CSE alumni company Minesto was featured in Ny Teknik October 22nd and Dagens Nyheter October 26th. In the articles they reveal technical features of their innovation Deep Green. The kite-like construction is now about to be tested outside the coast of Northern Ireland in 2011. To read the articles please visit (on Swedish): http://www.nyteknik.se/nyheter/energi_miljo/vattenkraft/article661855.ece http://www.dn.se/ekonomi/teknik/sa-funkar-den-svenska-undervattensdraken-1.982700

CSE alumni company Denator has completed their fourth round of financing, raising a total of 15 million SEK. The financing has been subscribed by a strong group of investors that include the existing investors T-bolaget AB, Wikow Ventures AB & Servisen Holding AB as well as existing private shareholders but also new financial investors such as the SGP Group (Svenska Garantiprodukter AB). The proceeds, which are expected to be sufficient to reach positive cash flow, will be used to continue building Denator’s position in the global protein research market. The funds will be used to further develop the company’s product line and research activities, and to expand its sales and marketing activities.

CleanSense (CSE'09) has received 2 MSEK from Vinnova in the program "Vinn Verifiering". CleanSense develops research instruments for the nanotechnology industry. Read more about the grant and CleanSense at http://www.cleansense.se.

Eleven educations in entrepreneurship at Swedish universities have competed for getting additional funding from the government to become absolute world class educations. Chalmers and the University of Gothenburg came out as number one.

Layerlab (CSE'02) and Minesto (CSE'06) have received SEK 470 000 and SEK 406 000 respectively from the VINNOVA program "Forska&Väx".

The CSE-project CleanSense won 3rd prize in the regional final of Venture Cup.

Per Hulthén, CSE alumnus of 2001, took first prize in the regional final of Venture Cup.

Babak Esfahani, CSE alumnus of 2007, took second place in the regional final of Venture Cup.

The CSE-project CleanSense, run by Jonas Odéhn and Kristoffer Gustafsson, has been nominated among the top 10 business plans in Venture Cup (West). The idea provider of the project is prof. Bengt Kasemo et al.

For the first time in the history of Venture Cup, one person has been award-nominated for two contemporary business plans contributions. The historical person is Babak Esfahani, CSE alumnus of '07.