Constant development

Chalmers Innovation has since 1999 developed over 75 technologically based growth ventures. During this period, our procedures have been constantly refined and adjusted to suit our clienteles needs and prerequisites.

With this positive foundation behind us we always strive and look forward to developing even more value. Chalmers innovation is also a newly started company which is governed by the same mechanisms as all other newly formed companies, we are all in the same boat.  

1999 – Opening of Stena Center

!997 the Holtermanska real-estate was acuired, renovated and yielded the official opening of “Stena Center” in May 5, 1999. The properties history goes all the way back to 1890, when it was instigated by a donation from Holterman, and was used as a hospital during the first half of the century.

2000 – Additional spaces, Lindholmen Center

During the year 2000 a second entity, Lindholmen Center, was started by Chalmers Innovation. A stimulating environment buildt on the former harbour area, Lindholmen. Today Lindholmen is a hub for IT, telecom and media in Gothenburg with company establishments such as LM Ericsson, IBM and Semcon. As the surrounding area insinuates, Lindholmen Center commits itself to ideas within IT and telecom.

2001 – Not only advisors

Between 1999 and 2001, Chalmers Innovation commited itelf to the start-up of 29 new companies. We co-acted with the comapnies, by being advisors, and affected the development through giving inspiration and supplying our comapnies with a network of professional players whom were established in the innovation system.

In 2001 the Chalmers Innovation pre-incubator activities were initiated and enabled a possibility of direct investment into our companies. From being just advisors and landlords we went to becoming investors which gave us opportunities to actively catalyze our companies future development. This has also enabled us to work more actively and engage ourselves in the companies.

2002 – Investment partner

Since 2002 Chalmers Innovation has been the Innovation Bridge's investment partner. This means that a company within Chalmers Innovation has access to yet another 1 MSEK in investment capital. The Innovation Bridge has a partner agreement with eight other organizations.