# HERAN Partners

> HERAN Partners is a VC fund backing Health Care and Artificial Intelligence. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Belgiek, Belgium
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 42%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://katleenvandersmiss.wixsite.com/heran

HERAN PARTNERS is a Belgian-based investment fund founded by Annie Vereecken together with Katleen Vandersmissen, Joris Mortelmans and Herman Verrelst within the sector of MedTech and Digital Health. With a clear focus on European HealthTech, the fund provides venture & growth capital accompanied by a strong network, expertise and mentorship tostartups and scale-ups with a strong technology platform and market potential.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$8.1M |
| Series A | $12M–$23M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 4 | 33% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 17% |
| Hospital | 1 | 8% |
| Software | 1 | 8% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 8% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 33% |
| Seed | 2 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 17% |
| Series B | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 17% |
| Belgium | 1 | 8% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Katleen Vandersmissen | Managing Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katleen-vandersmissen |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hypervision Surgical | Making surgeries more precise, safer and faster. Guiding the future of surgery using AI-powered hyperspectral imaging. | $23M | Series A | Apr 29, 2026 |  |
| Pharmacelera | Pharmacelera is a company that applies accurate Quantum-Mechanics (QM) algorithms, Machine Learning (ML) and High-Performance Computing (HPC) to mine an unexploited chemical space and propose molecular candidates that have higher chances to become a drug. The patented computational technology derives from more than 25 years of research at theUniversity of Barcelona and it has been validated in scientific peer-reviewed publications and benchmarking studies performed by our users and customers. | $7.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 18, 2026 |  |
| Aspect Analytics | Aspect Analytics offers consultancy services, home-grown software, development of workflows, and customization of software. | $11.7M | Series A | Sep 09, 2025 |  |
| Nuclivision | Nuclivision provides novel radiotracers and treatments for oncology that develop AI-driven solutions to help patients by improving the quality, safety, and accessibility of nuclear medicine. | $5.7M | Seed | Apr 24, 2025 |  |
| Broken String Biosciences | Broken String Biosciences is developing a platform of novel sequencing tools to assess genome stability and to unlock the next generation of innovative medicines, including cell and gene therapies. | $15M | Series A | Sep 18, 2023 |  |
| Thirona | Thirona is a software solutions firm that offers services for software and image analysis services for the health care industry. | $5.4M | Series B | Sep 11, 2023 |  |
| Hypervision Surgical | Making surgeries more precise, safer and faster. Guiding the future of surgery using AI-powered hyperspectral imaging. | $8.1M | Seed | Jun 01, 2023 |  |
| LynxCare | LynxCare is an AI-powered Big Data platform. We enable hospitals to mine their legacy data, to improve clinical efficiency and higher the quality of care. | $21.1M | Series A | Jun 21, 2022 |  |
| Thirona | Thirona is a software solutions firm that offers services for software and image analysis services for the health care industry. |  |  | Oct 27, 2021 |  |
| Thirona | Thirona is a software solutions firm that offers services for software and image analysis services for the health care industry. |  | Series A | Oct 27, 2021 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does HERAN Partners invest in?

HERAN Partners invests primarily in Health Care, Artificial Intelligence and Hospital startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is HERAN Partners's check size?

HERAN Partners typically joins rounds of $2M–$8.1M at Seed and $12M–$23M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds HERAN Partners participates in.

### How do I contact HERAN Partners?

Public channels for HERAN Partners include the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at HERAN Partners?

The team at HERAN Partners includes Katleen Vandersmissen (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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