Portfolio: Deep Tech
LU Ventures’ portfolio companies, pipeline and exits — all spun out of Lund University. Our tech portfolio covers semiconductors, connectivity, AI, robotics, sensors, software, data security, energy tech and materials. This page is updated regularly.
Semiconductors
AI-infrastructure, Robotics & Sensors
Connectivity
Software & Applied AI
Data Security
Materials, Energy Technology & Optics
Pipeline: What’s next?
Here are the projects and early-stage companies taking part in Business Track – LU Innovation and LU Ventures’ programme from research to first investment. Would you like to find out more, invest or get involved? Please email the contact person listed below.
Optimised use of the electricity grid
Phase: Project
Contact: patrik [dot] persson [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Patrik)
Close the plastic recycling loop
Phase: Project
Contact: eddie [dot] thordarson [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Eddie)
Monitoring biodiversity using LiDAR
Phase: Project
Contact:rickard [dot] sjostrom [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Rickard)
Low-noise amplifiers for quantum computers
Status: Project
Contact: rickard [dot] sjostrom [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Rickard)
Boolean Network for Edge AI
Phase: Project
Contact: rickard [dot] sjostrom [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Rickard)
AI support for interrogations
Phase: Project
Contact: rickard [dot] sjostrom [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Rickard)
Maximise the amount of data – from every single signal
Status: Incorporated - LucentWave
Contact: patrik [dot] persson [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Patrik)
Highly sensitive IR – yet affordable and ultra-light
Status: Incorporated - Redgrove
Contact:rickard [dot] sjostrom [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Rickard)
See and measure invisible radio waves in real time
Status: Incorporated - MxWaves
Contact: patrik [dot] persson [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Patrik)
Using bacteria and AI to solve crimes
Stage: Incorporated - Microdentify
Contact: patrik [dot] persson [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Patrik)
The next generation of hydro-strategic risk assessment
Phase: Project
Contact: patrik [dot] persson [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Patrik)
A new approach to handling PFAS
Phase: Project
Contact:per [dot] antonsson [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Per)
Alumni and exits
Since its inception in the 1990s, LU Ventures has helped launch over 150 spin-off companies from Lund University. We are proud of the impact made by our portfolio companies and alumni, as well as our track record of successful IPOs and acquisitions by global industry players. Read more about LU Ventures and how we work
here.
Below is a selection of our exits.
Saga Diagnostics Acquired by Roche (Foundation Medicine) for up to 595 Million USD
LU Ventures’ portfolio company SAGA Diagnostics has been acquired by Roche (Foundation Medicine). Read more about the transaction in the press release from Foundation Medicine.
Would you like to find out more or co-invest with us?
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We are LU Ventures
Find out more about how LU Ventures operates, our mandate, phases and investment criteria.
Explore the Life Science portfolio
Our portfolio comprises both life sciences and deep tech. Explore life sciences.
Are you a researcher at Lund University? Find out more about the Business Track here → Programme: Business Track.