Tom Vanhoutte is founder and managing partner of imec.xpand, an independently managed early stage and growth fund that invests in start-ups where knowledge, expertise, network and/or infrastructure of imec, the world-renowned semiconductor R&D center, plays a differentiating role in the success of the company.
Tom has over 20 years experiences in private equity and venture capital. Prior to founding imec.xpand, he spent the first 12 years of his career at PwC in New York where he provided audit and advisory services to some of the largest and most reputed investment funds in the world. In 2011 he joined Capricorn Partners as CFO and member of the management committee.
Tom holds a master’s degree in business engineering from the Catholic University of Leuven. He is often asked as a guest speaker or panelist at start-up events.
imec.xpand
With close to EUR 400 million assets under management, imec.xpand is one of the world’s largest investors dedicated to early-stage semiconductor technologies. The imec.xpand funds target ambitious deep tech start-ups where the knowledge, expertise and infrastructure of imec, the world-renowned semiconductor and nanotechnology R&D center, play a determining role in the success of the ventures. imec.xpand has an outspoken international mindset towards building disruptive global companies. The team’s unique ability to accurately assess technology risk in the earliest stages of development enables the game-changing approach towards hardware driven semiconductor innovation. For more information about imec.xpand please visit us on www.imecxpand.com.