Capricorn Partners

Capricorn Partners is an independent venture capital firm based in Leuven, Belgium, founded in 1993. The firm specializes in managing pan-European venture capital funds, focusing on innovative technology-driven growth companies across various sectors, including healthcare, information technology, SaaS, manufacturing, life sciences, oncology, big data, clean technology, and digital health. Capricorn Partners boasts a team of experienced investment managers with extensive technology expertise and broad industrial backgrounds, enabling them to identify and support promising European companies that leverage technology as a competitive advantage.

Jan Avonts

Investment Director

Damien van der Bijl

Investment Director

Frank Bulens

Partner

Daniela Arruda Costa

Investment Associate

Olaf Cörper

Partner

Antoine D’Hollander

Investment Director

Katrin Geyskens

Partner

Steven Lambert

Investment Partner Digital

Maarten Lambert

Senior Associate

Steven Lambert

Senior Investment Manager

Marc Lambrechts

Senior Investment Manager

Steven Levecke

Partner

Rob van der Meij

Investment Manager

Jos B. Peeters

Founder and Managing Partner

Filip Pintelon

Investment Partner Health

Wouter Van de Putte

Investment Director

Johan Reynaert

Investment Manager

Daniel von Scheven

Investment Manager

Ekaterina Smirnyagina

Partner

Claude Stoufs

Partner

Leslie Totté

CFO

Yves Vaneerdewegh

Partner, Member of the Executive Committee and Board Member

Sabine Vermassen

Partner, Member of the Executive Committee and Board Member

Simon Wouters

Investment Analyst

Past deals in Antwerpen

NovoPolymers

Venture Round in 2015
NovoPolymers NV develops encapsulant solutions for the photovoltaic market. It offers thermoplastic encapsulant sheets for crystalline silicon based photovoltaic modules; and hydrocarbon thermoplastic elastomer materials. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Puurs, Belgium.

NovoPolymers

Venture Round in 2012
NovoPolymers NV develops encapsulant solutions for the photovoltaic market. It offers thermoplastic encapsulant sheets for crystalline silicon based photovoltaic modules; and hydrocarbon thermoplastic elastomer materials. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Puurs, Belgium.

NovoPolymers

Series B in 2011
NovoPolymers NV develops encapsulant solutions for the photovoltaic market. It offers thermoplastic encapsulant sheets for crystalline silicon based photovoltaic modules; and hydrocarbon thermoplastic elastomer materials. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Puurs, Belgium.

NovoPolymers

Series A in 2009
NovoPolymers NV develops encapsulant solutions for the photovoltaic market. It offers thermoplastic encapsulant sheets for crystalline silicon based photovoltaic modules; and hydrocarbon thermoplastic elastomer materials. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Puurs, Belgium.

Gemidis

Series C in 2006
Gemidis is a spin-off company from Ghent University (Belgium) and IMEC (Belgium) and was officially founded in August 2004. Gemidis develops, produces and sells LCOS imagers and driver electronics for both consumer and professional markets.
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