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Reasons to Start Your Startup
in Austria
Birgit Reiter – Braunwieser
May 28, 2020
What about the startup and tech scenein Austria?
Do you know…
… that Europe‘s leading retail exchange
for cryptocurrencies comes from Austria?
…that Vienna is known as ChatBot Hotspot?
…that Austria has set up a research center on
Blockchain?
2008/09: University project
Most successful fitness app worldwide
Runtastic
105 m. registered users
Strategic partnership with addidas: 220 m.€
50% of internet videos are based on Bitmovin technology
Bitmovin
April 2018: secured 30 m. € in Series B funding
2013: relocation to Berlin
N262019:
Back in Vienna with technology and innovation centre
Mobile payment solution
part of the European alliance and
one of the contenders of Apple Pay
12 Mio. € funding round in 2019
Bluecode
Examples of international startups andscaleups in Austria
Vibrant and dynamically developing
Austrian startup ecosystem
Market& Clients
Access to DACH market, 100 mill. People with high purchasing power; central location- hub between East and West
Talent
Truly international talent hub
Financing
Growing VC and business angel scene
Funding
Austria – one of the strongest countries in Europe for public pre-seed funding
Support
We are rolling out the red carpet!
Reasons why to start Your Startup
in Austria
Your Ideal Access to
German Speaking Markets
100 m.
German
speaking
consumers
Financing: Venture Capital
At the regional level
additional funding and support
Comprehensive funding system
Austria Wirtschafts-service
funding bank for corporate business development
www.aws.at
Austrian Research Promotion Agency
promotes R&D by companies along the entire innovation chain
www.ffg.at
Austrian Science Fund
promotion of basic research
Red-White-Red Card
for startup founders
Residence and Work Permit for Startup Founders
If you establish a company in order to develop innovative products, services, processing methods or technologies.
Condition: personally exert controlling influence on the management of the newly set-up company.
Prove capital for the company to be founded amounting to € 50.000.
Needed:Business plan
Relevant programs to „taste“ the Startup Location Austria (1)
• Vienna Startup Package, https://viennabusinessagency.at/start-up-city-
vienna/vienna-start-up-package/
• GIN Go Austria Program for Asian and Israeli startups, https://www.gin-austria.com/
• WeXelerate, Vienna, https://www.wexelerate.com/
• ESA Incubator, Graz & Wiener Neustadt, http://www.esa-bic.at/
• Pier4, Linz, http://www.pier4.tech/en/
• NextFloor Accelerator for Tourism, Salzburg, http://tacc.next-floor.at/
• Grow F for female founders, https://www.femalefounders.global/accelerator
• 360 lab, Graz, https://www.360-lab.com/accelerator/
Relevant programs to „taste“ the Startup Location Austria (2)
• A1 Startup Campus, https://www.a1startup.net/en/
• AgroInnovationLab, https://www.agroinnovationlab.com/
• Raiffeisen Elevator Lab, http://www.elevator-lab.com/
• Elevate (The Ventury), https://theventury.com/elevate/program-details/
• Factory1 (Kapsch), https://factory1.net/
• AplusB (Academia Plus Business) in all regions, e.g.:
• Build, Carinthia
https://www.build.or.at/en/start-ups/
• INITS Startup Camp Vienna
http://www.inits.at/en/startup-camp/
• Science Park, Graz
https://sciencepark.at/
Anna Iarotska, founder & CEO