Imec.ventures

What we do

We create and co-create new ventures and we invest in existing ventures. Our investment leverages imec’s technology, IP, infrastructure, expertise, and ecosystem.

We shorten development timelines, enable specialized infrastructure access, and reduce the complexity of scaling from lab to fab.

Our team

A global team built for deep‑tech venturing

We work closely with founders and innovators to create and co-create new ventures, and invest in existing ones, leveraging imec’s capabilities. translating complex science into impactful scalable companies.

Venture pathways

We engage with ventures through two distinct pathways: 

• Create or co-create
  Venture creation around imec’s breakthrough technologies.
  Launch your venture
• Become a portfolio company
  Build your existing deep-tech venture with investment that leverages imec’s capabilities.
  Become a portfolio company

Launch your venture

Imec partners with founders, scientists, and entrepreneurs to turn deep‑tech innovation into real‑world impact. We support venture creation with hands‑on guidance, access to world‑class technology, and the expertise needed to build resilient, scalable companies whether your idea originates inside imec (“create”) or whether your idea originates from a university, incubator or venture studio (“co-create”).

We provide incubation services including venture shaping, strategic positioning, team build-up and leadership support. We also of course provide technological guidance to bring your technology from lab to fab.

Your journey from innovator/founder to industry disruptor:

1. Submit your idea
   1. create: enter one of our imec open calls (3 calls each year) for deep-tech founders and scientists.
   2. Co-create: contact us to join a cohort.
2. Enrich your pitch (3 months) – through discussions with potential customers and investors. 
3. Step into a funded timebox (6–9 months) – shape your technical and commercial strategies and secure crucial investor relationships, as well as help build your team.
4. Launch & scale – continue your journey and scale your venture.

We’re also welcoming seasoned entrepreneurs, passionate about solving a market need and looking for the best piece of technology to enable their next venture. If you recognize yourself in this description, reach out to us.

If you are an imec researcher, you can access the Innovation Portal here.

Become a portfolio company

We partner with select high-potential deep-tech ventures to take semiconductor innovation from prototype to global impact. By leveraging imec’s technology, infrastructure, and expertise as investment, we help founders extend runway, navigate lab-to-fab complexity, and scale breakthrough solutions without excessive capital burn.

This pathway typically works best for ventures with:

• An established team in place 
• A validated prototype 
• Clear deep-tech potential with defensible IP 
• Solutions addressing real-world challenges in health, mobility, or computing 
• Combination of scientific insight and business acumen 
• Seed to Series A stage (exceptions apply)

Do you have a deep-tech venture or breakthrough technology that could benefit from imec’s capabilities?

Reach out and connect with us.

Sector focus

We partner with and invest in ventures worldwide across sectors where imec’s semiconductor technologies can create disruption.

Imec’s technologies enable market shaping innovation far beyond traditional tech markets.

Imec delivers breakthrough innovation across multiple application domains:

Portfolio & Impact

From early spinoffs to global scale-ups, imec.ventures works with founders and companies at the forefront of semiconductor-driven deep-tech.

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