# imec.istart

> imec.istart is a VC fund in Gent backing Software and Health Care. See 65 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gent, Belgium
- Total investments: 65
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 31%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/imec-istart/
- Website: https://www.imecistart.com/en

imec.istart is a VC fund in Gent focused on Software and Health Care. The first investor and supporting partner to scale your tech startup, ranked the no.1 university-linked accelerator in Europe by UBI Global.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 19 | 29% |
| Health Care | 9 | 14% |
| Information Technology | 9 | 14% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 7 | 11% |
| SaaS | 6 | 9% |

91 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 29 | 45% |
| Seed | 19 | 29% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 6 | 9% |
| Series A | 3 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Belgium | 38 | 58% |
| The Netherlands | 7 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 3% |
| Kenya | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sven De Cleyn | Managing Director | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sven-de-cleyn |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Borro | Borro focus on sustainable event solutions. Borro addresses key challenges like reusable cups, fraud prevention, reduced transaction costs, and improved visitor experience. | $1.5M | Seed | May 27, 2026 |  |
| Wenite | Wenite providing an all-in-one platform for HR service providers and consultants. | $2.1M | Seed | Apr 23, 2026 |  |
| TalentGuide | TalentGuide is a software platform company that provides skills intelligence and workforce planning tools. | $1.5M | Seed | Feb 05, 2026 |  |
| Touchwaves | Touchwaves is a tno spin-off developing next-generation wearables that bridge human performance and cutting-edge technology. | $1.7M | Pre-Seed | Jan 13, 2026 |  |
| OTIV | Teaching vehicles on rails to drive autonomously. | $10.6M |  | Dec 11, 2025 |  |
| Dockflow | The easy to use, secure and flexible platform changes the way partners in maritime logistics chains to collaborate. It provides a structured way for users to share documents, shipping information and monitor tradeflows in real-time. | $1.6M | Seed | Dec 09, 2025 |  |
| chuuchuu | Travel Europe by train without worry | $115K | Pre-Seed | Nov 05, 2025 |  |
| Sencilia | Sencilia is an early-stage DeepTech/MedTech firm focused on improving the safety and reliability of IV infusion therapy. |  | Seed | Sep 22, 2025 |  |
| AI-Blox | We want to bring intelligence closer to the source, enabling real-time, efficient and sustainable physical AI solutions world-wide. We believe in processing data locally, right where it’s harvested. We want to make AI accessible and sustainable in real-world scenarios, breaking free from the limitations of the cloud. This isn’t just about betterhardware. It’s about empowering engineers to go beyond traditional paradigms and bring AI to life where it matters most. It’s about building a new foundation for the future — one that makes AI accessible, robust, and sustainable in the real world. Let’s build that future from the ground up - smarter, faster & closer than ever before.The future generation of engineers needs to think outside the cloud! |  | Series A | Sep 11, 2025 |  |
| Model Health | Model Health is a software startup that develops advanced solutions for monitoring human activities and helps in improving physical health. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Sep 02, 2025 |  |

10 of 65 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [PMV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pmv-eu) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Qbic Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qbic-fund) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [LUMO labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lumo-labs) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Seeder Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seeder-fund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Industrya](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/industrya) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [LeanSquare](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leansquare) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does imec.istart invest in?

imec.istart invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Information Technology startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 65 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Belgium. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact imec.istart?

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### Who are the partners at imec.istart?

The team at imec.istart includes Sven De Cleyn (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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