Sten Gunnar Otto Skolling

Karolinska Development AB (Private Equity) (Karolinska Development) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Karolinska Development AB founded in 2003. The firm is headquartered in Solna.

BioChromix AB manufactures diagnostic products. It is a company in the life science arena that develops and commercializes products for early stage diagnostics of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and identification of biomarkers associated to AD. The firm’s methods are based on their novel and patented Luminescent Conjugated Polymer (LCP) molecules. The company is headquartered in Solna, Sweden.

BioChromix Pharma AB was founded as a subsidiary to BioChromix AB. The Company is a pharmaceutical company active in research and development of novel treatments for neurodegenerative disorders based on its proprietary technology for therapeutics. Current research and development is focused on the indication area of Alzheimer's disease but the prion diseases, Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders might also be included in the future. BioChromix Pharma is performing pre-clinical development but is looking to reach the clinical phase within the coming years. Alzheimer's disease is the most common neurodegenerative disease, affecting around 25 million people and the costs associated with AD are tremendous. At the moment, there are no efficient treatments for AD but there are clinical trials are ongoing and some are focused at reducing the levels of the neurotoxic Aß peptide. The portfolio of the company includes a number of newly discovered lead compounds that are under investigation.

Umecrine AB provides pharmaceuticals against mental and physical symptoms. It develops antagonists to reduce symptoms and conditions caused by endogenous sex and stress hormones on the brain. The company was founded by Carl Torbjörn Bäckström in 2000 and is headquartered in Umea, Sweden.

Limone is developing new treatments for cancer. The target is the protein LL37 recently reported to act as a growth factor for cancer cells in various cancer indications. Limone has a patent estate covering LL37 and is actively looking for a partner to develop this therapeutic concept.

Athera Biotechnologies AB operates as a biopharmaceutical company which focuses on developing targeted anti-inflammatory biological candidate drugs and companion diagnostics. It has a proprietary program the fully human antibody PC-mAb. The frim develops a biomarker and companion diagnostic CVDefine® kit. Its PC-mAb is a fully human monoclonal antibody which neutralizes a key driver of vascular inflammation, phosphorylcholine, which targets market of reducing secondary cardiovascular events, focusing on high-risk patients with low anti-PC levels. The company was founded by Johan Frostegard in 2002 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

Umecrine Cognition AB develops pharmaceuticals against neurological disorders in the central nervous system. The firm focuses on the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics to treat Hepatic Encephalopathy in patients with liver disease. The company was founded by Torbjörn Bäckström in 2006 and is headquartered in Solna, Sweden.

AB Wilhelm Becker operates as a holding company with interests in chemical companies. It manufactures industrial coatings for metals and plastics, and products for surface treatment of wood. The company is headquartered in Hoganas, Sweden.

Part of Repligen Corp., Novozymes Biopharma Sweden AB operates as a contract manufacturer of biological products. The private company is based in Lund, Sweden. The CEO of the Swedish company is Harald Skogman. Novozymes Biopharma Sweden was acquired by Repligen Corp. from Novozymes A/S on December 20, 2011 for $29.02 million.

RespiNor AS operates as a medical device company. The company is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.