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SmiLe Venture Hub – Pioneering Life Science Innovations

SmiLe is a leading venture hub that specializes in advancing life science startups from concept to commercialization. Our dynamic ecosystem connects entrepreneurs with seasoned business coaches, industry experts, investors, and sponsors, fostering a collaborative environment that fuels innovation and accelerates business growth.

At SmiLe, we offer comprehensive support through every stage of entrepreneurship. Our offerings include tailored incubation and acceleration programs, a variety of educational courses, and access to top-tier facilities. Members benefit from expert business coaching, cutting-edge laboratories, coworking spaces and access to a global network of industry connections and funding opportunities.

To date, our flagship incubator program has supported over 100 startups, facilitating their collective acquisition of more than EUR 841 million in venture capital and contributing to 21 successful IPOs. Recognized as one of Europe’s leading startup hubs in 2024 by the Financial Times and Statista, SmiLe continues to be a catalyst for innovation in the life sciences sector.

We do not take equity in the companies we support. Working on a no-equity, non-profit basis enables us to build a neutral platform for launching health innovation into the world.

 
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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.

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

We are a handful of people but in the heart of everything we do lies a strong commitment to our core values

1.       We are Impactful

2.       We are Professional

3.       We are Inclusive

4.       We are Friendly

Our ambition is to ensure that these four guiding principles are deeply rooted in our day-to-day operation, and determine our conduct and activities, from our processes and interactions, through to the selection of startups and partners.

In evaluating what sustainability means to SmiLe Incubator, we reviewed how our mission, operation and activities reflect the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) published by the United Nations (UN) in the Agenda 2030.

We were happy to find out that the presented SDGs were embedded in everything we do.

Team

Ulrika Ringdahl

CEO

Thomas Unt

CEO, SmiLe Inject Capital

Ola Skanung

CFO

Ebba Fåhraeus

Strategic Advisor

Maria Galvin

Head of Communications and Marketing

Thomas Areschoug

Business Coach

Katharina Björnek

Business Coach

Michael Palm

Senior Business and Financial Advisor

Christine Dahlman Jacobsen

Coach Lead and Business Development
Per Brunmark at SmiLe Incubator

Per Brunmark

Director Core Facilities

Kush Punyani

Business Coach

Marina Nilsson

Economics & Administration

Eva Klevås

People & Culture Coach

Jacob Lundgren

Associate VC Relations

Kristian Enkvist

Project Portfolio Lead & Senior Advisor

Tomas Eriksson

Business Coach
Barbara Klein

Barbara Klein

Project Manager

Sara Wanther

Grants Officer

Åke Bengtsson

Senior Business Advisor

Isak Simonsson

Project Manager

Christel Wängnerud

Administration

Elisabet Ottosson

Communications manager

Martina Schneider

Senior Application Scientist

Board of directors

Pia Kinhult, Chairwoman
Head of Host States Relations, European Spallation Source

Therese Fällman
Director of Sustainable Growth, City of Lund

Annika Olsson
Vice Chancellor, LTH

Anders Sundström
Mats Påhlssons stiftelse

Marie-Louise Lövgren
Regional Development, Region Skåne

Grow your life science business in an area renowned for innovation

SmiLe Incubator’s privileged location in Medicon Village in Lund, provides an excellent base for you to expand, surrounded by companies and scientific centers of excellence where you can share expertise and gain access to a wide variety of advanced instrumentation.

Ideon Science Park

Ideon Science Park has a long tradition of creating innovation within life science, software, IoT, Telecommunications, energy and new materials.

The European Spallation Source

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

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

Lund University Faculties of Medicine, Science, Economics and Engineering

Mobile Heights

Mobile Heights, a non-profit ICT cluster promoting innovation and growth in the digital world by connecting business, academia and society.

Medicon Valley Alliancev

Medicon Valley Alliance, MVA, a Danish-Swedish networking organization for the entire life science community in Greater Copenhagen.

Medeon Science Park

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.

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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.

CONTACT US

info@smileincubator.life

SmiLe Incubator
Medicon Village
Scheeletorget 1
223 63 Lund
Sweden

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