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September 24, 2025

Jeff Dean, Naval Ravikant back Belgian startup creating world’s first chip for fully encrypted data processing

Belfort, a KU Leuven spinout, plans to use part of the funding round to double its team in the next two years

Tom Nugent

3 min read

Belgian startup Belfort has raised a $6m seed investment from Vsquared Ventures, along with Google’s AI chief Jeff Dean and entrepreneur and investor Naval Ravikant, to build what it says is the world’s first chip for fully encrypted data processing.

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Tom Nugent

Tom Nugent is Sifted’s managing editor. He covers university spinouts and robotics. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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