# Symbio Group

> Symbio Group is a VC fund in Oulu backing Health Care and Social Media. See 1 investment, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Nov 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oulu, Finland
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Apr 2013
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Nov 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/symbio
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/symbionext
- Website: http://www.symbio.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/symbionext

Symbio Group is a VC fund in Oulu focused on Health Care and Social Media. Symbio is the global leader in innovation, co-creation and seamless augmentation. They provide insight and strategy, design and research, productization, software development, quality assurance, globalization, R&D operations, systems management and support operations for over 400 customers worldwide.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 1 | 100% |
| Social Media | 1 | 100% |
| Funding Platform | 1 | 100% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Cowley | COO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-cowley |
| Jarkko Kemppainen | CTO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jarkko-kemppainen |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Needbox AS | Needbox is a marketplace transforming your stuff to water, medicine, a new organ or even saving acres of the rainforest. | $100K | Seed | Apr 12, 2013 | http://www.needbox.com |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mikrojobb LTD](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mikrojobb-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Symbio Group invest in?

Symbio Group invests primarily in Health Care, Social Media and Funding Platform startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Norway. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Symbio Group?

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### Who are the partners at Symbio Group?

The team at Symbio Group includes Brian Cowley (COO) and Jarkko Kemppainen (CTO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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