After the success of the first edition of the Discover Vienna: Manufacturing edition Program in 2021, Eit Manufacturing CLC East is again associated with the Vienna Affairs Agency to organize the event for the second time. This time, the event will take place during the Viennaup’22 festival. Up to 15 emerging companies from the central and eastern Europa can obtain tickets. They can receive commercial coaching from the Manufacturing-Experts EIT and win an accelerated ticket for its flow of transactions for funding up to 300,000 euros.
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Discover Vienna: “a rare chance”
“Discover Vienna: Manufacturing Edition is one of those rare chances when someone is really interested in helping you develop your business. The program is an excellent opportunity to develop your business outside your home market by finding customers, partners or investors, not only of Austria, but throughout the region, “explains Svetoslav Vasilev, CEO of Siviko, participating in Discover Vienna: Manufacturing 2021 edition.
Vienna is well known as the most livable city in the world, due to its approach centered on humans in the design of all the large areas of the city. The Austrian capital has a lasting history in manufacturing innovation. More than 8,500 companies create more than 12.3 billion euros in income. Vienne has also established itself as a startup-hotspot from Central Europe with great attractiveness for the innovative founders of Austria and beyond.
Entry point on financing opportunities
With their initiative, Eit Manufacturing CLC East and the Vienna Affairs Agency wish to give 15 startups and scales of Central and Eastern European countries – including Austria – the possibility of participating in an intensive five -day program in Vienna . The young founders will be invited to the city from May 30 to June 3 to explore the industry scene and the ecosystem of local startups.
During the stay, the program will contain networking opportunities with startups and potential investors during the Viennaup’22 festival. Also included: company visits to key industry partners, meetings with companies and information sessions on financing opportunities and the latest technologies. In addition to this, participants will receive training in commercial development and investment preparation mentoring. Discover Vienne: Manufacturing Edition is supposed to be an entry point for financing opportunities for the manufacture of EIT and to allow startups to access the network of CLC East partners.
Pitch live on Boostup! Eastern finals
The EIT Manufacturing CLC East will offer participants a free office space for the duration of their stay. All travel costs as well as accommodation (except candidates based in Vienna) will be covered by the organizers. Chosen candidates have the opportunity to gain visibility and international advertising by launching live on Boostup! Eastern event event to the manufacturing day powered by EIT manufacturing on June 1. The winners of The Boostup! The East finals will receive an accelerated ticket for the EIT transaction flow for funding of up to 300,000 EUR.
Startups and scales that have solutions in the manufacturing field and are incorporated are eligible to participate. They must also come from Austria or Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Northern Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia. Companies should not be more than eight years old and must have at least two team members. The candidates must be beyond the prototype stage and have already managed to launch on their domestic market.
All information on the Discover Vienna program: Manufacturing Edition is available on the EIT manufacturing website. The deadline for applications is May 3, 2022.