Move into INCUBA Next and become part of a leading IT campus in Northern Europe – and a hub for business, academia and investors

With its business-promoting environment and community, INCUBA Katrinebjerg plays a central role in what can be described as a leading IT campus in Northern Europe.

As a science park, INCUBA has for more than 30 years been a hub for startups, scaleups, researchers and students across the verticals IT, cleantech and life science.

With INCUBA’s strong IT and tech community, close proximity and ties to Aarhus University, INCUBA bridges the gap between research, students and business and creates optimal growth and business conditions for the innovative companies of the future.

INCUBA Next: The future tech ecosystem in Aarhus 

22,000 square metres, 18 floors and one clear vision: To create an optimal framework for growth and innovation in tech in Aarhus. On Thursday 21 November 2024, we marked the opening of INCUBA Next with a celebration to remember! 

With Turboweekend on stage, 500 happy guests and a fantastic atmosphere, we set a milestone for the collaboration between knowledge and business - and for the development of Aarhus as a leading tech hub.

Watch the highlights from an unforgettable day in the video. 

INCUBA Next has opened

INCUBA Next, as the expansion of INCUBA's existing science park in Katrinebjerg is called, will increase INCUBA's total number of square metres from 13,500 to 35,500 and add an additional 1,200 office spaces to INCUBA. INCUBA Next is built according to the recognised DGNB Gold standard and, in addition, the choice of materials prioritises quality solutions beyond the usual for similar buildings.

The new INCUBA Next extension has been built with a sharp focus on quality and adds 1,200 new workplaces to INCUBA, targeting growth-oriented technology companies, which will also have access to a number of attractive shared facilities in the form of a roof terrace, lounge areas, bistro, deli and conference rooms.


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Newly constructed office space in INCUBA Next

With the new INCUBA Next extension at Katrinebjerg in Aarhus, we’re able to offer growth-oriented technology companies a state-of-the-art and efficient environment for growth.

Here you will have access to:

• Customised and scalable leases
• Skilled labour and new talent in the local area
• High-quality facilities
• One of Aarhus’ highest points, overlooking the entire bay
• Open roof terraces with access to green spaces
• Attractive workspaces, lounge areas and meeting and event facilities
• Excellent restaurant and café

And much more. Read more in the magazine, which you can download here:

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Kvantify chooses INCUBA Next

Meet quanttech company Kvantify and one of its three founders Nikolaj Zinner, who talks about the company's development and their vision to become part of the future software ecosystem in INCUBA Next.

22 000

m² in total

18

floors

1 200

workspaces

Customised innovation environment for ambitious scaleups and top tech performers

The INCUBA Next extension is tailored to tech growth companies with +40 employees, and will provide a state-of-the-art and efficient settings for further growth – close to students, researchers and startups.

The building will be constructed according to the latest standards in sustainability, flexibility and intelligent solutions with focus on high user comfort.

In INCUBA Next, INCUBA provides full service for businesses:

  • Access to mentor teams, investor networks as well as daily and social events.
  • Modern meeting facilities and the option to rent rooms for courses, workshops and meetings.
  • Access to reception including customer reception, mail and parcel reception, restaurant including meeting catering, kitchenettes, printing facilities, IT and technical backup.
  • Fitness, massage, hairdressing, car wash, etc.
  • Also houses recruitment companies, auditors, lawyers, consultancies, investors and communication experts.

What INCUBA Next offers your company

Top-class facilities

  • INCUBA Next is a flexible and customisable building, where each floor can be configured to meet the individual needs of companies
  • Some of Aarhus’ best-located meeting and event facilities
  • Delicious restaurant with +300 seats

A full view of Aarhus

  • One of Aarhus’ highest points, overlooking the entire bay
  • Open roof terraces with access to green areas

Supporting networking and knowledge-sharing

  • Attractive workspaces, lounge areas and meeting and event facilities that stimulate and support networking and knowledge-sharing between companies and university environments
  • A growth driver for tomorrow’s companies

Accelerator with favourable rent for startups

  • Consulting and mentor matching for startups

Effectivity and convenience

  • Access to flexible, function-based workspaces and stimulating work environments customised for different tasks
  • Meeting rooms with modern video equipment
  • Add-on services contribute to an efficient workday: Massage, car wash, dry cleaning, fitness, breakfast
  • Payless restaurant - convenient and hygienic
  • A bike ramp with parking and shower facilities makes cycling to work easy and convenient 
  • Lifts start on floor 0 for efficient flow

Part of the software ecosystem of the future

The INCUBA ecosystem is really important to us, and we have really enjoyed the close contact with other companies - both those who are in the same place as us and those who are a little further along in the process of growing as a company, and we can learn from them all. That's why I, my co-founders and our employees are looking forward to moving into INCUBA Next's beautiful premises, where we will continue to be part of the software ecosystem working on future technologies.

Nikolaj Zinner, co-founder & CQO of Kvantify

Welcome to Partisia as the first company in INCUBA Next

In the summer of 2022, about two years before the extension is scheduled to be completed, the first company already signed up for a domicile in INCUBA Next. And what a first company!

We’re very much looking forwards to welcoming Partisia. Or to be more precise: we’re looking forwards to welcoming the company back, as Partisia is already and has been located in INCUBA Katrinebjerg since 2018.

Smart building management

INCUBA Next is a smart building with data-based services, so we can always make the right choices for our companies and provide them with the best service for running their business.

INCUBA Next also incorporates smart-building technologies to minimise the carbon footprint and maximise user comfort.

Sustainability and smart solutions

Gold DGNB certification:

Designed as a sustainable building according to the internationally recognised standard DGNB-Gold

Biodiversity and green facades:

Large green facades, roofs and roof terraces contribute to biodiversity, comfort and natural rainwater absorption.

BMS Building management system:

By collecting building data, an intelligent building management system (BMS) ensures that the building automatically adapts to its users – not the other way around.

This provides

Support for flexible consumption

Significant energy savings

World-class indoor climate

Hybrid diffuse ceiling ventilation with recirculating cooling units and convectors as a heat source ensures a great indoor climate with minimal energy consumption.

Strong tech environment

We’re very proud to have assembled one of the strongest quantum computing teams in Europe, and with both new capital and a new domicile in INCUBA, we can continue our positive development. In INCUBA, we will continue to be part of a strong tech environment at Katrinebjerg while being close to the brightest minds at the Department of Computer Science at Aarhus University. We’re excited about what the future holds for us and the quantum ecosystem in Denmark.

Hans Henrik Knudsen, Co-founder & CEO of Kvantify

INCUBA Next is here

INCUBA Next is designed to inspire and support innovation and ensure an efficient everyday life with a high degree of convenience for companies and employees. 

In addition, INCUBA Next will include a restaurant and café as well as large common areas and meeting and event facilities to support a vibrant community across companies and the university environment.

Please contact us if you have any questions about INCUBA Next.

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