Britt-Marie Edelsvärd

Innovationsbron AB, established in 2005, is an agency set up and majority-owned by the Government of Sweden. Claes de Neergaard was mandated by the Ministry of Industry to develop innovative financing to commercially develop research-related business ideas. Headquartered in Stockholm, Innovationsbron also has four regional offices in Umea, Uppsala, Gothenburg and Lund. Innovationsbron operates a nationwide network of business incubators as well as a regional program of incubators which support scientists, innovators and entrepreneurs.