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GU Ventures

Profile and portfolio

Parent University of GothenburgHQ Gothenburg, SwedenFounded 1995

GU Ventures is the corporate venture arm of University of Gothenburg, an education company. It was founded in 1995 and is based in Gothenburg, Sweden. It invests from pre-seed to seed. Sectors it names: biotech and life sciences, medical devices, healthcare and digital health.

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Pre-seed to Seed
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ItemValue
Stage rangePre-seed to Seed
SectorsBiotech and life sciences, Medical devices, Healthcare and digital health
GeographyEurope
OfficesGothenburg, Sweden

Sources: S1 GU Ventures: mission (seed and early-stage investor in University of Gothenburg research); S2 GU Ventures: portfolio.

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Investment stage: Pre-seed to Seed

Sources: S1 GU Ventures: mission (seed and early-stage investor in University of Gothenburg research); S2 GU Ventures: portfolio.

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Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters
Gothenburg, Sweden

Investment regionsS1S2

LeadersS3

GU Ventures on LinkedIn

Key facts

FactValueStatusSource
Parent companyUniversity of GothenburgSingle sourceS1
Parent industryEducationSingle sourceS1
Founded1995Single sourceS5
HeadquartersGothenburg, SwedenSingle sourceS4
StatusActiveSingle sourceS6
Capital sourceParent company onlySingle sourceS1
StagesPre-seed, SeedSingle sourceS1

Portfolio

The firm's portfolio page lists 12 companies.S2

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

1 companies on the GU Ventures portfolio page also appear on the portfolio page of at least one other firm in this directory. Matched by company website, or by name where no website is published.

FirmSharedCompanies in common
BorgWarner1CelLink
Lear1CelLink

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Every company on the GU Ventures list

12 companies, as listed on the firm's own website.S2 Read the firm's list.

  • Alzinova
  • Cellink
  • Cereno Scientific
  • Exocure
  • Mimbly
  • Navari Surgical
  • Oncorena
  • Pexa
  • Serial X
  • SimSen Diagnostics
  • Surgical Science
  • Videm

History

  1. GU Ventures begins investing in and building companies from University of Gothenburg researchS5
  2. 48 portfolio investments, SEK 7.7M invested and SEK 2.5M of exits reported for the yearS6

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Sources

  1. S1GU Ventures: mission (seed and early-stage investor in University of Gothenburg research)Firm
  2. S2GU Ventures: portfolioFirm
  3. S3GU Ventures: teamFirm
  4. S4GU Ventures: contact (Erik Dahlbergsgatan 11A, Goteborg)Firm
  5. S5GU Ventures: investment opportunities (funds and angel networks)Firm
  6. S6GU Ventures: aggregated results for 2024 (in Swedish)Firm

Disclaimer and corrections

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