imec.istart is the first investor and supporting partner to scale your tech startup. We are proudly recognized as the no.1 university-linked accelerator in Europe by UBI Global.

Committed to supporting digital innovation and entrepreneurship in Flanders, the imec.istart business acceleration program supports entrepreneurs during the early development phase of their tech start-up. This incubation takes a minimum of 12 months and is meant to assess the feasibility of the business proof-of-concept, prepare the (commercial) launch of the first product(s) and establish the start-up to drive this commercialization together with the imec.istart corporate partners.