The startup scene in Sweden

Linköping’s science park dates to 1984. The municipality identifies IT, software, and electronics as technology areas and describes close collaboration between the park and Linköping University. (Claims 111714, 111715, 111716)

The city’s research-commercialization network includes LiU Innovation, which offers free innovation support to Linköping University students, staff, and researchers; LiU Ventures, which describes market and customer validation and entrepreneur-team matching; and LiU Invest, which backs businesses originating from university projects and ideas. The university identifies LiU Innovation and LEAD as LiU Invest collaborators. LEAD reports operating in Linköping and Norrköping and identifies LiU Holding AB as its sole corporate owner. (Claims 111723, 111724, 111719, 111720, 111721, 111722, 111717, 111718)

Examples of locally rooted technology companies include Sectra, established in 1978 by Linköping University researchers, with medical IT and cybersecurity business fields; NIRA Dynamics, founded in Linköping in 2001, which supplies software to automotive and infrastructure customers; and Epishine, founded in 2016, with its head office and production in Linköping. Linköping University reports that Epishine announced a collaboration with Google in November 2025, while the Swedish Energy Agency identifies its printed-organic-solar-cell demonstration applications as smoke alarms and electronic price labels. (Claims 111732, 111733, 111734, 111746, 111747, 111748, 111725, 111726, 111727, 111728, 111729, 111730)

Other documented examples include SweGaN, which SE Nytt described in an August 18, 2026 report as headquartered in Linköping and specializing in GaN-on-SiC epitaxial wafers; that outlet reported a USD 14 million Series B. SeaPattern dates its founding to 2020, attributes its origin to Linköping University research, and describes floating turbines for existing hydropower stations; its investor page identifies Linköping as its headquarters. ArgusEye lists a Linköping address and describes Auga as a sensor-and-software platform for real-time bioprocess monitoring. These company examples illustrate activity in the city, not a complete census or ranking. (Claims 111739, 111740, 111741, 111755, 111756, 111757, 111759, 111753, 111754)