AustrianStartups

#PartnerNews 🚀 Calling all students & early-stage startups! 🌍💡 Are you ready to take on a real-life challenge and develop innovative solutions for the circular economy sector? Then join us at the „3DAYS Circular Economy 2025 – damit’s RUND läuft“ from 31 March - 2 April 2025 at the Unicorn Start-up & Innovation Hub in Graz! Work together with other students or start-ups, develop new digital solutions and be guided by mentors and experts to create sustainable innovations for the economy. 🌱 Why take part? ✅ Gain practical experience with real business challenges ✅ Collaborate with experts & industry leaders ✅ Expand your network & advance your career or startup ✅ Win exciting prizes If you are a student or an early-stage startup, be part of 3DAYS 2025! 👉 https://3days.at/

🏔️ Speaker Announcement SUMMIT 2025 🎤 We're excited to have the one and only Johann 'Hansi' Hansmann take the stage at the Summit! 🙌 Join the yearly reunion of the Austrian startup community as we bring together startups, scaleups, business angels, VCs and ecosystem players. A place for Serious Fools... ...who believe they can play a role in a brighter future ...who love to work on real problems ...who believe in the power of big dreams No BS, no naysaying, just real talk. Learn from the best, build meaningful connections and celebrate pure entrepreneurial spirit with us! What to expect: - Keynotes - Masterclasses - Fireside Chats - Startup Fair - Investors Lounge - Pitches - Networking - Afterparty 📅 1st April 2025 | No Joke. | 12 PM - 3 AM 📍 Ottakringer Brauerei 👉 Get Your Ticket: https://lnkd.in/dbqijz7u Supporters get their ticket for free! 💪 Become a supporter now to claim your free ticket: https://lnkd.in/dwMmHDnR

#PartnerNews Are you a founder with fundraising experience? Share it with us! Female Founders, together with the Wirtschaftsagentur Wien, is researching the status quo in Europe’s Funding Landscape. Your contribution brings transparency across the ecosystem - so we can ultimately improve the fundraising process for us all. 🤝 Fill it out here! https://lnkd.in/dXQhfeMC 

The Time Is Now. Economic growth is key for a healthy development of society. Sustainable economic growth needs entrepreneurial minds. Empowering the next generation with the entrepreneurial spirit, knowledge, tools and skills is crucial for sustained economic growth. How? 👉 We outlined it all in the Austrian Startup Agenda: https://lnkd.in/dUUttGQd One of our 42 recommendations to implement in Austria: Modernization of school curricula. #AustrianStartupAgenda #TheTimeIsNow

It's gonna be a pitchfest 🙌 🎉 Join us for this special Stammtisch next Tuesday: Pitch Mastery: Refine your pitch and get valuable feedback from your peers and experts! What to expect: 🔹 Open Mic Pitching – No requirements, no barriers — just bring your best pitch (under 3 minutes) and take the stage! 🔹 Expert Feedback – Our experienced pitch coaches, Hannah Wundsam (Co-Managing Director of AustrianStartups) and Daniel Cronin "The Pitch Professor," will provide insightful, constructive feedback to help you refine your pitch. 🔹 Community Input – Beyond expert feedback, the entire audience plays a role in shaping your pitch with real-time reactions and advice. 💡 Whether you're fine-tuning your investor pitch, testing a new idea, or just gaining confidence, this event is your chance to practice in a supportive environment and take your pitch to the next level. 📩 No registration required to pitch — just show up and step up! 🚀 Join us for an interactive, high-energy evening of learning, pitching, and networking — we can’t wait to see you there! 👉 Register here: https://lnkd.in/duk9SWb8

Congrats money:care for achieving this great milestone! 👏 🚀 We're proud to see our amazing alumni of the Entreprneurial Leadership Program, like the incredible Katharina Herzog, making an impact out there 🤩

🚀 The Startup World Cup Austria 2025 is back, and we’re proud to have Austria Wirtschaftsservice as a matchmaking partner! 🌍 Applications are now open—this is your chance to showcase your startup, connect with investors, and compete on a global stage! 💡 We asked Jakob Seybold why they are supporting SWC 2025: 💬 “We are proud to be matchmaking partner of the Startup World Cup—a competition that promotes innovation and brings great ideas to a global stage. Through matchmaking powered by aws Connect, we empower participants to connect with the right partners and boost their success.” How does awsConnect support startups at SWC? 🔗 “awsConnect empowers matchmaking at the Startup World Cup. We support the event with our matching services, the aws i2 Business Angels Network and the aws Industry-Startup.Net to connect Startups with investors and corporates.” What makes a perfect pitch? - catch the audience with the problem -  prove that you can solve it - ask for what you need Thank you, Austria Wirtschaftsservice, for helping Austrian startups make meaningful connections and scale globally! 🌍✨ 🔗 Apply now: https://lnkd.in/d_GUasSd 🌍 More details: https://lnkd.in/dFPJNVwe #SWC2025 #awsConnect #Matchmaking #Startups #Innovation #GlobalStage 🚀 💐 Thanks to our partners: invest.austria, EY, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, AUSSENWIRTSCHAFT AUSTRIA, Wirtschaftsagentur Wien, FFG Austrian Research Promotion Agency, Raiffeisen Bank International AG, A1 Telekom Austria AG, BDO Austria, 42law, Infineon Technologies, MINTED - Förderungen, Finanzierung für Startups und innovative Unternehmen, tech2b Inkubator GmbH, MCI Management Center Innsbruck - The Entrepreneurial School®, Unicorn Start-up & Innovation Hub

Vom US-Journalisten zum Treiber der europäischen Tech-Zukunft: In der aktuellen Future Weekly Episode erzählt European Startup Network CEO Clark Parsons warum er vor 30 Jahren aus den USA nach Berlin zog und seither unermüdlich an Europas digitaler Renaissance arbeitet. Wir sprechen über seine eigenen Startup-Abenteuer zu Zeiten der Dotcom-Blase und den langen Weg zum echten Single Market. Und er erklärt, warum er fest daran glaubt, dass Europa in Zukunft zum Magneten für globale Talente werden könnte. Wer wissen will, wie ein kreativer Kopf aus den USA hier in Europa Tech- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte schreibt und wo die größten Hebel für Wettbewerbsfähigkeit liegen – unbedingt reinhören! Zur Folge: https://lnkd.in/dVAT7EZc

🎉 We present: The 215 Green Tech Startups Austria 2025! 🚀 Coordinated by Green Tech Valley and in collaboration with AplusB Zentren, Austria Wirtschaftsservice, Climate Lab, ECN Entrepreneurship Center Network, EY, Impact Hub Vienna, invest.austria and Klima- und Energiefonds, we identified these 215 innovative young tech companies with sustainability focus. 🚨 A 10% increase from last year! 👉 Check out the interactive landscape: https://lnkd.in/drNxcA9G #greentechstartups2025 #landscape_2025_startups #greentech #innovation

We were part of the launch of the European Startups and Scaleups Forum and are excited for the great potential to create better conditions for our startups to thrive 🤩 As the Startup Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva put it: "This is Europe's moment of truth - it's time to be disruptive and ambitious."