Qbic Fund
October 1, 2013
Venture Capitalists…
Operational cash flow
…INVEST €
in immature
businesses
…ASSIST to
grow the
business
…SELL their
shares for
X€
Qbic Fund highlights
  Venture Capital Fund
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5 year investment period (2012 -2017)
10 to 12 year horizon for follow-up investment prior to exit
  Focus on UGent, VUB, UAntwerpen & associated institutes
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Spin off projects / existing spin offs
Start-ups exploiting know how or IP under existing or future
licensing agreements
Seed & Early Stage
Sector agnostic
  Fund strategy
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Lead investor of a syndicate
Maximum of € 3 M per spin-off ( including follow up)
Maximum of 15 – 20 projects
Structure of the Qbic Fund
Universities & Associates (UGent, VUB, UA) ~ € 4M
Financial partners (Fortis, KBC and ING) - € 11M
Investment funds (ARKimedes II, GIMB and FPIM) ~ € 15,5M
€
30,5M
Qbic Feeder Fund
Qbic ARKIV Fund
Qbic Brussels Fund
Investments in
Flemish start-ups
Investments in
Brussels start-ups
QBIC Venture Partners
  Dedicated and seasoned management team
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Two Managing Partners
  Marc Zabeau, Martin De Prycker
Three Investment Partners
  Els Hubloux – life sciences
  Danny Gonnissen – materials sciences
  Guy Huylebroeck - ICT
  Complementary mix of experiences
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Senior management experience: start-ups and multinationals
Investment experience in venture and corporate funds
  Find us at www.qbic.be or via the TT Office
Roadmap
Qbic
Deal flow analysis
Due diligence & Contract nego5a5on
Q Start (Business Accelerator)
Business
case
evaluation
Seed
Financing
incorporation
Business plan &
investment proposal
Univ / IOF / SOFI … funded incubation
University’s incuba5on project Incubation Financing
(e.g. SOFI)
VC Financing, syndica5ng Positioning Qbic Fund
QBIC
Research
Proof of
Concept
Product
Development
Beta
Testing
FUNDING
CHASM
Valley of Death
Market
Introduction
Market
Growth
Portfolio
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