# LIU Invest

> LIU Invest is a VC fund in Linköping backing Information Technology and AgTech. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Linköping, Sweden
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/liuinvest/
- Website: http://www.liuinvest.se/

LIU Invest is a VC fund in Linköping focused on Information Technology and AgTech. LIU invests in companies that are based on projects and ideas from Linköping University. LIU Invest is focused on investments in early phases. Investments are typically 250 000, but can be doubled by an additional investment.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $579k–$1.3M |
| Pre-Seed | $88k–$282k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 3 | 33% |
| AgTech | 2 | 22% |
| Agriculture | 2 | 22% |
| Health Care | 2 | 22% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 22% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 4 | 44% |
| Seed | 2 | 22% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 22% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sonicflora | Sonicflora is a developer of plant monitoring tech that provides feedback about plant health to users through sensor-based systems. | $282.5K | Pre-Seed | Aug 07, 2025 |  |
| Polar Light Technologies | Polar Light Technologies focuses on developing the next generation of Nano and micro LED technology. | $3.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 03, 2025 |  |
| Cellfion | Cellfion provides sustainable materials for next level clean energy storage and conversion devices.​ | $1.3M | Seed | Aug 31, 2022 |  |
| LunaMicro | LunaMicro AB offers active moisture management technology for the next generation of smart textiles in clothing for sports, workwear, protective equipment (PPE) and MedTech applications. Our product is a textile that pumps water from the inside to the outside of the textile with power from a small battery, allowing the user to stay warm,comfortable and safe. Our technology, based on patented research from Linköping university, makes waterproof garments both perform better and more sustainable. | $88.2K | Pre-Seed | Jul 06, 2022 |  |
| Epishine | Epishine develops and produces printed solar cells that consist only of organic materials. | $1.3M |  | Sep 27, 2018 |  |
| SweGaN | SweGaN's vision is to be a world leading supplier of nitride based HEMT structures. By integrating SweGaN´s technology into every single epitaxial wafer they deliver, they believe that your devices will fulfill all demands required in next generation's high power and high frequency devices.SweGaN's founders all come fromLinköping University and have more than 50 man-years experience in growth and characterization of GaN and SiC materials.SweGaN is in a highly expansive phase and they are always looking for skilled and very focused individuals with large experience in the field. If you are interested in working in a challenging and dynamic atmosphere please send us an e-mail. | $579K | Seed | Sep 13, 2017 |  |
| Glycobond | Glycobond develops and produces proprietary carbohydrate-binding reagents for use in diagnostics.Glycobond has developed HepaCheC™, an ELISA-based assay that detects aberrant and cancer-specific glycosylation on alpha-1 acid glycoprotein (AGP), an acute phase plasma protein produced mainly in the liver. The protein is secreted into the bloodstream why analysis can be performed on a simple blood sample. The method is based on a patented fucose-binding protein, Mono-F, and has shown very promising results in longitudinal analyses of serum samples from patients at risk of developing HCC. |  |  | Apr 11, 2017 |  |
| Comordo Technologies | Comordo offers services to produce personalized product recommendations, increasing the relevance with up to 8 times and drive consumption up to 4 times for users compared to present the same offer to all users. Through our simple APIs you can access the following features: Recommendation for Newsletters, Apps and Customer Insights. | $338K |  | Mar 29, 2017 |  |
| Agricam AB | Agricam AB provides accurate, proximity-free and cost-effective measurement and monitoring systems for modern agriculture. |  |  | Apr 16, 2016 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does LIU Invest invest in?

LIU Invest invests primarily in Information Technology, AgTech and Agriculture startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Sweden. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is LIU Invest's check size?

LIU Invest typically joins rounds of $579k–$1.3M at Seed and $88k–$282k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds LIU Invest participates in.

### When did LIU Invest last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for LIU Invest closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 9 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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