Antwerp startup Maurice & Nora raises €1 million to scale AI-matched…

Team S · 2026-05-07T14:27:20.000Z

Maurice & Nora, an Antwerp-based social-impact startup, has raised €1 million to accelerate growth and expand its platform connecting families and seniors with students for non-medical in-home assistance. The round includes backing from Coformaco (led by Conny Vandendriessche), Dries Buytaert, 100IN, Annemie Colruyt & Stef Goossens, Jan Delaere, Lorenz Bogaert, Toon Coppens, Piet Maes, Roeland Delrue, and the Shaping Impact Si3 Fund. The platform matches students with families needing support for tasks such as after-school care, school holiday cover, cooking, and childcare, and with seniors requiring help with grocery shopping, companionship, transportation, yard work, and light housekeeping. Matching is handled through a proprietary AI system designed to connect supply and demand more efficiently. The platform has also introduced an AI voice agent to support scheduling and customer interactions. Just one year after launching, the company has screened more than 3,000 students across Flanders and Brussels, onboarded over 2,000 families and seniors, and secured more than 10 B2B clients offering the service as an employee benefit. It operates with a dual approach — serving both private individuals and businesses — while also creating flexible, locally meaningful job opportunities for students. The new capital will fund commercial expansion across sales, marketing, and partnerships, as well as continued platform development including AI matching, voice capabilities, and enterprise scalability. The company has longer-term ambitions to expand across multiple European markets.

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