v 07.04 — 16.04.2026Studio in Berchem, BENL · FR · EN

A digital practice,
run in cycles
Built in Antwerp, shipped in fortnights.

iterate is a small Belgian studio for European teams that prefer compounding gains over launch-day fireworks. We design, ship and refine software in 14-day loops — instrumented from day one, re-shaped every fortnight.

47.2%median engagement lift
14dship cadence, locked
€4.8Mproduct spend tracked
06ongoing client loops
iteration log
live · cycle 142
  • v0.7.1
    Onboarding ledger refactorDecoster Brewery
    shipped
  • v0.7.2
    Quote engine — second passHoogspanning
    shipped
  • v0.7.3
    Booking flow A/BMaison Verhaegen
    in review
  • v0.7.4
    Tariff calculator v2Hoogspanning
    in review
  • v0.8.0
    Inbox triage co-pilotAtlas Maritime
    drafting
now draftingpaired pull · 2 reviewers
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Manifest

We don’t deliver projects.
We deliver loops.

Most studios sell you a launch. The Gantt chart ends; the work ossifies; the codebase quietly rots. We work the opposite way.

Every engagement runs as a continuous cycle of evidence and craft: a fortnightly loop of diagnose, sketch, ship, measure, refine. The product is alive when we hand it back.

— Maïté Vandenbroucke, founder

01 / Cadence

A single product working session every fortnight. No more, no fewer. Calendars stay quiet, the work stays loud.

02 / Evidence

Telemetry from sprint zero. We refuse to debate features without numbers in the room.

03 / Restraint

Small teams. Sharper choices. We will say no on your behalf.

Selected work

Six loops, currently in flight.

Full case archive
live cycle
01Antwerpen2026

Decoster Brewery Heritage rebrand & DTC store

  • Brand
  • Commerce
  • Engineering
02Brussel2026

Hoogspanning Real-time tariff data platform

  • Product
  • Frontend
03Knokke-Heist2025

Maison Verhaegen Booking system, three properties

  • Strategy
  • Design
04Antwerpen2025

Atlas Maritime Port logistics control room

  • Research
  • Product
  • Engineering
05Limburg2025

Sint-Gerlach Klinieken Patient intake redesign

  • Research
  • Design
06Hageland2024

Veldwerk Coop Agricultural marketplace

  • Product
  • Frontend
  • API
Capabilities

Built like a product team, paid like a studio.

Strategy, design, engineering and research as one practice — embedded with your team for as long as the loop runs.

this fortnight · auto-rankedsignal ↓
  • shipCheckout abandonment fix92.0
  • reviewTariff calculator polish71.0
  • spikeInline search rerank58.0
  • designPatient intake step 364.0
  • opsAccessibility audit pass49.0
01

The intelligent backlog

We re-prioritise weekly against measured signal. The roadmap moves; the deadline does not.

kick-off prompt · cycle 142
brief
02

Ambient discovery

Always-on user research feeds the brief. We field interviews while engineering ships.

fortnight 142 · day 06 / 14live
Decoster
Hoogspanning
Maison V.
Atlas Mar.
Veldwerk
Hoogspanningtelemetry threshold passed
03

Live status, no theatre

One canvas with real progress, real risk, real telemetry. No status decks.

live metric stream · last 14 daysupdating
+47.2%median engagement liftDecoster
−38.4%checkout abandonmentMaison V.
12.1×tariff queries / dayHoogspanning
€4.8Mtracked product spendAtlas Mar.
+18 ptsNPS, six monthsSint-Gerlach
98shipped cycles, all teamsiterate
0missed fortnight shipsiterate
+47.2%median engagement liftDecoster
−38.4%checkout abandonmentMaison V.
12.1×tariff queries / dayHoogspanning
€4.8Mtracked product spendAtlas Mar.
+18 ptsNPS, six monthsSint-Gerlach
98shipped cycles, all teamsiterate
0missed fortnight shipsiterate
engagement composite · all clients+18.6 pts
04

Compounding gains

Six clients, ninety-eight cycles, the same metric model. We watch the lines bend together.

The loop

Five moves. On repeat. Forever.

  1. 01 · days 01 — 14

    Diagnose

    Field interviews, system audit, two-week truth-finding sprint.

  2. 02 · days 15 — 21

    Sketch

    Lo-fi prototypes against the actual workflow. Friction maps drawn in pencil.

  3. 03 · days 22 — 35

    Ship

    Fortnightly deploys, instrumented from line one. Telemetry is non-negotiable.

  4. 04 · days 36 — 42

    Measure

    Behavioural data + qualitative pulse. We disagree with our previous selves on purpose.

  5. 05 · ongoing

    Refine

    Re-brief. Re-rank. Run the loop again. Compounding wins, not heroic launches.

The studio

Five people. Three languages. One loop.

We will never be a forty-person agency. We hire one human per year, mentor them slowly, and put them on real client work in week two.

01 · Gent

Maïté Vandenbroucke

Founder · Strategyspeaks NL · FR · EN
02 · Antwerpen

Lukas Decoster

Engineering Leadspeaks NL · EN
03 · Brussel

Camille Verhaegen

Design Directorspeaks FR · NL · EN
04 · Leuven

Joren Mertens

Senior Product Designerspeaks NL · EN · DE
05 · Mechelen

Senne Geens

Research Leadspeaks NL · EN
06Where we work

Built in Berchem.
Working across the Benelux, the DACH region, and Paris.

The studio sits in a quiet street off the Berchem station, ten minutes from the centre of Antwerp. We work in person on Mondays, async the rest of the week, and meet our clients in their offices once a fortnight — in Brussels, Ghent, Amsterdam, Paris or Cologne, depending on the loop.

StudioMimosastraat 16
2600 Berchem · België
Emailhello@it-erate.be
LanguagesNederlands · Français · English
VATBE 0789.412.601
Established2019
Cycles shipped098
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Tell us what’s slowing the loop down.

We respond to every inbound within two working days, with a written first-take and a 20-minute call slot. No discovery decks, no questionnaire forms.

Directhello@it-erate.be
StudioMimosastraat 16, Berchem
Loop start14 days from sign-off
Engagement3 to 9 months, retainer-based
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