Cyril Vančura (pictured), investment principal at Robert Bosch Venture Capital (RBVC), the corporate venturing unit of the eponymous Germany-based industrial goods company, has left to join IMEC, a Belgium-based micro and nano-electronic research centre.

Imec had a first close at €60m for the fund, Imec.xpand, earlier this year, Vančura said, and was targeting up to  €100m ($114m) in the second by February.

Initially managed by Tom Vanhoutte and Peter Vanbekbergen, Imec.xpand will back both Imec spinouts and external startups, but…