René Beekman is one of the founders of V-R Ltd, a Bulgarian company specializing in online services. Its first product launched was an online ordering service for large format photo-prints; printo.bg, aimed at the Bulgarian market and the first of its kind in this country.
Other products are under development.

During the day he currently works as online product development manager for the publisher of an English-language newspaper in Bulgaria.

René Beekman received his art education at the AKI art-academy in Enschede (the Netherlands). He later followed additional classes, courses, and workshops at, among others, IRCAM in Paris (France), at the State University of New York in Buffalo (U.S.), and at CNMAT at Berkeley University (U.S.).

He is a board member of the GMT+2 Foundation, he is - together with Bulgarian artist Krassimir Terziev - co-founder and co-director of the xfilm festival for experimental film, video and new media in Sofia (Bulgaria).
René Beekman is a member of the review board of and has written reviews for Leonardo Digital Review. And he has initiated and organized dorkbot-sofia, a series of meetings for "people doing strange things with electricity" with the support of Gallery Irida and Electricity Distribution Capital EAD.
Occasionally he teaches at the National Academy of Arts, Sofia (Bulgaria).