IMEC.ISTARTNL powered by Novel-T

the #1 accelerator to make global impact with your tech startup

imec.istart.nl powered by imec and Novel-T offers tech startups pre-seed funding (between 50.000 and up to 250.000 euro per startup) and tailored support to succeed and grow globally. Based in Gelderland and Overijssel we support and partner with the most ambitious pre-seed startups – often as their first investor. imec.istart.nl just recently launched, but the program can count on many years of experience both the imec.istart acceleration program and the business support of Novel-T. imec.istart.nl is supported by our fund partners imec, VDL Group, University of Twente, Oost NL, Cronos Group,Verhaert, Somerset Capital Partners and Simac; by our funding partners Pfizer, PontesNL, Holst Center, Nexperia Demcon and OnePlanet.

Reaching your
next milestones

Our program helps you to reach essential milestones to build a successful business.

Product-ready

Reach a fully functioning solution

Market-ready

Align your product to your target customers and refine your market and strategy roadmap.

Growth-ready

Acquire the necessary skills and knowhow to scale your business and plow through the inevitable growing pains.

Investor-ready

Define your perfect funding mix and convince our investor network with your polished pitch.

Our personal imec.istart coach knew exactly what we needed and connected us to the right experts and workshops at the right time. Wouter-Remmerie-Airshaper (1)

Wouter Remmerie Airshaper

imec.istart was the tipping point for our startup, once we got accepted into the program, we took off. Jeroen-Spitaels_mealhero

Jeroen Spitaels Mealhero

Thanks to imec.istart, we have taken major steps towards being a mature international tech company. Also as founders, it was great to share this experience with other tech startups that have faced or are facing the same challenges. Vincent-Franken-Adshot