Belgian legal tech startup offering a Tax API that provides programmatic access to Belgian tax legislation. Key product Fiscalo translates Belgian (para)taxation into mathematical calculations via API. API-only — no practitioner-facing user interface. End users are software developers embedding tax calculations into platforms (clients include Xerius/SD Worx and Liantis, major Belgian payroll/business services companies), not accountants or attorneys using a dashboard. Founded January 2020 by Thomas Aertgeerts. Raised €700K (~2021). Pay-per-use pricing. Belgian jurisdiction only — no relevance to US, UK, or most international legal practitioners. No law firm or legal practitioner clients identified — all known clients are accounting/payroll platforms. Thomas Aertgeerts is now also building a ‘digital accountancy firm,’ suggesting possible pivot. No English-language reviews, no Reddit mentions, no press coverage in any publication. Teaches at Brussels School of Competition’s AI & Law program alongside Sagacify.
Company Info
- Founded: 2020
- Location: Belgium
- Team size: ~1-10 employees
- Funding: €700K (~2021)
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Workflows
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What practitioners struggle with
Real frustrations from legal professionals — the problems Aeco Legal Tech addresses (or should address). Sourced from practitioner reviews, Reddit threads, and case studies.
Legal research costs $400-600/hour in associate time and takes hours of manual digging — searching Westlaw/Lexis, reading irrelevant results, synthesizing case law. Clients increasingly refuse to pay for research hours on invoices. AI can compress a 4-hour research memo into 20 minutes, but most firms have no approved tool
Where it fits in your workflow
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