Overview
Founded in 1425, KU Leuven is consistently ranked among the top universities in Europe and generates a significant share of Belgian tech spin-offs, patents, and deep-tech company formation. It has a close institutional relationship with imec, which was founded as an initiative of KU Leuven. The university is a central pillar of the Leuven innovation ecosystem.
Investments
Elimity
Elimity is a KU Leuven spin-off providing identity governance and access intelligence software, helping organizations gain control over who has access to which data and systems.
In the news
- Leuvense Solar Team haalt zilver op EK zonnewagenracenHet Innoptus Solar Team van de KU Leuven is zijn Europese titel kwijt. In de 24-urenrace voor zonnewagens in Zolder moest het Twente laten voorgaan.
De Tijd Energie · 20 Sept 2026
- Trend signals in healthcare innovation and medtech (Belgium) 1. Four Belgian breast clinics are evaluating AI that predicts treatment-relevant characteristics of breast cancer (AZ Delta, az Groeninge, AZORG, ZAS, KU Leuven). 2. H.U.B becomes the first Belgian hospital to adopt dedicated technology for biportal endoscopic spine surgery (Brussels University Hospital H.U.B, Erasmus Hospital). 3. Grand Hôpital de Charleroi becomes the first Belgian centre to start enrolling patients in the international LEAVE NOTHING
- Must-see op Night@Technopolis! In de talk 'Symfonie van het heelal' zullen Daniel Mayerson en Annelien Vekemans (Research Foundation Flanders - FWO, KU Leuven) met jou het heelal in duiken 🌌 Ontdek hoe de Einsteintelescoop mysteries van het heelal zal ontrafelen, door zwaartekrachtsgolven en kosmische trillingen te meten. 🪐 🗓️ 9 oktober 🕓 19u15 - 20u 📍 Technopolis, Mechelen Bemachtig nu jouw ticket 👉 https://lnkd.in/ekYkM5Zs
- De energietransitie zet ons elektriciteitsnet steeds meer onder druk. Om die uitdaging aan te pakken, moeten we niet alleen investeren in nieuwe infrastructuur, maar ook slimmer omgaan met de capaciteit die vandaag al beschikbaar is. ⚡ Orion Grid Technologies, een spin-off van VITO, KU Leuven en EnergyVille, ontwikkelt software die data van onder meer slimme meters omzet in bruikbare inzichten voor distributienetbeheerders. Samen met Fluvius ontwikkelde Orion technologie die in kaart brengt hoe woningen met het laagspanningsnet
- Communication is not just about telling the story of a project — it’s about increasing its impact. 💬🌍 Yesterday, Pehestat had the opportunity to join the NWE Communication and Impact Workshop together with Karen Vermeulen from EPC, the lead partner of the OMELETTE project. Together with around 120 people from different Interreg projects across North-West Europe, we spent the day exploring how communication can help projects reach the right audiences, create engagement and, ultimately, make a lasting difference. From telling
- Two months ago, Jialin Li walked in as an intern. Today he leaves with hands-on robotics engineering experience behind him and a piece of his work already being tested in the field. 🤖 Jialin, a student in Electromechanical Engineering at KU Leuven - Group T Leuven Campus, spent his internship deep in industrial robotics and 3D vision: building a robot integration now being pilot-tested at a customer, creating customer demos, stress-testing our hardware, software and AI vision models, and writing a Python socket simulator of the
- From Light(jes van de Schelde) to Life! 💡🧬 Reflecting on an unforgettable week at the 50th anniversary meeting of the European Society For Biomaterials - ESB in Antwerp! 🇧🇪 This edition felt a little like welcoming the biomaterials community into our home, not only because it took place close to our Ghent headquarters, but also because the conference was chaired by our co-founder and scientific advisor Prof. Sandra. Van Vlierberghe, together with her co-chairs and BIO INX collaborators Prof. Veerle Bloemen and Prof. Liesbet
- 𝗗𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗶𝗷 𝗩𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗦 𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲. En als interim directeur digitale transformatie vind ik dat goed nieuws. De koers die Kathy Dewitte uittekende heet Innovatie via Connectie. Geen technologieverhaal, maar een verhaal over mensen die elkaar vinden. Tussen opleidingen, met de regio, met partners hier en in Europa. Wat ik meeneem: 🤝 𝗘𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻, 𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲. Ik werk al twintig jaar
Alumni 448 went on to found or lead
Aad VerstedenMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Ir. Computer science, Databases -- Semantic Web→Technical futurist | CEO at redpencil
Adriaan Van GervenBachelor of Science - BS, Electrical Engineering + Computer Science→Chief Technology Officer; Co-founder at Relu
Alain HeureuxLicences, Law→Co-Founder at SerialCatalysts
Alba VeisllariMaster of Science (MSc), International Business→CEO at Fortkey
Alex ChristiaensMaster's degree, Pedagogische Wetenschappen→Founder and full stack developer at Goomyx
Alexander BievreBachelor, History→CEO at CIOC Energy- PAlexander D'HoogheMAsters, Civil Engineering-Architecture→Founder at SOLV
Alexander Van DammeBio-engineering→CEO at bedal
Ali JunaidDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Industrial Engineering Technology→Founder & CEO at Effecon- PAlice GorissenMedia- en informatiekunde, Derde cyclus→CEO & Head of Animation Studio at DREAMWALL
Aline Ollevier→Founder at Nozzle
Allan PermentierExchange, Master of Business and Information Systems Engineering - Elective courses→Co-founder & Project Manager at Guidoo
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