Symbion Science Park
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| Location | Østerbro, Islands Brygge, Frederiksberg and Nørrebro in Copenhagen |
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| Address | Fruebjergvej 3, 2100 København Ø |
| Opening date | 1986 |
| Manager | Jørgen Bardenfleth (Chairman) |
| Owner | Symbion A/S |
| No. of tenants | 450 |
| Parking | yes |
| Website | symbion |
Symbion is a startup ecosystem and community in Copenhagen, Denmark. The community has four locations, Symbion at Østerbro, Univate at (University of Copenhagen) Islands Brygge, Creaters Floor at (Copenhagen Business School) Frederiksberg and COBIS at Nørrebro.
Symbion is organized as a private limited company owned by the Symbion foundation, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Business School and a number of private investors.
It houses around 450 independent and innovative startups and businesses, with 260 located at Symbion, 120 located at Univate, 20 located at Creators Floor and 50 located at COBIS. Symbion at Østerbro comprise 20,000 m². Moreover, Univate comprise 5,500 m², Creators Floor 600 m² and COBIS 12,000 m². The startup community offers a growth programme, Accelerace, and the companies of the community mainly work within the fields of IoT, AI, hardware, big data, blockchain, SaaS, edtech, agrifood, biotech, healthtech and gaming.
The name of "Symbion" is derived from the word "Symbiosis" which is the core thought behind the science park; mixing business and science in a symbiotic way.[1]
Symbion facilitates
- Coworking
- Joint offices
- Smaller private offices
- Meeting rooms
- Professional sparring
- Professional workshops and meetups
- Advisory boards
- Network groups etc.
History
Founded in 1986 by six scientists as a science and research park. Symbion was approved "an innovation environment" by the
Sources
References
- ^ a b "The story behind Symbion". Symbion A/S. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ COBIS
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