What stage does Capital-E invest at?

Capital-E invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.

What is Capital-E's typical check size?

Capital-E typically writes checks of $135K – $5.4M.

Where is Capital-E located?

Capital-E is headquartered in Antwerpen, BE.

Capital-E

Venture capital

Antwerpen · Seed–Series B · 5 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Capital-E is a European venture capital fund that invests exclusively in micro and nano-electronics and advanced materials. It facilitates collaboration with European R&D centers and leverages their deep technical knowledge base to support portfolio companies in these deep-technology domains.

Invests inAI & Machine Learning Cleantech Deep Tech Energy Hardware New Materials SemiconductorsAntwerpBelgiumEuropeFranceGermanyIrelandNorth AmericaUnited Kingdom

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage

Seed–Series B

Check

$135K – $5.4M

Antwerpen, BE

Instruments

Equity

Founded

2006

AUM

$60.5M

Tracked investments

Team · 5 people

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Marc Wachsmuth· Managing Partner, Co-founder of Capital-E

Marc is managing director for both Capital-E funds and sits on the boards of several portfolio companies, with prior exits including CMOSIS, Movidius, Trinean and Merus Audio. Before Capital-E he worked at Gimv's VC ICT team, Altran Technologies, and Atlas Copco in Southeast Asia; he holds engineering degrees from VUB and ULG, an MSc from Cranfield, and a postgraduate finance degree from Solvay Business School.

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Pascal Vanluchene· Venture Partner, Co-founder of Capital-E

Co-founder of Capital-E (2006), where he was a partner until August 2019. Previously a venture developer at IMEC and high-tech telematics/telecom startups, with prior investment banking and corporate development experience at Proximus. Holds MSc degrees in electronics and commercial engineering from KU Leuven and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

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Robert Jelski· Venture Partner

Robert Jelski is an advisor and venture partner with extensive investment and industrial experience. He was previously a sector head and partner in 3i's global venture team since 2000, held divisional president and general manager roles at Danaher and Eurotherm, and began his career at HP's R&D department before becoming National Semiconductor's marketing manager for telecommunications in Europe. He holds a BSc in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, an MSc, and an INSEAD MBA.

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Ruud van der Linden· Venture Partner· Hong Kong/Munich

Currently CEO of German company Silicon Line, previously CEO, CMO and board member of Irish company Redmere, and held senior VP roles at Freecom and Philips Semiconductor across Asia Pacific and Silicon Valley. Holds bachelor's degrees in physics and mathematics and a master's in educational technology from Dutch universities.

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Lou Hermans· Partner

Lou Hermans is a serial entrepreneur who co-founded and sold two image sensor companies, CMOSIS (acquired by ams AG in 2015) and FillFactory (an IMEC spin-off acquired by Cypress Semiconductor in 2004), and previously held various roles at IMEC. He holds a PhD in physics from KU Leuven, and his focus is on image sensors, machine learning, AI, and Industry 4.0.

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What they invest in

from 1 of 20 portfolio companies

Hardware ×1Mobility & Transportation ×1Semiconductors ×1

Investments · 20 tracked

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Acceleran

Belgium-based company (Fund II)

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AsicAhead

Belgium-based prior investment (Fund I)

Carbonics

Belgium-based prior investment (Fund I)

Clean Mobile

Germany-based prior investment (Fund I)

CMOSIS

Belgium-based company, sold to TA Associates in 2013 (Fund I)

EBlink

France-based prior investment (Fund II)

eoSemi

UK-based company (Fund I and Fund II)

Excico

France-based company, sold to DNS in 2014 (Fund I)

Light Blue Optics

UK-based prior investment (Fund I)

Merus Audio

Denmark-based company, sold to Infineon in 2018 (Fund II)

Movidius

Ireland-based company, sold to Intel in 2016 (Fund I)

Nanda Technologiesacquired by Nanometrics

Automated wafer inspection systems for semiconductor fabrication; acquired by Nanometrics in 2011.

NovoPolymers

Belgium-based prior investment (Fund II)

Pharma Diagnostics

Belgium-based prior investment (Fund I)

Silicon Line

Germany-based company (Fund I and Fund II)

Silicon Mobilitysilicon-mobility.comin 𝕏

Silicon Mobility develops automotive semiconductors and control software for electrified powertrains, including its Adaptive Control Unit chip and Adaptive Control software applications.

HardwareMobility & TransportationSemiconductors

sioOPTICA

Germany-based company (Fund II)

sureCore Ltd

Trinean

Belgium-based company, sold to Unchained Labs in 2017 (Fund I)

Exits · 1

IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio

Nanda Technologiesacq. by Nanometrics

Frequently asked questions

What stage does Capital-E invest at?: Capital-E invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
What is Capital-E's typical check size?: Capital-E typically writes checks of $135K – $5.4M.
What sectors does Capital-E focus on?: Capital-E focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cleantech, Deep Tech, Energy, Hardware, New Materials, Semiconductors.
Where is Capital-E located?: Capital-E is headquartered in Antwerpen, BE.

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