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Total investments 42
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$1M
Portfolio companies 32
Rounds per year 3.23
Lead investments 10
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.24
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Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Information Technology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Lifestyle
  • Social Network
Summary

The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Data Visualization, SaaS. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight ONTOFORCE, UgenTec.

The top activity for fund was in 2016. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The average startup value when the investment from imec.istart is 100 thousands - 1 million dollars. Deals in the range of 100 thousands - 1 million dollars are the general things for fund.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the imec.istart, startups are often financed by KfW. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Qbic Fund, PMV, Limburgse Reconversie Maatschappij. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by PMV, Luc Vauterin, Limburgse Reconversie Maatschappij.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

FixForm

Property Management
$1M18 Sep 2024 Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium

Forcebit

Industrial
Industrial Automation
$324K09 Sep 2024 Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium

Prismos

GovTech
Software
Web Development
$177K08 Jul 2024 Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium

Karomia

$118K01 Mar 2024 Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium

CityLegends

Consulting
Digital Media
Lifestyle
Social Network
Sports
$1M23 Nov 2023 Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands

TeachBuddy

EdTech
$118K15 Feb 2023 Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

IntelliProve

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Psychology
$1M15 Nov 2022 Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Qviro

B2B
Industrial
Robotics
SaaS
Software
$1M18 Aug 2022 Genk, Limburg, Belgium

Morrow Optics

Eyewear
Health Care
$11M18 Jul 2022 Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium

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Total investments 42
Average round size 1M
Rounds per year 3.23
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 10
Follow on index 0.24
Group Appearance index 0.60

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

FixForm

Property Management
$1M18 Sep 2024 Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium

Forcebit

Industrial
Industrial Automation
$324K09 Sep 2024 Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium

Prismos

GovTech
Software
Web Development
$177K08 Jul 2024 Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium

Karomia

$118K01 Mar 2024 Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium

CityLegends

Consulting
Digital Media
Lifestyle
Social Network
Sports
$1M23 Nov 2023 Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands

TeachBuddy

EdTech
$118K15 Feb 2023 Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

IntelliProve

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Psychology
$1M15 Nov 2022 Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Qviro

B2B
Industrial
Robotics
SaaS
Software
$1M18 Aug 2022 Genk, Limburg, Belgium

Morrow Optics

Eyewear
Health Care
$11M18 Jul 2022 Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium
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