Vinnova
Government AdministrationStockholm, Sweden201-500 Employees
Vinnova is Sweden’s government innovation agency, operating under the Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications. Its mission is to promote sustainable growth by improving the conditions for innovation and supporting needs-driven research. The organization aims to position Sweden as a world-leading hub for research and innovation by fostering collaboration among companies, universities, research institutes, and the public sector and by strengthening international cooperation. Based in Stockholm, with an office in Brussels, it has operated since January 2001 and serves as Sweden’s national contact for the EU Framework Programme for R&D. It describes itself as the government’s expert agency on innovation policy and maintains a staff of about two hundred under the leadership of Director General Charlotte Brogren. A notable development in 2026 was a collaboration with Gotmic AB, illustrating its role in enabling industry-academia collaboration.