You are 18–29.
At least one active founder is aged 18–29 when applying and can legally run the venture.
QAPAS Kickstart · Pilot intake
Big ideas need
a first move.
For young founders with low-tech, low-capital, high-ambition ideas: a small budget, an experienced second brain and a fair way to share in the success we help unlock.
Up to 04 ventures / intake€1K–€5K cash + expertise18–29 at applicationYou keep your ownership
01 / WHO IT IS FOR
Small machinery. Serious intent.
Enough ambition to matter.
Small enough to start now.
The sweet spot is an idea that can reach a real customer, test or first sale in 90 days without a lab, a factory or a giant software build.
You have a sharp problem.
You can name who it is for, why it matters and what evidence would prove the idea deserves a next step.
You can start lean.
The first budget funds a prototype, materials, a first batch, permits, a market test or another concrete milestone.
You have skin in the game.
You bring the time, ownership and follow-through. QAPASVENTURE brings leverage, not a replacement founder.
Why 18–29? Belgium requires self-employed founders to be at least 18; 29 is the common upper bound in the EU youth reference group. Belgian rule EU reference
02 / WHAT YOU GET
More useful than money alone
Capital to move.
Support to move well.
Kickstart budget
Usually €1,000–€5,000, released against a simple 90-day plan and used only for agreed venture costs.
Working sessions
Practical help sharpening the proposition, brand, offer, numbers, route to market and next best experiment.
Useful introductions
When the fit is real, access to people who can test, challenge, supply, advise or become an early customer.
An honest second brain
Direct feedback, calm accountability and permission to change direction when the evidence says you should.
03 / THE FAIR RETURN
A stronger return, still founder-friendly
We win only after
you start winning.
The preferred model is a capped revenue participation based on the full Kickstart Value: cash plus a clearly priced, pre-agreed amount of expert support. It is not equity by default and it is never a forever tax.
Illustrative exampleNot a binding offer
€3K cash + €2K agreed expert support
in cumulative collected revenue
of eligible revenue, reported quarterly
2.5× Kickstart Value or after 6 years
“Eligible revenue” would be defined in the final agreement—for example, cash actually received, excluding VAT, refunds, chargebacks and genuine pass-through costs. Expert support is priced and capped before signing, never added afterwards. For a thin-margin physical business, a share of gross profit can replace revenue so the economics remain workable.
Ownership stays yours.
No automatic equity claim. The return has a clear trigger, cap and end date.
Expertise counts too.
QAPASVENTURE’s agreed working time is part of the investment base, not invisible free labour.
Sale means settlement.
If the venture, control or core IP is sold, the amount still needed to reach the 2.5× cap becomes due immediately at closing from transaction proceeds, before founder distributions.
Room for the next bet.
QAPASVENTURE gets the right—but not the obligation—to join the next external funding round up to a pre-agreed amount and on the lead investor’s terms.
04 / THE COMPACT
Trust, with
receipts.
We keep the process light, but never vague. These expectations become specific in the final agreement.
What we expect from you
- 01
Use the money only for the approved budget and keep invoices or other proof.
- 02
Work toward the agreed 90-day milestone and tell us early when the plan needs to change.
- 03
Send a short monthly progress note and, once trading, a simple quarterly revenue statement.
- 04
Be transparent about co-founders, funding, conflicts and risks—and notify us before a sale, core IP transfer or new funding round.
- 05
Return unused funds and honour the success participation if the agreed threshold is reached.
How the budget is protected
Silence and misuse are different from failure.
Funding may be released in stages. QAPASVENTURE can pause an unpaid stage when a milestone is missed, records are unavailable or communication stops.
Unspent money must come back. Money deliberately used for personal or unrelated purposes becomes repayable, with stronger remedies reserved for fraud or intentional misrepresentation.
A practical notice-and-cure window gives the founder a fair chance to explain, correct or agree a pivot before action is taken.
A sale, controlling share transfer, windfall distribution or transfer of the venture’s core IP triggers immediate settlement at closing. Payment is limited to the unpaid cap and available transaction proceeds; there is no personal shortfall for an honest failure, absent fraud or misuse.
No personal guarantee for an honest attempt that simply does not work.05 / NOT FOR THIS
Clear boundaries
make better bets.
Personal expensesOld debtSpeculative tradingUnlicensed activityPassive side incomeIdeas with no 90-day test
Applications open for the pilot intake
Make the first move.
Send the problem, the person it serves, your 90-day milestone and a line-by-line budget. A rough but specific plan beats a polished deck.
Pitch your venture This page describes an intended programme, not a grant promise, credit offer or binding investment offer. Selection and final terms are case-by-case and subject to a written agreement and appropriate legal, tax and financial review.