Peter Vanbekbergen

Capricorn Partners NV (Capricorn) is an independent European licensed manager of private and public equity investment funds which was founded in 1993 as a joint venture between Dr Jos B. Peeters and Baring Venture Partners Ltd. In 1999, Capricorn became a fully partner-owned, independent firm. It is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.

Axelera AI BV is a Dutch company that provides advanced solutions for AI at the edge. The company's Metis AI platform is a hardware and software solution that enables computer vision applications to become more accessible, powerful, and user-friendly. The company is headquartered in the AI innovation center of the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, Netherlands, with R&D offices in other countries and more than 130 employees in 15 countries. Axelera AI offers scalable solutions that can be easily integrated into any system, delivering scalable, flexible, GPU-like acceleration within limited budgets. The company was founded in 2019 by Cyril Vancura, Fabrizio del Maffeo, Evangelos Eleftheriou, and Fabrizio del Maffeo has been the CEO since 2019.

Solvice NV develops a cloud based optimization and analytics engine which integrates with the customer's existing IT solution through application programming interfaces (APIs). The company was founded by Christophe Van Huele and Kenny Helsens in 2015 and is headquartered in Edegem, Belgium.

Limburgse Reconversie Maatschappij NV (LRM) is an independent private equity firm which was founded in 1994 by the Flemish government. Limburgse Reconversie Maatschappij NV is headquartered in Hasselt, Beglium.

New Science Ventures LLC (New Science Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Somasundaram Subramaniam and Tom J A Lavin. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut with additional office in London.

ProterixBio, Inc. supplies novel protein measurement technology. It manufactures and markets the ViBE platform, enabling highly sensitive, automated acoustic immunoassays to accelerate drug discovery, development and production of biological and pharmaceutical products. The company was founded by Edward F. Crawley and Mark Lundstrom in 2002 and is headquartered in Billerica, MA.

Ecosystem Ventures LLC (Ecosystem Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Alexander Harry Fries. The firm is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

Novadip Biosciences SA operates as a advanced biopharmaceutical company that develops cell-based therapies to treat patients with critical size bone defects and severe bone diseases. Its proprietary product, Creost, is a natural scaffold-free and tridimensional bone structure, which reconstructs large bone defects without the need of any biomaterial. The firm is a osteogenic living implant with a mineralization similar to a real bone. Its Creost is an autologous cell based-therapy product obtained from Adipose-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells (AMSCs) which promotes (i) a perfect engraftment without any scaffold and (ii) a tissue remodeling with all native bone properties. Novadip Biosciences was founded by Jean-Fran?ois Pollet and Denis Dufrane in 2013 and is headquartered in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

Ovizio Imaging Systems SA develops and markets imaging systems and sensors. Its microscopes include iLine F, iLine M, iLine S and QMod. The company was founded by Catherine Yourassowsky, Frank Dubois, Philip Mathuis and Serge Jooris in December 2009 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

Finlab NV provides engineering services. It offers technical services. The company is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.

Waalse Krook Cvba is a Belgian company that operates cultural education and libraries. The private company is based in Ghent, Belgium. The company was founded in 2009.

Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica Centrum VZW, also known as Imec, is a Belgian business accelerator. The non-profit company is based in Leuven, BE and has subsidiaries in the United States, Taiwan, India, Netherlands, and Belgium. Imec.istart is their main program, which helps startups grow and succeed. The Belgian company was founded in 1984 and has been led by CEO Luc van den Hove since then.

Aphea.Bio SA engages in research and development of biotechnology and agricultural products. It develops next generation biopesticides and biostimulants based on natural microorganisms. The company was founded by Isabel Vercauteren and Steven Vandenabeele in December 5, 2016 and is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium.

Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen NV (PMV) is a private equity/venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Region of Flanders founded in 1995. Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen NV is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

Ferroelectric Memory GmbH (FMC) is a German company that has developed advanced ferroelectric hafnium oxide memory technology for non-volatile memory in future electronics and computing innovation. The company is based in Dresden, Germany. FMC's ferroelectric field-effect transistor (FEFET) and capacitor (FECAP) technology is fast, low-power, scalable, and has high endurance with decades of data retention, suitable for a broad range of AI, IoT, edge, data center, and embedded applications. The company was founded in 2016 by Marko Noack, Wolfram Drescher, Stefan Mueller, Menno Mennenga, and is currently working with major semiconductor companies for its embedded and stand-alone memory solution. The CEO is Ali Pourkeramati.

Pulsify Medical BV is a Belgian digital medical technology company that specializes in developing wearable ultrasound patches. The company is based in Louvain, Belgium. Pulsify Medical was founded in 2019 by Lieven Herbots, Xavier Rottenberg, Jan D'hooge, Steve Stoffels. Iwan van Vijfeijken has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

Galapagos Biotech Ltd. operates as a drug discovery company which provides discovery technologies and services. Its technologies include Chemogenomics and Silico. The company was founded by Kenneth Leslie Powell and Janet Maureen Thornton in July 8, 1997 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Arrow Therapeutics Ltd. operates as a pharmaceutical company that focuses on research and development of novel antiviral drugs. Its products include novel antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal and preclinical compounds. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Trod Medical NV develops and commercializes tools for use in the focal ablation of soft tissues. The company was founded by Andre Scattolin Faure on June 29, 2006 and is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.

Sequana Medical AG operates as a medical device company. It specializes in the production and design of implantable pump systems to manage fluid balance within the body. The firm offers the Alfapump system, its proprietary solution to manage and remove ascites, which can occur as a symptom of liver disease, cancer, or congestive heart failure and its focus areas encompass clinical research, product innovation, and technology development. The company was founded by Noel L. Johnson in 2000 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Trinean NV develops and produces nanoliter spectrophotometers and consumables. Its products include DropSense96, Xpose, and spectral content profiling. The firm covers both microfluidic structures and multi-channel spectrometry for microliter sample handling. The company was founded by Ronny Baeckstaele and Kris Naessens in 2006 and is headquartered in Gentbrugge, Belgium.

Azalea Vision BV manufactures contact lenses. The company is based in Zwijnaarde, Belgium. The Belgian company was founded in 2021 by Peter Vermeulen, Enrique Vega, Andrés Vásquez Quintero. Enrique Vega has been the CEO since 2021.

Diagenode SA provides solutions for epigenetics research, biological sample preparation, and diagnostics assays. It offers Bioruptor® shearing and IP-Star® automation instruments, reagent kits, and high quality antibodies to streamline DNA methylation, ChIP, and ChIP-seq workflows. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Seraing, Belgium.

Gimv (Private Equity) is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of Gimv NV (XB: GIMB) founded in 1980. Gimv (Private Equity) is headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium.

DSM Venturing BV (DSM Venturing) is the venture capital arm of Royal DSM NV in the Netherlands founded in 2001. DSM Venturing BV is headquartered in Geleen.

Ferm RFID Solutions BV engages in the provision of radio frequency identification solutions. It offers RFID education, workshop, business case, pilot, site survey and audit services. The company was founded by Jos Uijlenbroek and Marc Flederus in 2008 and is headquartered in Zaltbommel, the Netherlands.

Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC) is the corporate venture capital arm of the privately-held global company Robert Bosch GmbH, itself a subsidiary of Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH. The firm is headquartered in Gerlingen, Germany, with another German office in Frankfurt, and international offices in Israel, China, and the US. The firm was established in 2007.

Fabric8Labs, Inc. develops metal 3D printing products. The firm’s products include benchtop printers, large format printers and wide variety of feed stocks. The company was founded by Jeff Herman and David Pain in 2015 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Lodestar Ventures LLC (Lodestar Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Shayna Modarresi. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.