# iMinds Ventures

> iMinds Ventures is a VC fund in San Francisco backing Content and Internet. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Nov 2016
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/imec_int
- Website: https://www.iminds.be
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/imecinternational

iMinds Ventures is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Content and Internet. iMinds Ventures, a leading professional venture catalyst firm serving the Internet industry.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Content | 1 | 33% |
| Internet | 1 | 33% |
| Wireless | 1 | 33% |
| Developer Tools | 1 | 33% |
| Innovation Management | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Belgium | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Carl Nichols | Managing Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carl-nichols-2 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Viloc | Viloc is a Belgium based scale-up company specialising in Tool Tracking and Automated Tool Management for the construction, installation and equipment-rental industry. Viloc provides a complete solution to the challenges of tool- and equipment- management. It integrates the best technologies (Scanning, GPS-tracking & Viloc Tags) into oneeasy-to-use platform. Specifically for smaller and less expensive equipment, Viloc developed the Viloc Tag: a tiny and unique tracking device that is attached to any kind of equipment and automatically transmits data about its status and location. | $2.7M |  | Nov 16, 2016 | http://www.viloc.eu/ |
| Kinecta | Kinecta Corporation was a content syndication company. | $12M | Series B | May 09, 2000 |  |
| Kinecta | Kinecta Corporation was a content syndication company. | $1M | Series A | Jan 01, 1999 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Canaan Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canaan-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fidelity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fidelity-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [iVenturers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iventurers) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [KPN Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kpn-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Reuters Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/reuters-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [University of Antwerp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/university-of-antwerp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does iMinds Ventures invest in?

iMinds Ventures invests primarily in Content, Internet and Wireless startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 3 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 iMinds Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at iMinds Ventures?

The team at iMinds Ventures includes Carl Nichols (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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