Highlights
- Awardwinning companies in Venture Cup, Lamera (1st place), Northern Lighting Systems (StormLED) (2nd)
- New venture capital to Lamera, Midorion, Vasasensor, Oxeon, Oiido, Tendera and Parans
- Hans E Olssons donates 20 MSEK to the creation of the Hans E Olssons Foundation providing annual grants to CSE
- Establishment of CSE Lidköping Branch at Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Lidköping - CIEL
- CSE extends recruitment scope and establishes project collaborations with researchers at Karolinska Institutet and at Uppsala University
- Vasasensor is announced "Springboard Company of the Year" by Connect Väst. Vasasensor is also voted "The most interesting start-up company for venture capital" by the audience at the event
- Start of Göteborg International Bioscience Business School
- Vehco receives a 75 000 SEK award from His Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf's 50th Anniversary Foundation
- Northern Lighting Systems (StormLED) was awarded the first price in the Swedish Environmental Innovation of the Year 2004 contest for contribution to sustainable uses of natural resources