# VIB: portfolio, investments and team > VIB is a vc firm based in Belgium. 12 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Jun 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/vib (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Belgium · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # VIB Last cheque observed Jun 2026; 12 cheques on record. Deploying now VC firm Seed Series A Series B Smart Manufacturing Iiot Advanced Manufacturing Deploying now **100%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 12 on record Since the last cheque **132** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$23M** Rounds led **0 of 12** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **Belgium, 92%** Pitch VIB ## VIB highlights - 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Venture and Series B: 58% of its rounds - 03 1 exits from the portfolio ## What they do - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth - **Sectors:** Smart Manufacturing Iiot Advanced Manufacturing - **Based in:** Gent, Belgium - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **12 appearances** - **2026** 1 round - **Jun** **[Rainbow Crops](https://millionrounds.com/company/rainbow-crops)** Seed · IT · Agri Investment Fund **$11M** With 7 others - **2024** 1 round - **Jul** **[Confo Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/confo-therapeutics)** Series B · BE · Capricorn Partners **$65M** With 12 others - **2019** 2 rounds - **Jul** **[AgroSavfe](https://millionrounds.com/company/agrosavfe)** Series C · BE · EU-Startups **$39M** With 7 others - **May** **[Confo Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/confo-therapeutics)** Series A · BE · Capricorn Partners **$34M** With 9 others - **2017** 2 rounds - **Jun** **[Aphea.Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/aphea-bio)** Series A · BE · FinSMEs **$10M** With 6 others - **Mar** **[Agrosavfe](https://millionrounds.com/company/agrosavfe)** Series B · BE · FinSMEs **$12M** With 7 others - **2013** 2 rounds - **Feb** **[Multiplicom](https://millionrounds.com/company/multiplicom)** Venture · BE · finsmes.com **$7.4M** With 2 others - **Jan** **[AgroSavfe](https://millionrounds.com/company/agrosavfe)** Venture · BE · finsmes.com **$6.6M** With 1 other - **2012** 1 round - **Jan** **[Pronota](https://millionrounds.com/company/pronota)** Series C · BE · pronota.com **$4.8M** With 6 others - **2011** 1 round - **Apr** **[Multiplicom](https://millionrounds.com/company/multiplicom)** Venture · BE · trivano.com **$2.9M** With 1 other - **2009** 1 round - **Jun** **[Pronota](https://millionrounds.com/company/pronota)** Series B · BE · pronota.com **$7.4M** With 6 others - **2007** 1 round - **Jun** **[Algonomics](https://millionrounds.com/company/algonomics)** Venture · BE · algonomics.com **$2.0M** With 3 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. ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **0** of 13 we have independently watched raise Aureus Nova Scientia Prize Biotope Conferences Eu-life Nanobody production Nucleomics Protein production Proteomics Research data services Screening Technology scouting Training & Conferences Vlaanderen Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded. ## Exits from the portfolio Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all** **[Algonomics](https://millionrounds.com/company/algonomics)** Bought by Lonza Group **Undisclosed** Nov 2009 An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records. ## The cheque Seed Series A Series B Median round joined **$23M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 12 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Jun 2026 - **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio Rounds by stage said on their site - Venture *4* - Series B said *3* - Series A said *2* - Series C *2* - Seed said *1* - Growth said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Nov 2023 Oct 2026 Often in the room with - [Gimv](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gimv) 7 - [Qbic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qbic) 5 - [PMV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pmv) 3 - [Baekeland Funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baekeland-funds) 2 - [BioGeneration Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/biogeneration-ventures) 2 - [Biotech Fund Flanders](https://millionrounds.com/fund/biotech-fund-flanders) 2 **Pitching VIB?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as VIB. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Gimv** Private equity **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gimv)[**Qbic** Investment firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qbic)[**PMV** Government **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pmv)[**Baekeland Funds** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baekeland-funds)[**BioGeneration Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/biogeneration-ventures)[**Biotech Fund Flanders** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/biotech-fund-flanders)[**Biovest** Growth equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/biovest)[**Capricorn Health-Tech Fund** Growth equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capricorn-health-tech-fund)[**EQT life science** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lsp-bioventures)[**Fund+** Company **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fund-2)[**Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation (JJDC)** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/johnson-and-johnson-development-corporation)[**KBC Private Equity** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kbc-private-equity) ## Recently backed The latest companies VIB put money into. [**Rainbow Crops** $11M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/rainbow-crops)[**Confo Therapeutics** $65M · Jul 2024](https://millionrounds.com/company/confo-therapeutics)[**Aphea.Bio** $10M · Jun 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/aphea-bio) ## Quick answers about VIB ### What does VIB invest in? VIB invests most often at Venture and Series B (58% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Smart Manufacturing, Iiot and Advanced Manufacturing. ### How active is VIB? 12 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jun 2026. ### What has VIB invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Rainbow Crops (Seed, Jun 2026), Confo Therapeutics (Series B, Jul 2024) and AgroSavfe (Series C, Jul 2019). ### How big are VIB's cheques? The median round it joins is $23M. ### Does VIB lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 12 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does VIB invest? Most of the companies it backs are in Belgium (92%) and Italy (8%). ### Is VIB investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months. ### Who does VIB invest alongside? Most often Gimv (7 rounds together), Qbic (5 rounds together) and PMV (3 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=vib) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=vib)