Ann van Mele is a Venture Acceleration Manager Health at imec.istart, the first investor & supporting partner to scale your tech start-up.  She holds an MSc. in electromechanical engineering and is passionate about innovation embracing the unknown and co-creation. Over the years Ann helped many companies to innovate and to support their growth strategy and this across many sectors. In her current position she coaches health start-ups on three levels growth, market & investor readiness.