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Student presents her innovation

From insight to global impact. It starts here.

Do you have an idea or research findings that you’d like to explore further? You can get support here. Book a meeting with an innovation developer directly online.

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Erik Renström holding an innovation from LU

Innovation is a key part of the University’s strategy and purpose.

Erik Renström – Vice Chancellor of Lund University

#1 in the EU

Number of startups with academic patents.

+800

researchers and students receive support for their innovation projects each year

What we do

The Lund university innovation support consist of LU Innovation and LU Ventures. 

LU Innovation guides students and researchers through the initial phases of exploring and verifying your idea. LU Ventures builds companies together with researchers at Lund University.

From sustainability and life sciences to AI infrastructure and semiconductors.

Our innovation projects and companies apply knowledge from Lund University to tackle the greatest challenges of our time.

PluvioFlow

Want to make society more resilient to flooding.

Alixlabs

Aims to make advanced chip manufacturing faster, cheaper and more scalable.

Dx4Life

Aims to radically increase the chances of becoming pregnant through IVF.

In the media

Acconeer tar order värd 14 miljoner20/08/2026Dagens Industri
Deeptech-företag från Lund får mångmiljonbelopp för robot: ”Exploderat”17/07/2026Sydsvenskan
Elonroad tar in 90 miljoner – siktar på nya hamnar28/05/2026Dagens Industri
Kinneviks Joint Academy på grön kvist27/05/2026Dagens Industri
Ny forskning kan spåra vapnet – utan fingeravtryck eller mänskligt dna10/04/2026SVT Nyheter
De skrider till växters immunförsvar16/03/2026Rapidus
Cognibotics fått en order på 16 miljoner kronor12/03/2026Dagens Näringsliv
Asgard lär tumören ta kål på sig själv – närmar sig klinisk prövning20/02/2026Life Science Sweden