Funding you first. Supporting you always.

Our mission

We believe in entrepreneurship and technology. Our mission is to back bold tech startups (and their founder teams) from day one — with capital, coaching, profound expertise and connections — to globally scale what matters!

 

Our values

STARTUP FIRST
Always in service of the startup

• Every move starts with one question: What’s best for the startup? // If it doesn’t move the startup forward, it doesn’t make the cut.
• Talk the talk? Sure. But we walk the startup walk. Agile, curious, and action-driven, we challenge ourselves to keep momentum high and success within reach.

THRIVE TOGETHER
No founder builds alone

• No startup scales solo — backed by the full imec.istart team as a long-term partner, they don’t have to.
• Our global network isn’t just big, it's wired — doors open, calls get answered, growth gets real.
• We challenge founders to keep learning — embracing feedback, adapting fast, and evolving as leaders as their companies grow.

YOUR TRUSTED PARTNER
Expertise you can count on

• We blend deep entrepreneurial know-how with imec’s world-leading tech insights - serving up guidance that’s sharp, practical, and actionable.
• We’ve seen it, scaled it, solved it. Our expertise is battle-tested and founder-approved. We mix hard truths with smart moves, so you get guidance that actually works.

CANDOR WITH CARE
We don’t sugarcoat — we sharpen

• Feedback is our middle name: honest, clear, and always in your corner.
• We cut to the chase, and help founders turn hard truths into harder results: straight, clear, and with your success at heart.