Sven De Cleyn

Sven De Cleyn is co-founder and Program Director of the imec.istart accelerator for tech startups, based in Belgium. He has been in the incubation and tech startup world for almost 20 years, accumulating academic know-how through his PhD degree on the success of academic spin-offs, and hands-on experience through the coaching and support of some of Europe’s leading tech ventures. Supporting over 350 tech startups and spin-offs, imec.istart is currently active in Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy, and will soon start operations in Spain as well.