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The region of South Sweden - An excellent climate for innovative start-ups
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The region of South Sweden, the six most southern counties in Sweden, has a population of 2.3 million inhabitants.
Apart from Malmö, the third largest city in Sweden with 250,000 inhabitants, and Lund with 100,000 inhabitants, the cities of South Sweden - the SydSam Region – are relatively small.
It is remarkable that in as many as nine of the small cities in the area there are established science parks connected to local universities.
The science parks are situated in Lund, Malmö, Halmstad, Jönköping, Kalmar, Karlskrona, Kristianstad, Ronneby and Växjö.
The innovative climate is a result af a close co-operation between local business, public sector actors and universities - in accordance with the so called Triple Helix Model. |
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SYDSAM - the regional partner of networking
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SydSam is a network organisation promoting co-operation between regions, counties, municipalities and the associations of local authorities in all South Sweden.
The objective of the organisation is to create a platform for the regions’ long-term development; both from a national and European perspective and to further the interests of the region.
One important assignment for SydSam is to coordinate the European interests of South Sweden. This is done through a regional office, South Sweden European Office in Brussels.
Contact details
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www.sydsam.se
Lars Malmborg
Tel : +46 70 576 9943
E-mail : lars.malmborg@kalmar.se
Maria Lindbom
Phone: +46 480 44 83 34
E-mail : maria.lindbom@kalmar.regionforbund.se |
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Lund
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Ideon Science Park
Ideon is Scandinavia’s first science park, and was founded in 1983 with the aim of making use of all the ideas and knowledge available at Lund Institute of Technology, the engineering faculty of Lund University.
Since the very beginning, twenty years ago, Ideon has been able to tell of countless success stories, arising from meetings, collaboration, development and innovation.
At present there are 200 companies in the park, with approximately 2200 employees. The competitive edge of Ideon is the ability of networking and acting as a knowledge intermediary between people and ideas.
The science park is closely connected to the Lund Institute of Technology. Different high-tech research companies are born here; mostly from the IT and bio-technology sectors.
The Greenhouse Ideon was established as a co-operation between the Lund University, Teknopol, Ideon and external advisors or "gardeners". The idea is to encourage researchers to start high tech companies.
Ideon Business Center offers companies professional assistance through some 20 well reputed "service providers".
Ideon offers opportunities for R&D companies in IT, biotechnology and other high-tech areas, to develop and grow to meet the demands of the open market.
Ideon is a meeting place, as meetings play a central role at Ideon; especially the unique encounter between people and ideas, which often leads to innovation, development and success.
Contact details
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Hans Möller, Managing Director
Tel : +46(0)46-286 86 01
E-mail : hans.moller@ideoncenter.se
www.ideon.se
Teknopol
Teknopol in Lund provides competence support to entrepreneurs and new research- or high tech based companies. With extensive knowledge of how to get from an idea to a successful business foundation we try to create the optimal environment for every project.
We work as coaches in the early stages of our process. We help you focusing on the questions you'll have to answer before your idea can be put into a real business project. You'll still have to do most of the work, but we will help you avoid most of the mistakes.
Teknopol's process is divided into three phases :
- Screening (focus on market potential, the team, technology, financing needs, the business plan); Teknopol works as coaches to the entrepreneur
- Evaluation (development of the business plan, market evaluation, patent strategies, patent application, incubator, "soft loans")
- Development (forming the company, strategy development, finding board of directors, venture capital); for this more work intense part of the process Teknopol takes an active role in the company and an owner's share of about 5-10 % is normal
Contact details
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Håkan Morän, Managing Director
Tel : +46(0)46-286 87 18
E-mail : hakan.moran@teknopol.se
www.teknopol.se
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Malmö
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Malmö Stad Innovation
Malmö Stad Innovation is working on a long-term basis to boost and develop
this new, knowledge-intensive Malmö. Our chief task is to create new
environments, meeting places and channels of contacts for knowledge-based
companies. Examples are MINC, the new business incubator, and the already
well-established Medeon Science Park, for companies specializing in the
field of medicine.
Malmö Stad Innovation works in close co-operation with a great number of
highly committed partners: Malmö University; research institutes such as
Interactive Institute, Pronano and OKED; numerous Malmö companies involved
in different lines of business; and key organisations within the Öresund
region.
Malmö Stad Innovation helps to open doors to research and regional trade
and industry, it supplies meeting places and offers environments where
knowledge-intensive enterprises are able to develop.
Contact details
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Eva Engquist
Tel : +46 40 34 21 88
E-mail : eva.engquist@malmo.se
Malmö Incubator - MINC
MINC is an incubator focusing on developing knowledge-intensive business ideas with high growth potential. Through integrated dialogue, effective counselling and expertise adjusted to specific needs, we support selected companies through their first critical stages of development.
MINC is owned by the city of Malmö and opened its doors in January 2003 in order to work on the development of small, knowledge-intensive companies with high growth potential.
MINC has access to purpose-built premises covering more than 4500 m_, which makes it Sweden’s largest incubator investment in terms of area and is on a par with leading initiatives in the rest of Europe and the USA. Its economic platform – including SEK 7 million per annum from the city of Malmö – is also one of the countries’ most ambitious ones.
MINC is part of the newly-established Malmö Stad Innovation, whose task it is to coordinate, develop and create awareness of innovation investments in Malmö. Malmö Stad Innovation supports MINC with networks, relations, expert advice concerning the development of the particular activity’s development, collaboration with other innovation environments – locally and regionally – and more besides.
MINC focuses on three different business areas: ICT/digital media and its link to the experience industry (digital experiences), high technology, including nanotechnology and ecology/environmental technology.
The choice of focus is based on areas with strong local/regional skills – both academic and commercial.
Contact details
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Anders Sjöstedt, MD
Tel : + 46 40 630 90 01
Mobile : + 46 734 34 00 01
E-mai l : anders@minc.se
www.minc.se
Kajsa Bengtson, MD-assistant
Tel : + 46 40 630 90 02
Mobile : + 46 734 34 00 02
E-mail : kajsa@minc.se
Medeon Science Park, Malmö
Located in the heart of Medicon Valley, just across the Öresund Bridge and some 20 minutes away from Kastrup international airport, Medeon Science Park hosts a number of successful companies within the area of bioscience, healthcare and medical technology.
Thanks to the location next to Malmö University Hospital, Medeon enjoys access to unique research resources in fields such as diabetes, blood diseases and medical health. Close links are also established with Malmö University and the departments of odontology and health & society. The university is home to 21.000 students and is rapidly growing.
Medeon acts as an interface between the academic and commercial worlds. The presence of specialists in different fields stimulates research and enterprise.
Medeon also administrates an active healthcare network that focuses on co-operation, innovative thinking and business opportunities among the member companies.
As an important part of City of Malmö Innovation, Medeon strives to arrange creative meetings connecting different competencies for fruitful collaboration in order to support new business ideas in the cross-border between e.g. IT and life science.
Contact details
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Charlotte Munck af Rosenschöld
Tel : +46 (0)40-32 10 22
Fax : +46(0)40-32 10 21
E-Mail : charlotte.munck@medeon.se
www.medeon.se |
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Halmstad
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Teknocenter Halmstad
Teknocenter Halmstad is a dynamic environment for companies with knowledge intensity and advanced technology.
The Teknocenter in Halmstad is a science and technology park that currently holds some 20 companies within fields as mechanics, electronics, data communication and material technology.
The center is part of a successful business stimulation system connected to
the University of Halmstad. Especially students that have graduated from
the engineering study programmes have started new and growing companies in an ongoing process from late 1980’s.
Part of the system is also the Innovation Group, which is a pre-incubator
for about 15 companies in their early start-up period.
Teknocenter is member of the Swedish national organisation of science and
technology parks, Swedepark.
Contact details
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Pär Urban Fryklind
Tel : +46 35 16 71 00
E-mail : par_urban.fryklind@eok.hh.se
www.teknocenter.se |
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Jönköping
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Science Park Jönköping
The vision of establishing a science park in the Jönköping area is now being realised. Science Park Jönköping is the new venue for knowledge-intensive companies and dynamic business innovators seeking to explore new business opportunities.
As well as having a good business concept, any business venture must be based on a spirit of entrepreneurship, and the availability of an established infrastructure to secure future growth and development. In today’s world, all products and services are becoming increasingly knowledge-based, and this, together with shorter lifecycles, means that it is of vital importance to have access to an infrastructure supporting the commercialisation of the latest research and knowledge, as well as the dissemination of knowledge to businesses and industries within the region.
Science Park Jönköping offers intra- and entrepreneurs access to a knowledge-intensive business platform, and an established infrastructure. Our operational concept is to be instrumental in encouraging creative and interactive meetings between business, industry and higher education and research institutions, in order to develop and create new business areas and extended business opportunities.
Based on a strong brand concept and image, Science Park Jönköping will generate, develop and encourage new networks as well as interactive co-operation between satellites, offering access to and encompassing the whole arena of global development.
Contact details
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Therese Sjölundh, CEO
Tel : +46 (0)36 10 03 10
Mobile : +46 (0)70 347 86 87
E-mail : therese.sjolundh@sciencepark.se
www.sciencepark.se |
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Kristianstad
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Krinova Science Park
Krinova Science Park is next door to the University of Kristianstad – a newly renovated campus that’s close to the city centre and the countryside.
Companies that set up businesses in the Krinova Science Park have opportunities to take advantage of the university’s areas of specialization and strength: Human Resource Investment (HRI) and Environment - Technology and Management (MTM). Krinova Science Park offers a direct link to the university’s leading-edge experts and opportunities for involvement in common development projects.
The purpose of Krinova Science Park is to provide conditions so that knowledge-based companies can develop and market new products and services.
In Krinova Science Park, you have access to newly built facilities in a very pleasant, inspiring milieu. This science park is continuously developed in parallel with demand for facilities. And existing facilities can be tailored to suit your specific needs.
Current occupants include emerging technology start-ups and the R&D units of larger companies; knowledge clusters are built between businesses, research institutes, authorities, and financiers. Find out more! Contact Krinova AB for professional assistance and proposals for customizing the facilities.
Contact details
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Tommy Åhlander, Managing Director
Tel : +46 (0)44-20 45 41, +46(0)702-66 65 80
E-mail : tommy.ahlander@krinova.se
www.krinova.se |
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Kalmar
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Kalmar Science Park
Kalmar Science Park is a dynamic science and technology park, which comprises some thirty companies and organisations in the fields of biotechnology and ICT. As members, the companies become part of an extensive network of businesses, universities and municipalities.
The aim is to develop an innovative environment, where ideas, experiences and services are exchanged daily. In addition to 9,000 square metres of attractive office premises, Kalmar Science Park offers marketing services, network activities and joint development projects.
The park also manages a business incubator that supports the start-up of new companies. In the academic year 2003/2004 the University of Kalmar enrols nearly 10,000 students. The companies of the science park have a total of 350 employees.
Contact details
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Biotech : Carl-Gunnar Nyquist, Project Manager
Tel : +46 (0)480 44 69 06
E-mail : calle.nyquist@kalmarsciencepark.se
ICT : Roland Karlsson, Project Manager
Tel : +46 (0)480 47 62 60, +46 (0)706 58 32 42
E-mail : roland.karlsson@kalmarsciencepark.se
www.kalmarsciencepark.se |
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Karlskrona
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Karlskrona Innovation Center
Karlskrona Innovation Center (KIC) is an incubator and meeting place that supports the development of ideas and new companies in and around Karlskrona. KIC offers a stimulating atmosphere for entrepreneurs, students, newly started innovative high-tech companies and others.
The prime purpose of KIC is to accelerate growth within these companies by supporting developing projects and business ideas originating from Blekinge Institute of Technology and others.
Working closely with the university and business community the incubator is helping scientific results to become reality.
KIC is situated on Campus Gräsvik. This area includes Blekinge Institute of Technology and is surrounded by a science park with companies primarily associated with IT and telecom industry. KIC works together with several organisations and networks i.e. TelecomCity.
The area’s surrounding businesses are mirrored in KIC’s applicants, many of which are future ICT companies. Other areas may include signal treatments, machine technique or environment and design.
KIC is a foundation founded in March 2003. The founders are The Municipality of Karlskrona, Teknikbrostiftelsen i Lund - a technical foundation, and Blekinge Forskningsstiftelse - a science foundation.
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Marianne Ivarsson, CEO
Tel : +46 455 61 62 01
Mobile : +46 733 45 62 01
E-mail : marianne.ivarsson@karlskronainnavation.se
Mary Jane Jatko
Tel : +46 455 61 62 00
Mobile : +46 733 45 62 00
E-mail : maryjane@karlskronainnovation.se
www.karlskronainnovation.se
TelecomCity, Karlskrona
TelecomCity is a world-class development environment for the telecom business, particularly mobile telecoms. The network here encourages collaboration between several world-leading companies and the local university and community.
- The Karlskrona region has succeeded in attracting and bringing together IT and telecoms experts focusing on all areas, from applied research to service development. The TelecomCity network allows some 40 companies to collaborate extensively with the Blekinge Institute of Technology and the Municipality of Karlskrona
- Collaboration is based on a shared vision of growth, as well as on openness and undertakings by all concerned to generate mutual joint benefits. The collaborating parties have a number of shared goals: growth, profitability, and excellent standards of education, research and development
- The project budget is used for a variety of purposes. One is to increase the visibility of results; another involves a variety of joint initiatives, as well as joint development analyses. This generates the right conditions for higher profitability and healthy corporate growth, as well as high standards of education and research at university level. It also encourages the development of the local community, thus benefiting both companies and inhabitants. Within the network, we also work on enabling the region to attract even more expertise and competence
- The network covers just over 4,000 employees and there are some 100 people directly involved in TelecomCity. These people participate in a variety of working groups, project groups or other meetings. TelecomCity is run in the form of a project whose principal is the Municipality of Karlskrona.
Contact details
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Richard Lidén, Project Manager
Tel : +46 455 30 30 45
E-mail : richard.liden@telecomcity.org
Doris Larsson
Tel : +46 455 30 31 21
E-mail : doris.larsson@telecomcity.org
www.telecomcity.org |
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Ronneby
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Soft Center
The watchwords for soft Center and its network in Ronneby are collaboration, development and competence. The working environment within the Soft Center buildings has long acted as a powerful engine for collaboration, generating and developing a number of new ideas, primarily in IT, communications and media.
One reason for the success is the constant interaction between companies, staff and the Institute of Technology. Practically unique when it was coined in Ronneby in the early 1990s, this approach has resulted in around 2800 people working or studying in the Soft Center environment. The premises have constantly been expanded and now cover around 38 000 m2.
About 55 companies currently operate from Soft Center. The dynamic environment has attracted companies targeting both national and international markets. The majority of the businesses focus on IT and software development.
The presence of Blekinge Institute of Technology, and the increasing proportion of IT-related training companies, enables the skills level to be kept extremely high for the companies existing and future staff, the staff at the institute and the students.
Soft Center Network
To further promote the development of the region and interaction between companies, community and the Institute of Technology, steps have been taken by the municipality of Ronneby. As a result a network has been born where organisations with interest in applied and industrial IT can take part in various projects. Software development companies are introduced to high tech manufacturing companies to analyse the need for development of Work Smart solutions.
Contact details
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Tommy Svensson, Managing Director (Facilities)
Tel : +46 (0)457-38 60 18
E-mail : tommy.svensson@softcenter.se
www.softcenter.se
Göran T. Andersson, Head of Project (Network)
Tel : +46 (0)457-38 61 65
E-mail : goran.t.andersson@ronneby.se
www.softcenter.net |
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Växjö
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Vidéum Science Park
Videum is a company specialized in taking care of and developing the science potential found at and around Växjö University. We do this in two ways, partly through the role as property supporter at Växjö University and developing the most beautiful campus area in Sweden, but also by running and developing the Videum Science Park.
Videum AB started in 1986 with their first properties for entrepreneurs next to the former college in Växjö. Today Videum AB administrates over 80,000 m_ business- and university premises and runs an extensive work within entrepreneurship and business development.
Videum Science Park today has some 80 companies within different lines and fields, but with a majority of companies in the IT-sector. Videum has established four profile areas in accordance with the Växjö University research profiles, areas within which there is already today a substance for research as well as for entrepreneurship.
These areas are information technology, media and culture, design and production and growth and entrepreneurship.
Contact details
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Göran Fremrot, MD
Tel : +46 (0)470-72 33 01
E-mail : goran.fremrot@videum.se
Stefan Uppman
Tel : +46 470- 72 3317, +46 703-57 43 17
E-mail : stefan.uppman@videum.se
www.videum.se
InternetCity
InternetCity is a unique collaboration in the Växjö region. At present there are 65 companies in the InternetCity network, with approximately 1500 employees. The common denominator for the companies involved in the network is their investment in the creative use of IT.
In total there are at least 350 IT companies that are based in and around Växjö City. As a result, this region has become extremely competitive and this context creates new opportunities for local businesses to develop further. It involves expansive IT companies, a majority of which operate at an international level.
InternetCity aims to promote Växjö as one of the nordic regions’ leading centres for information technology. The network aims to improve growth and create employment in the present companies. It also strives to create a suitable environment for the establishment of new companies within the field of information technology. To be specific, InternetCity will concentrate on promotional, networking, skill development and research measures. One of InternetCity´s most significant aims is to increase the dialogue between the commercial sector and the Växjö University, which enrols nearly 12,000 students.
Contact details
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Robert Kitanovsk
Tel : +46470778613, +46709111302
E-mail : robert@internetcity.org
www.internetcity.org |
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