In the centre of innovation
Located in Medicon Village, a life science cluster in Lund, Sweden, SmiLe facilitates startups looking to develop next-generation healthcare and life science technologies.
By bringing together life-science entrepreneurs, investors, scientists, the university and the municipality, we create an attractive, forward-thinking atmosphere that enables creativity and smart science to thrive.
Being a not-for-profit organization gives companies the security of knowing that we work only in the interests of the entrepreneurs we sponsor.
Team
Kristian Enkvist
Business Coach
Per Brunmark
Director Core Facilities
Tim Kovac
Business Coach
Thomas Unt
Business Coach
Christel Wängnerud
Administration
Elisabet Ottosson
Communications manager
Isak Simonsson
Project Manager
Laura Bejtulai
Program Manager
Ola Skanung
CFO
Martina Schneider
Senior Application Scientist
Stefan Malmström
Project Manager
Maria Sverka
Marketing Manager
Elisabete Oliveira
Project Manager
Lena Axén Jergmo
People & Culture Coach
Board of directors
Reidar Gårdebäck, Chairman
Program Director, Medtech4Health, CEO, Oritivius AB, Senior General Manager, Spark Group AB
Per Persson
Director of Trade and Industry, City of Lund
Kerstin Jakobsson
CEO, Medicon Village Innovation AB
Karl Philip Barakate
Business Development Manager, Department of Economic Development & Innovation, Region Skåne
Simon Jegou
Head of Business Development in Life Science, LU Innovation
Scientific centers of excellence in the region
SmiLe is in a unique position in Medicon Village in Lund. The facilities provide an excellent base for you to expand, surrounded by companies where you can share expertise and gain access to a wide variety of advanced instrumentation.
- Ideon Science Park has a long tradition of creating innovation within life science, software, IoT, Telecommunications, energy and new materials.
- The European Spallation Source is one of the largest science infrastructure projects being built in Europe today. Designed to generate neutron beams for science, ESS will benefit a broad range of research, from life science to engineering materials, from heritage conservation to magnetism.
- MAX IV Laboratory is a new synchrotron facility being built in Lund. When fully developed, it will receive more than 2,000 scientists annually from Sweden and the rest of the world
- Lund University Faculties of Medicine, Science, Economics and Engineering
- Mobile Heights, a non-profit ICT cluster promoting innovation and growth in the digital world by connecting business, academia and society.
- Medicon Valley Alliance, MVA, a Danish-Swedish networking organization for the entire life science community in Greater Copenhagen.
- Medeon Science Park and Incubator in Malmö focuses on knowledge-intensive companies in life science.
Greater Copenhagen
Greater Copenhagen is a world class science and business region. It’s where Denmark meets Sweden and where companies and organizations cooperate and connect people across sectors, industries, cultures and countries. It’s an area of smarter thinking, smarter cities and smarter technologies.
Innovations from Lund
Many of the things you use or treatments you may need were invented here in Lund. They include:
- Hemodialysis for patients with kidney failure
- Steroids used as asthma medicine
- Dry powder inhalators for asthma medicine
- Medical ultrasound
- Laser cancer treatment
- Dopamine as a neurotransmitter
- The Tetrahedron milk package made famous by Tetra Pak
- Bluetooth
- Inkjet printers
- And much more
Call us
We’d love to hear from you if you want to be a member, sponsor, partner or potential investor in one of our companies.
Visit us
Scheeletorget 1
Medicon Village
223 63 Lund
Sweden
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We’d love to hear from you if you want to be a member, sponsor, partner or potential investor in one of our companies.