
Trendtracker is an AI-powered strategic intelligence platform that helps companies discover, analyze, and forecast trends on autopilot. It offers features like AI Analyst for tailored strategic insights, Trend Board for curating trends, and Trend Radar for visualizing trend maturity. The platform processes data from millions of online publications, covering over 4200 trends across various domains including scientific, social, political, technological, economic, legal, environmental, and ethical subjects. Trendtracker is used by strategy, innovation, R&D, and market intelligence teams in industries such as insurance, consumer goods, media, and energy, providing a competitive edge by identifying new trends and weak signals faster than traditional methods. It supports long-term planning (5-10 years) with probabilistic predictions.

Trendtracker is an AI-powered strategic intelligence platform that helps companies discover, analyze, and forecast trends on autopilot. It offers features like AI Analyst for tailored strategic insights, Trend Board for curating trends, and Trend Radar for visualizing trend maturity. The platform processes data from millions of online publications, covering over 4200 trends across various domains including scientific, social, political, technological, economic, legal, environmental, and ethical subjects. Trendtracker is used by strategy, innovation, R&D, and market intelligence teams in industries such as insurance, consumer goods, media, and energy, providing a competitive edge by identifying new trends and weak signals faster than traditional methods. It supports long-term planning (5-10 years) with probabilistic predictions.
Product: AI-powered strategic intelligence platform for discovering, analyzing, and forecasting trends
HQ & Founded: Ghent, Belgium — founded 2019
Founders: Mike Vanderroost; Vincent Defour (CEO); Mathias Colpaert
Recent funding: €1.8M (Jul 2023) and $7M Series A (Dec 11, 2025)
Users / Use cases: Used by strategy, innovation, R&D, and market-intelligence teams across insurance, media, consumer goods, and energy
Approximately 18 employees
Trend monitoring, strategic foresight, horizon scanning, and trend-based risk/innovation workflows for enterprises.
2019
Strategic intelligence
€1.8M
Raised to support international expansion and team growth.
$7M
Series A with participation from Capricorn Partners.
“Investors include corporate insurer Ageas alongside venture investors Capricorn Digital Growth Fund, Capricorn Partners, and Armilar.”