Precisely one month, after its founding, Kortrijk-based Tinrate – a platform that allows customers to hunt and share recommendation and experience – has raised a €1.6 million Seed spherical to roll out the corporate.
The spherical noticed participation from Steve Rousseau (World of Skills), Helena Brutsaert (Get Pushed) and Arne Vandendriessche (Signpost). Different notable names embody Frederik Poelman, Louis Balcaen, Filip Smet (Amotek), Thibault De Keyzer (Cellular expense), Frederik Verhelst, Matthias Vandepitte (Strada Companions) and Piet Van Waes (Tilleghem). Belfius can also be backing the mission.
“As we speak, it’s regular to obtain an bill from a solicitor after a name. For my part, it’s simply as regular to pay somebody who is aware of every thing about wine, or journey, or vogue, or music, or entrepreneurship in a specific area of interest. It will likely be vital to alter the best way we take into consideration acquiring and offering recommendation and experience. You may evaluate it a bit to OnlyFans for information and recommendation,” says founder Gunther Ghysels. (Translated)
Within the 2025 European funding panorama, Tinrate’s Seed spherical sits inside a comparatively small stream of capital flowing into platforms centered on experience, skilled companies and AI-enabled matching.
A intently adjoining instance is Ethos, which secured €3 million to scale its AI-driven skilled matching community, aiming to attach organisations with related specialists extra effectively.
Past direct skilled marketplaces, investor curiosity has additionally prolonged into enabling applied sciences and platforms supporting information work and companies. This contains nexos.ai, which raised €30 million to assist enterprises handle and govern AI utilization, and Parloa, which closed a €310 million Collection D to broaden its AI-based customer support agent platform.
“It’s my first Seed spherical ever, and I consider that in 2026 will probably be just about unattainable to roll out a brand new revolutionary platform with out adequate assets. Pace will likely be vital. I’m extraordinarily grateful that many massive names consider in me, but it surely actually brings additional strain,” says investor Viktor Verhulst. (Translated)
Virtually ten years after founding the motive force platform Get Pushed, Gunther has launched Tinrate to change into the web resolution for simply gaining or promoting experience.
Customers can register on the platform without spending a dime and add their profile to present platforms reminiscent of their web site, electronic mail, LinkedIn, TikTok or Instagram. The platform secures and automates bookings, funds, invoicing and suggestions. In time, Tinrate says it’s going to have a search performance for particular sectors, profiles or segments.
Gunther needs to incorporate information professions reminiscent of solicitors and tax specialists on the platform, in addition to all different kinds of professions which have experience in sure niches and might be shared by way of video name.
The platform already has greater than 1,000 professionals registered.
In response to Gunther, the corporate can also be complementary to the exponential development of programmes reminiscent of ChatGPT: “Individuals are already in search of recommendation in every kind of niches, and their curiosity is vastly influenced by platforms reminiscent of Instagram and Tiktok. The imaginative and prescient and experience of somebody who has skilled it in follow will at all times be extra worthwhile than the reply you’ll find on-line. Yow will discover the speculation on ChatGPT, however in the long term, you’ll have to discover the follow on Tinrate.”
