About Wil-Low
Wil-Low BV is a Belgian company founded by the Lowagie-Willaert family. Bruno Lowagie is the original developer of iText, an open source PDF library. He founded iText Group NV together with his wife, Ingeborg Willaert. Ingeborg and Bruno grew the business from start-up to exit. For the full story, please read the book Entreprenerd: Building a Multi-Million-Dollar Business with Open Source Software.
Their current goal is to be involved in a "sports temple", a "cultural temple", and a technology temple" in the city of Ghent:
- QLT was their first project after the exit. They bought a boxing / gym club and turned it into a state-of-the-art table tennis venue. (Check!)
- Their second project was Sphinx Cinema & Café. They bought a movie theater with five screens in the historical center of the city. Unfortunately, the current tenants block the renovation project. (On hold.)
- Their third project is the Wintercircus. They joined the TENT consortium as an investor and plan to be involved in the Wintercircus Campus. (Ongoing)
These are currently the three major initiatives of the couple; their other projects are more or less a hobby ;-)
Wil-Low occasionally accepts assignments for third parties, such as opportunities to speak at events, positions on a board of directors or advisory board, and consulting jobs for which they have hands-on expertise (bootstrapping a business versus securing funding, growing a business, M&A, writing).
