Per Gunnar Fernström

Action Pharma A/S is an R&D-focused biotech company located in the Nordic Medicon Valley area in Copenhagen, Denmark. Action Pharma was founded in 2000 and has a pipeline of 4 drug candidates in different stages of development, plus additional compounds in discovery and early preclinical development. Action Pharma pursues the discovery and development of new drugs and treatment concepts to treat cardiovascular diseases, inflammatory diseases and metabolic diseases, such as type-II diabetes and obesity. Its drug candidates are modified endogenous peptides with improved efficacy and small chemical entities targeted the melanocortin receptors. In disease models, its drug candidates have shown strong effects in treating and preventing inflammation and organ damage in conditions such as post-surgical organ dysfunction and acute myocardial infarction. A major focus for Action Pharma is treatment candidates for type-II diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome. Moreover, several drug candidates have shown effects in treating inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, multiple sclerosis and dermatitis.

21 Grams AB develops, markets, and trades information technology products and services in mail, port optimization, and document management. It offers iMail, eFaktura, eArkiv, ePost, eBrevlåda, iSort, PostSort, and Winjet. The company was founded by Stefan Gösta Blomqvist Jerreborg, Jonus Wigar Bartholdson, Jöns Wigar Bartholdson, and Kaj Peterson in 2004 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

Takara Bio Europe AB is a provider of stem cell derived products and technologies which will drive unprecedented innovation in drug discovery and regenerative medicine today and in the future. The company was first in the world to bring to the market human embryonic stem (hES) cell-derived hepatocytes and cardiomyocytes for use as drug discovery tools. Cellartis is also the single commercial source of ethically derived hES cell lines and has developed cell lines for a range of uses. This hES cell technology platform offers a path to tools and regenerative medicine discoveries of the future. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Chalmers Innovation (Chalmers) is the venture capital subsidiary of Stiftelsen Chalmers Innovation in Sweden. Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, Chalmers originated in 1997 following a donation from the Sten A. Olsson Foundation and was officially inaugurated in 1999. They are closely linked with the Chalmers University of Technology which conducts research and teaches in the areas of technology, natural science and architecture. Chalmers acts as a business incubator supporting technology-based ideas as well as rapid growth firms emanating from academic communities and industrial spin-offs.

Scienta Scientific AB engages in research, development and application of applied nuclear, atomic and surface physics. The firm consists of two business areas: Gammadata Sauna Systems within nuclear phsyics with sales, manufacturing and development of instruments that detects nuclear explosions, and VG Scienta with development, manufacturing and sales of instrument within high vacuum and surface physics. The company was founded by Kai Siegbahn in 1983 and is headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden.

Medius AB provides financial software solutions. Its product, MediusFlow, focuses on process areas such as invoice processing, invoice matching, procurement, contract management, and data capture and electronic invoicing. The company was founded by Erik Mikael Lindblom and Per Mikael Nordling in 2001 and is headquartered in Linköping, Sweden.

PBM Sweden AB offers products and services within Behavioral Psychology. Its treatment, and rehabilitation is based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Behavior-Based Organization. It also provides leadership and organizational development trainings for institutions. The company was founded by Bo von Schéele in 1985 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

Aqua Robur Technologies AB provides water leakage detection systems. The company was founded by Niklas Johansson, Martin Holm, Kristina Blume and Pablo Bárdossy and is headquartered in Göteborg, Sweden.