VélaSee a sampleFor Belgium's social economy
The only funding platform that publishes what funders keep confidential.
Built for the founders and directors of Belgian cooperatives, social-purpose SRLs and ASBL with an economic activity, looking for a loan, equity or quasi-equity.
Make the confidential part public: real criteria, measured response times, and the words of entrepreneurs who contacted funders.
What this funder asks for
SampleSample funder A, loan
- Legal form: cooperative, social-purpose SRL or ASBL
- At least 12 months of trading activity
- Business plan with a social impact section
Written down in plain words, before you apply.
Real criteria
Know what a funder asks before you spend a week on the file.
- Read the criteria funders really apply, not the brochure version.
- Check your legal form and stage against them before you write a word.
- Look at loan, equity and quasi-equity funders in one place.
Time to first reply
Sample- ASample funder ALoan9 days
- BSample funder BEquity21 days
- Sample funder CQuasi-equity14 days
Measured response times
A funder’s silence has a length. Now it is written down.
- See how long each funder really takes to answer.
- Plan your cash around a measured delay, not a promise.
- Know when to follow up and when to try the next funder.
Sample conversation
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Véla asks
How did the first contact with the funder go?
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Entrepreneur who contacted the funder
They answered after two weeks, and the criteria on the call matched the written ones.
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Founder reading
Good to know before I write mine. I can plan my cash around two weeks.
What entrepreneurs say
Someone has already knocked on that door.
- Read what entrepreneurs who contacted a funder have to say.
- Learn how the conversation went before you start yours.
- Walk in knowing what to ask.
Price
One fixed monthly subscription. Never a cut of the funds you raise.
What you pay does not move with what you raise.
