Salt’n’Venture: Startup Investment Conference

Salt’n’Venture is the startup and investment conference organized by Startup Salzburg as part of the salz21 technology and innovation forum.

 

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5. / 6. März 2025
Salt’n’Venture Stage
at salz 21
Messezentrum Salzburg

 

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What can you expect at the Salt’n’Venture?

Look forward to a day full of pitches, panel discussions and networking with founders, innovators, investors and entrepreneurs. The four main topics of the event are:

  • GreenTech & Impact
  • CultureTech
  • CorporateTech
  • Academic & research-based startups

The program is rounded off by industry-specific investor walks to selected startups, a matchmaking area, numerous exhibiting startups in the expo area and a “Best of Salt’n’Venture” with pitches on the large salz21 Main Stage.

 

Program:

 

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9:30-10:00 a.m. | Warm up: Meet & Greet in the Investors Lounge

10:00-10:05 a.m. | Opening

 

ACADEMIC & RESEARCH-BASED STARTUPS

10:05-10:35 a.m. | Expert Talk

  • Markus Bohl, Managing Director Europe, Intel Ignite
  • Matthias Farwick, Founder & Managing Director, Txture GmbH
  • Christine Ruckenbauer, Technology Transfer & Managing Director, RIANA Therapeutics
  • Timur Topalgoekceli, Founder & Head of Startups, Abundance

10:35-11:15 a.m. | Startup Pitches

 

11:15-11:25 a.m. | Break

 

GREENTECH & IMPACT STARTUPS

11:25-11:55 | Expert Talk

  • Svenja Lassen, Managing Director Germany, Gateway Ventures
  • Stefan Kainz, Chief Auditor, Crowd4Climate & IINA Coordinator
  • Sebastian Sessler, Head of GreenTech Partnering, one2zero & Green-Tech Ventures
  • Thomas Wohlfahrtstätter, COO, Glacier

11:55-12:35 a.m. | Startup Pitches

 

12:35-13:30 a.m. | Lunch break: Meet & Greet in the Investors Lounge

 

CULTURETECH STARTUPS

13:30-14:00 a.m. | Expert Talk

  • Christopher Lindinger, Full Professor for Digital Humanities in the Arts, mozarteum university
  • Annabel Vacano, Co-Founder/Managing Director, Atopia Space GmbH
  • Antonia Wach, Incubator & Network, Wavelab
  • Severin Zugmayer, Founder & Managing Partner, New Renaissance Ventures

14:00-14:40 a.m. | Startup Pitches

 

14:40-14:50 a.m. | Break

 

ENTERPRISETECH STARTUPS 

14:50-15:20 a.m. | Expert Talk

  • Andreas Muehlberger, Infineon Technologies Austria
  • Patrick Cesky, Managing Director, AWS Gründungsfonds
  • Maximilian Schausberger, Managing Director, Elevator Ventures
  • Thomas Weiß, Founder & CEO, Authentic Vision

15:20-16:00 a.m. | Startup Pitches

16:00-17:00 a.m. | Break: Meet & Greet in the Investors Lounge

 

BEST OF SALT’N’VENTURE ON THE SALZ21 MAIN STAGE

17:00-17:45 a.m. | Expert Talk and Startup Pitches

  • Eveline Steinberger, Entrepreneur & Investor, The Blue Minds Company
  • Martin Klässner, Entrepreneur & Investor, Growth Square & Make Visions Capital
  • Christian Mohr, Managing Director and CCO, UnternehmerTUM

 

Moderation: Georg Kuttner

 

There will also be Investors Walks to the start-ups in the Expo area at 11:20 am and 2:45 pm.

 

You can also find the Salt’n’Venture program on the salz21 B2Match-Plattform!