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ABOUT US

Meet Turbulent.

We are a multi-cultural team with two co-founders from Belgium. Jasper has Master degrees in both Finance and Law. Geert is a Master in Electromechanics and Intelligent Mobility. Their backgrounds come together in a complementary way ever since they first started working together in 2012 on a start-up challenge. Other team members with expertise in IT, sales, marketing, product development, quickly joined from Europe, Asia and South-America. Furthermore, Turbulent is backed by a network of experienced advisors and consultants.

 

The Turbulent team has secured Seed funding and Belgian and European research grants since 2015, and is being supported by the European Horizon 2020 program, the iMinds/IMEC incubator, StartIt@KBC, Start-up Chile and Parallel 18.

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Jasper Verreydt

Founder & CFO

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Geert Slachmuylders

Founder & CTO

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Walter J.R. Buydens

CEO

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Maria-Elvira Zeman

Sales Director

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Luc Berben

Engineering Manager 

OUR MISSION

We bring clean and affordable electricity to remote locations by developing new technologies and empowering local cultures to use them.

OUR VISION

We believe the future of electricity is in decentralized and connected devices. Just like nature, which also works in networks of small units, our technologies have to go small to have a large impact. Nature is our first source of inspiration.

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Our big moments.

2018

2021

5 kW. Denver, UK

(coming soon)

7.5 kW. Vale das Lobas, Portugal (coming soon)

30 kW. Idaho, USA

(coming soon)

Cleantech Hero 2021

1st prize winner

2020

2020

2020

150 kW. Mindanao, The Philippines.  (coming soon)

600 kW. Yilan, Taiwan (coming soon)

5.5 kW. Otepää, Estonia.  (learn more)

5 kW. Versailles, France.  (learn more)

2015

2015

2014

2020

2019

2016

2017

2020

2nd place. Limburg Innovation Award 2019. Hasselt, Belgium

2019

15 kW pilot. Bali Green School. Bali, Indonesia (learn more)

5 kW. Cunco, Chile.  (learn more)

Horizon 2020 grant.

Brussels, Belgium

2018

2018

15 kW pilot. Molino California. Donihue, Chile (learn more)

3rd place. EIT Venture Award. Budapest

Turbulent videos go viral. +100M views

1st place. KBC Bolero Crowdfunding award

2017

2017

1st prize. Hotdesq incubator program. Brisbane

2016

2016

1st prize. Engie Endeavor Innovation South America. Santiago, Chile

Innovators under 35, MIT Technology review, Boston, USA

1st prize. Orcelle: Future Of Logistics Award. Ocean Exchange. Orcelle. Savannah, USA

2.2 kW pilot. Cleerbeek, Belgium

Winner P18 Incubator

2015

1st prize. Pitch Startup Nations Summit. Best startup in the world. Monterrey, Mexico

1st prize. Startup Chile Incubator

3rd place. Hello Tomorrow Challenge. Paris, France

Official founding of Turbulent

2014

2014

Winner of Cleantech Challenge Belgium. Leuven, Belgium 

2nd place. Cleantech Challenge International 
London, UK

PARTNERS & SUPPORTERS

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