Overview
QBIC is a consortium-backed Venture Capital fund that channels university and research institute deal flow into investable deep-tech companies. Fund III was launched in 2025, continuing a mandate that brings together six Belgian universities, VITO, imec, and a set of partner hospitals.
The fund's broad institutional backing gives it access to spin-off opportunities across Flanders and Wallonia. Portfolio companies are typically early-stage, emerging from PhD research or lab spin-outs.
Portfolio
- Swave Photonics - Holographic display technology
Media & appearances
- SuperNovaYouTubeSuperHero Conversations EP5 | Ewout Meyns - Miles Ahead & Florian Myter - WeavelyBelgian fund specializing in university spin-offs (typically biotech) that led Weavely's pre-seed round.
Stated facts & numbers
- Weavely, a VUB spin-off, has raised €1.2 million in pre-seed and seed combined, with Qbic leading the pre-seed and Miles Ahead in the seed round. (0:04:45, SuperNova 2025-03-11)
Key people
Investments
Swave Photonics
Swave Photonics is a Leuven-based deep-tech startup that raised EUR 43M to develop holographic display chips enabling high-quality augmented reality glasses.
- PPleevi
Pleevi is a Brussels-based VITO spinoff building AI-optimized workplace EV charging solutions, founded in 2024.
CrowdScan
Belgian IoT analytics company providing crowd density measurement technology, backed by QBIC.
Accelleran
Accelleran is an Antwerp-based Open RAN software Company Building private 5G network infrastructure for enterprises, backed by Cogito Capital Partners and QBIC.
- EEyeo
Eyeo is a Leuven-based imec spin-off using color-splitting photonics technology to build ultra-compact imaging sensors, having raised EUR 15M in May 2025.
Animab
Animab is a Ghent-based VIB/UGent/VUB spin-off developing oral monoclonal antibodies for livestock health, raising EUR 25.4M total including a EUR 10M Series B in July 2025.
VoxelSensors
VoxelSensors is a Belgian semiconductor company focused on enabling contextual AI.
- AAxithra
Axithra is an imec spinoff from Ghent developing Raman-on-chip technology to measure drug concentrations in blood in real time, enabling point-of-care therapeutic drug monitoring.
Spica Therapeutics
Spica Therapeutics is a biotech company developing macrophage-targeting therapies using proprietary fingerprinting technology for oncology, fibroinflammatory, and autoimmune diseases.
- MmoveUP
moveUP is a Belgian events services company focused on empowering women.
In the news
Alumni 2 went on to found or lead
- PAisha KothariAssociate→Founder at AISPI
Pierre De MuelenaereMember of the Investment Committee→Co-Founder at Fonds des amis de l'Espace du Lien
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