VFT-1 KTH
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | KTH HOLDING AKTIEBOLAG |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 9 100 000 |
| Project duration | December 2015 - December 2017 |
| Status | Completed |
| Venture | Universitets och högskolors strategiska utveckling av samverkan |
Important results from the project
The VFT-1 project is fully implemented and during 2016, 58 new projects have been funded and ca 25 projects from 2016 have been managed. All processes are fully operational. A number of companies have been formed, additional funding secured, incubation has been made and networks have been created e.g. through a large number of customer contacts. The project is considered successful.
Expected long term effects
The project is considered very successful with respect to the overall purpose of laying the basis for better prepared projects for upcoming commercialization and funding. A large number of projects have received further funding such as private funding. A number of start-ups have formed whereof several continued to incubators such as STING. Moreover, a number of partnerships or deals with customers and industrial partners have been achieved. For full data on a performed quantitative and qualitative result/effect analysis we refer to the report appended.
Approach and implementation
The goals with the project was to manage funding and verification of ca 50-60 projects. As has been defined above we have managed new funding within VFT-1 for 58 projects during 2016. The project can be considered successful as all processes and routines have been fully implemented. The overall results and progress in the verification projects have been good. The process for preparing, selecting and following-up is relatively fast and efficient even though some steps are more prone to result in delays such as providing materials for decisions, procurement.