VIVES Inter-University Fund (Vives IUF)

https://www.vivesfund.com

Put in place in July 2020, VIVES Inter-University Fund is a multi-sector technology fund which invests in projects with a positive societal impact. It takes the baton from Vives and Vives II, created by UCLouvain in 2023 and 2011, and enabled the realisation of 27 investments and raised about €650M. Key participations included: iTeos (on the Nasdaq with a market cap of 1.500 M$), Novadip, Tessares, Axinesis, Botalys, Upstreem, Virovet, E-Peas, Aphea, Syndesi, SmartNodes, etc. VIVES Inter-University Fund is the 3rd fund managed by Sopartec, the technology transfer and investment company of l’UCLouvain. The first funding close of 32M with a final objective of 50M€. Principaux investors are Belfin, BNPP Fortis Private Equity, IMBC Spinnova, ING Belgique, Investsud, Namur Invest, Invest BW (Nivelinvest), finance&invest.brussels (SRIB), Sambrinvest, Securex, SFPI-FPIM as well as Sopartec and its management team. VIVES IUF supports spin-offs of UCLouvain or its university partners – KULeuven (BE), Université de Paris (FR), Université de Wageningen (NL), Université du Luxembourg (LU) – and start-ups located within 400km around Louvain-la-Neuve) *

	Start	2020-07-01 established
	Group	Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)
	Industry	venture capital

	Region	Leuven (Louvain)
	Country	Belgium
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		Address record changed: 2021-03-16

Basic data	Employees	n. a.

		* Document for »About Section«: ExeVir Bio B.V.. (3/16/21). "Press Release: ExeVir Announces Close of $50 Million / EUR42 million Series A Financing". Belgium.

		Record changed: 2024-02-12

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