New investment fund Mist Ventures launched in Lund
Mistbase founders Michal Stala and Magnus Midholt, who sold their startup to ARM in 2017, announced they have started Mist Ventures. There are already two startups in the portfolio. One is AligND Systems, which is a new startup but that focuses on taking Sol Voltaic’s technology further, after it’s bankruptcy earlier this year. The other […]
Solar nanotech startup Sol Voltaics filed for bankruptcy
Sol Voltaics, Lund based deep tech startup which provides next-generation solar nanotechnology solutions, has gone into bankruptcy. The reason is that investors decided to not continue funding the company with further investments. For further information regarding solar panels, installations, visit this website link! The tech company, which builds on research at Lund University, has since […]
How is it going with LU Holding’s startups?
Lund University founded its own holding company with different portfolios. However, it didn’t make any quick success, according to Rapidus mapping carried out in this regard on LU Holding. Lund University has been operating its holding company since 1997. Twenty years later, there are still previous and current portfolio companies with no revenues. Accounts of every third company […]
Sol Voltaics from Lund raises €18,7 million
Sol Voltaics has closed a record funding round of $21.3 million (approximately, €18,7 million). This is the largest finance raise for a European solar technology company since 2015. The new finance will be used to accelerate commercialization of its highly anticipated solar efficiency boosting technology, SolFilm™ which promises to increase conventional solar panel efficiencies by […]
Sol Voltaics appoints new Director of Product Marketing
Sol Voltaics, a Lund-based Solar Nanowire startup, officially appointed Arno Stassen as its new Director of Product Marketing. This appointment is deemed to make the company closer to commercializing of its efficiency-boosting PV nanowire technology. The company is happy about this decision, describing it as “another major win”. “His experience, reputation and technology expertise will add […]
Solar energy company from Lund raises 17$ mln
Sol Voltaics, Lund-based company that works with nanomaterials to improve the efficiency of capture and generation of solar energy, raised 17$ mln (over 140 mln SEK) in grant funding. Series C was led by Riyadh Valley Company, the venture capital investment arm of King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, revealed in the official press […]
Sweden’s 33 hottest tech companies 2014 announced – 6 winners from the Øresund region
For the 7th year NyTeknik and Affärsvärlden made the list of Swedens 33 hottest tech companies. Last year we had 5 startups from the region on the list, this year those have increased to 6! The six startups that made the list are: Anolytech Avidicare Mapillary Simris Alg Sol Voltaics TrialBee Last years winners were […]
Sol Voltaics completes €11.6M in fundraising round
Lund company, Sol Voltaics has received a capital injection from the Norwegian investment group Umoe, reports Sydsvenskan, making Umoe the new major shareholder. Along with an investment from the Swedish Energy Agency last summer, in total Sol Voltaics has brought in around €11.6M (just over 100 million SEK) completing the company’s equity round this year. […]
Sweden’s 33 hottest tech companies 2013 announced – 5 winners from the Øresund region
For the 6th consecutive year, Ny Teknik and Affärsvärlden have sorted through 300 nominees to present the 33 most innovative and promising companies from across Sweden. The prestigious list includes 5 Øresund region companies (click for Ny Teknik articles): Neo Technology, Zaplox, Sol Voltaics, Anolytech, and Trialbee. Developed in in Malmö, Neo Technology is still […]