Investor profile
Sven De Cleyn
Accelerator, Corporate VC, Venture capital & Program Director at Imec, Member of the LP Supervisory Board at Imec.istart Future Fund, Managing Director at Imec.istart
Sven De Cleyn is a Managing Director at Imec.istart, whose known portfolio counts 10 companies.
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Investment focus
- Focus
- AI ApplicationsAI InfrastructureAR/VRChipletsChipsData AnalyticsDiagnosticsDigital HealthEnterprise SaaSHR TechIoTMachine LearningMedTechMicrodisplaysSemiconductorsUniversity-linked accelerator
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Program Director at Imec, whose known portfolio counts 9 companies
- Vertical Compute
- Axelera AI
- OTIV
- Atlas Data Storage
- MICLEDI Microdisplays
- Onera Health
- Asylia Diagnostics
- Conductiv.ai
- Tengu
Member of the LP Supervisory Board at Imec.istart Future Fund, whose known portfolio counts 1 company
- Companion.energy
Managing Director at Imec.istart, whose known portfolio counts 10 companies
- Model Health
- OTIV
- AI-Blox
- talentguide
- Arcanix
- Dockflow
- Mobito
- Sencilia
- Touchwaves
- Wenite
Investor Profile
Founders in the listed sectors AI, Education, Hardware and Healthcare, and focus areas AI Applications, AI Infrastructure, AR/VR and Chiplets fall inside that listing.
Imec.istart appears in Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A rounds across its known deals.
The firm portfolio and the focus above give founders context on whether Sven De Cleyn matches their raise.
Colleagues
Mario Huyghe
Senior Venture Development Manager
Ghent, Belgium
Robby Wauters
Venture Acceleration Manager
Ghent, Belgium
Iva Tchetinova
Venture Acceleration & VC Relationship Manager Europe
Bulgaria
Erkin Najafli
Investor
Leuven, Belgium
Annelies Falepin
Incubating deep tech ventures
Antwerp, Belgium
Erola Colón Pigem
Venture Capital
Spain
Ann Van Mele
Venture Acceleration Manager
Ghent, Belgium
Gema Molina Álvarez
Deeptech Venture Acceleration Manager
Brussels, Belgium
Lieven Danneels
Boardmember
Bruges, Belgium
Kris Mertens
Investor
Antwerp, Belgium
Arun Bhaskaran
Managing Partner
India
Minghui Huang
Investor
Lommel, Belgium
Rocco Stirparo
Venture Development Manager
Leuven, Belgium
Diane Lejeune
Startup Mentor
Brussels, Belgium
Yannick Wilden
Program Manager Germany
Munich, Germany
Frequently asked questions
Who is Sven De Cleyn?
Sven De Cleyn is an accelerator partner and corporate venture investor based in Antwerp, Belgium, listed as Managing Director at Imec.istart. The known portfolio of that firm counts 10 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Sven De Cleyn personally.
What does Sven De Cleyn invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Education, Hardware and Healthcare; listed focus areas include AI Applications, AI Infrastructure, AR/VR and Chiplets. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Sven De Cleyn invest at?
Imec.istart appears in Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A rounds across its known deals, and Sven De Cleyn is listed there as Managing Director. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Sven De Cleyn listed at?
Sven De Cleyn is listed as Managing Director at Imec.istart. 15 other people in the database share a firm with Sven De Cleyn.
How do I contact Sven De Cleyn?
An email address, a phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for Sven De Cleyn. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account.
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