
imec.istart is imec's business acceleration program that supports tech startups with pre-seed funding (€100K–€250K), coaching, facilities, and access to imec's R&D ecosystem. It is backed by a €30 million evergreen fund and has supported over 300 companies since 2011.
Deal activity increased 200% year-over-year (6 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $3.2M (across 4 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
52
Fund Size
$32M
Top Stage
Unknown
Last 12 Mo
8
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
54 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| OOptisuite | Seed | — | Jun 2026 |
| WWenite | Unknown | — | Apr 2026 |
| Series B | — | Mar 2026 | |
| Unknown | — | Feb 2026 | |
| RRevision | Unknown | — | Jan 2026 |
| Seed | — | Jan 2026 | |
| Growth | — | Jan 2026 | |
| Seed | — | Sep 2025 | |
| Pre-Seed | — | Sep 2025 | |
| Seed | — | Apr 2025 | |
| MMarple | Unknown | — | Sep 2024 |
| MMinze | Growth | $5.3M | Jan 2024 |
| Series A | — | Jan 2023 | |
| YYields | Unknown | — | Jan 2023 |
| Series A | — | Jun 2022 | |
| Growth | — | Jan 2022 | |
| MMoonbird | Growth | — | Nov 2021 |
| Unknown | — | Oct 2021 | |
| Unknown | — | Jan 2021 | |
| KKwarts | Unknown | — | Jan 2021 |
| Series A | $5.5M | Jan 2021 | |
| Unknown | — | Sep 2020 | |
| Seed | — | Jan 2020 | |
| Series A | — | Jan 2020 | |
| Pre-Seed | — | Jan 2018 |
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Top Co-Investors
PMV11 shared
Qbic4 shared
ScaleFund3 shared
Miles Ahead3 shared
Pitchdrive2 shared
Smartfin2 shared
Seeder Fund2 shared
APEX Ventures1 shared
Syndicate One1 shared
LeanSquare1 shared
Speedinvest1 shared
Earlybird Venture Capital1 shared
UVC Partners1 shared
Cherry Ventures1 shared
Network Ventures1 shared
Plug and Play Tech Center1 shared
Fortino Capital1 shared
LeadBlock Partners1 shared
Tioga Capital1 shared
Powerhouse Ventures1 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026