BIOFOCUS
FOUNDATION

 
 

Objectives of a bioresource corporation, now Ekvitec AB.

  • To serve the altruistic aims of the BIOFOCUS Foundation by the creation of value through the development of new, judiciously selected, private enterprises in developing countries.
  • To optimize the sustainable utilization of untapped agricultural, mineral, and human resources by providing incentives for indigenous creativity in developing countries.
  • To practice an "everybody-win" strategy in the process of linking the entrepreneurial tradition and biotechnologies that are available in industrialized countries with the resources and potential business opportunities that currently exist in developing countries.
  • To provide venture capital and to participate in holding companies and technology transfer bodies set up to use biotechnology as a tool for sustaining the integrity of the global environment.
  • To make full use of the expertise and worldwide contacts of the BIOFOCUS Foundation in the search both for investment opportunities and for synergistic liaison with various international and local organizations active in the development field.