Chalmers Ventures AB

Chalmers Ventures is a Swedish venture capital firm based in Gothenburg that supports technology-driven companies through coaching, financing and business development. The firm invests across seed, early, and growth stages in Sweden, with programs that include incubation, startup camps and accelerator activities as well as a technology transfer program. It focuses on companies connected to the Gothenburg region and Sweden operating in information technology, communications, new materials, green tech, health tech and biotechnology, and seeks innovative ventures with growth potential. The firm typically makes minority investments and uses a staged funding approach, providing capital through various program phases and through balance sheet investments. It partners with ventures that participate in its programs, helping them advance from explore to scalable stages and achieve commercial success.

Louise Brudö

Investment Director

Sofia Kocher

Seed Investment Manager

Hakan Krook

Investor

Mattias Münnich

Seed Investment Manager

Pontus Ottosson

Investor

Past deals in Sustainability

Adsorbi

Seed Round in 2025
Adsorbi develops a novel biomaterial based on cellulose, designed to capture gaseous air pollutants. Its application spans active airflow systems like gas filters in air filtration systems and air purifiers, as well as passive airflow applications such as packaging for sensitive goods.

Seaqure Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Seaqure Labs is a biotechnology company focused on developing sustainable solutions for the aquaculture industry. It specializes in producing feeds derived from fungi, known as mycoproteins, which aim to reduce the environmental impact of fish farming by minimizing carbon emissions, water, and land use. This approach aligns with the principles of the circular economy, offering a sustainable and economically viable alternative to traditional aquaculture methods.

Modvion

Venture Round in 2024
Modvion AB is a Swedish company founded in 2015 and based in Gothenburg, specializing in the design and development of modular wind power towers constructed from renewable composite materials. The company focuses on simplifying construction logistics and improving cost efficiency in the wind energy sector through its patented modular technology. This innovative approach enables the production of wind towers exceeding 120 meters in height while significantly reducing transportation costs, installation complexity, and the reliance on traditional steel structures. By leveraging engineered wood products, Modvion aims to enhance the economic viability of wind power projects, ultimately contributing to increased electricity production and more sustainable energy solutions.

Trine

Series A in 2024
Trine is a company focused on crowdinvesting to support solar energy projects in emerging markets. It operates a crowdfunding platform that connects investors with local solar entrepreneurs, facilitating financial support for solar installations that address energy deficiencies in underdeveloped countries. By funding the initial costs of solar systems, Trine enables investors to receive returns through interest paid from the electricity generated. The company aims to democratize investment opportunities, allowing individuals to earn returns while contributing to the eradication of energy poverty and improving living standards in affected communities. Through its expertise and organizational structure, Trine plays a vital role in channeling finance to sustainable solar energy initiatives.

Vividye

Seed Round in 2024
Vividye AB is a Swedish company based in Gothenburg, established in 2020, that specializes in providing sustainable solutions for the textile industry. The company focuses on reuse and recycling services for garments, utilizing innovative reversible textile coloring and dyeing technology. This advanced technology enables Vividye to efficiently color, de-color, and re-color fabrics while preserving their mechanical properties. By allowing companies to collect, separate, and reuse water, chemicals, and pigments during the dyeing process, Vividye significantly reduces reliance on non-renewable resources. The company's commitment to sustainability and circular business models is recognized in Mission Innovation's Net-Zero Compatible Initiative, highlighting its potential to contribute to emission reductions in the textile sector.

Adsorbi

Seed Round in 2023
Adsorbi develops a novel biomaterial based on cellulose, designed to capture gaseous air pollutants. Its application spans active airflow systems like gas filters in air filtration systems and air purifiers, as well as passive airflow applications such as packaging for sensitive goods.

Mimbly

Series A in 2023
Mimbly develops and manufactures sustainable laundry systems that recycle water during washing cycles. The system connects to a washing machine through the water intake valve to monitor, analyze, and purify wastewater for reuse, enabling facilities to conserve water, reduce microplastic pollution, and lower CO2 emissions.

Retein

Venture Round in 2023
Retein is a water purification technology company specializing in molecular separation to sustainably recover resources from water. Its platform uses bio-inspired filtration based on stabilized proteins to selectively extract clean water and valuable materials, such as lithium, and integrates with diverse water sources to enable industries and resource managers to recover high-purity outputs with reduced energy use and environmental impact. The company aims to advance resource efficiency by combining advanced material recovery with low-energy processes, supporting a more sustainable water cycle.

Modvion

Convertible Note in 2023
Modvion AB is a Swedish company founded in 2015 and based in Gothenburg, specializing in the design and development of modular wind power towers constructed from renewable composite materials. The company focuses on simplifying construction logistics and improving cost efficiency in the wind energy sector through its patented modular technology. This innovative approach enables the production of wind towers exceeding 120 meters in height while significantly reducing transportation costs, installation complexity, and the reliance on traditional steel structures. By leveraging engineered wood products, Modvion aims to enhance the economic viability of wind power projects, ultimately contributing to increased electricity production and more sustainable energy solutions.

Enweave

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Enweave is a Swedish company that provides digital solutions for sustainable development, and its platform uses artificial intelligence to help small and medium-sized enterprises develop materiality analyses, sustainability visions, goals, and key performance indicators while offering tools for energy management and cost reduction to support compliance with customer and regulatory sustainability requirements.

Adsorbi

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Adsorbi develops a novel biomaterial based on cellulose, designed to capture gaseous air pollutants. Its application spans active airflow systems like gas filters in air filtration systems and air purifiers, as well as passive airflow applications such as packaging for sensitive goods.

Adsorbi

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Adsorbi develops a novel biomaterial based on cellulose, designed to capture gaseous air pollutants. Its application spans active airflow systems like gas filters in air filtration systems and air purifiers, as well as passive airflow applications such as packaging for sensitive goods.

Vividye

Seed Round in 2022
Vividye AB is a Swedish company based in Gothenburg, established in 2020, that specializes in providing sustainable solutions for the textile industry. The company focuses on reuse and recycling services for garments, utilizing innovative reversible textile coloring and dyeing technology. This advanced technology enables Vividye to efficiently color, de-color, and re-color fabrics while preserving their mechanical properties. By allowing companies to collect, separate, and reuse water, chemicals, and pigments during the dyeing process, Vividye significantly reduces reliance on non-renewable resources. The company's commitment to sustainability and circular business models is recognized in Mission Innovation's Net-Zero Compatible Initiative, highlighting its potential to contribute to emission reductions in the textile sector.

SINOM

Pre Seed Round in 2021
SINOM is a web platform that helps building owners plan sustainable maintenance and renovations by enabling multi-year investment planning with optimized recommendations. The service analyzes life cycle costs, energy use, and carbon emissions to ensure renovation activities meet budgetary constraints while advancing energy and emission reduction goals. Through data analytics, it generates maintenance and renovation scenarios, forecasting component status, costs, energy consumption, and emissions, and supports customers in obtaining quotations for the proposed plans. The platform is designed for property management and real estate owners, providing a scalable tool to compare options, forecast impacts, and make informed decisions about long-term property upkeep and upgrades.

Biopetrolia

Seed Round in 2021
Biopetrolia is a biotechnology company that specializes in synthetic biology and metabolic engineering of yeast cell factories. Using this technology, the company aims to reduce the need for petrol and excessive exploitation of natural resources to produce products such as cosmetic bioingredients, food oils, and fuels. Biopetrolia was founded in 2014 and is based in Göteborg, Sweden.

Solartes

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Solartes is a Swedish manufacturer that develops transparent functional materials and polymer composites designed to harvest solar energy and release heat for building heating. Its products include transparent plastics and smart blinds capable of absorbing ultraviolet light during the day, storing energy as heat, and releasing it at night to regulate indoor climate and reduce heating and energy consumption. Headquartered in Gothenburg and established in 2020, Solartes provides integrated solutions that combine solar energy capture, storage, and heat emission in a single material system.

Retein

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Retein is a water purification technology company specializing in molecular separation to sustainably recover resources from water. Its platform uses bio-inspired filtration based on stabilized proteins to selectively extract clean water and valuable materials, such as lithium, and integrates with diverse water sources to enable industries and resource managers to recover high-purity outputs with reduced energy use and environmental impact. The company aims to advance resource efficiency by combining advanced material recovery with low-energy processes, supporting a more sustainable water cycle.

Vividye

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Vividye AB is a Swedish company based in Gothenburg, established in 2020, that specializes in providing sustainable solutions for the textile industry. The company focuses on reuse and recycling services for garments, utilizing innovative reversible textile coloring and dyeing technology. This advanced technology enables Vividye to efficiently color, de-color, and re-color fabrics while preserving their mechanical properties. By allowing companies to collect, separate, and reuse water, chemicals, and pigments during the dyeing process, Vividye significantly reduces reliance on non-renewable resources. The company's commitment to sustainability and circular business models is recognized in Mission Innovation's Net-Zero Compatible Initiative, highlighting its potential to contribute to emission reductions in the textile sector.

Solartes

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Solartes is a Swedish manufacturer that develops transparent functional materials and polymer composites designed to harvest solar energy and release heat for building heating. Its products include transparent plastics and smart blinds capable of absorbing ultraviolet light during the day, storing energy as heat, and releasing it at night to regulate indoor climate and reduce heating and energy consumption. Headquartered in Gothenburg and established in 2020, Solartes provides integrated solutions that combine solar energy capture, storage, and heat emission in a single material system.

Vividye

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Vividye AB is a Swedish company based in Gothenburg, established in 2020, that specializes in providing sustainable solutions for the textile industry. The company focuses on reuse and recycling services for garments, utilizing innovative reversible textile coloring and dyeing technology. This advanced technology enables Vividye to efficiently color, de-color, and re-color fabrics while preserving their mechanical properties. By allowing companies to collect, separate, and reuse water, chemicals, and pigments during the dyeing process, Vividye significantly reduces reliance on non-renewable resources. The company's commitment to sustainability and circular business models is recognized in Mission Innovation's Net-Zero Compatible Initiative, highlighting its potential to contribute to emission reductions in the textile sector.

Modvion

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Modvion AB is a Swedish company founded in 2015 and based in Gothenburg, specializing in the design and development of modular wind power towers constructed from renewable composite materials. The company focuses on simplifying construction logistics and improving cost efficiency in the wind energy sector through its patented modular technology. This innovative approach enables the production of wind towers exceeding 120 meters in height while significantly reducing transportation costs, installation complexity, and the reliance on traditional steel structures. By leveraging engineered wood products, Modvion aims to enhance the economic viability of wind power projects, ultimately contributing to increased electricity production and more sustainable energy solutions.

Mimbly

Seed Round in 2018
Mimbly develops and manufactures sustainable laundry systems that recycle water during washing cycles. The system connects to a washing machine through the water intake valve to monitor, analyze, and purify wastewater for reuse, enabling facilities to conserve water, reduce microplastic pollution, and lower CO2 emissions.

Trine

Series A in 2017
Trine is a company focused on crowdinvesting to support solar energy projects in emerging markets. It operates a crowdfunding platform that connects investors with local solar entrepreneurs, facilitating financial support for solar installations that address energy deficiencies in underdeveloped countries. By funding the initial costs of solar systems, Trine enables investors to receive returns through interest paid from the electricity generated. The company aims to democratize investment opportunities, allowing individuals to earn returns while contributing to the eradication of energy poverty and improving living standards in affected communities. Through its expertise and organizational structure, Trine plays a vital role in channeling finance to sustainable solar energy initiatives.

AddTruly

Seed Round in 2016
AddTruly AB is a digital corporate social responsibility platform based in Gothenburg, Sweden, designed for e-commerce companies. The company facilitates meaningful shopping experiences by allowing customers to make donations to various social projects during the checkout process. This service not only helps users contribute to relevant causes but also strengthens brand loyalty for e-commerce and booking sites. By integrating CSR into their business model, AddTruly enables online retailers to enhance their brand image and foster customer engagement. The platform provides periodic updates on the impact of donations, allowing businesses to maintain a relevant dialogue with their customers. Ultimately, AddTruly aims to support local development initiatives while helping companies align their operations with socially responsible practices.
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