Sopartec

Sopartec is a venture capital firm headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium. It was founded in 2004 by the Université catholique de Louvain. The fund provides acts as an incubator to transfer technology developed at the UCLouvain, the Cliniques universitaires St-Luc and the Institute de Duve into commercial companies. It makes seed stage investments in spin-off companies through the Technology Transfer Office. It also aids spin-off companies in negotiating license agreements.

The firm also manages the VIVES Investment Funds which also invests in spin-offs and startups companies headquartered in Europe for technology developed at UCLouvain.