Flanders Innovation and Entrepreneurship (VLAIO)

Total investments

47

Average round size

1M

Portfolio companies

38

Lead investments

14

Follow on index

0.19

Exits

3

Stages of investment
Grant
Areas of investment
BiotechnologySoftwareInformation TechnologyE-LearningArtificial IntelligenceHealth CareCorporate TrainingEdTechMedicalTherapeutics

Summary

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the Flanders Innovation and Entrepreneurship (VLAIO), startups are often financed by Omnes Capital, Gemma Frisius Fund, Vesalius Biocapital Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are PMV. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by btov Partners, ING Belgium, Annie Vereecken.

The high activity for fund was in 2019. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year.

The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Therapeutics, Information Technology. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight OCTIMET Oncology, Rewind Therapeutics, Rewind Therapeutics. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
47
Lead investments
14
Exits
3
Follow on index
0.19
Investments by industry
  • Biotechnology (21)
  • Health Care (12)
  • Software (10)
  • Therapeutics (7)
  • Artificial Intelligence (7)
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Investments by region
  • Belgium (40)
  • Germany (1)
  • Switzerland (1)
  • Israel (1)
Peak activity year
2020

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
4
Avg. valuation at time of investment
14M
Group Appearance index
0.21
Avg. company exit year
1

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Stellar Labs 22 Dec 2020 E-Learning, Corporate Training, EdTech, Education Seed 2M Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
WeHave 09 Apr 2023 Big Data, Data Integration, Personalization, Data Center Seed 200K Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium

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