Qbic Fund | Venture Capital

📢 Happy to announce that Swave Photonics successfully completed a € 27M Series A round. The round was co-led by imec.xpand & SFPIM Relaunch, with participation from new investors EIC Fund, IAG Capital Partners and Murata Electronics North America, Inc. and supported by the existing investors Qbic Fund | Venture Capital, PMV, imec and Luminate Accelerator. Swave Photonics, a spin-off of imec and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, develops holographic eXtended reality technology enabling a reality-first user experience for AI-powered augmented reality (AR) smartglasses and heads-up displays. Congratulations to Mike Noonen and team! Press release (BusinessWire): https://lnkd.in/gifcR5R8 Article in De Tijd (Dutch Only): https://lnkd.in/ewc3i-Kv Article in L'Echo (French Only): https://lnkd.in/eZMPNCaw #AR #VR #Semiconductors #SpatialCompute #optics #photonics #VC #Fundraising #Innovation #Deeptech #imec #Vrije Universiteit Brussel

As 2024 draws to a close, we want to take a moment to celebrate some of the highlights of this year: 🌱 New portfolio companies: We welcomed AmphiStar and Flindr Therapeutics to the Qbic III Portfolio! 🏆 Awards & Nominations: - Trince won the Nature Spinoff Prize - Blue Foot Membranes won the EARTO Innovation Awards and placed 38th for Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 - Swave Photonics received a CES 2025 Innovation Award - Aphea.Bio nominated for Scale-up of the Year 🎉 Events: - Our shareholder event was hosted by imec, where our shareholders received a tour of the Imec Cleanrooms and afterwards they had the opportunity to connect with our portfolio companies. - Our portfolio event, where Els Deboutte from Make me Fly! shared key insights in navigating the challenges of a rapidly growing organization. 📢 New funding rounds: Our portfolio companies Blue Foot Membranes, VoxelSensors, QustomDot, Weavely and Tanai successfully closed follow-on funding rounds. 💡 And many, many more... Suggestion: take a look at the news-feeds of our portfolio companies to see what incredible milestones they have achieved this year! Looking forward to 2025, to another year of innovation, impact and boosting breakthroughs! #YearInReview #Innovation #VC #teamwork #BoostingBreakthroughs #2024Highlights

📢 Happy to announce that QustomDot successfully completed a € 2.7M financing round. The round was supported by the existing investors PMV, VIGO Ventures & Qbic Fund | Venture Capital and welcomed Noshaq & EIC Fund as new shareholders. Alongside the financing round, QustomDot also received an EIC Accelerator grant of € 2.5M enabling the company to continue its development of environmentally sustainable and high-performance quantum dot solutions. Congratulations to Kim De Nolf and team! Press release: https://lnkd.in/eVGVqW3c Article in De Tijd (Dutch Only): https://lnkd.in/egWQSUjZ Podcast 'De 7' by De Tijd (Dutch Only): - https://lnkd.in/eND4sxA9 (Spotify) - https://lnkd.in/eazEtmNU (Apple Podcasts) #VC #Fundraising #QuantomDots #Innovation #Deeptech #Ghent University

Next week Sofie Baeten will be attending Pitch Perfect and Boost the European Bioeconomy 2024. (Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant) Looking forward to connect with entrepreneurs, industry experts, investors & other stakeholders shaping the biobased economy. Hope to see you there! 📅 3 December 📍Brussels, BE #VC #Innovation #Biotech

🚀 The Blue Foot Tribe is United and Ready to Shape 2025 During our international sales meeting this week, we not only celebrated our latest achievements, such as winning the EARTO Innovation Award, but also reviewed the latest product and process developments of our IPC® membrane for #MBR applications. We want to thank everyone who joined us in Lommel to maintain and strengthen our team spirit. We’re already excited about the upcoming projects in 2025! Join us as we shape the future of wastewater treatment. #wastewater #wearebluefoot #joinourbluefootwave Steffen Richter, MARCELLO B., Marcin Polit, Jeroen Bouwman, Martin Jansen, Asjin Gritter, Swarupa Chatterjee, PhD, Stephan van Hoof, Peter E.M. Aerts, Ulrich Brüß, Maarten Colaers, Dries Bleus, Ann Schepers, Luc Jansen, Karolien Jorissen, Natasja V.

📢 Qbic Fund | Venture Capital portfolio company Swave Photonics has been honored with a CES 2025 Innovation Award for their Holographic eXtended Reality (HXR) platform. Congratulations to Mike Noonen and their team! Going to CES 2025? Don't forget to reach out to the Swave team to request a meeting: hey@swave.io Link: https://lnkd.in/gHECKn7c (Businesswire) #CES2025 #AR #XR #Spatialcomputing #semiconductors #innovation #holography #Deeptech

Next week Stéphanie Put will be attending the Biotope Speed Networking Event (biotope by VIB) Looking forward to connect with entrepreneurs, industry experts & investors in the biotech sector. Hope to see you there! 📅 28 November 📍Ghent, BE #VC #Innovation #Biotech

Next week Vincent Lenders will be attending the imec.istart Investor Day. Looking forward to connect with entrepreneurs, industry experts & investors in the Belgian tech sector. Hope to see you there! 📅 26 November 📍Ghent, BE #VC #Innovation #Wintercircus Ghent #Tech

Next week Steven Leuridan, PhD, CFA will be attending beMedTech's Networking Event. Looking forward to connect with industry experts & investors in the Belgian medtech sector. Hope to see you there! 📅 18 November 📍Brussels, BE #VC #Innovation #MedTech

Next week Tom Smets will be attending Tech Tour Bio-based Industries. Looking forward to connect with promising start-ups, industry experts and investors. Hope to see you there! 📅 14-15 November 📍Wuppertal, DE #VC #Innovation #Biobased #Biotech