Belfort (Seed)
Funding Details
Awarder
SemiNews
Date Award
September 24, 2025
Vertical
Computer Hardware
Funding Amount
$6,000,000
Company Info
Traction
The funding will enable Belfort to double its team, advance product development, and support early enterprise pilots across its San Francisco and Leuven offices.
Founders
Laurens De Poorter, Dr Furkan Turan, Michiel Van Beirendonck, Prof Ingrid Verbauwhede
Market
Encrypted Compute
Location
San Francisco, California, USA
Coinvestors
Vsquared Ventures, Anagram, Protocol VC, Inovia Capital, Syndicate One, Prototype, Credibly Neutral, Jeff Dean, Naval Ravikant
Company Description

Belfort accelerates encrypted compute to make it practical at scale, ensuring data can be processed without ever being decrypted. A spin-off from KU Leuven's COSIC lab, Belfort has offices in San Francisco and Leuven.

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