Start small. Grow Big. Start successful.

Startups, founders and young companies receive targeted, individual and free offers. These services for viennese founders and young entrepreneurs are available in 17 languages:

• orientation talk 
• coaching to founding & financing and expansion 
• Academy workshops
• Founders Labs for for entrepreneurs and founders who are working on a creative project, in the technology sector, or who are female high-flyers, and additionally a growth lab for expanding companies
• Women Enterprise Service
• Migrant enterprises for companies with a migration background

All services that cannot currently be provided in person will continue to be offered by telephone. For many workshops and labs we now also offer remote participation!

Companies that arise out of the academic environment, find the right kind of support at the university service INiTS. A facility that is funded by the Vienna Business Agency.

Consultation in 17 languages

Support for entrepreneurs with an immigrant background is available from the free of charge founding coaching and financing coaching in native languages and from other multilingual, free workshops.

Find out about the services in english (PDF), bosanski (PDF), hrvatski (PDF), srpski (PDF), polski (PDF), türkce (PDF), по-ру́сски (PDF), slovak (PDF), magyar (PDF), český (PDF), español (PDF), български (PDF), român (PDF), français (PDF), farsi (PDF), arabisch (PDF)

Schedule a personal consultation. All services that cannot currently be provided in person will continue to be offered by telephone. For many workshops and labs we now also offer remote participation!

Foundation courses on your doorstep

Cooperation with the Vienna adult education centers (VHS) has existed since the autumn of 2013 in order to better support new entrepreneurs with an immigrant background.

The founding workshops have been held for the first time directly in the districts of Ottakring, Favoriten, Rudolf-Fünfhaus an Floridsdorf. The cooperation has continued following the great amount of interest shown.

Fempower — economic Power

From the idea to your own business: from a dedicated point of contact women are supported in successfully implementing their business idea. The service unique to Vienna ranges from the detailed, individual initial consultation though to assistance in the preparation of business strategies to expert advice on financing and funding opportunities for the proposed project. More than 4,000 women have availed these targeted services and have benefited from the network of many cooperation partners.

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Fempower-Bonus

For funding programs, women in research are supported by the Vienna Business Agency with the FemPower bonus. If a woman manages a research and development project there are 10,000 euros in additional funding available.

Further details and an overview of all funding programs are available online.

The Project " Startup and Grow" is co-funded by the ERDF.