KU Leuven Research & Development (LRD) is de dienst voor kennis- en technologietransfer (Technology Transfer Office - TTO) van de Associatie KU Leuven. Als technology transfer dienst ondersteunt LRD onderzoekers op vlak van intellectuele eigendomsrechten en onderzoekssamenwerking, en begeleidt hen bij de oprichting van spin-off bedrijven.
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Portfolio 119
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 31.12.2025 | SOLV | solv.world | - | - |
| 16.11.2025 | InnVentAir | innventair.com | - | - |
| 05.07.2025 | Obulytix | obulytix.com | $4.32M | - |
| 05.07.2025 | Celes | aliceapp.eu | - | - |
| 05.07.2025 | Enedra The... | enedratx.com | - | - |
| 05.07.2025 | TROD Medic... | trodmedical.com | $6.56M | Belgium, F... |
| 05.07.2025 | Solhyd | solhyd.eu | - | - |
| 05.07.2025 | m-Path Sof... | m-path.io | - | - |
| 05.07.2025 | Brainphoni... | brainphonics.com | - | - |
| 05.07.2025 | EFFEX | effex.app | - | - |
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Mentions in press and media 8
| Date | Title | Description |
| 04.02.2026 | Leuven-based AI running analysis platform Runeasi raises €1M for global growth | Runeasi, a KU Leuven spin-off focused on running and movement analysis, has raised €1 million in a new investment round. The round was led by Smarter Ventures, with participation from existing investors Freshmen Fund, Gemma Frisius Fund, th... |
| 13.01.2023 | FOx BIOSYSTEMS raises €5,8 million in a Series B-round | Diepenbeek, Belgium |
| 24.11.2020 | With companies like Aphea Bio & Biotalys, Ghent is Europe’s hidden gem for ag biotech | The Belgian city of Ghent owes its medieval splendor to being in the middle of the sheep-filled pastureland of Flanders. In centuries past, this provided plentiful supplies of wool – just as breakthrough textiles technologies took off acros... |
| 01.09.2020 | FOx Biosystems appoints Thomas van Elzakker as its new CEO | Diepenbeek (Belgium), September 1st, 2020 – FOx Biosystems’ Board of Directors announces the appointment of Thomas van Elzakker as Chief Executive Officer per 1 September 2020. Van Elzakker takes over from company co-founder Filip Delport w... |
| 20.02.2020 | Montis Biosciences launched with â¬8,4 million seed financing and a novel approach to immune-oncology | Montis was founded by Droia Ventures, VIB and KU Leuven based on the foundational science discovered by the labs of Peter Carmeliet (VIB-KU Leuven) and Massimiliano Mazzone (VIB-KU Leuven). For the seed financing, the founders were joined b... |
| 26.06.2017 | Aphea.Bio Raises $10m in Series A and Grant Funding for Microbial Soil Technology | Belgian startup Aphea.Bio has launched into the biopesticides and biostimulants sector with €9 million ($10.07m) in funding from a Series A funding round and a local R&D grant. The startup spun out of Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologi... |
| 25.10.2013 | Trod Medical Completes €4.75M Series B Financing | Trod Medical NV/SA, a Leuven, Belgium-based medical device company, completed a €4.75m Series B financing. The round was co-led by Vesalius Biocapital (through its Vesalius Biocapital II Arkiv N.V. Fund) and Capricorn Venture Partners (thro... |
| 06.10.2011 | Cartagenia Raises €2.2M in Funding | Cartagenia, a Leuven, Belgium-based provider of knowledge, software and services for efficient patient genetics, has raised €2.2m in funding. Investors include existing shareholders PMV/VINNOF and Gemma Frisius Fund and the founders, which ... |