Investors / Belgium / imec.istart
imec.istart
Accelerator · Ghent, Belgium · Europe
imec.istart is imec's accelerator and fund for tech startups, running programs with local teams across several European countries. It provides pre-seed funding, hands-on coaching and access to imec's research expertise and network.
Invests inHealthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordstechpre-seedacceleratoreuropedeep tech
Your fit with imec.istart
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Or find every investor that fitsimec.istart lists 266 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 12 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 73% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (19%), AI & Machine Learning (16%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (10%). 50% of its companies are based in Belgium. It invests most often alongside PMV, imec.istart Future Fund and Noshaq.
Counts come from funding rounds that name imec.istart, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not imec.istart's whole history. Rounds on record name 12 companies; its own site lists 266. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 73% |
| Series A | 27% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 7 | 0 |
| '26 | 5 | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 99th | 266 companies |
| Recent activity | 89th | 6 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 81th | 73% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 59th | 4% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 11th | 19% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 100th | 26 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 19% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 16% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 10% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 9% | 8% |
| Fintech | 7% | 12% |
| Education | 7% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 5% | 6% |
| Space & Defense | 5% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| PMV | 11 |
| imec.istart Future Fund | 9 |
| Noshaq | 6 |
| Qbic | 6 |
| Seeder Fund | 6 |
| Pitchdrive | 4 |
| Smartfin | 4 |
| Entourage | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers26399%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company31%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare imec.istart head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with imec.istart| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 28 May 2026 | Seed | |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 5 Feb 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Seed | |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Series A | |
| 11 Sept 2025 | Series A | |
| 2 Sept 2025 | Seed |
Round details for imec.istart
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in imec.istart's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
266 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abelcare offers various health tests, including SOA tests and DNA tests. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Adshot develops tailored influencer strategies and creates premium content through carefully selected influencers | Industrial & ManufacturingMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Adunio measures how real audiences watch, feel, and remember marketing work, providing insights before media is launched. | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| AeroCount measures air quality for municipalities | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| AI-Blox develops and produces modular hardware and software for building, deploying, and running AI in physical environments such as robotics, vehicles, and machines. | AI & Machine LearningRobotics & Hardware | Sept 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| Airobot manufactures and sells heat recovery ventilation devices and smart heating control products | Industrial & ManufacturingConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Airshaper provides a cloud-based CFD design tool for aerodynamics | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Aloxy develops and provides Industrial IoT solutions, including sensors and software, to make process facilities safer, more reliable, and more efficient. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Ambassify provides employee advocacy software | Human ResourcesMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| The company turns complex visual data into meaningful insight, helping people and systems make better decisions. | Healthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Aortex is a startup pioneering advanced endovascular aortic repair solutions | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Arcanix ties a game's releases to its player data to help decide what to do next. | GamingSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Archer & Summit puts a company's knowledge to smart use and shares it with the right people, so every tool gives the right answer. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Asylia Diagnostics collects molecular, chemical and real-world evidence data from patients to develop diagnostic and treatment solutions for immunotherapies | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| AtSharp develops software and performs business analysis for companies | Healthcare & BiotechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Aurasensae builds sensing technology that helps machines understand when people are close | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Avatrix creates AI avatar digital twins for businesses and sales websites to handle client enquiries and provide consistent information | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Azumuta provides a platform to orchestrate and power shopfloor operations with unified intelligence | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Bimefy provides a construction site intelligence platform that connects reality to plans using AI, BIM, and reality capture | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| BIMproFIT simplifies MEP design, starting with HVAC ductwork | Industrial & ManufacturingReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 12 Nov 2026- Site
- imecistart.com
- Last read
- 12 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 22 Jan 2025
- Companies checked
- 266
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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