Starting a Business

WISTO supports, together with the Startup Vorarlberg GmbH, entrepreneurs in all stages of starting a business with particularly intensive support very early on and according to individual needs.

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The Startup Vorarlberg GmbH helps…
…technology and creative business oriented start-ups to evaluate their business ideas at a very early stage.

The Startup Vorarlberg GmbH supports…
…founders and founding teams in the preparation and during the start-up phase.

The Startup Vorarlberg GmbH supports…
…young companies in their development and growth after their foundation.

Service Overview

Know-how

  • Support with business plan and business model development
  • Organization of technology, networking and information events
  • Support with communication measures
  • Strengthening of academic spin-offs and spin-offs suportet by the AplusB Scale-up Program of the BMK, handled by the aws – together with the FHV- Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences

Networks

Financing

  • Support in applying for funding for research, development, innovation, investment and growth
  • Granting of interest-free loans and lost grants for start-up and development costs
  • Help with financing issues

Technology

  • Conducting patent and technology searches to analyze the current state of the art and the situation of competitors in the market
  • Assistance with the registration of property rights and the development of protection strategies
  • Procurement of infrastructure, technology and research partners

Production

  • Finding partners for the construction of prototypes and for feasibility studies
  • Support with the transfer of products to production and the procurement of components

Our current activities are:

  • Individual, free consultation for entrepreneurs with special focus on high-tech, innovation, R&D and/or creative industries
  • i2b Business Plan Contest
  • C hoch 3 Coaching events for entrepreneurs in creative industries
  • Specific networking and information events for entrepreneurs

Comprehensive Support

You are also welcome tu use our other free WISTO services to further develop your start-up idea, your products, bsuiness models or services:

  • Analyze the current state of the art and the situation of competitors in the market together wit us in a patent and technology search,
  • Clarify legal questions as part of the patent consultation day,
  • Find out about future technologies at our technology events,
  • Find suitable funding programs that will support your projects financially,
  • Find sutiable skilled workers trough the CHANCENLAND VORARLBERG initiative,
  • Use the Außenwirtschaft Österreich (AW) and the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) to support the internationalization of your company and teh cross-border distribution of your products and services,
  • and many more

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