We are an AplusB center.
What do we do?
As AplusB South-West, we support (prospective) start-ups with high-tech innovations through targeted support and workshops to achieve sustainable and long-term success. We place particular emphasis on the areas of climate and environmental protection as well as female entrepreneurship.
Who are we?
As AplusB South-West, we are part of the Austrian incubator network AplusB alongside five other AplusB centers and are made up of the following partners:
- Tirol (Startup.Tirol, University of Innsbruck)
- Kärnten (Build! Gründerzentrum)
- Voralberg (v-Start, FH Voralberg)
- Salzburg (Startup Salzburg)
How do we provide support?
We offer all start-ups with a research, technology and innovation-based start-up idea the opportunity to become part of the FACTORY+ additional incubation program and benefit from the following additional services:
In our awareness and pre-start-up activities, we also place a special focus on the topics of climate and environmental protection as well as female entrepreneurship and promote research-, technology- and innovation-based start-up ideas in particular.
You can apply for the additional program FACTORY+ (AplusB program) if you …
- you are pursuing a start-up project that is based on research, technology and innovation (RTI).
- you are pursuing a start-up project with high growth potential and/or a high propensity for growth.
FTI-based start-up projects have a business model with well-founded and defensible core know-how, i.e. it is based on patentable technology approaches or specialized knowledge that effectively impede imitation by competitors and generate a sustainable competitive advantage.
The business models / products / services of the RTI projects are characterized by one / ideally several of the following features:
- High level of innovation based on a unique technological selling point.
- Risky research and development activities in an academic context.
- Intellectual property, technology transfer and/or spin-off activities from (non-)university research institutions.
- Specialized knowledge acquired through previous scientific experience.
- Cooperation projects: Completed or planned development or research activities with university or non-university research institutions.
Our mission statement
AplusB South-West is an association of organizations/institutions from Tyrol, Carinthia, Vorarlberg and Salzburg with the aim of supporting (prospective) growth-oriented start-ups with research-, technology- and innovation-based start-up projects. Depending on their level of maturity, we provide them with offers and funding, network them with relevant players in the start-up scene and offer them the opportunity to exchange ideas with each other.
We are focusing in particular on inspiring start-ups that make a positive contribution to climate and environmental protection in their work and fully exploiting their potential. In addition, we want to make female entrepreneurship visible in our regions and/or our ecosystem, anchor it sustainably and promote it.
Together, we want to be perceived as the central point of contact in the respective federal states for research and technology-oriented start-up projects and position ourselves as an essential player for growth-oriented start-ups in Austria and neighboring regions.
Our association gives the supported startups extended access to a network of experts, mentors and investors from different technology and industry fields, visibility across federal states, topic-specific offers and cooperative exchange among each other.
In order to achieve our goals, respectful and open cooperation is essential. Our aspiration to constantly improve ourselves requires a regular exchange and the willingness of all partners to learn beyond the borders of the federal states.
