University of Antwerp
VC Fund
Antwerp, Belgium
University of Antwerp is a VC fund in Antwerp focused on Health Care and Biotechnology. UAntwerpenThe University of Antwerp (Universiteit Antwerpen) is a young and dynamic Belgian university. It is characterised by its high standards in education, internationally competitive research and entrepreneurial approach. It was founded in 2003 after the merger of the three universities of Antwerp. The university's roots go back to1852. The University of Antwerp has 9 faculties and several autonomous, faculty-like institutes. Doctoral programmes are available in all faculties, with more than 20,109 students (+1,479 PhD students) registered. In total the university has over 4.987 staff members. The University of Antwerp hosts 5 centres of excellence Nanostructures, Molecular Neurogenetics, Environmental Studies, Social Policy, Evaluation of Vaccination Education is student-centred and competency-based. Students are stimulated to develop into independently minded people who are capable of thinking analytically. The University of Antwerp has adopted the bachelor-master structure. It offers 3-year Bachelor programmes (180 ECTS credits) and 1-year or 2-year Master programmes (60 or 120 ECTS credits). The university is part of the Antwerp University Association (AUHA), a regional association with the university and 3university colleges for professional education.
- Total investments:
- 8
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries University of Antwerp invests in
Stages University of Antwerp invests in
Countries University of Antwerp invests in
Contacts
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Arne Pauwels
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Elisabeth Vanhoutte
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Marsida Bandilli
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Isabel De Clercq
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Jonas De Cooman
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Health Care 2 (25%)
- Biotechnology 2 (25%)
- Information Technology 2 (25%)
- Medical 1 (13%)
- Wireless 1 (13%)
Stage
- Funding Round 5 (63%)
- Grant 1 (13%)
- Series A 1 (13%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (13%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Arne Pauwels
Lecturer innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Lecturer innovation and Entrepreneurship | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Elisabeth Vanhoutte
Head Of Department / CMO
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Head Of Department / CMO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Marsida Bandilli
PHD Candidate
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PHD Candidate | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Isabel De Clercq
Guest Lecturer
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Guest Lecturer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Jonas De Cooman
Annual Guest Lecturer Marketing Management
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Annual Guest Lecturer Marketing Management | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Aloxy
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Aloxy provides an industrial internet of things solution for monitoring manual valve position in the industry. The company's services include valve position monitoring, emergency showers, line blinds, device management, network monitoring, and data integrity. Aloxy provides dependable industrial Internet of Things solutions designed to meetthe demands of the process industries, including chemical, oil, and gas, and others. | $8.1M / Mar 11, 2025 | |
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Aloxy
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Aloxy provides an industrial internet of things solution for monitoring manual valve position in the industry. The company's services include valve position monitoring, emergency showers, line blinds, device management, network monitoring, and data integrity. Aloxy provides dependable industrial Internet of Things solutions designed to meetthe demands of the process industries, including chemical, oil, and gas, and others. | $4M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 16, 2022 | |
iFLUX
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In a world where only a small portion of our water is suitable for consumption, groundwater plays a crucial role. Sustainable groundwater management is essential to secure reliable drinking water supplies and protect the environment. Our goal is to confront the growing crisis of water scarcity head-on. iFLUX brings visibility to groundwaterdynamics, enabling insights for evidence-based groundwater management. We help manage complex groundwater challenges for cities, conservation and nature parks, the remediation and construction industries, and drinking water utilities.We have designed patented groundwater sampling technology (iFLUX Samplers) to track groundwater contamination. The iFLUX Samplers enable faster and more cost-efficient remediation projects, by measuring groundwater and contaminant movement over time. Groundwater and mass flux results provide soil experts with the key insights they need to reduce the risk and uncertainty of soil contamination management.iFLUX Sensing Solutions combine leading commercial sensors and external data with unique vertical and horizontal flux sensors, creating the most effective real-time digital monitoring networks. These groundwater monitoring networks translate secured data into concrete, real-time insights on a personalized dashboard. Public and company-specific data can be easily integrated into the dashboard, making it possible to analyze and interpret data, resulting in actionable insights. This real-time continuous and accurate data flow allows the immediate detection of the influence of groundwater-related activities and trends.iFLUX was founded in 2017 and is based on the research of Dr. Goedele Verreydt, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Antwerp and VITO (Flemish Institute for Technological Research). | $1.5M / May 09, 2019 | |
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Aloxy
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Aloxy provides an industrial internet of things solution for monitoring manual valve position in the industry. The company's services include valve position monitoring, emergency showers, line blinds, device management, network monitoring, and data integrity. Aloxy provides dependable industrial Internet of Things solutions designed to meetthe demands of the process industries, including chemical, oil, and gas, and others. | $2.2M / Series A / Sep 07, 2018 | |
Viloc
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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 | |
Galapagos
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Galapagos is a clinical-stage biotechnology company, specialized in the discovery and development of small molecule medicines with novel modes of action. Our ambition is to become a leading global biopharmaceutical company, focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative medicines that will improve people's lives. | $2.7M / Grant / Jan 22, 2015 | |
Ciblis
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CIBLIS is a reputed niche specialist offering digital library, archiving and museum information management solutions. Founded in May 2013, the company is a spin-off of CIPAL NV’s Brocade Library Services department and funded by both the Belgian investment company LRM and University of Antwerp, co-developer of the Brocade product suite. | May 01, 2013 | |
Multiplicom
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Multiplicom is a Belgian start-up that focuses on molecular diagnostics. | $2.2M / Apr 27, 2011 |
Co-Investors
Innovation Fund
3 deals together
Dow Venture Capital
2 deals together
imec.istart
2 deals together
Industrya
2 deals together
Qbic Fund
2 deals together
QBIC II
2 deals together
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University of Antwerp invests primarily in Health Care, Biotechnology and Information Technology startups, most often at Funding Round and Grant stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Belgium. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The team at University of Antwerp includes Arne Pauwels (Lecturer innovation and Entrepreneurship), Elisabeth Vanhoutte (Head Of Department / CMO) and Marsida Bandilli (PHD Candidate), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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