- CEO
- Viktor Drvota
- Full Time Employees
- 8
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Industry
- Biotechnology
- Address
- Tomtebodavägen 23 A Solna Sweden 17165
- IPO Date
- Apr 5, 2019
- Business
- Karolinska Development AB (publ) (Nasdaq Stockholm: KDEV) is a Sweden-based investment company focused on identifying and investing in breakthrough medical innovations from the Nordic region, particularly those originating from the Karolinska Institutet and other leading universities and research institutes in Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Finland, and Denmark; the company invests in the creation and growth of biotechnology and life sciences ventures targeting life-threatening or debilitating diseases through seed, early-stage, and growth capital in areas including pharmaceutical research and development, medical research, healthcare technology, gene research and development, drug delivery technologies, biotechnology, and life science tools and services; it maintains a portfolio of eleven companies developing innovative treatments into commercial products designed to improve patient outcomes while delivering attractive returns to shareholders. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Solna, Stockholm County, Sweden, Karolinska Development is led by an entrepreneurial team of investment professionals with a proven track record in company building and a strong global network, supporting portfolio companies with management teams, advisers, and co-investors. Recent developments include exercising a pro rata participation of SEK 7.5 million in a SEK 15 million convertible loan financing round for portfolio company BOOST Pharma in October 2025 to advance BT-101, a stem cell-based therapy for osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease), toward Phase 3 clinical development, where Karolinska Development holds a 14% ownership stake; in November 2025, BOOST Pharma raised an additional SEK 34 million tranched convertible loan from Sound Bioventures to further support BT-101's clinical progress; and the company announced a proposed rights issue of up to approximately SEK 203 million in late November 2025, subject to approval, to strengthen its financial position and investment capacity.