We are part of Linköping University’s integrated innovation and commercialization ecosystem, supporting the journey from research and ideas to scalable companies with global potential.
Together LiU Innovation, LiU Invest and LEAD, work to ensure that research-based knowledge is translated into real societal and commercial impact.
LiU Ventures role in this ecosystem is company building in the early and most critical phases. We support teams and ideas through market and customer validation, entrepreneur and team matching, and structured business development. When a venture is ready, incubation and scaling take over, with a focus on growth, organization, and capital readiness.
LiU Innovation is Linköping University’s innovation office, supporting students, researchers, and employees in exploring and developing knowledge-based ideas with societal and commercial potential. LiU Innovation provides free support across the early idea journey, including guidance on innovation processes, commercialization pathways, funding, and access to the wider innovation ecosystem
LEAD is the incubator that develops entrepreneurs and builds companies through business coaching, programs, verification, team development, and access to strong networks of industry, investors and experts.
LiU Invest is the holding company’s investment arm, providing early-stage equity, active ownership engagement, and structures to attract further capital to the region’s most promising deep tech companies.
Together, we create a cohesive process from idea capture and verification to company building, investment, and growth, with the goal of turning more LiU ideas into sustainable, competitive companies that deliver real societal impact.