Meet our champions
Since 2011, we’ve backed over 350 tech startups across Europe. Explore the companies turning ambitious ideas into scalable businesses,.
Portfolio companies
350+
Startup survival rate
81%
€ follow-up funding
1B+
€ portfolio revenue
240M+
European hubs
6
RedBeaver Media
Developing custom web solutions from scratch.
Exit
Belgium
2013
Other
HRTech
Business Services
PieSync
The all-in-one platform for professional cloud services synchronization.
Exit
Belgium
2013
Other
Business Services
Permission Machine
Permission Machine helps to settle fast and legal agreements about the use of photos on social media.
Active
Belgium
2013
Other
MediaTech
Octopin
Octopin offers a content marketing platform for entreprises to manage their brand activities on the web.
Stopped
Belgium
2013
AI - Search
Business Services
MediaTech
neoScores
An OS and device independent web application that dynamically renders sheet music.
Stopped
Belgium
2013
Other
Entertainment
MediaTech
Molecubes
Molecubes builds preclinical imaging cubes - allowing you to combine SPECT, PET and CT imaging.
Exit
Belgium
2013
Other
HealthTech
MindSpeller
MindSpeller developed a tool that detects the real interactions in the human brain and applies it to neuromarketing.
Exit
Belgium
2013
AI - Reasoning
HealthTech
MediaTech
LindaCare
LindaCare created a platform that offers a unified view on patients' implanted medical device messages.
Stopped
Belgium
2013
Wearables
AI - Reasoning
HealthTech
Libaro
Libaro is all about passionate forward-thinking web development.
Exit
Belgium
2013
Other
Business Services
IQ Room
An online application to evaluate candidates using psychometric assessments.
Stopped
Belgium
2013
Other
HRTech
HelloMyDear
Helping you capture stories and making them available online and in print.
Stopped
Belgium
2013
Other
Consumer
HealthTech
What our founders say
imec.istart gave us much more than funding: it gave us the coaching, the network and the confidence to turn a product idea into a real company.
Stefanie Broes, Co-Founder at Moonbird
What makes imec.istart so valuable is the combination: you get well-grounded advice, but you can also ask the questions you’d never dare to ask another investor.
Frank Baele, COO & technology lead of NextSDS
We entered imec.istart as a pre-revenue idea and left a year later as a real company, with clients, a team, investors and a board. The credibility, the partner network and the hands-on coaching made that leap possible.
Maxime Snick, CEO & co-founder of Octave.energy
imec.istart grew alongside us. From fundraising in the early days to HR and internationalisation as we scaled. Few accelerators care as much about their alumni as they do about their current cohort.
Wietse van Ransbeeck, CEO & co-founder of Go Vocal
We joined imec.istart while still at university. They were the first to believe in us and bet on us, and they’ve since helped with investor introductions and opened up their network.
Wouter Janssen, CEO & co-founder of Tekst
The support of imec.istart has been crucial for our company. Imec.istart invested at a point where we needed seed money and supported us all the way to a successful go-to-market. Our journey would have been much more challenging without their involvement. Also after the imec.istart program, the entire team continues to contribute their wisdom and network.
Jeroen Dille, CEO & co-founder of DEO.care
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