Metaserver

In the world of enterprise software, some of the most impactful stories aren't born from splashy funding rounds, but from deep industry expertise. This is the story of MetaServer. The journey begins with two veterans of the document capture industry, Jean-Dominique Moons and Jean Van Laethem. Having spent years at giants like Kofax and Kodak, they had a front-row seat to a persistent and costly problem for businesses: the manual, soul-crushing work of processing documents. They saw companies drowning in a sea of PDFs, invoices, and scanned images, with employees spending countless hours on repetitive tasks. Moons and Van Laethem knew there had to be a better way. They founded CaptureBites in Antwerp, Belgium, with a clear mission: to build a powerful, yet easy-to-use, robotic process automation (RPA) platform. Their flagship product, MetaServer, was designed to be a digital robot for the mailroom. It could automatically separate, classify, and extract key data from documents, all without requiring complex coding. Instead of chasing venture capital, they focused on a different kind of growth. Leveraging their industry connections, they built a global network of local distributors to handle sales and support. This allowed them to concentrate on what they did best: development. While there was no major acquisition or IPO, the strategic play was the product itself—an affordable and scalable solution for small and medium-sized businesses. Their journey shows that a deep understanding of a problem and a smart, product-led strategy can build a formidable force in the market.