SLU Holding invests in companies in the earliest phase. Before anyone else is prepared to take risks. Investments are made in young companies with a connection to SLU’s business areas. Our mission is to create competitive and sustainable deep-tech companies that are ready to stand on their own two feet or grow further with major backers.
In addition to start-up capital, we can also offer administrative support and work within company boards of directors.
Since we were founded, we’ve invested in more than 50 companies. Among this number are many competitive companies offering sustainable solutions. Isconova (now part of Novavax) develops adjuvants that enhance and improve vaccines. Thanks to Conniflex’s insecticide-free method, each year millions of tree seedlings are protected from pine weevil attacks. Thermoseed uses an innovative, efficient and environmentally friendly technology for organic seed treatment using steam, resulting in a seed with good germination capacity, free from diseases.
Alertix Veterinary Diagnostics develops and markets a new unique assay for diagnosing cell growth for veterinary use. With a simple blood test you can get a strong indication of tumor cell growth. The assay is also very useful for monitoring and follow-up of cancer treatment and furthermore for screening companion animals over a certain age.
Arevo offers leading-edge liquid and granular amino acid fertilizer technologies for faster and better plant establishment.
Artroa is developing a combination drug for osteoarthritis. Initially, the drug will be sold as a licensed drug for the treatment of horses. In the long term, the medicine will be used on other animals and in the longer term, clinical tests will be done for human medicine.
Develops protein-based nanomaterials for biotechnological applications. The material portfolio includes nanomaterials that have a superior antibody binding capacity, compared with alternative products on the market. In addition, the materials are produced sustainably using only microorganisms.
Eko Grönovation perfectly combines precise and automated agriculture and biotechnology, including vertical farming technology, artificial intelligence, data analysis and crop science to optimize agricultural decision-making in everything from fertilizer, irrigation to harvest practice
Green Rice Sweden commercializes the IPR to a rice variety developed at SLU. The Rice produces 90% less methane gas than other common rice varieties, and at the same time gives 10% higher yields.
Greensway Digital develops new digital applications to support the work with nature conservation. With the digital tools, it is possible to assess the probability of high nature values and the presence of interesting conservation species in an area, already at the desk. Greensway Digital is a subsidiary of Greensway.
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Havredals develops healthy, plant-based alternatives to meat and dairy products. The idea is to make the transition to a more plant-based diet as easy as possible. The high oat content in the company’s products provides enough beta-glucan fiber to lower the level of cholesterol in the blood, which in turn reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases.
Katam´s measurement technology makes everyday life easier for forest owners. With the the smartphone app KATAM™ Forest you can measure tree volumes, diameters, basic area etc. KATAM™ TreeMap let you take control of the thinning and harvesting operations using. Simply upload raw drone photos of an entire stand to Katam cloud service and receive detailed forest inventory, tree by tree. KATAM™ TreeMap can optionally match your drone recordings with ground based plot measurements from KATAM™ Forest smartphone app.
MyCural Therapeutics have identified small molecule binders of MYC that selectively inhibit MYC in tumor cell lines and cancer models. Candidate drugs are now being developed by MyCural Therapeutics with the aim to bring forward a new cancer therapy for patients with MYC-driven cancers and aggressive high-risk tumors.
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NitroCapt creates sustainable cost-efficient green nitrogen fertilizer with zero emission using air, water and renewable energy as the only input. Their process, SUNIFIX®, reduces the carbon footprint by 100%. NitroCapt provide a solution to a quick transition into a decarbonized nitrogen fertilizer industry.
PreVet offers a collaboration platform within the horse and animal industry. Their app helps you collect all documentation and communication about animals, stables and achievements. In Sweden and internationally.
Resorbable Devices has developed new medical devices (under the brand LigaTie®) to enable quicker, easier and safer surgery. The self-locking and resorbable features will reduce risk of complications and shorten time needed for recovery.
The innovative surgical products of the company are unique and protected by patent(s). Devices in development are intended for urology and orthopaedics. LigaTie® is initially intended for veterinary surgery and is clinically tested.
The company commercializes research results produced through collaborations within the Sahlgrenska Translational Melanoma Group (SATMEG) where, among others, SLU researchers are active. Together, they work to be able to tailor individualized treatments for patients suffering from melanoma.
SGPTH Life Sciences develops diagnostic instruments to detect osteoarthritis in horses. The test can be done on blood and synovial fluid and possibly also saliva from a horse. With saliva tests, you can also screen horses and thus detect the disease very early, before symptoms have appeared and when the disease can still be cured.
SGPTH LIFE SCIENCES AND ARTROA.SE
Sci Ins offers healthy, viable and productive breeding animals for the sustainable development of the insect-for-food and feed industry
See it before it happens. With Sleip AI, you can film your horse in motion to see and analyze difficult-to-detect movement patterns. Horse lameness diagnostics in your smart phone.
SolEdits AB use modern technologies to introduce genetic variation in the potato variety of your choice. With a transgene-free CRISPR technology, SolEdits can introduce targeted mutations in genes to create healthier food and a sustainable agriculture or industrial process.
Strike Pharma develops a new individual-based cancer treatment, based on the genetic profile of each patient tumor, which attacks the tumor cells and leaves other normal cells in the body alone. This way you get more effective treatment while reducing the risk of side effects.
Traktorarvid AB develops and manufactures the Drever 120 – a battery-powered, autonomous agricultural machine for heavy-duty pulling work that is smaller than today’s machines, but large enough for large-scale crop cultivation. It works 24/7, is powered by renewable fossil-free electricity from the farm and has a battery system that provides new opportunities in the farm’s energy system.
Transmoro has develop a new solution for small and large-scale hydroelectric power plants that allows fish to pass through and increases the plant’s energy recovery. The technical solution in line with the new European water framework directives.
The Company engages in the development and commercialization, including the sale and licensing of intellectual property, of molecules that affect proteins belonging to the BET borodomain family for the treatment of melanoma and other related diseases.
Agneta Oskarsson och Johan Lundqvist har utvecklat en ny unik metod med kapacitet att både upptäcka kemiska föroreningar i miljön och mäta effekter av kända och hälsoskadliga ämnen.
Mariette Andersson och hennes kollegor är världsledande inom sitt forskningsområde. Sedan 2014 har forskargruppen framgångsrikt utvecklat den idag Nobelprisbelönade CRISPR-tekniken till ett kraftfullt verktyg inom växtförädling. Mariette som även är vd för det bolaget SolEdits AB hoppas nu att fler ges tillgång till den nya effektiva tekniken.
För Marie Rhodin och Elin Hernlund är siktet inställt på att utöka sin världsledande forskargrupp inom ortopedi och biomekanik och skapa fler digitala verktyg som når ut till samhället. Redan nu finns forskning och teknik på plats för att utveckla det första digitala verktyget och påbörja ett kommersiellt samarbete.
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