ENCUBATOR PORTFOLIO
A SNEAK PEEK
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ENCUBATOR IS CHALMERS’ VENTURE CRE ATION INCUBATOR RE ALISING
IDE AS TOGETHER WITH CHALMERS SCHOOL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
Co-creating a better tomorrow
We have the privilege to meet and work with inspiring and driven people every day – doing our best to co-create
a better tomorrow.
In close cooperation with Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship we create an allowing and explorative environment
where young entrepreneurs team up with innovators and researchers to develop high-tech start-ups, and see their
entrepreneurial potential come alive.
Our role is to be there with support, encouragement and sometimes a little push in the right direction. But most
of all we offer a rigid and strong platform from which our entrepreneurs and their teams can reach their goals.
Now we offer you a sneak peek into the Encubator Portfolio and at the ventures already created. We are proud of
what our entrepreneurs, innovators and partners have co-created with us so far, and we are convinced that there
is much more to come.
Linnéa Lindau, CEO Encubator AB
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Encubator globally top-ranked
8th in the world, top 2 in Europe and number 1 in Sweden!
This summer we were recognized as the 8th best incubator in the world by University
Business Incubator (UBI), an international organization that ranked over 300 university
based incubators in 60+ countries.
We are proud that our dedication to starting, nurturing and developing promising new
growth companies has paid oﬀ. In close cooperation with Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship, Encubator co-creates sustainable business and societal value with entrepreneurs
as driving force. We see this high ranking as one of several conﬁrmations that support our
powerful strategy of combining inventors with entrepreneurs.
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41 companies and project s
Encubator proudly presents:
Our current portfolio
Acosense develops and markets Acospector
Acoustic Chemometer, a noninvasive instrument measuring complex f luids in the process
industry. The innovative technique is based
on acoustics and can measure a multitude
of properties simultaneously and deliver an
accurate measurements even on opaque,
v iscous or corrosive f luids which gives
immediate and continuous information about
the process, enabling improved control and
thereby increasing production quality and
efficiency without ever being in contact with
the f luid.
www.acosense.com
Biofrigas Sweden AB provide plants with a
unique technology that makes it possible to
upgrade and liquify biogas for small-scale
production in agriculture, smaller treatment
plants and industry. By using the Biofrigas
solution, the distribution of fuel becomes at
least six times more efficient. The customer
receives financial provision on their raw material, such as animal manure, sewage sludge or
municipal waste.
www.biofrigas.se
BIONORDUM
BioNordum replaces toxic chemicals by
launching a natural, safe and environmentally
friendly product that effectively combats grey
mould, one of the world’s most serious plant
diseases. By using a special kind of yeast that
serve as nature’s own defence against grey
mould creates BioNordum an environmentally
friendly product that is less harmful both the
grower and the consumer of vegetables.
Cereduce is developing a novel, yeast-based
method for alcohol management that will allow winemakers to reduce the level of alcohol
produced during wine fermentation. This will
take away the need for mechanical treatment
of the finished product and give winemakers
greater control of the process and leave the
wine’s texture untouched.
www.cereduce.com
Cryptango develops security products for
machine-to-machine communication that are
used in the society’s various infrastructures.
The products eliminates the need of system
modifications and makes it possible to add
security to existing infrastructures. Beside
the increased security level this results also
in large cost savings and a fast and easy installation.
www.cryptango.com
Denator provides products that stabilize biological samples in order to enhance the quality
and value of analytical results. Based on
the proprietary heat-inactivation technology,
sample degradation is instantly stopped and
stability of sample components is maintained
throughout the analytical workf low. Stabilization and standardization of sampling processes upstream, significantly enhances the
quality of data obtained from analytical techniques used downstream.
www.denator.com
Partnership through ABO4
Diasend provides communication services for
diabetes health-care. The company develops
and markets a communication solution that
is aimed at the care of patients with diabetes.
Diasend provides a complete universal solution for transmitting, storing and monitoring
patients’ glucose readings, insulin doses and
physical activity data.
www.diasend.com
Dokus creates a digital service ledger for private houses. With Dokus, house owners will
never again have to worry about the technical condition of their home. Dokus provides
the house owner with renovation and maintenance history on the property, and makes
it easier to figure out how much renovations
costs, helping non-expert consumers plan for
future maintenance in the house. The implicit
benefit of better documentation is naturally
the standardization of prices for handymen
and building material, benefiting primarily
non-expert consumers who are kept in the
dark today.
www.dokus.se
Through their biochar system, Ecoera removes
CO2 from the atmosphere, creates a carbonnegative energy source, raises crop yields for
agriculture and offers a new way of offsetting
CO2. This is done through a platform where
Ecoera uses agricultural residues and turn
their carbon atoms into a millenniastable
form called “biochar”. This carbon is then
applied to agricultural soils where it has a
crop-enhancing effect by serving as a growth
catalyst. The stored carbon dioxide is sold as a
voluntary carbon offset. The biochar is offered
to farmers for soil enhancement.
www.ecoera.se
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Edvirt AB provides simulation products and
virtual training for underground construction. Edvirt’s customers are mining companies, tunneling contractors and machine
manufacturers.
www.edvirt.com
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products, wrapping and shipments. e-logistik
combines the physical warehousing with software tools, which help its customers to have an
efficient dialog with their customers and track
all the distribution of their goods. e-logistik
largest and fastest growing business area is
e-commerce. e-logistik also offer its customers other value adding services such as packaging of food and call center services.
www.elogistik.se
Using microwave technology, Eviwave offers
an innovative solution for verifying the dimensional quality of manufactured products in a
much quicker and easier way. So quick that it is
possible to ensure control of all manufactured
products - without affecting the production
time! Eviwave makes advanced quality control easy.
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MelVitas develops an unique device for enhancing the dentist’s ability to diagnose their
patient’s teeth. By using non-harmful radiation in a handheld device with detailed image
results, examinations can be made with greater flexibility and effectiveness than equipment
used today at clinics. This lets the dentist’s
plan and use their time and resources more
effectively on patient care.
www.melvitas.com
Mevia helps patients take the right dose at the
right time! We do this by utilizing our unique
package that combines a regular blister pack,
cardboard with printed conductive circuits
and cellular technology (GSM). When a patient
takes their medication mevia automatically
and instantaneously uploads this to our MIA
IT system, which can then communicate with
the patient, relative or doctor.
www.mevia.se
Minalyze develops on-site real-time analyzing
solutions for the mining industry. The product
solves problems regarding insufficient information about the mineral and metal contents
in the ground and enables for a more efficient
and reliable exploration process.
www.minalyze.com
Explanea develops a service for the industry to
connect with academic knowledge on demand.
We help our customers to develop leading work
processes and decision-making by providing
them with the latest knowledge there is in a
certain subject. Our model is applicable to any
discipline of academic knowledge, and as our
first field of expertise we focus on quality assurance of ICT.
www.explanea.se
Minesto develops a unique solution for harvesting tidal power energy. Power generation
from tidal stream f lows can be predicted with
substantially higher accuracy compared to
other renewable energy sources such as wind
and wave power. Opportunities for tidal power
generation are enormous while the industry is
still largely underdeveloped.
www.minesto.com
Insplorion develops and sells instruments for
researchers within nanotechnology, chemistry and biotechnology. Specific areas were
Insplorions instruments are used are within
development of solar cells, pharmaceuticals
and understanding nanotoxicology. Insplorion
is currently developing the core technology for
sensor applications within vehicle and industrial process monitoring.
www.insplorion.com
Monivent supports caregivers in saving our
youngest patients. The company develops a
user-friendly device to monitor the treatment
given to newborns in need of manual ventilation to begin breathing at birth. Instant feedback on several crucial parameters will guide
the caregiver throughout the ventilation procedure to ensure a safe and effective treatment
and reduce the risk of injuries.
www.monivent.se
Lamera provides weight reduction of sheet
metal constructions in weight sensitive segments. The product HybrixTM is a hollow
sheet metal and is about 50% lighter than
solid metal. Hybrix looks like ordinary sheet
metal and can be formed and processed with
the same tools. Hybrix can be made from any
metal, such as stainless steel, carbon steel and
aluminium.
www.lamera.se
Nimbell develops environmental friendly electric utility vehicles. The vehicles do not pollute
the environment through noise or emissions.
Nimbell’s products are distribution mopeds
for delivery of post and goods, and city tractors for effective and clean ground maintenance in urban areas.
www.nimbell.com
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Partnership through
Chalmers Invest
Founded in 2003, Oxeon has quickly established itself as the market leader in Spread
Tow reinforcements with its products marketed under the brand name TeXtreme®.
Premune is revolutionizing the prevention of
allergy development. The company is based on
the discoveries made from 15 years of clinical
birth cohort studies showing that early stimulation by bacterial superantigens induce the
natural tolerance mechanisms of the immune
system. This stimulation significantly reducing the risk of developing allergies and implies
the next generation of allergy prevention.
www.premune.com
TeXtreme® Spread Tow reinforcements is the
ultimate choice for making ultra light composites. TeXtreme® Technology is f lexible and
tow-size independent which enables development of optimized reinforcement solutions
tailor-made for specific application needs.
Utilization of TeXtreme® Spread Tow carbon
fabrics and carbon UD tapes by manufacturers
of advanced aerospace, industrial and sports
products confirms that 20-30% lighter composite parts can be produced with improved
mechanical properties and superior surface
smoothness.
www.oxeon.se
ReVibe Energy enables the realisation of a
connected future by providing a sustainable
power source for sensor systems. When transforming vibrations into electricity, the need
for batteries and cables are eliminated and
the life cycle cost of using sensor systems is
drastically reduced.
www.revibeenergy.com
Penthon makes sure that people that live in
houses with adjacent unheated spaces (i.e.
crawlspaces, attics) are not affected by mould
problems that typically occur in these spaces.
Swedish Algae Factory’s vision is to produce
algae-based crude oil for biofuel, and at the
same time purify wastewater from Swedish
industries. The business concept origins in a
unique algae found on a polar expedition that
enables a biomass production all year around
in the Nordic climates. By using the algae for
wastewater treatment of phosphorous and
nitrogen, we can reduce the eutrophication
and also build a business model around crude
oil production that is both economically and
environmentally sustainable.
www.swedishalagaefactory.com
Penthon does this by making sure that the
spaces are kept dry enough so that mould cannot grow and at the same time ventilating the
spaces so that pre-existing bad smells have a
hard time making into the heated living areas.
www.penthon.com
Through a well-known academic method developed for more than 25 years, Pinexo can
evaluate the cold and hot flows of a factory and
detect potential for savings. All you need to do
is upload data, and the software will evaluate whether there are potential for savings in
your process.
www.pinexo.se
Playback Energy is a global infrastructure for
energy data. We boost energy savings and reduce the carbon footprint world wide by making energy data one-click-away, which allows
great energy-saving ideas and products to gain
world-wide traction.
www.energimolnet.se
Portomus offers savings in costs and time of
postal mailing through postage optimization
via a web-based software. Postal optimization is possible through the use of different
contracts with postal operators around the
world. The postal optimizations is handled by
Portomus own postal optimization software,
Portomus Optimizer™. Portomus generates
the postal optimization through using an
advanced algorithm developed in collaboration with researchers at Chalmers University
of Technology.
www.portomus.com
simplexia
Simplexia develops a vaccine against genital
herpes. Genital herpes is the most widespread
sexually transmitted disease in the world with
20-30% of the population infected. The annual
market is estimated to be SEK 2.8BN annually
only in US. The project has a competitive advantage since it can protect people even if they
are infected with the virus causing oral herpes.
www.simplexia.se
Simplex Motion is a dedicated producer of
complete motor drive solutions that can be
used for but are not limited to the application
of CNC machining, automation, robotics and
material handling. Utilizing a patented feedback system technology, Simplex Motion has
established its presence in the Swedish CNC
market with its first integrated smart motor
product that is easy to use, fast to install and
cost efficient. In the future Simple Motion will
continuously drive innovation and provide
more value adding solutions to a diversity of
market segments.
www.simplexmotion.com
Stayble Therapeutics develops a unique injectable pharmaceutical to relieve millions
of patients of their chronic low back pain. The
project is currently in pre-clinical development with the goal of entering into clinical
trials in 2016.
www.staybletherapeutics.se
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Swecure is a Swedish biotechnology company
developing preventive treatments for allergies
and other chronic diseases. The company is
working to reduce the prevalence of allergies
and to improve the quality of life for mankind.
Swecure is based out of research in bacteriology and immunology from Sahlgrenska University Hospital with 15 years of experience
in infant gut bacterial f lora.
www.swecure.com
Tajitsu Industries specialize on predictive
data analysis for the global gaming industry
using artificial intelligence. Tajitsu is a spinoff from a company formerly known as ICU
Intelligence. In 2011 Tajitsu was born, focused
and built on the proven CRM and Fraud core
technology from ICU. In September 2011, Tajitsu Industries was voted to be the second
most promising start-up at the commercial
gaming market by EIG LaunchPad 2011.
www.tajitsu.com
Tenroc Technologies provides construction
beams strengthened with pre-stressed fibers that substantially raise the load carrying
capacity. The project offer repair companies
the following utilities: ease of installation
and cost savings, with minimal disruption
to traffic f low. In America and Europe alone,
150,000 bridges are structurally deficient and
in need of strengthening. Tenroc Technologies
are ready to take on this challenge.
www.tenroc.se
TRACCINE
Partnership through
Chalmers Invest
Vehco provides a mobile system solution for
road carriers, which dramatically lowers fuel
costs and administration. The product, CoDriver, is a solution for streamlining the f low
of information between staff at the office and
the driver and truck in the field. In the truck,
Co-Driver consists of a standard pocket PC
with a mobile GPRS connection and the CoDriver software, developed by Vehco.
www.vehco.se
Wavetube develops a unique solution for producing renewable energy from ocean waves.
The concept is based on simplicity, durability and reliability. The solution functions by
converting energy from an ocean wave to the
motion of freshwater inside a sealed structure.
Wavetube aims to offer wave energy solutions
that can survive the marine environment and
produce electricity at a competitive price.
www.thinkwavetube.com
Wyberry is a Swedish company based on a
unique technology for high-capacity wireless
data transfer developed at Chalmers University of Technology. The company offers innovative point-to-point radio links (@60GHz)
for transferring High Definition video or data
using fiber interface, with a range up to several kilometres.
www.wyberry.com
Traccine develops the world’s first vaccine
against chlamydia. The vaccine is uniquely
produced in transgenic plants, a new production method which enables the vaccine to be
taken orally. The vaccine antigen has successfully been tested in two mice studies and
additional tests are currently performed to
document significant disease protection.
Top of Life assists senior citizens in finding
interesting daytime activities by developing
an easy-to-use web service. By using Top of
Life’s service senior citizens get easy access
to information about activities that they are
interested in, while organisers of activities get
a cost-efficient marketing channel to reach
their target group.
www.topof life.se
Partnership through AB04
Vasasensor provides a wireless sensor system
that saves energy and increases production
in paper machines. The sensor system offers
unique information that can be used to more
effectively dewater the paper pulp in a paper
machine press section, resulting in energy
savings, increased production, improved paper quality, decreased machine downtime and
a reduced amount of spillage.
www.vasasensor.com
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Over the years, these projects and companies have done a great job but
eventually been terminated. We salute your engagement, passion and drive!
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UPCOMERS:
NEW VENTURES IN THE INCUBATOR
ALGOT:
AQUAROBUR:
Developing innovative algae
food products that will aid
the consumer to lose weight
and proactively decrease
their risk for cardiovascular
disease.
Natalie & Malin.
Emp ower ing cities wit h
renewable and accessible
hydroelectricity.
Liisa, Niklas & Pablo.
DELTAVITAL:
ENVIROUTE:
DeltaVital develops a unique
diagnostic metric for risk
assessment of life threatening cardiac diseases.
Anna & Sithapa.
Brings you Silofa x - an
innovative platform that will
revolutionize logistics for
animal feed producers.
Tobias, Janna & Adam.
ESANA:
MEDPHAGIA:
eSana enables innovative IT
startups to handle sensitive
information in a secure way.
Carl, Johanna & Adam.
A new aid to secure medicin
administration for patients
with swallowing disorder.
Christian, Hanna & Anna.
SPEEGL:
O-VIU:
Bringing brick-and-mortar
fashion shops into the 21st
century.
Arthur, David & Markus.
Enabling game changing
supplier insight.
Patrik, Camilla & Björn.
VIBRIKA:
WATERWEAVE:
Developing connected,
innovative sport equipment
and smart clothing
Niklas, Robert & Ida.
WaterWeave offers a sustainable solution for purification of stormwater from
heavy metal ions by using
Smart Textiles.
Sandra, Erik & Maria.
MANY THANKS TO
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