ViennaUP 2024 | Vienna Business Agency | 2 June 2024 | TBA, Europe

This event is a decentralized community-driven festival in the heart of Europe, shining a light on what the future of technology holds. Together with our contributing partners, we are building a unique interconnected experience for startups, investors, tech enthusiasts, creatives and visionaries.

This event is a city-wide festival of entrepreneurship and innovation, created by the startup community for the world. Events are designed and hosted by 35+ program partners, and brought together with the support of the Vienna Business Agency into a week-long festival. These are scattered around Vienna, inviting you to explore the city, get to know the Viennese startup ecosystem, and mingle with founders, investors, talents and enablers from around the world.

2024 Speakers

Karin Klaus
CEO, Enpulse

Dr. Steven J. Spear (DBA MS MS)
Author and Senior Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management

Angeley Mullins
Chief Commercial Officer, Commercial Leader & Revenue Leader, Resourcify

Michiel Scheffer
President of the Board, European Innovation Council

Günce Önür
General Partner, Startup Wise Guys

Mark Balzar & Zeynep Aksöz
Founder & Partner, OpenFields

Carina Roth
Investment Manager, Calm/Storm Ventures

Tunya Irkad
VC, 500 Emerging Europe

Matti Bunzl
Artistic Director, Wien Museum

Garnett Lee
Portfolio Manager, Amplifier Game Invest

Sonja Zahradník-Leonhartsberger
Managing Director, Smartworks Innovation

Barnaby Steel
Founder and Director, Mashmallow Laser Feast

Jenda Perla
Business Consultant for Marketing & Sales, Strategist, Mentor, Forbes Communication Council Member, JIC

Sandra Kumorowski
Marketing Strategist, Researcher & Educator, JIC

Gebhard Ottacher
Managing Director, Climate Lab

DI Ulla Unzeitig
Managing Director, RENOWAVE.AT

Krisztian Kurtisz
CEO, UNIQA

Thomas Timmel
CEO, BioBASE

Erika Krizsan
CEO, Insurance Factory

Dr. Michael Fassnauer
CEO, Ubimet

Mag. Petra Wolkenstein
Founder & CEO, Konsultori

Mag. Michael Kubiena
Partner, Konsultori

Dusan Todorovic
Program Manager, aws i2 Business Angels, aws Industry-Startup.Net

Martin Klässner
CEO, GrowthSquare GmbH

Ben Howard
Co-founder & COO, Vertus Energy

Felix Hofmann
Author of Psychology of Innovation

Georg Frick
Managing Partner, V_labs

Hannah Lörzel
Senior UX/UI Designer, V_labs

Martin Schmid
Senior Vice President, Dock.financial

Steffen Robbi
CEO, Digital Findet Stadt GmbH

Lisa Reiss
Co-Founder, Smiling Food

Monika Vrbková
Head of Financing Entrepreneurship Support Team, JIC

Sergiu Ardelean
Co-Founder, CEO, Artivive

Julia Schäffler
UX/UI Designer, V_labs

Ashok Dudhat
Founder & CEO, Tech Jobs Fair

Katharina Porenta
Fundraising Manager, Speedinvest

Dr. Kresimir Matkovic
Senior Researcher, VRVis

Sophie Pilz
Senior UX/UI Designer, V_labs

Nadia Tor
Team Leader Sales Development, Hutchison Drei Austria GmbH

Fabian Machon
Innovation Manager, Startup-Scouting, Stratosfare - Fraunhofer IEM

Martin Rabe
Head of Stratosfare, Business Development Manager, Stratosfare - Fraunhofer IEM

Karin Zeltner
Team Leader Regional Management, Vienna Business Agency

Horst Orsolits, M.Sc.
Head of Research & Development, UAS Technikum Wien

Christian Frey
Director International Business, Vienna Business Agency

Andrei Podlensnyi
Investment Manager, Triple Impact Ventures

Wolfgang Fojtl
Owner & CEO, Verival

Richard Petrasek
Sustainability Expert and Researcher, FiBL Austria

2024 Partners

SUPPORTING PARTNERS:
• ABA
• Federation of Austrian Industries
• Stadt Wien

PROGRAMME PARTNERS:
• Female Founders
• WKO
• Austria Wirtschafts Service
• Happylab
• Snowball Effect
• Plug and Play Vienna
• Talent Garden
• Weconomy
• Impact Hub Vienna
• Access Austria
• CultTech Association
• CONDA Crowdinvesting
• Tech Jobs Fair
• Raiffeisen Bank International
• Insurance Factory
• Global Incubator Network
• WeAreDevelopers
• Vlabs
• TU Wien
• Konsultori
• Invest.Austria
• Health Hub Vienna
• Startup Live
• Conui
• Community Creates Mobility
• Think Ethical AI
• EIT Manufacturing
• 1 Million Startups
• Circular Cocreation
• Tech 2 Impact
• Sustainista