What Steptura™ does

Vectura Fastigheter (doing business as Steptura) is a Swedish real estate company founded in 2012 that develops, owns, and manages properties in Sweden's leading innovation clusters. The company concentrates on four clusters: GoCo Health Innovation City and Nāst Innovation Destination in Gothenburg, Hagastaden (Forskaren) in Stockholm, The Loop in Lund's Science Village, and Uppsala. The portfolio spans more than 165,000 m² of lettable area across 12+ completed properties, including offices, laboratories, clinics, healthcare facilities, coworking (Office Hub), and one corporate headquarters (Permobil HQ), with a development pipeline extending through 2031 that includes Mellom (~50,000 m² with Snøhetta), Campus F, Loop Garden, Loop Bridge, NanoLab, Pavia, and Upside Stories.

Vectura serves enterprise tenants across three primary verticals — Life Science, Technology, and Industry — plus research and academic institutions, with go-to-market executed through dedicated Business Development Directors and Asset Managers, structured ecosystem programs (Breakfast Clubs, Mystery Coffees, Lunch Talks, After Works), and direct municipality and academic partnerships. Revenue is generated primarily through annual subscription-style commercial leases of purpose-built space, with supplementary one-time development fees on bespoke build-to-suit projects. The company is privately held and wholly owned via Patricia Industries, part of Investor AB, providing long-duration patient capital and a strategic mandate to contribute to Swedish innovation competitiveness rather than maximize near-term yield.

The operating model is highly capital-intensive but organizationally lean, with approximately 25 employees managing the entire portfolio and development pipeline. Core differentiators include scarcity of purpose-built lab/clinic space in prime clusters, an ecosystem-as-a-service layer that compounds collaboration benefits across tenants, and architectural prestige through collaborations with Snøhetta, White Arkitekter, 3XN, Schmidt Hammer Lassen, Henning Larsen, Kanozi, SHoP, and Wingårdh. The technology layer is traditional real estate — property management, leasing systems, and ESG reporting — with no disclosed AI/ML or proprietary software platform.

Name

Steptura™

Legal name

Vectura Fastigheter

Website

https://steptura.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Vectura Fastigheter (DBA Steptura) is a Swedish real estate company that develops, owns, and manages purpose-built offices, labs, clinics, and coworking space in Sweden's four leading innovation clusters — Hagastaden, GoCo/Nāst, The Loop, and Uppsala — serving enterprise tenants in Life Science, Tech, and Industry.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Stockholm

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Commercial Property Rental: Vectura generates primary revenue through rental of office, laboratory, clinic, and specialized properties to tenants in their innovation clusters. Properties include spaces for life science, tech, and knowledge-intensive industries across Sweden.
2. Coworking (Office Hub): Vectura operates Office Hub coworking spaces within their innovation destinations, providing flexible workspace solutions for small businesses and larger companies seeking collaborative environments.
3. Property Development Services: Vectura develops custom-built spaces for tenants including purpose-built offices, laboratories, clinics, and mixed-use developments, often in collaboration with leading architects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Steptura (legal entity Vectura Fastigheter, previously operating as Vectura) develops, owns, and manages commercial properties concentrated in innovation clusters across Sweden. Its portfolio comprises purpose-built offices, laboratories, clinics, and care facilities in locations such as Hagastaden (Stockholm), GoCo and Nāst (Gothenburg), Science Village (Lund), and Uppsala, leased primarily to life science, technology, and industrial tenants. Beyond physical space, the company operates the Office Hub coworking concept and Ecosystem Services that run community programs (Breakfast Clubs, Mystery Coffees, Lunch Talks, After Works) to facilitate cross-sector collaboration between business, research, and academia.

Product overview

Vectura is a Swedish real estate company that develops, owns, and manages properties in innovation clusters across Sweden. The company operates a portfolio of completed properties including office buildings, laboratory facilities, clinics, and care facilities in strategic innovation locations such as Gothenburg (GoCo Health Innovation City, Nāst), Stockholm (Forskaren in Hagastaden), Lund (The Loop), Uppsala, and Sundsvall. The portfolio also includes ongoing development projects like Pavia, Mellom, Campus F, Loop Garden, Loop Bridge, and NanoLab. Vectura's offering extends beyond physical spaces to include Office Hub coworking spaces and Ecosystem Services that facilitate cross-sector collaboration, community building, and partnerships across Life Science, Industry, and Tech sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• GoCo Health Innovation City Innovation cluster in Gothenburg at the intersection of health, tech and science, offering purpose-built office, laboratory, clinical, and elderly-care space leased to life science and health-innovation tenants.
• Forskaren (Hagastaden) 25,000 m² innovation cluster property in Stockholm's Hagastaden district, completed in 2024, designed to nurture creativity, innovation, and progress by housing business and research tenants in a single collaborative environment.
• The Loop (Lund) 12,000 m² innovation cluster in Lund within Science Village, completed in 2025, positioned where science meets business through collaboration and culture.
• Nāst Innovation Destination Innovation cluster in Gothenburg where the future of industry takes shape through collaboration, technology, and new ideas; anchored by the 26,200 m² Nāst Tree House property completed in 2026.
• Office Hub Coworking offer integrated into Steptura's innovation environments, providing flexible workspace solutions for small businesses and larger companies seeking collaborative environments inside the innovation clusters.
• Ecosystem Services Neutral facilitation services enabling encounters that foster innovation, partnerships and growth through community building, structured activities (Breakfast Clubs, Mystery Coffees, Lunch Talks, After Works), and long-term partnerships across Life Science, Industry and Tech pillars for tenants of the innovation clusters.

Quantifiable outcome

• Properties span over 165,000 m² of lettable area across 12+ properties
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, major and core.

• SnøhettaflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorld-leading architecture firm collaborating on major projects including Mellom (45,000 m² innovation space in Hagastaden) and other significant developments. Vectura works closely with Snøhetta from concept development to realized built environments.
• White ArkitektermajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeading Scandinavian architecture firm partnered on various Vectura development projects, contributing to sustainable and innovative design in property development across innovation clusters.
• 3XNmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternationally recognized architecture firm collaborating on Vectura projects, bringing expertise in innovative design for knowledge-intensive work environments.
• Schmidt Hammer LassenmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDanish architecture firm partnered on Vectura developments, contributing to projects where architectural ambition and design quality meet functional requirements.
• Henning LarsenmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeading Nordic architecture firm collaborating on Vectura projects, bringing expertise in urban development and sustainable design.
• Kanozi ArkitektercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwedish architecture firm partnered on Vectura developments, contributing local expertise and innovative design solutions for Swedish innovation clusters.
• SHoP ArchitectsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNew York-based architecture firm collaborating on Vectura projects, bringing international expertise and technical expertise to complex developments.
• Wingårdh ArkitektkontorcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeading Swedish architecture firm with strong presence in Gothenburg innovation clusters, contributing to property designs in Vectura's GoCo and Nāst destinations.
• Business, Research, and Academia StakeholderscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVectura builds structured partnerships bringing together leading actors from business, research, academia, and public sector to strengthen conditions for innovation, growth, and real-world impact. Partners actively shape strategic priorities, focus areas, and collaborative programs within innovation ecosystems.
• Municipalities and Public SectorcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVectura collaborates with municipalities where innovation clusters are located, working together to develop urban environments that support innovation, research, and knowledge-intensive industries. Public sector partnerships support long-term value creation for cities and society.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Kungsleden: Swedish commercial real estate company with a portfolio spanning offices, logistics, and retail across Sweden's major cities. Broader incumbent that competes for general commercial tenants in the same metro areas where Vectura operates its innovation clusters.
• Balder: One of Sweden's largest real estate companies with a diversified portfolio across residential, office, and commercial properties. A broad incumbent competitor for capital, tenants, and prime Swedish real estate sites, though less specialized than Vectura in innovation clusters.
• Castellum: One of Sweden's largest listed commercial real estate companies with a broad portfolio spanning offices, logistics, and innovation hubs across the Nordics. Larger and more diversified than Vectura, but competes for the same life science, tech, and industrial tenants.

Direct peers

• Atrium Ljungberg: Swedish commercial real estate company focused on urban development and innovation-friendly clusters in Stockholm, Gothenburg, and other Nordic cities. Most direct comparable to Vectura/Steptura given similar focus on purpose-built spaces for knowledge-intensive tenants and curated community ecosystems.
• Fabege: Stockholm-focused office real estate company with significant presence in the same Hagastaden innovation corridor where Vectura operates Forskaren. Comparable in serving knowledge-intensive tenants in prime Swedish innovation submarkets.
• Convendum: Swedish premium coworking and flexible office operator focused on Nordic Tier 1 cities. Most direct local comparable to Vectura's Office Hub coworking offering in the Swedish market.
• Alexandria Real Estate Equities: US-based real estate investment trust specializing in life science and innovation-cluster campuses for biotech, pharma, and tech tenants. The global benchmark for purpose-built lab and innovation real estate — directly comparable business model to Vectura's lab/clinic-focused innovation clusters.
• IWG (Regus): Global operator of flexible workspace and coworking brands including Regus and Spaces. Comparable through the Office Hub coworking sub-brand that Vectura operates inside its innovation clusters, though IWG is a pure-play coworking operator rather than a real estate owner.
• Wihlborgs: Swedish commercial real estate company headquartered in Malmö with strong focus on knowledge-intensive tenants in the Öresund region, including life science and tech clusters. Closely comparable operating model and tenant mix to Vectura's Swedish innovation cluster strategy.

Others

• Hemsö: Swedish social infrastructure real estate company and former Patricia Industries portfolio sibling under Investor AB. Operates in adjacent property segments (healthcare, education, care facilities) and shares common ownership heritage, though its niche differs from Vectura's innovation clusters.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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