{"id":5202,"date":"2026-09-22T19:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T17:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lead.se\/lead-companies-win-regional-skapa-awards\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T09:39:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T07:39:05","slug":"lead-companies-win-regional-skapa-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lead.se\/en\/lead-companies-win-regional-skapa-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"LEAD Companies Win Regional SKAPA Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>This year\u2019s SKAPA Award winners in \u00d6sterg\u00f6tland have now been announced. This year, the awards go to two LEAD companies: Sonicflora and Symbios AI. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The SKAPA Award is Sweden\u2019s largest innovation award and aims to support inventors in developing new ideas. The regional winners receive 10,000 kronor each and advance to the national finals, where the top prize is 500,000 kronor. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt\u2019s truly wonderful that two LEAD companies are receiving this award! Both are very promising companies, and we\u2019re proud to support them on their continued growth journey,\u201d says Catharina Sandberg, CEO of LEAD. <\/p>\n<section>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Sonicflora \u2013 Winner of the SKAPA Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lead.se\/en\/lead-company-sonicflora-listens-to-plants-raises-sek-2-7-million\/\">Sonicflora<\/a> detects stress in plants long before it becomes visible. By combining research, AI, and proprietary technology, the company is creating new opportunities for more precise, data-driven, and sustainable cultivation. <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The company was founded by Oscar Davidsson, Henrik Niss-Masharga, and Robin Jansson, who met during LEAD&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lead.se\/en\/bootup\/\">Bootup program<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt feels incredibly exciting and honoring! We\u2019ve worked very hard over the past few years on an idea that probably sounded pretty crazy to a lot of people at first. Receiving the SKAPA Award feels like a wonderful recognition of both the technology and the work the entire team has put in,\u201d says CEO Robin Jansson.  <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Symbios AI \u2013 Winner of SKAPA Talang<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lead.se\/en\/leads-symbios-ai-aims-to-stop-the-construction-industrys-billion-dollar-leakage\/\">Symbios AI<\/a> was founded in the fall of 2024 by Axel Holst, Axel Gustavsson, Felix Blom\u00e9, and Manfred Clase. The founding team combines practical experience in the construction and infrastructure sectors with cutting-edge expertise in AI and product development. <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt feels incredibly great to receive this award. Building a company from the ground up is far from easy and requires many hours, a lot of energy, and hard work. That\u2019s why it means so much to occasionally get some recognition and attention for the effort you put in,\u201d says Axel Holst.  <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The regional winners will advance to the national finals in Stockholm on November 12.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year\u2019s SKAPA Award winners in \u00d6sterg\u00f6tland have now been announced. This year, the awards go to two LEAD companies: Sonicflora and Symbios AI. The SKAPA Award is Sweden\u2019s largest innovation award and aims to support inventors in developing new ideas. 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