Cellevate

Cellevate is an innovative biotech company based in Lund, the innovation capital of southern Sweden, that develops the next generation of cell culture systems. We create highly porous and consistent networks of nanofibers through a patented manufacturing process. The idea that later on resulted in Cellevate hatched in 2011 at Lund University when four students at the faculty of engineering teamed up with Proffessor Lars Montelius and Dr. Fredrik Johansson to investigate the effects of nanotopographies on cell cultures. Our focus initially went to nanofiber scaffolds where the fibers aim to provide an environment which accurately resembles the complex surroundings cells experience in their native tissues, the extracellular matrix (ECM). Cells in these networks are allowed to proliferate and interact with other cells in three dimensions (3D), in contrast to the monolayer cultures seen on conventional two dimensional (2D) surfaces. We started working with electrospinning in Dr. Johanssons lab to produce our own fiber networks and over the following months we got some very interesting results from our cell cultures. However, we quickly realised the limitations of electrospinning as a production method for the scaffolds, and over the following three years we worked hard to refine the technique. So, in 2014, we felt it was the right moment to commercialise our ideas, and thus Cellevate was born. So here we are, our goal is to provide life science researchers with more realistic in-vitro models, for more relevant data and successful research.