When referring to the commercialisation of R&D, VINNOVA means the application and utilisation of research results in a broad sense, both in existing companies and by starting up new growth companies.
VINNOVA's activities with regard to the commercialisation of R&D results are conducted in collaboration with other players in order to achieve the greatest possible impact for the entire system. VINNOVA focuses its efforts on the closely research-related phases of the innovation and commercialisation process. The conditions that govern research and the context in which research takes place require tailored structures, skills, expertise, working methods and funding instruments. The market finds it very difficult to act in these early research phases as the conditions governing this stage of the process differ so widely from the market conditions that apply in the later phases.
VINNOVA's strategy is based on the unique characteristics of the Swedish innovation system and on the experience of successful commercialisation that exists in Sweden.
