Accelerator
In 2016 the following activities have been taking place at Lund University within the Climate-KIC.
LU Innovation is the contact point at the university for Start-ups and entrepreneurs wanting to engage in Climate-KIC activities and this is the university department that has been most active during the year. In 2016 five companies have received support from Climate-KICs Start-up Accelerator program. The companies are:
Hexagem is yet another spinoff company from NanoLund (formerly known as Nanometer Structure Consortium). Previous companies from this environment include Qnano, Solvoltaics and Glo. Hexagem is in the business of producing GaN wafers with zero threading dislocations. The company has been awarded support for the first stage of the Climate-KIC accelerator.
Enjay is the company that address the problem of heat wasted in the outgoing air of restaurant kitchen ventilation. It might seem like a small problem and a limited market but it turns out there is quite a potential. Read more about Enjay here. Enjay has been awarded support for the first and second stage of the Climate-KIC accelerator.
BioNote is a fun smartphone app that helps people crowdsource identifications of any species they take photos of, and collectively provides robust data on biodiversity to the scientific community. BioNote has been awarded support for the first stage of the Climate-KIC accelerator.
Greinon develops communication devices for LED lighting and smart city systems, including hardware and software. Grenion has been awarded support for the second stage of the Climate-KIC accelerator during 2016.
Soleva Tech works with new and creative ways to dehydrate products containing water. The expertise lies in the areas of food engineering and membrane technologies. The technology can be used, for example, to create fruit pastes and jams from juicy fruits that are difficult to preserve using traditional drying methods. Soleva Tech has been awarded support for the second stage of the Climate-KIC accelerator during 2016.
Pre-Incubation
LU Innovation has also recruit ideas and teams for the Climate-KIC pre-incubation program Greenhouse. Deadline for submitting ideas was 10 December. Five ideas with corresponding teams will be selected in Lund and the actual program will start in January.
Innovation
When it comes to Climate-KIC Innovation Projects there has also been a few at Lund University during 2016:
Åke Thidell at IIIEE has been involved in a project called Trash-2-Cash. It is an EU funded research project aiming to create new regenerated fibers from pre-consumer and post-consumer waste. It’s also pioneering a whole new way of developing materials. The project is ongoing
EnCo2re is one of Climate-KICs flagship projects. It is an innovation and market development programme for CO2 re-use. Professor Lars J Nilsson at Environmental and Energy Systems Studies has been involved in this project during 2016.
Kristina Blennow, Guest Professor at Environmental and Energy Systems Studies was awarded for and successfully completed a Climate-KIC Ideation project on the topic of EU policy and private land use.
Teis Hansen from CIRCLE and the Department of Human Geography has been awarded support to write a chapter in Climate-KICs Whitepaper for a forest programme. The title of the chapter is “Challenges for development of biorefineries and new forest-based value chains – insights from a social science perspective”.