its own beneficiaries, partners and goals, all under the Pulse Foundation umbrella. Click any to dive deeper.
BEyond
Belgium's premier 12-month accelerator for tech scale-ups past their first million. No equity taken.
Discover
Revival
A fast, human restart after bankruptcy, with a mentor, a coach and a room of people who get it.
Discover
First Lights
A calm guide that turns the paperwork of failure into a short list of clear next steps.
Discover
RISE
A three-year program that strengthens the doing and the being of the social entrepreneurs we fund.
Discover
FDT Health Impact Grant
A recoverable grant of up to €50k for health-access ventures. When they succeed, they fund the next.
Discover
FuckUp Nights
Live storytelling where founders tell the truth about their failures. Run by Pulse under license.
Discover
Wallons-y!
A Pulse Foundation initiative. Full content is being prepared with the Pulse team.
Discover05 · Manifesto
Pulse Foundation is more than a foundation; it is a movement. A heartfelt commitment to breaking down every barrier that stands in the way of entrepreneurial dreams in Belgium.
Emmanuelle Ghislain
CEO · Pulse Foundation
We fuel individual aspirations and foster societal transformation. Politically neutral. Financially independent.
06 · Impact
Numbers
that make us tick.
Updated yearly with our impact study. A few figures still to be confirmed before going fully public.
2012
Founded by around twenty entrepreneurial families and entrepreneurs.
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Deployed each year to strengthen entrepreneurship across Belgium.
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Pillars spanning the full entrepreneurial journey, served by three levers.
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Social-profit organisations funded structurally over 3 to 6 years.
07 · Get involved
Be part
of the solution.
Pulse Foundation is a movement. Choose your way in, whatever your time, your skills or your means.
i
Donate
Support a foundation that demolishes obstacles for Belgian entrepreneurs at every stage.
Become a donor →
ii
Mentor
Give an hour, a day or a year of your expertise to entrepreneurs who need it most.
Apply as mentor →
iii
Partner
Corporates, foundations and institutions: let's talk about what we can build together.
Interested in collaborating? →
iv
Speak
Share your story at Fuckup Nights or one of our convenings. Honesty welcomed.
Apply as speaker →
08 · Stay close
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