Published 12 May 2021 Ideation is a creative process for generating ideas, lots of ideas. It can help you to think outside-the-box, and is an essential part of the design process. First of all, you need to come up with a problem or challenge that you want to solve. Look around - what problems do you or people in your surroundings encounter? When you've located this and narrowed the problem down, y

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/ideation-increase-innovation-potential - 2025-07-05

By lina [dot] tornquist [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Lina Törnquist) - published 8 June 2023 Gedea Biotech secures €1.3 million (14 MSEK) to advance its antibiotic-free vaginal infection treatment pHyph towards market launch. Gedea Biotech, part of LU Holding’s portfolio, announced in May that it has raised €1.3 million (14 MSEK) for additional development activities of their product pHyph f

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/gedea-biotech-secures-eu13-million - 2025-07-05

By emma [dot] renman [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Emma Renman) - published 6 May 2024 Petter Pilesjö, Abdulghani Hasan, and Andreas Persson were tired of the feeling of writing articles and presenting at conferences without anything happening. Learn how they went from research results to making use of their findings by starting the company PluvioFlow. Petter Pilsjö is a Professor at Lund Uni

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/they-started-company-spread-their-research-findings-we-need-get-better-handling-floods - 2025-07-05

By lina [dot] tornquist [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Lina Törnquist) - published 5 September 2024 The Magical Garden is a pedagogical system for preschool mathematics created around a digital learning-through-play game. The system is based on more than 10 years of research and development. Now, it’s been awarded a proof-of-concept grant. Learning early math is not just fundamental for childr

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/innovative-system-teaching-preschool-maths-receives-sek-38-million-proof-concept-funding-wallenberg - 2025-07-05

Published 25 November 2024 PluvioFlow, a pioneering technology company specializing in flood modeling, announces the appointment of Jonatan Green Brzezinski as its new CEO and Inriver founder Johan Billgren as Chairman of the Board. Simultaneously, the company is launching a pilot program following highly positive market feedback. "I'm excited to join the team and get started," says Jonatan Green

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/pluvioflow-wants-increase-societies-resilience-floods-appoints-new-ceo-and-launches-pilot-program - 2025-07-05

Published 4 December 2024 To address the unique needs of Sweden's innovative and fast-growing startups and scaleups, a new collaborative initiative called Sweden Startup Nation has been established. This initiative aims to serve as an independent, national knowledge hub that enhances understanding of startups, scaleups, and their ecosystem through comprehensive data collection, analysis, and acces

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/new-initiative-strengthen-swedens-startups-and-scaleups - 2025-07-05

By lina [dot] tornquist [at] innovation [dot] lus [dot] se (Lina Törnquist) - published 15 January 2025 Much of the world's infrastructure is made of concrete, which presents a challenge when it cracks and needs repair. Traditional repair methods involve cutting away a large amount of material. Now researchers at Lund University are investigating an innovative solution: using fungi to mend concret

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/sustainable-construction-how-fungi-research-lund-university-could-revolutionise-infrastructure - 2025-07-05

By tiina [dot] meri [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Tiina Meri) - published 16 January 2025 THINK TEAM. Don't strive for perfection, take small steps instead. And dare to ask the really tough questions. Annika Lindström, Innovation Developer at LU Innovation, gives advice to aspiring entrepreneurs. To "succeed" in realising an idea, the most fundamental thing in my eyes is to be truly driven by the de

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/dont-fall-love-your-own-idea - 2025-07-05

Published 27 March 2025 Picture of Johan Johansson and Nahuom Naizghi on site in Italy. 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. Now Suturion has entered the first commercial production of SutureTOOL™. Resembli

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/bench-bedside-suturion-enters-first-commercial-production-suturetooltm - 2025-07-05

By lina [dot] tornquist [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Lina Törnquist) - published 22 April 2025 “It's an amazing feeling to see your research put to practical use in the real world," explains Magnus Gäfvert, new Innovation Developer at LU Innovation who works with researchers at LTH. After having been co-founder and CEO of the software company Modelon, which is based on LTH research, he has n

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/ceo-innovation-developer-magnus-gafvert-coaches-researchers-lth-become-next-generation-innovators - 2025-07-05

By lina [dot] tornquist [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Lina Törnquist) - published 13 May 2025 Yvonne Lundberg Giwercman shows the test kit for Dx4Life A point-of-care test developed by researchers at Lund University is poised to transform fertility treatment protocols globally. The innovation, backed by a clinical study published in Frontiers in Endocrinology, enables rapid identification of

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/breakthrough-testing-method-ivf-treatment-shows-38-increase-babies-born - 2025-07-05

By lina [dot] tornquist [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Lina Törnquist) - published 17 June 2025 With SEK 36 million in funding, stakeholders in Skåne are joining forces to develop and commercialise breakthrough ATMP research – Advanced Therapy Medical Products. The aim is to accelerate the next generation of these therapies so that more potentially life-saving ATMP treatments reach patients wh

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/major-investment-accelerates-advanced-therapies-research-patient - 2025-07-05

Published 18 June 2025 Lao Saal and Anthony George, founders of SAGA Diagnostics SAGA Diagnostics, a portfolio company of LU Ventures, has the potential to transform cancer care by detecting cancer recurrence early with unparalleled sensitivity. Founded in 2016 from research in Lund, their groundbreaking test is now available in the U.S. From Lab to Life: The Research Behind SAGA's BreakthroughThe

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/transforming-cancer-care-saga-diagnostics-test-now-launched-us - 2025-07-05

Published 23 June 2025 LU Ventures portfolio company Xenergic, a spin-off from Lund University, has reached a pivotal commercial milestone. Its revolutionary low-power memory technology is now in mass production with a component manufacturer. In modern mobile phones, smartwatches, and other connected devices, the on-chip memory can be responsible for more than 50% of the total energy consumption.

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/breakthrough-xenergic-energy-saving-memory-enters-mass-production - 2025-07-05

By lina [dot] tornquist [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Lina Törnquist) - published 26 June 2025 Can innovation strengthen research? Heiner Linke, professor of nanophysics and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, has done exactly that by combining research and innovation. His own attitude towards utilisation and innovation has evolved from a sense of duty to passion: "Now I think it

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/you-get-best-both-worlds-heiner-linke-why-swedish-researchers-should-invest-innovation - 2025-07-05

Published 30 August 2016 LU Innovation introduces a Pre-Seed Program within Life Science – funding up to 400 000 SEK per project. The program targets research projects in the life science sector with a commercial/innovation potential. To explore this potential, activities outside the scope of existing research project can be funded by the Exploratory Pre-Seed Program.Granted proposals receive fund

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/exploratory-pre-seed-program - 2025-07-05

Published 15 August 2016 Help us find the right people!  LU Innovation is the hub for innovation and commercialisation at Lund University. We work with the University's researchers and students to bring benefit and growth to society. Want to join us?We are now hiring:Business Developer - Life Science (in Swedish)Business Developer - Software, New media and Gaming (in Swedish)Apply before September

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/we-are-hiring-business-developers - 2025-07-05

Published 2 September 2016 Help us find the right people!  LU Innovation is the hub for innovation and commercialisation at Lund University. We work with the University's researchers and students to bring benefit and growth to society. Want to join us?We are now hiring:Legal Advisor (in Swedish)Apply before September 16. Best of luck!  

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/we-are-hiring-legal-advisor - 2025-07-05

Published 20 September 2016 Health2B is a lean startup accelerator with a focus on connected health and offers an intensive 3 month global acceleration program. Now they are looking for entrepreneurs who have a strong team focus, plenty of passion and a purposeful product. Health 2B Accelerator program operate at SmiLe Incubator and is fully financed by the European Union (Business Incubation 2020

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/health-2b-accelerator-apply-now - 2025-07-05

Published 3 October 2016 Lund University and Sparbanksstiftelsen Finn are awarding SEK 200 000 to the innovations of the future. The application deadline is 13 December. Do you have a really good idea? An idea which could go far and perhaps become a new product, a new service or a new working method in the future? Or an idea to make something that already exists so much better? Together with Sparb

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/your-idea-future-innovation - 2025-07-05