§01 · For founders scaling internationally

You do not need another board deck about going international. You need an answer.

You are evaluating where to expand in Europe, or you have picked a market and the clock is ticking. Either way, you cannot afford a GTM strategy built on guesswork, generic reports, or a consultant who needs eight weeks.

§02 · The situation

You are the one accountable for the bet.

If you are early-stage, "expand to Europe" lives between ambition and distraction. You know there is a market, but not which country, segment, or whether timing is right.

If you are growth-stage, the board expects a plan. Investors want evidence. Your head of sales wants a target list and a budget before committing to a hire.

NoordSight was built for this moment, the moment before the commitment, where the quality of your intelligence decides whether the bet pays off.

§03 · What you get

Three months of groundwork, in 24 hours.

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Go / no-go validation

Is there demand for what you sell? What is the competitive density? Clear recommendation backed by research, not optimism.

02

Competitive landscape

Who is already in market, how they are positioned, and where they are vulnerable. A usable map with the gaps identified.

03

Market sizing with context

TAM / SAM / SOM grounded in real conditions. Specific enough to use in a board deck or investor update.

04

Go-to-market roadmap

A 12-month plan covering positioning, channels, partnerships, hiring, and milestones. A plan you can hand to your team.

§04 · Report excerpt

What the brief actually looks like.

app.noordsight.com/projects/benelux-software-gng

Board-ready opportunity matrix · Benelux

Benelux software expansion: go / no-go across 3 countries.

NL ready now, BE conditional on channel build, LU deprioritised until 2027.

Analyst · Thomas Draxler · Delivered 2026-04-16 07:58 CET

The Netherlands shows the strongest fit: 312k active enterprises with >10 FTE, ICT adoption at 94.7%, and cloud spend growing 14.1% YoY 1 . Procurement cycles average 3.8 months and English-language sales motion is viable without localisation.

Belgium splits sharply between Flanders (Dutch/English viable) and Wallonia (French required); federal procurement fragments across regions. Luxembourg has high purchasing power but only ~340 qualifying accounts and a saturated consulting layer 2 — recommend revisit post-2026 once Luxembourg Digital Strategy 2030 grant envelopes open.

Recommendation

Approve NL entry for Q2 2026 (€1.4M investment, 11-month payback). Defer BE to Q4 pending channel partner selection. Remove LU from 2026 plan.

"I went into the board meeting with a sourced map, a sizing model, and a short list. The question moved from whether to expand to which country first."

CEO · Series B deeptech · 40 FTE

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