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Belfort

HQ San FranciscoFounded 20251-10 employees

Hardware acceleration for encrypted computation. Selected for NATO DIANA’s 2026 cohort.

Startup
Website
Total raised
$6.0M
2 rounds
Last round
Undisclosed
Grant · Dec 10, 2025

Funding2 rounds · $6.0M

Equity raised
$6.0M
Debt, secondaries & grants
Undisclosed
Latest
UndisclosedGrant · Dec 10, 2025

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People4

All 4 people →
  • Furkan Turan

    Founder

  • Ingrid Verbauwhede

    Founder

  • Laurens De Poorter

    Founder

  • Michiel Van Beirendonck

    Founder

Hiring Observations1 observed listings

A sample of observed listings, not a total vacancy count. Availability may have changed since collection. Categories are inferred from job titles.

Company Metrics

LinkedIn employee profiles
69
Observed Oct 5, 2026
Bright Data / LinkedIn · Source ↗
LinkedIn followers
2,982
Observed Oct 5, 2026
Bright Data / LinkedIn · Source ↗

Employee-profile counts reflect LinkedIn profiles associated with the company, not verified headcount. One observation establishes a baseline; it does not establish growth.

Sources10

Profile5

  1. 1
    CompanyNew KU Leuven spin-off Belfort

    Supports Organization · founded year

    “The spin-off, originating in the cryptographic expertise of COSIC at KU Leuven, has raised €5 million in seed funding.”
  2. 2
    ResearchBelfort Labs: Strategic Analysis of Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE)

    Defence Finance Monitor · Supports Organization · name

    “Belfort Labs is a Belgian deep-tech startup spun out of KU Leuven’s renowned COSIC cryptography lab. It has developed a”
  3. 3
    Regulatory filingBelfort Labs (SRL) - Leuven - BE1021971016 (Belgian KBO data)

    Supports Organization · founded year

    “Established 04-04-2025”
  4. 4
    Government recordNATO DIANA | Official Website

    NATO DIANA · Supports Organization

    “Enabling encrypted computing to process sensitive data”
  5. 5
    DatabaseBelfort | LinkedIn

    Supports Organization · name

    “Belfort Data Security Software Products In an AI-first world, trust is all you need Follow Discover all 69 employees Report”

Funding2

  1. 6
    CompanyDIANA | 2026 Cohort of Companies

    NATO DIANA · Dec 10, 2025 · Supports Funding round

    “Belfort Enabling encrypted computing to process sensitive data”
  2. 7
    CompanyBelfort Launches World's First Hardware Accelerator for Encrypted Compute and Raises $6M Seed Round

    finance.yahoo.com · Sep 24, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount, Organization · kind, Organization · ownership

    “today announced the close of its $6 million seed round to bring encrypted data processing into practical, real-time use. The round was led by deep-tech specialist Vsquared Ventures”

People1

  1. 8
    DatabaseBelfort - Crunchbase company profile

    Crunchbase · Supports Organization · num employees, Organization · x url, Role · founders

    “{"num_employees": "1-10"}”

Other2

  1. 9
    CompanyBelfort careers

    Supports Job posting

    “Cryptographic Software Developer”
  2. 10
    DatabaseBelfort — LinkedIn company profile

    LinkedIn via Bright Data · Supports Organization · country, Organization · headquarters, Organization · logo, Organization · url, Organization metric · employees in linkedin, Organization metric · followers

    “{"headquarters": "San Francisco", "formatted_locations": ["San Francisco, US"]}”

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