KBC Focus Fund

Profile, fund size and portfolio

Parent KBC GroupHQ Brussels, BelgiumFounded 2016

KBC Focus Fund is the corporate venture arm of KBC Group, a financial services company. It was founded in 2016 and is based in Brussels, Belgium. It invests from seed to Series A. Sectors it names: semiconductors and hardware, industrial technology and robotics.

Commitment by parentS2: EUR 50M

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Seed to Series A

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Item	Value
Stage range	Seed to Series A
Sectors	Semiconductors and hardware, Industrial technology and robotics
Geography	Europe
Offices	Brussels, Belgium

Sources: S1 KBC Securities investment service page; S2 KBC newsroom: 50 million euros for nanotech and IoT start-ups.

Scale and capital allocated

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Measure	Value	Unit	Kind	Source
Headline size	EUR 50M	Commitment by parent	Stated by the firm or its parent	S2
Companies on the firm's portfolio page	11	companies	Counted from the firm's own list	S3

Sources: S2 KBC newsroom: 50 million euros for nanotech and IoT start-ups; S3 KBC Securities portfolio news.

Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium
Offices: Brussels, Belgium

Investment regionsS1 S2

Europe

LeadersS2

Koen SchreverHead of Investment Services, KBC SecuritiesFind on LinkedIn Firm page

KBC Focus Fund on LinkedIn

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	KBC Group	Single source	S1
Parent industry	Banking and financial services	Single source	S1
Founded	2016	Reported by Caplight: KBC Focus Fund investor profile	S4
Headquarters	Brussels, Belgium	Single source	S1
Status	Active	Single source	S1
Capital source	Parent company only	Single source	S2
Headline size	EUR 50M (Commitment by parent)	Single source	S2
Stages	Seed, Series A (inferred from announced rounds)	Estimate	S1

For founders

Item	What the firm says	Source
Stages	Seed, Series A. Inferred from announced rounds; the firm does not state a range.	S1
Check size, Seed	EUR 500,000 to EUR 2.5M	S1

Portfolio

The firm's portfolio page lists 11 companies.S3

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

2 companies on the KBC Focus Fund portfolio page also appear on the portfolio page of at least one other firm in this directory. Matched by company website, or by name where no website is published.

Firm	Shared	Companies in common
Airbus Ventures	1	e-peas
Crédit Mutuel Innovation	1	e-peas
M Ventures	1	beeOLED

Companies backed by the most corporate VCs

Every company on the KBC Focus Fund list

11 companies, as listed on the firm's own website.S3 Read the firm's list.

Aito
AuditQ
Axign
beeOLED
CoolSem Technologies
e-peas
Micledi
Pozyx
Ubitium
Ventory
Wizata

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website www.kbcsecurities.com/en/services/investment-service.html
Portfolio www.kbcsecurities.com/en/services/investment-service/portfolio-news.html

Sources

S1KBC Securities investment service pageFirm
S2KBC newsroom: 50 million euros for nanotech and IoT start-upsFirm
S3KBC Securities portfolio newsFirm
S4Caplight: KBC Focus Fund investor profileThird-party report

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