• Big Akwa

  Participated · Equity · Sep 2022

  Big Akwa is developing a land-based aquaculture facility in Alby Industrial Park, Ånge Municipality, designed to produce up to 6,000 tons of rainbow trout annually. The project follows an industrial symbiosis model that recycles waste streams from both fish farming and adjacent industries, and it will be co-located with a hydrogen plant to support a circular production loop. The company already holds 25-year operational and water permits for the site and aims to begin construction once the current planning phase is complete, targeting initial production in 2028 and full capacity by 2029. To fund the detailed engineering phase, Big Akwa received SEK 11 million (≈€1 million) in regional business support covering 50 % of the SEK 22 million engineering budget. Earlier, in December, the firm raised SEK 7.85 million through a directed share issue. The fresh capital enables Big Akwa to finalize its engineering work and keep the project on track for its production timeline. The company positions itself at the intersection of sustainable aquaculture and clean-tech, leveraging circular resource flows to reduce environmental impact.

• UmBio

  Participated · Equity · Jan 2011

  UmBio AB is a Umeå, Sweden-based provider of consulting services and software solutions for data analysis to biotech companies. Its technology offers a Q&A solution designed to improve quality control of food products by directly detecting chemical content, substandard raw materials, contaminants such as pieces of plastic, and product defects in the manufacturing process. The company combines consulting and software to address analytical needs in biotech and food quality control. Customers include Arla Foods, Danisco, University of Oxford, Merck SeQuant, VTT, Stellenbosch University, Pfizer, Creative Antibiotics and NeuroSearch. The company is led by CEO Stefan Nordin. In January 2011 UmBio raised SEK6.8m in venture capital funding.

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