VIB
VC Fund
Gent, Belgium
VIB is a VC fund in Gent focused on Biotechnology and Health Care. VIB, a Belgium-based life sciences research institute, performs research for pharmaceutical, agricultural, and industrial applications.
- Total investments:
- 29
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries VIB invests in
Stages VIB invests in
Countries VIB invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 7 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $3.1M–$11M
- Series A
- $6.8M–$84M
- Series B
- $4.7M–$65M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Biotechnology 15 (52%)
- Health Care 6 (21%)
- Therapeutics 5 (17%)
- Pharmaceutical 4 (14%)
- Medical 3 (10%)
Stage
- Series A 9 (31%)
- Seed 6 (21%)
- Series B 6 (21%)
- Funding Round 3 (10%)
- Series C 1 (3%)
Country
- Belgium 16 (55%)
- Brazil 1 (3%)
- Denmark 1 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Erwin Sablon
Expert Scientist Diagnostics & Biomarkers
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Expert Scientist Diagnostics & Biomarkers | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Isabel Vercauteren
Entrepreneur in Residence
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Entrepreneur in Residence | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jan Steyaert
Groupleader; Director
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Groupleader; Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jerome Van Biervliet
Managing Director
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Managing Director | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Jo Bury
Managing Director
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Managing Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 7 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| SpectaCell is a Belgian life sciences and biotechnology company that develops next-generation cell therapy analytics.Spun out of a collaborative research effort between imec, VIB, and Ghent University (UGent), | $6.7M / Seed / Oct 08, 2026 | ||
| Rainbow Crops is a next-generation Agtech company developing climate-resilient, high-performing crop varieties. | $11.2M / Seed / Jun 16, 2026 | ||
| Biotalys is an Agricultural Technology (AgTech) company that employs its proprietary Agrobody technology platform to develop crop and food protection products. The company develops a new generation of protein-based biocontrol solutions, shaping the future of sustainable and safe food supply. Biotalys' unique protein-based biocontrols combinethe high-performance characteristics of chemicals with the clean safety profile of biologicals, making them ideal crop protection agents for both pre- and post-harvest applications.It was incorporated in 2013 and is based in the Biotech hub in Ghent, Belgium. | $14.1M / Post-IPO Equity / May 06, 2026 | ||
| MRM Health NV, is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative therapeutics based on the human microbiome. MRM Health was incorporated early 2020 by MRM Technologies, a Center of Expertise for microbiome research based in the biotech cluster in Ghent, in a joint venture with the Flemish Institute ofBiotechnology (VIB), an excellence-based entrepreneurial life sciences research institute in Flanders, Belgium, that focuses on translating basic scientific results into pharmaceutical, agricultural and industrial applications. | $64.1M / Series B / Sep 04, 2025 | ||
| Animal Health Company | $11.8M / Series B / Jul 01, 2025 | ||
| Augustine Therapeutics company is a two drug discovery programs to identify novel generations of selective HDAC6 inhibitors for the treatment of axonopathies such as Charcot Marie Tooth disease. These new compounds have the potential to protect from nerve degeneration and promote peripheral myelin and axon repair. | $83.9M / Series A / Mar 24, 2025 | ||
| Confo Therapeutics is a drug discovery company building internal drug discovery programs on GPCRs addressing unmet medical need. Confo Therapeutics employs its proprietary CONFO technology to lock inherent unstable functional conformations of GPCRs as a superior starting point for drug discovery. CONFO body-stabilized active state conformations ofthese receptors disclose previously inaccessible structural features empowering the discovery of novel agonists for better therapeutic intervention. | $65.2M / Series B / Jul 26, 2024 | ||
| Augustine Therapeutics company is a two drug discovery programs to identify novel generations of selective HDAC6 inhibitors for the treatment of axonopathies such as Charcot Marie Tooth disease. These new compounds have the potential to protect from nerve degeneration and promote peripheral myelin and axon repair. | $18.2M / Series A / Jun 26, 2024 | ||
Protealis
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Sustainable plant proteins for Europe | $23.9M / Series B / Jan 23, 2024 | |
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Tanai Therapeutics
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Tanai Therapeutics develops novel therapeutics for people living with obesity and obesity-related complications. | $3.1M / Seed / Dec 06, 2023 | |
| See all 29 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does VIB invest in?
VIB invests primarily in Biotechnology, Health Care and Therapeutics startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 29 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Belgium. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does VIB invest in?
VIB typically joins rounds of $3.1M–$11M at Seed, $6.8M–$84M at Series A and $4.7M–$65M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not VIB's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds VIB took part in.
How do I contact VIB?
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Who are the partners at VIB?
The team at VIB includes Erwin Sablon (Expert Scientist Diagnostics & Biomarkers), Isabel Vercauteren (Entrepreneur in Residence) and Jan Steyaert (Groupleader; Director), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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