About LiU Invest
LiU Invest is a venture capital firm located in Linkoping, Sweden. As of Aug 2022, LiU Invest has invested in 29 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in Sweden based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Life Sciences and Enterprise Applications. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Cellfion Overall, LiU Invest portfolio has seen 2 IPOs, namely Agricam and Schemagi. A lot of funds co-invest with LiU Invest, with names like Almi Invest sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.Key Metrics
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Grant (prize money) & 1 more
LiU Invest's List of Top Investments
LiU Invest has a portfolio of 29 companies. Their most notable investments are in Agricam and BioReperia.Their portfolio spans across and Sweden. They have invested in High Tech, Life Sciences, Enterprise Applications and 14 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Grant (prize money) and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by LiU Invest:
1. SweGaN
Manufacturer of custom-made epitaxial wafers. It develops custom-made epitaxial wafers and materials based on GaN technology. Clients include manufacturers of components and devices for satellite, communications and defense organizations.
Key facts about SweGaN
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Linkoping (Sweden)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $12.5M
- Employee Count: 18 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: MediaTek, Almi Invest and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Mar 05, 2024, $*****
Key facts about Polar Light Technologies
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Linkoping (Sweden)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $5.82M
- Investors: Almi Invest, Stoaf and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jan 12, 2026, $*****
3. BYON8
BYON8 is developing Neo health, an AI-based digital physician and medical diagnostic software that analyses information from patients into calculated diagnosis propositions. The platform asks the user questions based on their medical history and current symptoms and then provides feedback and advice to the user. The platform can also keep track of users' health information, lab reports, health care visits, and other vital information.
Key facts about BYON8
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Stockholm (Sweden)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $1.96M
- Employee Count: 24 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Luminar Ventures, LiU Invest and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Aug 11, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Agricam
Agricam provides thermal imaging solutions for livestock herd through which it detects the diseases in the livestock at individual and herd levels. Captured data is transferred to cloud where through the machine learning notifications are given to farm owners regarding the livestock health. Technology is focused towards reducing the mastitis count in the livestock herd through monitoring and on-time actions.
Key facts about Agricam
- Founded Year: 2010
- Location: Linkoping (Sweden)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $61.4K
- Employee Count: 32 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Almi Invest, Waterlemon Ventures and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Jan 31, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Public
5. BioReperia
BioReparia develops zebrafish tumor xenograft model by implanting human cells into zebrafish embryo for research application or therapeutic studies. The company can custom design the models based on the users need. The model can be combined with radiation therapy, immune-modulatory therapy, genetic interference or editing, tumor stroma analyses, molecular analyses, ADME analysis and small molecules. Apart from this, it also develops toxicity models of zebrafish for both general and specific toxicity testing.
Key facts about BioReperia
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Stockholm (Sweden)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $882K
- Employee Count: 24 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Almi Invest, BioVaria and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Jan 01, 2021, $*****
LiU Invest's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
LiU Invest has invested in 29 companies over the last 11 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Cellfion and most recent follow-on round was in HPViCo.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2017 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
LiU Invest's Investments by Stage
LiU Invest has made 14 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $342K, 1 investment in Grant (prize money) stage with an average round size of $99.2K and 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $2M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 14 |
Grant (prize money) | 1 |
Series A | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
LiU Invest's Investments by Sector
LiU Invest has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the High Tech, Life Sciences, Enterprise Applications, Chemicals and Materials Tech and Energy Tech. Notably, it has invested in 20 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 20 Tech companies, 9 Software companies and at least 6 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
High Tech | 7 |
Life Sciences | 5 |
Enterprise Applications | 4 |
Chemicals and Materials Tech | 3 |
Energy Tech | 3 |
Others | 15 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
LiU Invest's Investments by Geography
LiU Invest has made most investments in Sweden (16).LiU Invest's recent investments
LiU Invest has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by LiU Invest:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Aug 31, 2022 | Sweden | Seed | 3644 | [+3] | |
Jan 28, 2020 | Sweden | Seed | 9940 | ||
Mar 08, 2019 | Sweden | Seed | 6357 | - | |
Dec 14, 2018 | Sweden | Grant (prize money) | 2850 | - | |
Dec 14, 2018 | Sweden | Seed | 1748 | - |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in LiU Invest's Portfolio
2 of LiU Invest's portfolio companies have become public.Here are LiU Invest's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
- | Apr 16, 2016 | Seed | 5142 | |
- | 2015 | Seed | 9352 |
Co-investors of LiU Invest
Over the past 11 years, 22 investors have co-invested in LiU Invest's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before LiU Invest: Almi Invest, EIC Fund and 2 others have invested in rounds before LiU Invest. There are 2 companies where Almi Invest has invested before LiU Invest and 1 company where EIC Fund has invested before LiU Invest.
- Top Co-investors of LiU Invest: 7 investors entered a company along with LiU Invest. These include investors like Almi Invest (5 companies).
- Invested after LiU Invest: A total of 11 investors have invested in LiU Invest's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Europa (3 companies), EIC Fund (2 companies) and RFHIC Corporation (1 company).
Recent News related to LiU Invest
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Swedish startup Cellfion lands new investment to help fuel a sustainable energy transitionEU-Startups•Aug 31, 2022•Cellfion, Almi, Voima Ventures, Klimatet Invest and 1 other
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Almi Invest invests in Celluminova, which detects cancer stem cellsAlmi Invest•Jan 28, 2020•Almi, Celluminova, LiU Invest
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SweGaN strengthens its position with new investmentpressify.io•Sep 13, 2017•SweGaN, Mountstreet, Almi, LiU Invest
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Almi Invest invests in SweGanMynewsdesk•Sep 13, 2017•Almi, SweGaN, Mount Wilson Ventures, LiU Invest
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Hockey star becomes angel investor – invests in new type of stress meter - Swedish Startup SpaceSwedish Startup Space•Nov 27, 2015•Linkura, Almi, LiU Invest
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