Tom Vanhoutte

Partner & Co-founder at imec.xpand · Joined 2017

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Biography

Tom Vanhoutte is Partner and Co-founder of imec.xpand, the independent venture capital fund launched in 2017 alongside, but managed separately from, the Leuven based nanoelectronics research institute imec. He has spent most of his career on the business side of venture capital, including more than twelve years as a senior manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers and nearly six years as Chief Financial Officer of Capricorn Venture Partners before co-founding imec.xpand in March 2017. At the fund he draws on an extended network of venture investors, corporates and entrepreneurs to help deeptech portfolio companies raise capital and scale globally, and he served as a public voice for the firm's EUR 117 million first fund and EUR 300 million second fund.

Previous Experience

Career Timeline

2017
Joins the newly launched imec.xpand in March 2017 as Partner and Co-founder after nearly six years as CFO of Capricorn Venture Partners.
2018
imec.xpand reaches final close of its first fund at EUR 117 million.
2024
imec.xpand closes its EUR 300 million second fund, with Vanhoutte as one of its public spokespeople.

Sources & References

imec.xpand team page ↗GUV Powerlist 2018 profile ↗imec press release: EUR 300M Fund II (2024) ↗