Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft (AWS)
Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH (aws) is the promotional bank of the Austrian federal government. It supports companies in implementing their innovative projects by offering soft loans, grants and guarantees, particularly in cases where the funds required cannot be obtained sufficiently through alternative funding.
Visit website
Austrian Business Agency
ABA – Invest in Austria is the national investment promotion agency of the Austrian Business Agency (ABA). They are the first point of contact for foreign companies aiming to establish their own business in Austria. They are owned and operated by the Republic of Austria, and report directly to the Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs.
Visit website
AustrianStartups
AustrianStartups is as an independent non-profit platform for innovative entrepreneurship in Austria. It serves an open place for startups, changemakers, investors and all ecosystem shapers, and hosts a community of 30,000 people.
Visit website
ecoplus
ecoplus is the business agency of Lower Austria with 16 business parks throughout the region. Its 'Platform for Health Technology' is the first point of contact for all future-oriented companies and R&D institutions in the healthcare sector. The platform aims to network all important companies and institutions that want to initiate, develop and implement solutions in the healthcare sector - for example for Lower Austrian hospitals or care facilities.
Visit website
Future Health Lab
The Future Health Lab is a new innovation centre advancing the public provision of healthcare in Austria. Since 2023, key stakeholders have been joining forces to develop solutions to challenges that no organisation can overcome alone.
Visit website
INiTS
INiTS is based in Vienna, Austria, and is one of the best University Business Incubators in the world. INiTS serves all academic institutions in Vienna with incubation and tech transfer services. Since its incorporation in 2002 INiTS has run ist unique incubation program with a focus on innovative, R&D-based business ideas. INiTS‘ track record in healthcare startups includes e.g. Marinomed (INiTS‘ first IPO), but also Apeptico, f-star, Medicus.AI, Miracor, mySugr or S-Target, to name a few.
Visit website
invest.austria
invest.austria is Austria's leading network for investors in the pre-IPO capital market. The non-profit association has set itself the goal of supporting Austrian innovation by promoting and professionalising business angels as well as venture capital and private equity companies. In addition, invest.austria offers its 350 members above all visibility and networking. In order to strengthen Austria as a centre of innovation and business, invest.austria works with its members and partners to create better framework conditions for an efficient, growing and sustainable capital market.
Visit website
LISAvienna
LISAvienna is a joint life science platform operated by Austria Wirtschaftsservice and the Vienna Business Agency. On behalf of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs and the City of Vienna, it contributes to the advancement of life sciences in Vienna. LISAvienna supports innovative biotech, pharmaceutical, medical device and digital health companies in Vienna that develop and market new products, services and processes. The platform links these companies with development partners and key customers.
Visit website
Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft
The Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft (LBG) is a non-university research organisation with thematic foci in medicine and the life sciences as well as the humanities, social and cultural sciences. Together with academic and other partners, they operate the Ludwig Boltzmann Institutes (LBI) and the Ludwig Boltzmann Research Groups (FG) at various locations in Austria.
Visit website
Standortagentur Tirol: Cluster Life Sciences Tirol
The Cluster Life Sciences Tirol is made up of 74 innovative companies, institutions and universities with over 23,000 employees. Three universities and two technical colleges carry out excellent research of international renown in Tyrol. And an innovative industry is home to a whole range of world market leaders. The special dynamics of today's biotechnology, pharmacy, medical technology and medical informatics in Tyrol is also the result of targeted investments in applied, cooperative research and rapid paths from basic research to the markets.
Visit website
TU Wien
TU Wien stands as Austria's largest research and educational institution in technology and natural sciences. With over 4,000 scientists working on "technology for people" across five main research areas and eight faculties, the university accommodates more than 26,000 students in 62 degree programmes.
Visit website
