# iMinds

> iMinds is a VC fund in Ghent backing Mobile, Sports and Tourism. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ghent, Belgium
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Mar 2014
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/iminds
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/iMinds
- Website: https://www.imec.be/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/iMinds.be

iMinds is a VC fund in Ghent focused on Mobile and Sports. Minds is Flanders' digital research center and business incubator, established by the Flemish government in 2004. Building on the strength of our 850+ top researchers located at 5 Flemish universities, we introduce digital innovation in 6 key markets (ICT, Media, Health, Energy, Smart Cities and Manufacturing). We collaborate with researchpartners to convert digital knowhow into real-life products and services that change people's lives for the better. Key asset is our agile, open research mind set and proven methodology.As a business incubator, iMinds also guides researchers, young entrepreneurs and start-ups in the successful market introduction of their ideas.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for iMinds. Shizune tracks 2 team members at iMinds. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/iminds?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 1 | 50% |
| Sports | 1 | 50% |
| Tourism | 1 | 50% |
| Contests | 1 | 50% |
| Social Media | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Belgium | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stefan Vermeulen | Science & Technology Marketeer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stefan-vermeulen |
| Thomas Kallstenius | Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-kallstenius |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Seaters A.I. - Unrivalled Brand Relation Management | We are proud to partner with top Industry Leading Brands and enrich their R.O.I. with our permission-based inbound customer centric experiential marketing strategies.Essentially, Seaters does 3 things: Guest Management & Sales enablement, Brand Acquisition & Loyalty, Integrations & Compliance. Over 400.000 users at Leading IndustryCompanies, handling millions of requests each year. Seaters is seen as the missing link in Brand relationship management for many Industry Leaders such as Food & Beverage companies, Tech, Banks, Automotive in their relation with their clients for Hospitality. Therefore, Seaters' management achieved 4 succesfull rounds of investment. 2020 exceptional results during Covid-19 pandemic proves the stickiness of the solution at client's level as the agility to react by the team in difficult times by achieving exceptional financial results while keeping the team in force. Given our evolution in 2020 we are confident in the underlying strength of our B2B strategy (despite covid). Seaters is proving to be a “sticky” and a relevant AI solution for top customers, with high customer satisfaction (high NPS), now tested under extreme circumstances. Like most companies, the board continues to assume a challenging year in 2021 given the remaining covid effects on our type of business.>We are addressing Sponsoring & Events professionals, Marketing agencies & colleagues, Sales & CRM departments, Employee benefits managers and Financial C-level with an eye on the R.O.I in the marketing spending of their companies.>Enterprise-ready, Partner-easy. Seaters bridges the gap between sales and experiential marketing, it integrates with customer relationship management (CRM), marketing automation systems (MAS), Content Management systems (CMS),... We partner with marketing agencies, consulting offices and other essential partners to help our customers win and retain business. >Seaters seamlessly integrates with everybody. Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, Drupal, AuthO (SSO), SAML (SSO), Adobe, SAP and many more ! Seaters is compatible and integrates with numerous platforms and technologies: CRM platforms, SSO & Full embedded solution, API content and user analytics with your own reporting ecosystem, automate content delivery and user management processes, and build your own differentiated customer experiences.For now, we are proud to invite you to discover our new website: www.seaters.ai | $2M | Seed | Mar 01, 2014 |  |
| TagTagCity | TagTagCity is an open platform allowing cities & location owners to go SOLOMO (Social-Local-Mobile) by creating in 5 minutes with no IT skills a mobile website. TagTagCity technologies agregate web based information to generate point of interest and transform them into customers.TagTagCity is a search engine that geolocalises cultural,touristic or interactive content. This content can be bookmarked from the web, your mobile or even the real world thanks to intelligent stickers (tags with QR & NFC). | $228K |  | Dec 01, 2013 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fortino Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fortinocapital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Minale Design Strategy](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/minale-design-strategy) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does iMinds invest in?

iMinds invests primarily in Mobile, Sports and Tourism startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 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?

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### Who are the partners at iMinds?

The team at iMinds includes Stefan Vermeulen (Science & Technology Marketeer) and Thomas Kallstenius (Vice President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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