# Tom Vanhoutte

> Tom Vanhoutte is a seed investor at imec.xpand (Leuven) backing Nanotechnology and Wearables. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [imec.xpand](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/imec-xpand)
- Location: Leuven, Belgium
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 71%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-vanhoutte-b608aa33/

Tom Vanhoutte is a seed investor at imec.xpand in Leuven focused on Nanotechnology and Wearables. Holds Master Degree Commercial Engineering at the Catholic University of Leuven (KUL), Belgium. Tom is a certified public accountant who worked as a senior manager in the New York Asset Management practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC for 10 years. Tom has 12 years of relevant experience as auditor of financial services organizations, with aparticular focus on investment companies and related operating companies.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nanotechnology | 3 | 43% |
| Wearables | 2 | 29% |
| Medical Device | 2 | 29% |
| Medical | 1 | 14% |
| Computer | 1 | 14% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 43% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 29% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 43% |
| Belgium | 1 | 14% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vertical Compute | Vertical Compute offers chiplet-based technology that cuts data movement to achieve up to 80% energy savings. | $42.9M | Seed | Mar 04, 2026 |  |
| SCIL Nanoimprint solutions | SCIL Nanoimprint solutions offers solutions for patterning nano-structures on large wafers by using lithography technology. | $10.8M | Seed | Dec 11, 2023 |  |
| Onera Health | Onera Health is a leader in transforming sleep medicine and remote monitoring. Their breakthrough diagnostic solutions and services are poised to help millions of people struggling with sleep-related ailments while also impacting other medical fields by monitoring various chronic conditions, ultimately improving the health and quality of life ofpatients worldwide. The company’s innovative solutions provide comprehensive sleep test data to physicians in a variety of clinical and non-clinical environments to optimize patient care and reduce healthcare costs. Onera has offices in the Netherlands and the US. | $12.5M | Series B | Jul 29, 2021 |  |
| Onera Health | Onera Health is a leader in transforming sleep medicine and remote monitoring. Their breakthrough diagnostic solutions and services are poised to help millions of people struggling with sleep-related ailments while also impacting other medical fields by monitoring various chronic conditions, ultimately improving the health and quality of life ofpatients worldwide. The company’s innovative solutions provide comprehensive sleep test data to physicians in a variety of clinical and non-clinical environments to optimize patient care and reduce healthcare costs. Onera has offices in the Netherlands and the US. | $8.7M | Series A | Apr 24, 2019 |  |
| MouSensor | MouSensor is an early-stage biotech company. | $3.3M | Seed | Sep 24, 2018 |  |
| Onera Health | Onera is a spin-off of imec, the world-leading research center for nanoelectronics and digital technology. Onera’s mission is to advance sleep medicine by creating breakthrough diagnostic solutions and services, helping millions of people who struggle with sleep-related ailments, and ultimately improving the health and quality of life for patientsaround the world. Onera is headquartered in California’s Silicon Valley and has R&D offices in the Netherlands. For more information, please visit www.onerahealth.com |  |  | Jun 18, 2018 |  |
| Onera Health | Onera Health is a leader in transforming sleep medicine and remote monitoring. Their breakthrough diagnostic solutions and services are poised to help millions of people struggling with sleep-related ailments while also impacting other medical fields by monitoring various chronic conditions, ultimately improving the health and quality of life ofpatients worldwide. The company’s innovative solutions provide comprehensive sleep test data to physicians in a variety of clinical and non-clinical environments to optimize patient care and reduce healthcare costs. Onera has offices in the Netherlands and the US. |  |  | Jun 18, 2018 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BOM](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brabantse-ontwikkelings-maatschappij-bom) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [imec](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/imec) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Invest-NL](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/invest-nl) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [15th Rock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/15th-rock) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Drysdale Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/drysdale-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Eurazeo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eurazeo-com) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About imec.xpand

VC Fund · Leuven, Belgium

Imec.xpand is an independently managed, game-changing way to enable early-stage nano electronics-based innovation powered by imec, the world-leading R&D hub for nanoelectronics and digital technology.

3 contacts available at imec.xpand.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Frank Bulens | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frank-bulens |
| Tom Vanhoutte | Partner, Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tom-vanhoutte |
| Cyril Vancura | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cyril-vancura |

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## FAQ

### What does Tom Vanhoutte invest in?

Tom Vanhoutte invests primarily in Nanotechnology, Wearables and Medical Device startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Tom Vanhoutte last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tom Vanhoutte closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 7 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?

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