# Imec: portfolio, investments and team

> Imec is an accelerator based in Belgium. 3 investments on record, latest Jan 2025. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/imec (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Imec

Last cheque observed Jan 2025. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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Quiet Accelerator

Pre-seed Seed Series A Information Technology Pharmaceutical Embedded Systems

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 3 on record

Since the last cheque **663** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$9.0M** Rounds led **0 of 3**

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## Imec highlights

- 01 3 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series A: 100% of its rounds

## What they do

- **Type:** Accelerator (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Information Technology Pharmaceutical Embedded Systems
- **Based in:** Leuven, Belgium
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **3 appearances**

- **2025** 1 round
- **Jan** **[Swave Photonics](https://millionrounds.com/company/swave-photonics)** Series A · BE · Silicon Canals **$7.0M** With 9 others
- **2019** 1 round
- **Apr** **[Onera](https://millionrounds.com/company/onera)** Series A · US · Massdevice **$9.0M** With 3 others
- **2018** 1 round
- **Mar** **[Urgentec](https://millionrounds.com/company/urgentec)** BE · FinSMEs **$9.3M** With 4 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

We hold **3** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$9.0M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 3 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Jan 2025

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *2*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Seed said *-*
- Series B said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [imec.xpand](https://millionrounds.com/fund/imec-xpand) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Imec. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**imec.xpand** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/imec-xpand)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Imec put money into.

[**Swave Photonics** $7.0M · Jan 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/swave-photonics)

## Quick answers about Imec

### What does Imec invest in?

Imec invests most often at Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Information Technology, Pharmaceutical and Embedded Systems.

### How active is Imec?

3 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jan 2025.

### What has Imec invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Swave Photonics (Series A, Jan 2025), Onera (Series A, Apr 2019) and Urgentec (Undisclosed round, Mar 2018).

### How big are Imec's cheques?

The median round it joins is $9.0M.

### Is Imec investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jan 2025.

### Who does Imec invest alongside?

Most often imec.xpand (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is Imec?

Imec is an accelerator based in Leuven, Belgium.

### When was Imec founded?

Imec was founded in 1982.

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