How it started
History
The company was founded in 2007 by Jakob Sandström (CTO) and Harald Klomp (CEO). In 2008, the private investment company Professionell Ägarstyrning i Sverige AB and Uppsala University holding company Uppsala Universitets Utvecklings AB invested in the company. Initially Imint focused on providing video analysis and optimizations to unmanned aerial systems.
On 6 April 2009, Imint was selected by Stockholm Innovation & Growth (STING) as one of the 26 hottest young technology companies in Sweden.
In 2010, the Swedish government venture capital firm Almi Invest joined as minority owners.
In 2012, Imint changed management, appointing Andreas Lifvendahl as CEO and Simon Mika as CTO. Under the new management Imint broadened to also include civil uses of unmanned aerial systems and even venturing into totally new markets.
In 2014, Vidhance Mobile was launched, initially featuring smartphone video stabilization. On 8 October 2014, Imint was awarded the Young Bulls Award Archived 2015-09-25 at the Wayback Machine in a ceremony in Barcelona, Spain. They also won the Young Bulls Award the 2015.
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