imec.istart
imecistart.com Direct investor
imec.istart is an accelerator program by imec that provides pre-seed funding and support to tech startups. It operates in several European countries and has invested in over 300 companies since 2011.
imec.istart is an accelerator headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, founded in 2011. It invests directly in companies, from pre-seed to seed, in tech. Its stated cheque size is €100,000 funding via a convertible loan and full in-kind support, with the opportunity to secure additional funding (up to €300,000) in future rounds.. 300 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“We believe in you. So we invest in you.”
— imec.istart, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Accelerator
- Invests in
- Belgium, The Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Germany
- Sectors
- tech
- Cheque size
- €100,000 funding via a convertible loan and full in-kind support, with the opportunity to secure additional funding (up to €300,000) in future rounds.
- Founded
- 2011
- Portfolio
- 300 companies
Team, as imec.istart publishes it
- Sven De Cleyn Program Director imec.istart
- Elise Descamps Program Manager imec.istart Belgium
- Martijn Sijbers Program Manager & Fund Manager imec.istart The Netherlands
- Yannick Wilden Program Manager imec.istart Germany
- Ignacio Faustino Plo Program Manager imec.istart Spain
- Mike Verkouter Manager Startup Acceleration Novel-T
- Muriel Jolivert Operations Coordinator imec.istart The Netherlands
- Karlijn Koek Teamdynamics & leadership officer
- Gema Molina Alvarez Venture Acceleration Manager
- Sophie De Bleecker Marketing Officer
- Cindy Marsman Marketing Officer
- Ildiko Maurer Operations Coordinator imec.istart Germany
Names and roles exactly as listed on imecistart.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Co-invests most often with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 3 co-investors found.
- Holland Capital 1 shared company: uman.ai
- Seeder Fund 1 shared company: uman.ai
- Samsung Catalyst Fund 1 shared company: imec-int.com
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page imec.istart publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.imecistart.com/enname, is_investor, layer, type, hq_country, hq_city, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, cheque_size, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, founded, portfolio_count, status, confidence
- https://www.imecistart.com/en/aboutpeople
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Record 676 · added 2026-08-28 · link last verified 2026-09-06 · confidence high
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