News
On March 1 at 20:00 (CET) and on March 6 at 13:50 there will be a story about Arterion's academic partners and their progress in developing artificial vascular grafts made from bacterial cellulose. The show is Vetenskapens Värld (in Swedish).
Arterion will present at the Translational Regenerative Medicine Foundation Venture Forum in Winston-Salem, NC, April 8, 2010.
As a selected presenter Arterion will talk about business opportunities for investors as well as collaboration opportunities for research partners and commercial partners.
Arterion have been rewarded the Medtech Investment Day Award 2010 having the the highest potential to become an international expanding medtech company.
Swedish Medtech had together with sponsors invited 22 companies who had the chance to pitch their companies towards an international group of investors. Arterion was the sole winner and the jury motivated their choice by explaining that Arterion has an elegant and innovative idea for a medical necessity and that Arterions's technology can be applied to many applications but today is focused on one. The jury also describe Arterion as an "enthusiastic and humble team with high competence".
As a prize, Arterion was awarded a one year membership with Swecare and SEK 50 000. Further information and comments by Arterion CEO Karl Richard Nilsson, see the links below.
Arterion welcomes the new Production Manager Kristoffer Drotz. Kristoffer's already has a deep insight and knowledge in bacterial cellulose and his earlier work includes e.g. Laboratory Manager att Arterion's academic research partner BBV.
Arterion were invited to speak at the 'From Discovery to Market'-workshop hosted by North Carolina Department of Commerce and Region Västra götaland, Sweden together with Virginia Tech, Wake Forest University and Piedmont Triad Research Park. The workshop took place on WFIRM, Winston-Salem, NC USA, November 4-5, 2008.
Arterion was awarded second prize in the national innovation competion SKAPA.
Arterion moves to Biotech Center at Arvid Wallgrens Backe 20.
Arterion was mentioned as one of Sweden's 33 most interesting startups in the papers Affärsvärlden and Ny Teknik.
Arterion was awarded 300 000 SEK from the Swedish Govermental Agency for Innovation Systems, Vinnova.
The prize is awarded as part of the VinnNu programme to fule the most promising innovations of Sweden.
An article about Arterion was published in GöteborgsPosten.
The research team behind Arterion's technology has been awarded 10 million SEK in govermental funding for research in the field of artificial vessels made of cellulose.
The innovators behind the Arterion technology has been the focus of an article published in NyTeknik nr 3.
Arterion moves to new facilities at Sahlgrenska Science Park.
Full paged story about Arterion in Biotech Sweden nr 11.
Arterion has been choosen as the "Best business potential 2006 at Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship and GIBBS"
Arterion was given 3rd prize in Venture Cup 2006. Venture Cup is a business plan competition with the objective to stimulate entrepreneurship and to increase the founding of new companies in Sweden. Anyone with an innovative concept who wants to start a business is welcome to participate in Venture Cup.
