Financing
The most innovative ideas are only of use to the Austrian economy, when they have successfully bridged the gap from lab to market. Therefore, aws is focusing its high-tech funding to support upcoming founders with everything that is necessary to set up a successful new company. With sector-specific advice, the right financial support and assistance in the search for investors - we´ll help to make marketable products and techniques out of good ideas. An innovative vision turns into a real company, which contributes to the competitiveness of our country, the economic growth and creates more jobs and added value.
aws PreSeed
The financing instrument to professionally prepare the founding of your enterprise. To earn money with an innovative idea, it needs a business concept which can be implemented. With PreSeed, aws provides funding for the phase before a high-tech company is set up. Costs related to the scientific implementation and the economic application of a project can be funded. Such non-refundable financial support amounts to a maximum of 200,000 Euro.
aws Seedfinancing
Launching assistance for the company of tomorrow. The setting-up of an innovative and internationally competitive high-tech company needs a lot of knowhow, courage and capital. aws supports the starting phase of young high-tech companies with up to 1 million Euro, combined with tailored advice and support. Once the company is making profit or sold, financial support must be refunded. Customary securities usually needed for bank loans are not necessary. However, the company must be partly and adequately funded through private capital.
aws Temporary Management
Bridge gaps in your know-how with the help of experts. To successfully build an innovative high-tech company, the management team has to master a lot of challenges. With temporary management, the aws team supports young high-tech companies, which are already funded through the seed programme, to overcome critical competence gaps. With up to 50,000 Euro or a maximum of 50 % of the costs, external advice in the areas of finances, sales or technology can be funded. The run-time of this support measure usually lasts 6 to 9 months. In cases of maternity leave replacement, runtime may be extended to 1 year.
aws i2 - The Business Angels Matching Service
i2 – The Business Angels Matching Service started in 1997 and since then over 70 businesses have found private investors with a total sum of over 10,000.000 Euro capital invested as well as mentors, networks, markets and help in their daily business. i2 provides the only nationwide Austrian market place where both angel investors and entrepreneurs find each other. The needs of the business are matched with the angels’ investment criteria and i2 acts as a neutral and reliable intermediary. i2 is a small-business investment market place for early-stage angel investment, seed investment or business finance for new products and inventions in all branches (IT/Mobile/Software, Physics, Chemistry, Machinery, Engineering, Medical Engineering, Cleantec, Consumer Products)
