SLU Holding Verification for growth 2022-23

Purpose and goal: ** Denna text är maskinöversatt **

SLU Holding AB´s mission is to create sustainable economic growth and contribute to improved societal development. This is done by initiating, supporting, developing, investing in or in other ways utilizing knowledge-intensive innovations from SLU and other higher education institutions in the green sector.

The goal is to use VFT funds to ensure that knowledge and skills from SLU benefit society. The VFT funds will finance validation and verification activities so that ideas that emerged from SLU is utilized and more quickly and to a greater extent. Expected results and effects: ** Denna text är maskinöversatt **

The VFT funds mean that the idea bearers / researchers can get quick and concrete answers to the innovation potential in their research results. The fact that ideas from universities come closer to commercial or other utilization contributes to sustainable societal development. The VFT funds are a valuable tool and have had a very positive effect on SLU Holdings activities and the development of its role at the university.

They have meant that the company has been given a clearer role in SLU´s utilization, collaboration and innovation development. Approach and implementation: ** Denna text är maskinöversatt **

We offer researchers, other employees and students support for innovation and utilization. SLU Holding offers inspiration, advice, support and investments. We match the needs of the outside world with the knowledge produced within SLU.

VFT funds are used to gradually increase the degree of maturity of the projects through validation and verification of the ideas´ market potential and technical conditions as well as analysis and management of intellectual property rights. VFT funds are marketed on the web, at meetings and presentations.