Instituto Pedro Nunes
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Instituto Pedro Nunes (IPN) is a non-profit private organization for innovation and technology transfer based in Coimbra, Portugal. It is named after the Portuguese 16th century mathematician and professor Pedro Nunes, who lived in the city of Coimbra and worked for the local university. IPN is an important link between the University of Coimbra and the business sector, developing activities through partnerships with the business sector; specialized training; and suport and incubation to tech-based firms. IPN has its own technological infrastructures – six laboratories – besides accessing a network of researchers in the scientific and technological system, particularly from the University of Coimbra, mainly through the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra. IPN Laboratories are: LABPHARM – Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Studies; LABGEO – Laboratory of Geotechnique; LAS - Laboratory of Automation and Systems; LEC - Laboratory of Electroanalysis and Corrosion; LED&MAT - Laboratory of Wear, Testing and Materials; LIS - Laboratory of Informatics and Systems. IPN also possesses a techbusiness incubator that promotes spin-off companies. Some examples of successful technological companies born in the IPN include software company Critical Software and biotechnology company Crioestaminal.
