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Total investments 32
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$21M
Portfolio companies 19
Rounds per year 4.57
Lead investments 7
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.38
Key employees 6

Areas of investment

  • Medical Device
  • Manufacturing
  • Semiconductor
  • Medical
  • Artificial Intelligence
Summary

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 participants. Despite the imec.xpand, startups are often financed by Mark Cuban, EvoNexus, Asimov Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are University of Leuven, Tech Coast Angels, Stanley Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Jazz Pharmaceuticals.

The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Pulsify Medical, MouSensor, Fabric8Labs Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Nanotechnology, Consumer Electronics. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 1 and less years to get the investment from the fund.

The high activity for fund was in 2018. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 80 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

MICLEDI Microdisplays

Semiconductor
$25M12 Mar 2024 Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium

Wise Integration

Energy Efficiency
Manufacturing
Semiconductor
$17M29 Feb 2024 Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Onera Health

Medical
Medical Device
$35M16 Jan 2024 Palo Alto, California, United States

OneProjects

Health Care
Medical Device
$23M18 Dec 2023 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

SCIL Nanoimprint solutions

Nanotechnology
$11M12 Dec 2023 Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands

Nagi Bioscience

Biotechnology
$13M28 Sep 2023 Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

Axithra

Biotechnology
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
$11M05 Sep 2023 Genk, Limburg, Belgium

Optalysys

Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Computer
Hardware
Machine Learning
$28M17 Jul 2023 Wakefield, England, United Kingdom

Inorganic Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Software
$100M28 Jun 2023 San Jose, California, United States
News
Dutch AI Semiconductor Startup Axelera AI Launches With $12 Million Seed Round

– Axelera AI announced that it has successfully closed a seed investment round of $12m.
– The round was led by Bitfury and joined by global nanoelectronics R&D center imec and deep-tech venture capital funds Innovation Industries and imec.xpand.
– The funding will support the company’s development of an industry-defining product powering AI applications at the edge.
– Axelera AI was incubated by Bitfury Group in 2019, formerly operating as Bitfury AI until the company came out as an independent entity this year.
– Building on its extensive research and development focused on integrating world-class hardware and software technologies for edge and cloud-to-edge enterprise solutions, Axelera AI joined forces with imec in early 2020 to develop groundbreaking computing architecture for high-performance AI.

Spectricity Raises €14M in Series B Funding

– Spectricity, a Mechelen, Belgium-based provider of hyperspectral sensing solutions for mobile and consumer devices, raised €14m in ($16M US) Series B funding.
– Backers included AtlanticBridge, CapricornFusion China Fund, and Shanghai Semiconductor Equipment and Material Fund (SSMEF) as well as imec.xpand and XTRION.
– The company will be using the funds to further accelerate the development and mass production of its hyperspectral sensors and imagers for high-volume, low-cost applications from wearables to smartphones and IoT devices.

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Total investments 32
Average round size 21M
Rounds per year 4.57
Peak activity year 2023
Lead investments 7
Follow on index 0.38
Group Appearance index 1.00

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

MICLEDI Microdisplays

Semiconductor
$25M12 Mar 2024 Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium

Wise Integration

Energy Efficiency
Manufacturing
Semiconductor
$17M29 Feb 2024 Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Onera Health

Medical
Medical Device
$35M16 Jan 2024 Palo Alto, California, United States

OneProjects

Health Care
Medical Device
$23M18 Dec 2023 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

SCIL Nanoimprint solutions

Nanotechnology
$11M12 Dec 2023 Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands

Nagi Bioscience

Biotechnology
$13M28 Sep 2023 Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

Axithra

Biotechnology
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
$11M05 Sep 2023 Genk, Limburg, Belgium

Optalysys

Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Computer
Hardware
Machine Learning
$28M17 Jul 2023 Wakefield, England, United Kingdom

Inorganic Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Software
$100M28 Jun 2023 San Jose, California, United States
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