Irma Alert and The Digital Immune System: Winners of the Flemingsberg Science Award STARTUP 2024

Sweden’s children and youth are not doing well. Mental health issues, increasing neuropsychiatric disorders, and sociocultural confusion, partly caused by social media, are on the rise. As a result, the level of knowledge among young people is declining, with reading comprehension and mathematics being particularly problematic areas. Irma Alert, the winner of the Flemingsberg Science Award, wants to change this.

“I am developing a digital environment aimed at taking better care of Sweden’s youth and which can be seen as a contrast to the social environments that to some extent create pressure on young people today. There, they will be able to get help, primarily through nudging and self-help methods, to feel better and thus perform better. It is a way to future-proof Sweden.” – Irma Alert, founder of The Digital Immune System.

“It’s a fact that psychological problems in children have doubled since 1980. Today’s society is hopelessly behind on monitoring and understanding the youth, years behind, and this needs to be changed. A backpack full of basic existing therapeutical methods combined with innovative features can be the gamechanger that the society needs. An experienced founder and an advisory board with broad competence can make this challenging idea fly!” – Johnny Högberg, CEO Flemingsberg Science Foundation.

See the full interview with Irma Alert.

Building a heart: Realheart aims to create new opportunities for patients with heart failure

A mechanical heart, as close to a human heart as it gets. Realheart is the company developing a total artificial heart for patients with advanced heart failure, a condition where treatment options are often limited. When we sit down with CEO Ina Laura Perkins, she tells the story of an innovation that has taken its time, about the strong drive to reach all the way to patients, and about steps that are bringing the company closer to clinical reality.

Summer Breakfast Focused on Collaboration and a Shared Vision for Flemingsberg’s Future

Recently, stakeholders from business, academia, and the public sector gathered for the Summer Breakfast event, “What’s Happening in Flemingsberg?”, to take the pulse of developments in the area.

New Initiative Strengthens Stockholm’s Game Industry – SEK 11.5 Million Invested in the Press Start GameTech Initiative

A total of SEK 11.5 million is now being invested in the development of Press Start GameTech Hub – an initiative aimed at strengthening the GameTech sector in the Stockholm region. The project is led by the Flemingsberg Science Foundation and Södertörn University and will run from September 2026 to 2029.

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