We work with researchers and entrepreneurs in transforming groundbreaking ideas into products and services for the benefit of society within life science.
We bring together the full life science innovation journey — from early ideas to global companies. Our role is to connect people, science and capital, and to support each step with the right expertise, structure and network.
Where you start depends on where you are — whether you’re exploring an idea, building a company, looking to collaborate, or seeking investment opportunities.
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Innovation Lab
Explore the potential of your research and take the first steps towards real-world application. We help you assess feasibility, shape your idea, and identify the right path forward — whether that means building a company or collaborating with others.
A dynamic environment where startups, industry and academia meet. Join a community designed to create opportunities, exchange knowledge and build meaningful partnerships across the life science ecosystem.
Do you have a company ready to scale? The incubator supports startups with business development, coaching, and resources to achieve international success.
We believe in the power of collaboration. Here, we highlight the people, ideas, and solutions that have made a real difference.
Putting patients in control of their asthma
A wireless lung function meter and smartphone app is making life easier for many asthma sufferers. The idea was born in a clinic at Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital and now…
In the event of a cardiac arrest, an alert is triggered on the smartphones of volunteer lifesavers located within a radius of around 1,500 metres from the victim. Those who…
Connecting the world’s radiologists in an AI-supported collective
Collective Minds Radiology’s digital platform brings together more than 8,000 radiologists from all over the world in a space where they share knowledge and experience that results in better diagnoses…
Clinically validated AI-based software that go beyond current routine pathology.
Mattias Rantalainen, CTO for Stratipath and research group leader at institutionen för epidemiologi och biostatistik (MEB) at KI och Johan Hartman, CMO at Stratipath and Pathologist at Karolinska University Hospital…
In the event of a cardiac arrest, an alert is triggered on the smartphones of volunteer lifesavers located within a radius of around 1,500 metres from the victim. Those who…
“Smart clothing that can detect prolonged periods of muscle inactivity”
Paul Ackermann, Orthopedic surgeon and Senior lecturer, Orthopedics, MMK and Robin Juthberg, PhD-student and MD, Orthopedics, MMK are looking at new innovative ways to address the ever growing problem of…
KI Incubator company Eyedentity closes oversubscribed investment round led by Norrsken Launcher
Eyedentity, a company in the Karolinska Institutet Innovation Incubator, has closed an oversubscribed investment round led by Norrsken Launcher. Karolinska Institutet Innovation…
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