# Top 50 Climate VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Belgium in October 2023

## Limburgse Reconversie Maatschappij
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 12
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Biotechnology

Oxygen for growth - LRM

## Innovation Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Manufacturing, Software

Chemical, Advanced Materials, Cosmetics, Recycling, CleanTech, Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing, Nanotechnology, Biosciences

## S.R.I.W.
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Liège, Liege, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Manufacturing

The S.R.I.W. Group is an institution at the heart of the financial market that assists entrepreneurs in creating and developing businesses in the Walloon region. It reflects the effort of Wallonian industry in facing the challenges of the creation of economic value in the 21st century.
Since its creation in 1979, the Société Régionaled’Investissement de Wallonie has continuously been expanding its abilities to adapt and anticipate as well as its flexibility in order to meet the requirements of its partners who are confronted with the evolution of the world economy. The principles of good governance, a strong business culture and shared values at the heart of the Group constitute important assets to capture the changing realities of the market and progress in a sustainable development perspective.

## Gemma Frisius Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series B, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics

Gemma Frisius Fund KU Leuven is a seed capital fund that aims to stimulate the creation and growth of university related spin-off companies.

## Gimv
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Series B, Private Equity
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical

Gimv is a European investment company with over three decades of experience in private equity and venture capital.Gimv is listed on NYSE Euronext Brussels. Gimv currently manages around 1.8 billion EUR (including third party funds) of investments in 85 portfolio companies, which jointly realise a turnover of more than EUR 6 billion and employover 28,000 professionals.As a recognized market leader in selected investment platforms, Gimv identifies entrepreneurial and innovative companies with high-growth potential and supports them in their transformation into market leaders. Gimv’s four investment platforms are: Consumer 2020, Health & Care, Smart Industries and Sustainable Cities. Each of these platforms works with a skilled and dedicated team across Gimv’s home markets of the Benelux, France and Germany and can count on an extended international network of experts.More information on Gimv can be found on [www.gimv.com].

## PMV
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care

Do and dare company

## Meusinvest (Noshaq)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Liège, Liege, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical

Noshaq offers financial services to help businesses develop.

## Qbic Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Belgium, Wisconsin, United States
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care

The Qbic Fund is a multi-sector fund supporting spin-off companies of the Ghent, Brussels and Antwerp university associations and of VITO. Through its strategic partnership with the universities of Ghent, Brussels and Antwerp, and VITO, the Qbic Fund has early and privileged access to promising research projects at these partner universities. Ourinvestment approach is based on early in-depth and independent review and analysis followed by hands on involvement and support.In May 2012 the Qbic Fund held its first close and currently it has over € 30 million under management. The Qbic Fund is backed by several public and private investors and managed by Qbic Venture Partners.

## Finindus
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zelzate, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Manufacturing, Industrial, Renewable Energy

Finindus provides early stage financing and growth capital to innovative companies active in the area of materials, material processing and sustainable manufacturing. We are funded by ArcelorMittal and the Flemish Region and linked to OCAS, the world class metals research center located in Belgium.

## QBIC II
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Industrial, Biotechnology, Construction

QBIC II

## The Faktory Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Liège, Liege, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing

The Faktory is a hub for business ideas based on any disruptive technology with a high potential in international niche markets: ICT, Health, Environment, Media, Broadcast and more.

## Capricorn Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software

Capricorn Partners is a unique independent manager of venture capital, growth capital and quoted equity funds

## HCVC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing

HCVC is an early-stage Venture Capital firm backing hardtech companies worldwide. Beyond its fund, HCVC supports hardtech founders through Hardware Club, a selective global community of 500+ startups with dedicated resources, partnerships and events.

## Nuhma
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Battery, Software, GreenTech

Namens de Limburgse gemeenten en Laakdal werken we aan duurzaamheid, energie en innovatie via gerichte participaties

## KBC Focus Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Electronics, Semiconductor, Manufacturing

The KBC Focus Fund is a € 50 million venture capital fund that leverages the network of KBC in our investments. As we are an evergreen fund, we always strive for an exit when market conditions are favourable.

## Flanders Innovation and Entrepreneurship (VLAIO)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brussel, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence

Basic and applied research fund of the Flemish regional government in Belgium

## Elia System Operator
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brunelles, Centre, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Private Equity
- Focus: Energy, Solar, Software

With a reliability level of 99.999 percent, Elia Group provides society with a robust electricity grid. We operate an electricity transmission system with voltage levels between 30 and 400 kilovolt (kV), and 50Hertz transports electricity over high-voltage levels of 150, 220 and 380 kilovolts (kV). 

## ABB Technology Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Software, Energy, Robotics

ABB Technology Ventures (ATV) is the strategic venture capital unit of ABB (NYSE: ABB). ATV scouts the globe for breakthrough power and automation technology partners aligned with ABB’s goal to write the future of industrial digitalization. Since its formation in 2009, ATV has invested nearly $200 million into high potential technology companiesspanning a range of sectors including robotics, industrial IoT, machine learning, 3D printing, cybersecurity and distributed energy. Learn more at abb.com/ventures.

## Industrya
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seraing, Liege, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Industrial, B2B, SaaS

We are a hands-on investment fund that operates exclusively in the Industry 4.0, energy and new materials sectors. Industrya is an initiative of the John Cockerill industrial group, which joins together the investment funds of SFPI-FPIM, SRIW-WING, NOSHAQ and LRM.

## Buysse & Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Cloud Computing, FinTech

Buysse and Partners is a private equity investment group based in Antwerpen that offers smart equity, a growth fund, and partnerships.

## LeanSquare
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Liège, Liege, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Music, Internet

New Economy Startups Investor & Accelerator

## Finance.Brussels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, CleanTech, Information Technology

Regional Investment Company of Brussels

## Namur Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Namur, Namur, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Medical Device, Auctions

Namur Invest Group provides companies with financing solutions in various forms adapted to their needs, to strengthen their financial.

## Greyhound Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Seed, Series D
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Banking

Global growth equity investment firm focused on technology-enabled businesses improving everyday lives

## Index Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure/AI, and security.

## Ark Angels Activator Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Ark Angels Activator Fund SA is a closed venture capital fund (closed-end private equity investment fund) with a capital of 14.8 M EUR. The Fund is recognized as ARKIV and has obtained the status of Private Privak under Belgian law. The Fund is managed by a management company set up by BAN Vlaanderen VZW, ING Belgium & the two fund managers.The Fund initially acted primarily as a co-investor in investments made by business angels who are members of BAN Vlaanderen, but then also co-invested with other capital providers.
It focuses not only on investments in young growth companies, but also on companies in the growth or transfer phase with an operating office in Flanders,

## LRM
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Manufacturing, Drones, Sensor

Oxygen for growth - LRM

## Fidimec
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Industrial, Semiconductor, Medical

Fidimec is a Belgium-based venture capital firm that offers investment and incubation services for seed stage startups.

## The CoFoundry
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Network Security, SaaS

The CoFoundry helps entrepreneurs transform their ideas into sustainable companies. Some say we cut through the funding hype and work hard to give your business a sustainable future.

## SmartFin
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Analytics

Venture capital fund focussing on European B2B technology companies.

## Gesval
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Medical, Software, Wellness

A limited company of the University of Liège (ULiege).

## Apic Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Real Estate, Software, Internet of Things

Apic Investments is an early-stage focused Venture Capital, investing in PropTech and RetailTech companies. Apic Investments' goal is to help build start-ups and to accelerate their business models with capital, industry expertise, and a network.

## Takeda Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Diego, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics

Takeda Ventures, Inc. (TVI) is the corporate investment arm of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TPC). TVI was founded in 2001 and invests in current and future areas of interest for TPC. They are based alongside Takeda’s R&D sites in Cambridge, MA, and San Diego, CA. As a strategic investor, TVI aims to provide support and guidance toentrepreneurs and early-stage companies driving concepts through clinical proof of concept. They also strive to forge active, collaborative interactions that result in synergies with Takeda's considerable R&D resources. Their goal is to build a portfolio of strategic investments, with an immediate emphasis on oncology, gastroenterology, neuroscience, and rare diseases.

## PMV Tina Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series D, Series E
- Focus: Manufacturing, Eyewear, Printing

PMV Tina Fund is a venture capital firm that specializes in growth capital investments.

## Alychlo
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series D, Series E
- Focus: CRM, Life Science, Artificial Intelligence

Alychlo

## Eutopia VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Retail, Food and Beverage, E-Commerce

Eutopia is a fund for consumer startups. We back founders who are rethinking the way we eat, shop, sleep and feel. We are backing 26 startups

## Fortino Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zaventem, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

We partner with exceptional B2B Software entrepreneurs across Northwestern Europe.

## Inventures SA
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Manufacturing

Inventures is a European venture capital fund that builds a better world through a portfolio of investments in sustainable businesses.The firm has two funds: Inventures I & Inventures II.Inventures was created to support early stage smart and innovative European businesses, to support sustainable job growth and empower entrepreneurs.Inventures empowers citizenship co-investments through a crowdfunding platform, MyMicroInvest.

## Delaware
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Waste Management, Information Services, Supply Chain Management

IT consultancy, System Integrator, Change Management, Professional Services

## Spreds
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, Food and Beverage

We empower high-potential entrepreneurship and democratize venture capital. Discover promising start-ups & SMEs and invest alongside business angels.

## Lumiares
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Manufacturing

Guiding health technology towards a brighter future.

## FPIM
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boca Raton, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Manufacturing, Battery, Industrial

Preventive Cardiology is the only practice in South Florida that specializes in true comprehensive cardiovascular prevention. Learn more on our website!

## Noshaq
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Liège, Liege, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Medical, Analytics, Health Care

Noshaq offers financial services to help businesses develop.

## Saffelberg Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gooik, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Fashion, E-Commerce

Saffelberg Investments is an independent investment company with a 250 million EUR capital base. We focus on long term investments by taking both majority stakes and substantial minorities in fast-growing ventures through risk-bearing capital.

## Finorpa
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lens, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Debt Financing
- Focus: Manufacturing, Industrial, Software

Finorpa is a venture capital firm based in France that finances seed and early stage investments of Small and Medium Enterprises.

## Korys
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Halle, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Biotechnology, Information Technology, E-Commerce

Korys is the name chosen by the Colruyt family for their investment structure. The name Korys is derived from the Latin word for hazelnut tree – Corylus - which is at the origin of the Colruyt name.Their multi-disciplinary approach enables us to create a well-balanced, diversified portfolio of listed stocks and bonds, private equity funds, anddirect participations in small and medium-sized companies. Through their investments, they aim to make a positive impact on people and the planet, while generating attractive returns. A “three P” approach (People, Planet, Profit) forms the cornerstone of their investment strategy. They invest for the long term, as they realize that it takes time to achieve the sustainable impact they are aiming for. They focus their investments in sectors in which they have built substantial expertise as a team: Cleantech, consumer goods & retail and life sciences.

## Airborn
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Waste Management, Information Services, Supply Chain Management

Airborn fund is investing in founders with impact

## Innogy Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Energy, CleanTech, Energy Management

Innogy Venture Capital is a fund management company in distributed energy solutions. The company focuses on investments in European startup companies that provide solutions and new business models shaping the future energy market. With a final closing size of EUR 115 million, the currently managed "Innogy Renewables Technology Fund I" isa leading early stage investor in this segment in Europe. The fund's sponsors are RWE Innogy and CEE Holding. RWE Innogy pools within the German utility RWE the expertise for construction and operation of renewable energy generation assets. CEE Holding is an investment company of Bankhaus Lampe Group, focusing on renewable energy generation.

## Crane Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Crane is a London based VC firm investing and building seed and early stage intelligent enterprise and deep technology businesses across Europe. Our strategy is to support founders in building and executing their go-to-market strategy.

## AXE Investments N.V.
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Energy, Recycling, Clean Energy

AXE Investments is a joint venture between the holding companies Anacom and Ackermans & van Haaren and is part of the AXE Group

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