Four Skåne winners, SKAPA Innovation Prize
Four Skåne winners.
Next stop: the national competition.
Four entrepreneurs from Skåne were named regional winners of the SKAPA Prize, according to an Oresund Startups article of 19 October 2026. The winners were announced in October at Ideon Science Park in Lund. They represent Skåne at the national competition in Stockholm on 12 November, where they have the chance to win EUR 45,000 (SEK 500,000). The article text names no organiser or funder and gives no regional prize amounts.
- Ironic Biotech: Nélida Leiva Eriksson won the county prize for BioHeme, a plant-based heme protein made through precision fermentation, which the article says is meant to improve iron absorption.
- Saveggy: Vahid Sohrabpour won for a plant-based edible coating that extends the shelf life of fruit and vegetables and replaces plastic packaging.
- Salt & Fiber: Annika John is recognised for biodegradable textile fibres made from seaweed, including seaweed waste from beaches. The article lists her under the heading SKAPA Talent for Young Innovators.
- NodeXCloud: Rohon Kundu is recognised for decentralised cloud storage that encrypts and distributes data. The article lists him under the same SKAPA Talent heading.
Three of the four products are plant- or seaweed-based: a heme protein, a produce coating and a textile fibre. NodeXCloud is the only software company in the set.