imec.xpand

Imec.xpand is an independently managed, game-changing way to enable early-stage nano electronics-based innovation powered by imec, the world-leading R&D hub for nanoelectronics and digital technology.

Frank Bulens

Partner

Lien Callens

Associate

Peter Vanbekbergen

Partner

Cyril Vancura

Partner

Tom Vanhoutte

Partner

Veronique Vermeeren

Principal

Past deals in Belgium

Swave Photonics

Seed Round in 2022
Swave Photonics operates as a fabless semiconductor company.

Solithor

Seed Round in 2022
Solithor is a company developing solid-state battery technology. It is spearheading the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of solid-state lithium (Li) battery cell technology to offer high-energy storage solutions.

Pharrowtech

Series A in 2022
Pharrowtech BV manufactures chip and antenna solutions for wireless applications. The company designs and manufactures wireless sub-systems for 60GHz millimeter wave wireless applications. Its products include chip and antenna systems. Pharrowtech BV caters to fixed-wireless access, wireless virtual reality and artificial reality, and high capacity wireless links customers. The company is based in Mortsel, Belgium.

Axelera AI

Seed Round in 2021
Axelera AI is developing a game-changing hardware and software platform for AI. Incubated in 2019 by the emerging technologies leader Bitfury and joined by the leading nano-technology group imec in early 2020, Axelera AI launched as a new company in 2021. Headquartered in the AI Innovation Center of the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, Axelera AI has R&D offices in Belgium, Switzerland, and Italy. Its team of experts in AI software and hardware hail from top AI firms and Fortune 500 companies.

Spectricity

Series B in 2021
Spectricity is a fabless semiconductor company creating spectral sensing solutions for high-volume mobile and consumer devices, using low-cost CMOS technologies. Spectricity’s patented, spectral sensing technology enhances existing camera sensors by fusing data with other image and 3D sensors in the devices to provide augmented real-time data, advanced user-environment interfacing, and big data analysis.

Indigo Diabetes

Series B in 2020
Indigo Diabetes nv is a medical device company based in Ghent, Belgium, founded in 2016 by Danaë Delbeke and her team. The company specializes in developing an innovative invisible glucose monitor that utilizes advanced photonics technology to measure and manage blood glucose levels without the need for finger pricks. This high-tech sensor is designed to be inserted under the skin, allowing for continuous monitoring of blood sugar levels. Indigo Diabetes aims to enhance the user experience for individuals living with diabetes by providing a more accurate and convenient method for glucose monitoring, thereby transforming diabetes management.

MICLEDI Microdisplays

Seed Round in 2020
Micledi Microdisplays BV designs and manufactures micro light emitting diode (LED) display chips for augmented reality (AR) glasses. The company offers MicroLED display modules on wafers. It serves the semiconductor industry. The company is based in Leuven, Belgium.

Pulsify Medical

Seed Round in 2019
Developer of wearable ultrasound patches intended to produce images revealing critical information on a patient's health. The company's product is built using flexible ultrasound transducer technology, thin-film transistors, and system architecture and is based on cardiac ultrasound imaging to monitor cardiac performance continuously, safely and non-invasively, enabling medical practitioners to follow patients' basic health parameters all over the hospital and at home without requiring the intervention of specially trained individuals to obtain and interpret results.

Pharrowtech

Seed Round in 2019
Pharrowtech BV manufactures chip and antenna solutions for wireless applications. The company designs and manufactures wireless sub-systems for 60GHz millimeter wave wireless applications. Its products include chip and antenna systems. Pharrowtech BV caters to fixed-wireless access, wireless virtual reality and artificial reality, and high capacity wireless links customers. The company is based in Mortsel, Belgium.