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QBIC fund

Belgiumqbic.be

QBIC fund is a venture capital firm based in Belgium, investing in Industry & Hardware, Healthcare & Life Sciences and Software & Developer Tools, 70 tracked investments.

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Investments Tracked

About QBIC fund

Operating out of Belgium, QBIC fund is a venture capital firm. Our dataset covers 70 investments involving QBIC fund.

Recorded deals span Industry & Hardware, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Software & Developer Tools and Biotech. Coverage extends to 8 sectors in total. Participation spans Seed, Series A and Series B rounds.

Qbic is a sector-agnostic seed and early-stage venture capital fund, supporting spin-offs and start-ups that valorize research from Qbic's knowledge partners. They typically participate in the first external investment round and continue to support companies throughout their growth.

Investment Focus

Stage Focus
seedseries-aseries-b
Sectors
Industry & HardwareHealthcare & Life SciencesSoftware & Developer ToolsbiotechaiagritechTelecommunicationsHardware

Investment Thesis

Qbic is a sector-agnostic seed and early-stage venture capital fund, supporting spin-offs and start-ups that valorize research from Qbic's knowledge partners. They typically participate in the first external investment round and continue to support companies throughout their growth.

QBIC fund Portfolio Companies

24 of 55 tracked holdings.

Portfolio outcomes
35 active2 acquired1 stalled2 defunct2.9% exit rate

Team

Sofie BaetenManaging Partner Qbic II & III, (Co-)founder Qbic II & III

Sofie Baeten, PhD, has an extensive track record in venture capital. She started her career at Mercedes and Bekaert before being active as managing partner at several investment funds such as Capital-E, an early stage investment fund in mic…

Steven LeuridanPartner Qbic II & III, Co-founder Qbic III

Steven Leuridan, PhD, CFA, has a passion for all projects where engineering and finance meet, especially when focused on medical applications. Steven has a background in engineering and is a CFA Charterholder.

Cédric Van NevelPartner Qbic II & III, Co-founder Qbic III

Cédric Van Nevel has a strong interest in new and upcoming technologies and the impact they can generate on our society and daily life. He started his career as a strategic consultant at Boston Consulting Group, before building further expe…

Sara VandenwijngaertChief Scientific Director Qbic II & III

Sara Vandenwijngaert, PhD, has a background in life sciences and a passion for the valorization of innovative science. She obtained a PhD in Cardiovascular Medicine and for many years conducted or led biomedical research, both at the Univer…

Danny GonnissenPartner Qbic I, CFO Qbic II & III

Since 2012 Danny is investment manager at Qbic I, focusing on energy, materials and engineering projects. He started technology innovation management for a Belgian multinational in 1999, where his passion for developing technology into prod…

Vincent LendersInvestment Associate Qbic II & III

Vincent Lenders, PhD, is driven by the challenges and opportunities innovation entails. Prior to joining Qbic, he obtained a PhD focused on nanotechnology for biomedical applications and has performed research at imec, the University of Leu…

Tom SmetsInvestment Associate Qbic II & III

Tom has a background in life sciences and a keen interest in emerging technologies with a focus on biotechnology and IT. Following his studies, he entered the Pharmaceutical Industry, working for companies such as Pfizer and J&J in Validati…

Martin De PryckerManaging Partner Qbic I

Martin De Prycker had several positions at Alcatel-Lucent: from 1982 to 1996 he held a number of technology innovation management positions, from 1993 to 2000 he was founder and president of the Internet Access Division and between 1999 and…

Marc ZabeauManaging Partner Qbic I
Guy HuylebroeckPartner Qbic I
Ellen CrabbeAdvisory Board Expert
Delphine HajajiAdvisory Board Expert

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