News from the business location Austria
Smurfit Kappa launches district heat project
Just under a year after the new energy systems went into operation, the next major sustainability project relating to the facility in Upper Austria is already in the starting blocks for the Irish group Smurfit Kappa Nettingsdorf.
Horizon Europe project at the University of Applied Sciences Burgenland
The University of Applied Sciences Burgenland (FH Burgenland) was one of five international universities to be selected to intensively focus on sustainable startup funding and entrepreneurship over the next five years. Teaching materials are being created with the objective of inspiring innovative projects are being created within the context of a funding program (Horizon Europe) endowed to the amount of € 1.2 million.
Valneva tests coronavirus vaccine
The Austrian/French vaccine producer Valneva has initiated a so-called rolling review for approval of its coronavirus vaccine candidate, VLA2001.
Bundled research competencies
Whether the “Internet of Things”, “Industry 4.0” or other smart and autonomous systems, the basis for such future technologies are so-called “Cyber-physical Systems” (CPS). With VIRTUAL VEHICLE and Silicon Austria Labs (SAL), two leading research institutions in Austria are now pooling their expertise in order to accelerate industry-driven applied research in this area.
EQS Group establishes Austrian subsidiary
The German EQS Group AG is coming to the Austrian capital, establishing a new subsidiary in Vienna. Together with the new Group subsidiary Business Keeper, a pioneer for compliance software in Europe, EQS is the leading cloud provider for whistleblowing systems in Austria.
High-tech seed investor invests in Austrian cryptocurrency investment startup
The Austrian startup Coinpanion enables everyone, without any prior knowledge, to benefit automatically from the cryptocurrency market. Coinpanion handles everything, from simply entering the market to the automated management of cryptocurrencies.
New marketplace for researching automated mobility
ALP.Lab, the testing region for automated driving, has created a new online marketplace together with content partners such as JOANNEUM RESEARCH.
Galileo project with technology from Austria
With its newly developed propellant tanks, Peak Technology convinced AIRBUS and the European Space Agency (ESA) to work with it.
Swiss acquire biotechnology company
The Swiss company AC Immune SA acquired the anti-alpha synuclein programmes of the Austrian firm AFFiRiS for close to € 60 million.
AI research ideas search for founders
The new startup initiative “Take-off” aims to commercially realize research findings in the field of artificial intelligence for high-tech startups.
Mobile charging robots for electric cars
A prototype developed by the Graz University of Technology and the Austrian companies Alveri and ARTI Robots should contribute to the widespread use of e-mobility.
Cerba HealthCare invests in a leading COVID-19 laboratory
Cerba HealthCare, a diagnostics specialist headquartered in France, acquired the Austrian Lifebrain Group from the Italian investment company Investindustrial.
More energy communities live
In the energy transition, more and more citizens rely on energy communities. In August, even more energy communities using the software PowerQuartier will go live.
Development of the world’s first digital model of a cancer cell
Computer models have been standard tools in basic biomedical research for many years.
First compact quantum computer in the world
Up until now, quantum computers have filled entire laboratories.
€ 1.3 million investment for a better working world
The Linz-based HR startup TeamEcho successfully concluded a round of financing, raising a total of € 1.3 million.
European technology prize for ALP.Lab
ALP.Lab, Austria’s test region for automated driving, was honoured with the renowned Tech.AD Europe Award 2021.
Startup has.to.be sold to an American company for € 250 million
The biggest startup exit in Austria up until now took place at the end of July, namely in the field of electromobility.
Online real estate specialist Propster obtains fresh capital
A digital “all-round programme” for implementing real estate projects is offered by the Viennese startup Propster established in 2017.
Bluecode expands its partner network
Bluecode is a mobile payment solution linking touchless payments per smart phone with digital value-added services.
Emmy award-winning video solutions
From Austria into the entire world: Bitmovin, established in 2012, is globally successful thanks to its video development solutions.
Simple access to Bitcoin & Co
The objective of Bitpanda is to structure the purchase and trading of cryptocurrencies in such a manner as to make it easy and secure for everyone.
Billion-euro valuation for tutor lessons via Webcam
Company founders from Vienna achieved a coup worth billions of euros on the basis of offering online tutoring via Webcam.
Every fourth startup working on COVID-19 solutions
More than 2,600 startups have been established in Austria since 2009, half in Vienna.
Codecool starts in Austria
Codecool was founded in 2015 by four tech entrepreneurs in Miskolc and has now risen to become one of the fastest growing programming schools in Europe.
Rohlik became a unicorn
The company has been active in Austria since December 2020 under the brand name gurkerl.at.
ABA is a one-stop-shop for companies
Interview with René Tritscher, who succeeded the longstanding managing director René Siegl as the new Managing Director of the Austrian business location consultancy Austrian Business Agency (ABA) effective 1 July 2021. Since the end of 2019, René Tritscher headed the ABA department WORK in AUSTRIA to support the search for skilled workers abroad. He previously served as Secretary General of the Austrian Wirtschaftsbund.
Low Earth Orbit Mission
On June 24, the W-Cube satellite was launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral into polar orbit.
New foot for the bearded vulture “Mia”
The Medical University of Vienna (MedUni Vienna) was the first in the world to succeed in using the technique known as osseointegration (direct skeletal attachment) for the first time, also with a bearded vulture.
Boehringer Ingelheim: Competence centre for poultry vaccines in Vienna
Boehringer Ingelheim is steadily developing new vaccines to prevent diseases and reduce the mortality of poultry.
