A Franco-Belgian networking reception on 16 June 2026 at Lombard Odier, 8 Rue Royale, Paris, organised by The Harbour with Flanders Investment & Trade and the City of Ghent. It brings 45 Belgian scale-ups together with selected French investors the night before VivaTech opens.
Belgium Beer Night is a networking reception held on 16 June 2026 from 19:00 to 23:00 at the Paris offices of Lombard Odier, 8 Rue Royale. It is organised by The Harbour, a Ghent-based investment and funding advisory firm, with support from Flanders Investment & Trade, the City of Ghent and Lombard Odier. The evening brings together 45 Belgian scale-ups and a selected group of French venture capital investors.
The reception runs the night before VivaTech opens, with each of the 45 Belgian scale-ups represented by one delegate. The format combines drinks, two short talks offering a view of the French market, and open networking. The event is sold out.
It runs on 16 June, the eve of VivaTech's business programme, among the national and cross-border receptions that open the week. Its single-country framing makes it an instrument of economic diplomacy between the Belgian and French ecosystems.
It is a side event during the VivaTech week, on the eve of the show, organised by The Harbour. It is independent of VivaTech ticketing.
Access is curated, with one representative per Belgian scale-up plus selected French investors. The event is sold out.
It is not designed for: companies outside the Belgian scale-up delegation; the general public, given the curated guest list; attendees seeking a conference programme rather than a reception; and late registrants, since the event is sold out.
The reception is hosted in the Paris offices of Lombard Odier, the Swiss private bank, at 8 Rue Royale, 75008 Paris, near Place de la Concorde and the Madeleine. The bank acts as venue partner for the evening.
The Harbour is a Ghent-based investment broker and funding advisory firm supporting growth companies, headquartered at Port Arthurlaan 11 in Ghent. For this event it works with Flanders Investment & Trade, the regional export and investment agency, and the City of Ghent, with Lombard Odier as host. The combination reflects a coordinated Flemish economic-diplomacy effort around VivaTech.
A Franco-Belgian economic-diplomacy evening, bringing 45 Belgian scale-ups face to face with French investors the night before VivaTech opens.
Registration ran through Eventbrite, with one representative per Belgian scale-up and a selected group of French investors. The event is sold out.
No. The event is sold out.
On 16 June 2026, from 19:00 to 23:00, at Lombard Odier, 8 Rue Royale, 75008 Paris.
Drinks, two short talks on the French market, and open networking between Belgian scale-ups and French investors.
| Registration (Eventbrite) | https://www.eventbrite.be/e/belgium-beer-night-by-the-harbour-viva-tech-tickets-1988063928728 |
| The Harbour | https://www.theharbour.be/en |
| Parent event | https://eventsindex.org/events/viva-technology.html |