Aqcelerator BV (“we”, “us” or “our”) – a subsidiary of Aquafin NV – is a venture capital firm whose investments focus on two areas: firstly, promoting relevant innovations that contribute directly or indirectly to Aquafin’s vision, and secondly, facilitating projects related to the re-use of common goods resulting from Aquafin’s activities: treated effluent, thermal energy in the treated effluent.
Our registered office is at Dijkstraat 8, 2630 Aartselaar, Belgium, registered under company number BE 1005.852.980.
Aqcelerator determines the purposes and means of processing your personal data and is responsible for complying with all relevant data protection legislation, including the GDPR.
To whom does this Privacy Statement apply?
If you have any questions about this Privacy Statement or about your personal data, please contact our Data Protection Officer at privacy@aquafin.be.
Last updated on 08/04/2026.
At Aqcelerator, privacy means that you have control over your personal data, and that we guarantee confidentiality and prevent unauthorised use. We base our approach on four key principles:
We update this Privacy Statement regularly. The most recent version is always available on our website. In the event of significant changes, we will notify you via our usual communication channels.
The processing of personal data means any operation or set of operations whichis performed on personal data, whether or not by automated means, such ascollection, recording, storage, use or erasure.
Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’). An identifiable person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, inparticular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specificto the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
We collect the following personal data via the forms on our website:
Contact form (general):
"For founders" form:
The information entered on the form is forwarded by email to an internal mailbox and is not stored in a database on the website.
We processyour personal data on the basis of our legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) ofthe GDPR). Specifically, this means:
When you contact us via one of our forms, you can reasonably expect us to use your data to process your request. The processing is limited to what is necessary and does not disproportionately infringe upon your rights and freedoms.
We do not retain your personal data for longer than is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected. Form data is stored in the mailbox for as long as is necessary to follow up on your enquiry and is subsequently deleted. Under no circumstances do we retain the data for longer than 5 years after the lastcontact.
Wherever possible, we process your personal datawithin the European Economic Area (EEA). Should a transfer outside the EEA benecessary (e.g. if our email service provider uses servers outside the EEA), wewill ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as the EuropeanCommission’s standard contractual clauses.
You have the right to
We strive to handle all your privacy-related questions and requests with care. If you have any questions or wish to make a complaint regarding the processing of your personal data, please contact us:
If you believe your rights have beeninfringed and we are unable to reach a resolution together, you have the rightto lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority: