Researchers and students
Through early investments, we transform ideas into companies and research into societal benefit. And to succeed in this, we help prioritize the necessary activities. We also provide strategic support by reducing risks and by creating the conditions for future capital raising, based on the needs we identify in each individual company.
HAVING US AND THE UNIVERSITY AS INVESTORS
When we make an investment, we stay involved for 5–15 years. During that time, we provide pre-seed and seed capital – but also industry expertise, legal guidance, market analyses, and marketing insights. And having the university’s investment company as an owner and reinvestor creates credibility and stability in the growth journey.
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OUR OFFER INCLUDES SEVERAL BENEFITS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS.
SEED CAPITAL
Capital at an early stage gives you a greater opportunity to test your idea, build the right business model, create a team, and validate your idea with the market.
BROAD NETWORK
UU Invest AB is part of Uppsala’s innovation system. Here you will find expertise that is critical at an early stage. This may, for example, involve patent and IP issues, market research, business development, as well as sharing experiences and connecting with senior individuals who, like you, have taken their research further.
EXPERTISE
We have extensive experience investing in early-stage companies. Partnering with us as an early investor also strengthens your access to further funding through our investor networks, private investors, VC funds, and industry partners.
LONG TERM COMMITMENT
UU Invest AB is part of Uppsala’s innovation system, giving you access to expertise that is crucial in the early stages of development. This includes support with patents and IP, market research, business development, as well as opportunities to exchange experiences and connect with senior professionals who, like you, have successfully taken their research further.
THE ROAD TO US USUALLY GOES THROUGH UU INNOVATION – UPPSALA UNIVERSITY’S ADVISORY ORGANIZATION
Through UU Innovation’s business and patent advisors, your research can undergo analyses and verification studies that highlight both opportunities and potential challenges. This collaboration is valuable to us, as it paves the way for the next phases of a potential company formation.
Did you know that all our profits are reinvested into other research projects? In this way, your success helps more researchers develop their ideas.
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Development is progressing rapidly at the new company Duck Technologies. If everything goes according to plan, the hope is that the company’s first product will be ready for the market within two years. What remains is to scale up and package a new opportunity to save energy by reducing heat intake through, among other things, windows in buildings and cars.
Mesenkia Therapeutics, backed by UU Invest, is developing a groundbreaking treatment for glioblastoma, the most aggressive brain cancer. The startup is preparing clinical trials to create a drug aimed at extending patients’ lives.
SoundSim360, developed by Professor Ken Mattsson and Dr. Gustav Eriksson, is an advanced sound simulation tool for precise sound level predictions that handles complex acoustics, including low-frequency sounds for wind turbines, arenas, and home theater systems.
UU Invest hosts your project so that you can establish necessary agreements with collaborative partners, hire key personnel to investigate or develop the concept, and also assist ‘hands on’ in negotiations and strategic work.
Ida-Maria Sintorn, along with her colleagues in the SimSearch project, is developing new technology for image processing of microscopic images. The focus is to make it easier, faster, and safer for researchers to extract relevant information from large amounts of data while retaining control over their own data.
Oscar Verho and his research network are focused on creating more efficient ways to produce fuels from water. The path involves advanced interdisciplinary development and a sustainable, efficient electrode with the potential to make green hydrogen production more cost-effective.
PapersHive is one of UU Invest’s 55 portfolio companies. With an AI-based search technology, the company collects information from all medical databases in one place. This saves both time and money for pharmaceutical companies, CROs and medical technology companies.
Applications for VentureChallenge 2023 are now closed. A new call for applications will open again in the first quarter of 2024.
Up to 500,000 SEK for your research-based business idea. UU Invest, in collaboration with UU Innovation, is now conducting a call for start-up capital of up to 500,000 SEK for your research-based business idea.
Meet Gunilla Lundmark, CEO of UU Invest, and Malin Graffner Nordberg, Head of UU Innovation. With different roles and expertise, they work towards the same overall goal – to contribute to Uppsala University’s efforts to take research forward and utilise knowledge in society.
Ulf Landegren och hans forskningsgrupp ligger bakom banbrytande forskning som lett till nya innovationer som framgångsrikt förvaltats och utvecklats i en rad olika bolag. Rarity Bioscience med vd Linus Bosaeus är ett av de senaste i raden.