# Sofie Baeten

> Sofie Baeten is a seed investor at Qbic Fund (Ghent) backing Life Science and Biotechnology. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Qbic Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qbic-fund)
- Location: Ghent, Belgium
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sofiebaeten/?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2F&originalSubdomain=be

Sofie Baeten is a seed investor at Qbic Fund in Ghent focused on Life Science and Biotechnology. Sofie Baeten CEO Qbic II Fund. She attended KU Leuven.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Life Science | 1 | 25% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 25% |
| Semiconductor | 1 | 25% |
| Nanotechnology | 1 | 25% |
| Technical Support | 1 | 25% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Animab | Animal Health Company | $11.8M | Series B | Jul 01, 2025 |  |
| AmphiStar | AmphiStar is a biotechnology firm that makes sophorolipid products from biobased waste- and side streams. | $6.4M | Seed | Apr 18, 2024 |  |
| Animab | Animal Health Company |  | Series A | Nov 07, 2022 |  |
| QustomDot | QustomDot is an advanced materials company that produces on-chip grade Quantum Dots (QDs) and assists customers in successfully integrating QDs into their products. QustomDot is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium. | $3.3M | Seed | Feb 25, 2020 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [PMV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pmv-eu) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Agri Investment Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agri-investment-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Seventure Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seventure-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [V-Bio Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/v-bio-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [VIB](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vib) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Anacura](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anacura) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Qbic Fund

VC Fund · Belgium, United States

The Qbic Fund is a multi-sector fund supporting spin-off companies of the Ghent, Brussels and Antwerp university associations and of VITO. Through its strategic partnership with the universities of Ghent, Brussels and Antwerp, and VITO, the Qbic Fund has early and privileged access to promising research projects at these partner universities. Ourinvestment approach is based on early in-depth and independent review and analysis followed by hands on involvement and support.In May 2012 the Qbic Fund held its first close and currently it has over € 30 million under management. The Qbic Fund is backed by several public and private investors and managed by Qbic Venture Partners.

4 contacts available at Qbic Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sofie Baeten | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sofie-baeten-ab4c |
| Cedric Van Nevel | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cedric-van-nevel |
| Danny Gonnissen | Venture Capital Fund Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/danny-gonnissen |
| Steven Leuridan | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steven-leuridan-a75a |

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## FAQ

### What does Sofie Baeten invest in?

Sofie Baeten invests primarily in Life Science, Biotechnology and Semiconductor startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Belgium. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Sofie Baeten last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sofie Baeten closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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