Krinova is a meeting point for people, companies and ideas. We offer innovation and development support to companies still at the idea stage as well as established companies. Krinova was founded in 1999, and is Sweden's largest and first incubator and science park with food as a profile area, and it is food that is a central and important building block in our operations.
Mission
Krinova’s mission is to increase the attractiveness of northeastern Skåne and Skåne as a whole, and to contribute to their development by working to create and offer:
›› A meeting point for people, companies, ideas and creativity
›› An innovation arena for support to knowledge-intensive growth companies
›› A platform for development projects within the profile area Food – Environment – Health
Krinova is an innovation-driving node. An important driver in this work is the community of companies and organisations that together represent extensive experience, knowledge and a desire to develop and be developed.
Krinova’s role as innovation arena and science park is to be a catalyst. Krinova is one of the few innovation environments that works exclusively with open and challenge-driven innovation. Research shows that it takes co-creation to drive innovation, and that co-creation is an important starting point for work within the Innovation Arena. For this reason, the Innovation Arena is staffed with business designers who work proactively and also act as a neutral sounding board for the entrepreneur.
At the Innovation Arena, the collaboration between academia, the business sector and the public sector is initiated, set up and supported, enabling new business concepts or innovations. The Innovation Arena’s influx of IBOs (Innovation Business Objects) has been very large. Since its inception in 2013 until 2020, nearly 600 companies have received support.
The large influx of IBOs means that Krinova is building a community of what we call “engine entrepreneurs” with a large wealth of knowledge in their companies. A community of companies where no one leaves the Innovation Arena and where everyone gets support. This innovation philosophy contributes to the generation of a large influx, which is needed to achieve development and dissemination of knowledge in the region, which is the very mission of Krinova.
Open innovation means that companies and organisations systematically look for, and in different ways invite, external expertise and ideas for joint development projects. Open innovation stimulates diversity of perspective, expertise, background and experience to take the innovation work to the highest possible heights.
Challenge-driven innovation involves identifying societal challenges or challenges within organisations or the business sector that are potential growth opportunities and new business opportunities. It aims to promote and stimulate collaboration and interaction between different actors, which is needed to successfully create benefit.
In Sweden, growth companies do not usually have the benefit of being able to grow strong in the domestic market before entering the global stage. The Swedish market is too small for innovative and scalable products or services.
One way for Krinova to provide support for these fast-growing companies is to build bridges to innovation environments, incubators and science parks in other countries through which the companies in the community can gain access to the associated innovation infrastructure in the form of networks, funding, establishment support, etc.
Innovation Award of the Year
The Innovation Award was instituted by Krinova Incubator & Science Park to reward innovative entrepreneurship and ideas that show how new opportunities and creative solutions can be put into practice.
The award focuses on ideas with a high level of innovation, commercial potential and sustainable entrepreneurship. The award is given to one company in each of the six municipalities of Skåne Nordost.
The award winner in the respective municipality is nominated to the Innovation Award of the Year in Skåne Nordost, a distinction awarded by Krinova Incubator & Science Park and Skåne Nordost. The winner of the Innovation Award of the Year also receives SEK 25,000. The prize money is provided by Skåne Nordost.
Six amazing companies were nominated to Innovation Award of the Year 2019.
Award winners in the respective six municipalities in Skåne Nordost:
Bromölla – Ifö center
Östra Göinge – Norups Gård
Kristianstad – MISO
Osby – HYPRO
Hässleholm – SvB Tyringe
Hörby – Häggenäs Sjukhem
Winner of Innovation Award of the Year – Norups Gård 🎉
Award winners in the respective six municipalities in Skåne Nordost:
Bromölla – TryggaKliniken
Östra Göinge – Ripasso Energy
Kristianstad – Nordic Surf Development med varumärket Revolwe
Osby – Lekolar (The Innovation Award-winner receives 5000 SEK from Osby Municipality)
Hässleholm – Tyringekonsult
Hörby – Lina & Evas Lanthandel (The Innovation Award-winner receives 5000 SEK from Hörby Municipality)
Winner of Innovation Award of the Year – Lekolar 🎉
Award winners in the respective six municipalities in Skåne Nordost:
Bromölla – G Larsson Starch Technology
Östra Göinge – Swedish Powertrain Techcenter
Kristianstad – Marmor & Granit och CRC Nordic
Osby – Swedlock (The Innovation Award-winner receives 5000 SEK from Osby Municipality)
Hässleholm – HälsoOasen
Hörby – V-Plant
Winner of Innovation Award of the Year – G Larsson Starch Technology and Swedish Powertrain Techcenter 🎉
Three companies nominated for the Innovation Award of the Year – Dentware Scandinavia, Hampahus and Kristianstad Streaming
Winner of Innovation Award of the Year – Dentware Scandinavia 🎉
Innovator of the year – Scandinavian Aquasystems
Krinova AB’s ownership breaks down as follows: 40% by Kristianstad Municipality, 40% by the municipality’s subsidiary Kristianstads Industribyggnads AB, and 20% by Högskolan Kristianstad Holding AB.
visitors to meetings and conferences
More than 100 tenants at Krinova
Food-related companies in the food community
More than 500 companies have received innovation and development support