Outlet: MandA · Author: The Editorial Team · Format: Trade press / funding news · Published: 9 September 2025
Summary
Ghent-based start-up Alkmist raised €1.8 million to expand its audit collaboration platform and enter additional professional-services sectors. MandA reports that the company was founded by Mathias Celis and Toto De Brant and combines computer science with behavioral psychology to give auditors and clients a centralized, automated view of the process from planning through approval.
At publication, the platform had more than 5,000 users and a seven-person team. The round was led by Network Venture Partners, with additional investment from Lighthouse executives Ivo Minjauw, Peter De Moor, and Eva Metsu. Alkmist planned to expand into accounting, finance, insurance, tax, and legal services while developing AI agents that check, link, and retrieve documents.
Why this is relevant
This is sector-specific Belgian M&A coverage that directly names Mathias as Alkmist co-founder and places the funding round, product strategy, investors, adoption, and expansion plans in an M&A and corporate-finance context.