Almost half of all serious bacterial infections in newborn babies are caused by group B streptococcus (GBS). These bacteria are carried by around one in four women. Professor Gunnar Lindahl and Dr Thomas Areschoug have now developed a possible vaccine against the infection. The vaccine became basis of the pharmaceutical company Minervax. The company is now based in Denmark.Minervax website   Mine

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/minervax - 2025-04-01

 Mireca Medicine is a pre-clinical stage ophthalmology start-up company seated in Tübingen (Germany) aiming to bring its targeted, small molecule drug candidate to patients suffering from previously incurable hereditary retinal diseases. Mireca Medicine is connected to an international research network.Mireca Medicine's website   Mireca Medicine Developing small molecules to treat a broad band of

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/mireca-medicine - 2025-04-01

MedBeat Sweden AB is developing an ECG module for arrhythmia detection to use outside hospitals. MedBeat Sweden website   MedBeat Sweden Mobile ECG module for arrhythmia detection. Founded by Erik Rask.Portfolio company since 2018. Portfolio Manager LU Ventures:rickard [dot] sjostrom [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Rickard Sjöström), phone +46 76 842 03 95

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/medbeat-sweden - 2025-04-01

 Reccan (former Pharma4Cure) aims to develop improved diagnosis and targeted, tumour-specific treatment of solid cancer. The focus area has been pancreatic cancer, but findings suggest suitability for several other diagnosis groups. The identification of biomarkers in blood and tissue is the basis for the development work. The researchers have worked on identifying unique proteins and protein frag

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/reccan - 2025-04-01

 SAGA Diagnostics AB is a cancer diagnostics and disease monitoring company with focus on companion diagnostics for tissue biopsies and “liquid biopsies” such as blood samples. The company offers laboratory services to the pharmaceutical industry, healthcare, and academia.The methods used by SAGA Diagnostics allow detection and analysis of circulating tumor DNA in the bloodstream and other “liquid

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/saga-diagnostics - 2025-04-01

 The biotechnology company SARomics Biostructureshas developed a new technique for testing pharmaceutical substances using 3D structure analysis. Instead of using flat images of protein, the company can produce 3D images, which are used to enhance pharmaceuticals or to understand how a protein functions. SARomics website   Saromics Biostructures Developed a new technique for testing pharmaceutical

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/saromics-biostructures - 2025-04-01

Based on many years of research within learning and educational science, they are developing a digital learning tool covering basic mathematical knowledge for children in the earliest school years. The solution is a digital learning tool that is built upon concepts of gamification. It contains 261 planets with math exercises and focuses on teaching basic math skills. It is scientifically proven to

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/lu-holding/portfolio-companies/akribian - 2025-04-01

 Today there is no drug for repairing the brain in stroke patients who have had serious brain injuries. They are left with rehabilitation to get back some of their ability in motion and speech. The company Sinntaxis AB is set out to develop a drug that can improve the rehabilitation of this patient group.Sinntaxis AB's website   Sinntaxis Developing novel therapeutics that enhance recovery of brai

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/sinntaxis - 2025-04-01

LU Innovation’s mission is to help ideas from Lund University improve our world and the human condition. Together with researchers and students, we develop ideas and research findings into innovations – solving urgent problems and creating value.   Lund University is one of the world’s hundred leading universities and one of Scandinavia’s largest. It boasts a wealth of knowledge and world-leading

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/about-lu-innovation - 2025-04-01

 Spiideo's solution is sports video recording made easy, caputuring every moment of practice and competition. The Spiideo system is built around three main components; intelligent 4K video cameras, a cloud server and an app. The solution can bring insights and boost performance of athletes and coaches in almost any sport. Among those behind the technology, developed in cooperation with Axis Commun

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/spiideo - 2025-04-01

Revolutionizing abdominal wall closure Trauma surgeon Dr. Gabriel Börner often saw patients suffer from complications after open abdominal surgery. Inspired by evidence that the small-bites technique could significantly reduce these issues, he founded Suturion in 2018 with a clear mission: to increase patient safety, ensure surgical precision, and lower healthcare costs.Through extensive pre-clini

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/suturion - 2025-04-01

 UmanSense AB develops innovative solutions for medical challenges by combining medicine with mobile technology and mathematical science. They are currently working on a solution to help stroke patients receive proper treatment in time. UmanSense website   UmanSense Solutions for medical challenges by combining medicine with mobile technology and mathematical science. Founded by Cecilia Belfrage,

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/umansense - 2025-04-01

 Nanoscience researchers in Lund, headed by Lars Samuelson, were the first in the world to produce components for electronics and photonics with nano dimensions. The technology makes it possible to create strings of semiconductor material with a breadth the size of an electron.QuMat Technologies' website    Qumat Technologies Components for electronics and photonics with nano dimensions. Founded b

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/qumat-technologies - 2025-04-01

 Xenergic is developing technology intended to reduce electricity consumption by more than half in certain types of memory circuits, with the aim of prolonging battery life in connected products. The technology deals with a new type of SRAM memory developed at the Department of Electrical and Information Technology at Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering. SRAM is a type of computer memory whic

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/xenergic - 2025-04-01

 The process of catalytic combustion is already well known, but it is not until now that the technology has become a practical possibility for all types of fuel – thanks to Zemission’s new burner. The burner produces complete combustion with emission levels 95–99 per cent lower than current technology. Because the emissions from Zemission’s burner are so clean that they are sometimes below the bac

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/zemission - 2025-04-01

The NABC model can help you define your idea and think through what really makes the idea valuable to your potential customers. It is also an excellent tool to use when preparing a presentation, or a pitch. The model was developed at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI). N stands for need, A stands for approach, B stands for benefit, and C stands for competition. If you do it for the first time,

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/our-services/tips-inspiration/nabc-how-test-your-idea - 2025-04-01

Homepal is a data platform that collects data that is otherwise scattered in various systems and makes it useful so that real estate companies can get the maximum value from the world's largest asset.The company was founded in 2018 by students from Lund University and spent its first year in VentureLab’s incubator at Ideon. Homepal's website    Homepal Develops a data platform for municipal and co

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/homepal - 2025-04-01

 Fundamental to the entire IT explosion is the miniaturization that enabled an explosive increase in functionality with a reduced cost and power consumption. Moore's law describes the speed of this miniaturization in a way that has been valid since the mid sixties. However, we are now approaching a limit for the development with resolutions on individual atoms, where 10 nm corresponds to about 20

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/alixlabs - 2025-04-01

 Alzheimer’s disease causes great suffering for patients and relatives and is among the costliest diseases for society. There is still no cure.The researchers behind Cell Invent has a long and excellent track record in longitudinal dementia research and represent a unique combined expertise in preclinical and clinical Alzheimer’s disease.Cell Invent offers a new way to find Alzheimer’s cures by de

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/cell-invent - 2025-04-01

 Aligned Bio's mission is to offer unique, customizable sensor platforms with a superior limit of detection to customers at viable costs. Through patented technology and methods, Aligned Bio is able to produce a variety of nanowire material types and dimensions, organize and align the nanowires on platforms/substrate of various kinds, and enable nanowires to detect single molecules at an order of

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/aligned-bio - 2025-04-01