TU Wien Innovation Incubation Center - TUW i²c

Research that matters beyond the lab 🔬🚀

Wrapping up this semester’s E4S masterclasses with an outstanding session by Alex Ion, 25 years of real-world experience packed into one morning. From finding your first customers to avoiding the pitfalls that sink deep-tech ventures, our researchers left with a framework they can actually use.

See you in the fall! 👋

🥨📢 Startup world, student price

Bits & Pretzels, Europe’s leading founders festival is now open to students, and students get a heavy discount of 80% off the regular rate.

📍 Munich, Sept 28–30, 2026, right in the middle of Oktoberfest season.

Spend two days at the conference soaking up talks and meetings with 7,500 founders, investors, and executives, then close it out with a legendary networking day inside an Oktoberfest tent at the world’s largest folk festival.

Two days of insight, one day of pretzels and dealmaking. Not bad for a student ticket.

👉 Link in bio to apply. Hope to see you there!

🚀 Ready to turn your quantum research into a viable business?

If you’re a student or researcher looking to take your ideas out of the lab and into the market, the Quantum Innovation Lab (Qilab), organized by the University of Vienna and TU Wien, is exactly where you need to be!

As TU Wien, we are nominating up to 3 participants. Don’t miss your chance!✨

What to Expect:

☑️ 1-Week Bootcamp: Escape the lab to focus and co-create in beautiful Bad Ischl.
☑️ Business Essentials: Master market potential, funding opportunities, and pitch training from industry leaders.
☑️ Demo Day: Pitch your finalized project to top-tier experts in Vienna.

📅 Key Dates to Save:

TUW Application Deadline: June 11, 2026
📍Bootcamp: Aug 31 – Sep 5, 2026 (Bad Ischl)
📍Demo Day: Sep 25, 2026 (Vienna)

💡 Want to learn more?
Join our Information Webinar! 📅 Friday, May 29, 2026 ⏰ 10:00 AM

🔗 How to apply & join the webinar: Click the link in our bio!

🚨 We’re hiring!

Want to shape the next generation of tech founders and innovators? We are looking for a Program Manager (all genders) to take ownership of our Extended Study on Innovation (ESI) format at TU Wien’s Innovation Incubation Center (i²c)! 🚀

👉 Find out all information about this exciting opportunity via the link in our bio!

This one is big. 🎉

factorymaker - 100% female founded and led - has won the Startup World Cup Austria 2026 and will represent Austria at the world finals in Silicon Valley.🇦🇹🇺🇸

A heartfelt congratulations to alumni Julia Reisinger, Maria Antonia Zahlbruckner and the entire factorymaker team for this outstanding recognition.👏

Next up: pitching to top VCs for a $1M investment at Pegasus Tech Ventures‘ world finals.

How would you navigate business cultures in a multifaceted world?

Michael Kubiena, Partner at .official & Organization Design, unpacked the layers of culture in our latest aptiTUdes.LAB workshop. From exploring the 8 Dimensions of Culture to working through real Austrian business scenarios in group exercises, participants left with sharper cultural awareness and practical tools for international professional contexts.

A huge thank you to Michael for sharing his expertise and laying such a thoughtful foundation. 🙏

New face, new energy: Say hello to Ludovica! 👋🎊
We’re so excited to welcome Ludovica Vanicore to the TUW i²c family as our new Program Manager!

She’s passionate about turning bold ideas into real, meaningful impact and she brings hands-on experience from her time as Program Associate at Plug and Play Tech Center in Vienna. Safe to say, our programmes are in great hands.🙌

She’s especially here for the early-stage teams navigating that messy, exciting journey from idea to reality.

Oh, and one friendly reminder: don’t come at her with „Let’s scale first and figure it out later.“ Consider yourself warned. 😄

Benvenuta, Ludovica! We can’t wait to see what we’ll build together. 🚀

🤝 Joint Forces #56 is happening and you should be there!

Whether you’re building something, thinking about it, or just curious about what’s going on in Vienna’s startup scene, this is your evening.

Come hang, listen to 6 great pitches, meet founders, students, and innovators who get it. Catch the latest from the local entrepreneurial ecosystem and have real conversations over pizza and drinks.🍕

🗓 May 7, 6pm

📍 TU Wien, Arnold Schmidt Raum (6th floor), Gußhausstraße 27-29

👉 Grab your free spot - link in bio!

🚨 Pitch spot alert, deadline is TODAY!

Have a startup, project, or idea brewing? Come pitch it at Joint Forces #56 🎤

Here’s the deal: a friendly room, a supportive crowd, and real feedback that helps. Just a casual evening with Vienna’s university startup community doing what it does best: showing up for each other.

We’re selecting 6 pitchers. Spots are going fast.

🍕 Pizza & drinks included, obviously.

Apply by April 30th, 23:59 - link as always in bio!