Brian S. Heimberg

Investor at imec.ventures

📍 San Francisco, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 7 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2018
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Board Member
Aug 2018
RayVio Corp. is an advanced health and hygiene company that delivers clean water and environments. RayVio helps protect billions from germs and creates new markets and revenue streams by enabling a new class of products. Its powerful and efficient UV LED technology can be integrated into a variety of applications, powering versatile on-demand solutions that give consumers control over health without chemicals or costly consumables.
Board Member
Aug 2018
Phononic is reimagining cooling and heating in ways never thought possible. Its breakthrough technology is transforming industries and creating new markets with innovative solid-state solutions that disrupt antiquated business models and incumbent technologies. Phononic is the critical element of innovation needed to radically change what it means to be efficient, effective and sustainable. The company has been named to the 2016, 2017 and 2019 CNBC Disruptor 50 lists, received the US EPA’s 2017 Emerging Tech Award, R&D 100 Award and more.
Board Observer
Dec 2017
skyTran is a patented, high-speed, low-cost, elevated Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system. The skyTran network of computer-controlled, 2-person “jet-like” vehicles employs state-of-the-art passive Magnetic Levitation (Maglev) technology. The system transports passengers in a fast, safe, green, and economical manner. skyTran intends to revolutionize public transportation and, with it, urban and suburban commuting. skyTran is a NASA Space Act company, headquartered at the NASA Ames Research Center near Mountain View, California. NASA uses Space Act Agreements as the primary means for partnering with the community. skyTran greatly benefits from such an arrangement by having access to a wide range of NASA technologies and capabilities and being able to combine NASA expertise, assets, and information with its own core competencies.
Board Observer
Oct 2017
TetraVue is the leading innovator of 4D Solid State Flash LIDAR Video Cameras that digitally capture the richness and depth of our fast-paced world in high definition. TetraVue’s groundbreaking technology combines the resolution of high definition video with the range of LiDAR to accurately capture motion and depth for large fields-of-view and distances. The company is headquartered in Vista, California with a Northern California development site in San Jose.
Board Member
Oct 2017
Enevate Corporation develops and licenses advanced silicon-dominant Li-ion battery technology for electric vehicles (EVs), with a vision to charging EVs as fast as refueling gas cars and accelerating their mass adoption. Enevate's pioneering advancements in silicon-dominant anodes and cells has resulted in its HD-Energy® and XFC-Energy(TM) technology that features 5-minute extreme fast charging with high energy density, low temperature operation for cold climates, low cost and safety advantages over conventional graphite Li-ion batteries. Enevate, with a portfolio of over 250 patents issued and pending, has raised over $110M from investors including Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi (Alliance Ventures), LG Chem, Samsung, Mission Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tsing Capital, Infinite Potential Technologies, Presidio Ventures – a Sumitomo Corporation company, Lenovo, CEC Capital, Bangchak, and others. The company has its global headquarters in Irvine, California. Go to www.enevate.com. We are looking for the best and brightest to join our world-class team of scientists and engineers. For current job openings, please go to: http://www.enevate.com/contact-us/careers/
Board Observer
Dec 2016
WiBotic develops wireless charging hardware and fleet energy management software for the growing mobile, aerial and underwater robotics markets. Our technology is used by hundreds of customers across a range of robotic applications and has even been selected for use by NASA on upcoming lunar missions.
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2025
Head of External Ventures US
Sep 2025
At imec, we shape the future by enabling nano- and digital technology innovation that enhances quality of life—together with partners from the industry, government, and academia. Our R&D is built on three core pillars: - a unique 2.5-billion-euro 300mm semiconductor pilot line - over 6,000 colleagues from around the world - an ecosystem of 600+ world-leading industry partners and a global academic network Since 1984, imec quickly made its name as the leading research hub for advanced CMOS scaling and continues to set the course for the semiconductor industry. Our expertise combines deep-tech with software and systems, unlocking smart, sustainable solutions in fields like healthcare, mobility, Industry 5.0, clean energy and agrifood. Ready to join us? Explore our R&D, start-up support, and career opportunities at imec-int.com.
2018
Board Member
Aug 2018
RayVio Corp. is an advanced health and hygiene company that delivers clean water and environments. RayVio helps protect billions from germs and creates new markets and revenue streams by enabling a new class of products. Its powerful and efficient UV LED technology can be integrated into a variety of applications, powering versatile on-demand solutions that give consumers control over health without chemicals or costly consumables.
Board Member
Aug 2018
Phononic is reimagining cooling and heating in ways never thought possible. Its breakthrough technology is transforming industries and creating new markets with innovative solid-state solutions that disrupt antiquated business models and incumbent technologies. Phononic is the critical element of innovation needed to radically change what it means to be efficient, effective and sustainable. The company has been named to the 2016, 2017 and 2019 CNBC Disruptor 50 lists, received the US EPA’s 2017 Emerging Tech Award, R&D 100 Award and more.
2017
Board Observer
Dec 2017
skyTran is a patented, high-speed, low-cost, elevated Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system. The skyTran network of computer-controlled, 2-person “jet-like” vehicles employs state-of-the-art passive Magnetic Levitation (Maglev) technology. The system transports passengers in a fast, safe, green, and economical manner. skyTran intends to revolutionize public transportation and, with it, urban and suburban commuting. skyTran is a NASA Space Act company, headquartered at the NASA Ames Research Center near Mountain View, California. NASA uses Space Act Agreements as the primary means for partnering with the community. skyTran greatly benefits from such an arrangement by having access to a wide range of NASA technologies and capabilities and being able to combine NASA expertise, assets, and information with its own core competencies.
Board Observer
Oct 2017
TetraVue is the leading innovator of 4D Solid State Flash LIDAR Video Cameras that digitally capture the richness and depth of our fast-paced world in high definition. TetraVue’s groundbreaking technology combines the resolution of high definition video with the range of LiDAR to accurately capture motion and depth for large fields-of-view and distances. The company is headquartered in Vista, California with a Northern California development site in San Jose.
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