aws Guarantee offers securities/collateral that your bank requires from you when granting a loan – and thus increase your chance of obtaining the loan.
special terms/conditions: environmental sustainability and digitization
The aim is to facilitate the financing of projects related to ecologically sustainable economic activities that have a significant positive impact on the climate and the environment. Furthermore, promising digitization projects as well as recycling and production facilities for the production of components and devices for information communication and technologies in Austria are to be supported.
special terms and conditions: young enterprises
Applications are constantly possible
Support in the financing of projects by young enterprises. The aim is the financing support for economically independent SMEs in the first 6 years after the founding or takeover date. The company must be operated in its own name and for its own account
special terms and conditions: equity leverage
applications possible any time
The aim is to support the financing of projects by young enterprises for up to 7 years after their first commercial sale. Equity, that has been raised for the project, can be doubled by a loan in the same amount. For this loan aws provides a guarantee of 80 % of the loan amount. The funds can be used for the purchase of tangible and intangible assets as well as for the financing of working capital.
special terms and conditions: internationalisation
Ongoing submissions possible via aws Fördermanager
The aim is to facilitate the financing of direct investments by Austrian companies abroad.
special terms and conditions: consolidation
applications are constantly possible
Support in the financing of projects that help securing the chances of success and the creation and securing employment
special terms and conditions: Bridge-Finance-Guarantees due to the Corona Virus Crisis
With June 15, 2022 the application period for „aws-Bridge-Finance-Guarantees“ has ended.
The aim is to facilitate the financing of working capital loans from companies whose sales and earnings development is impaired by order, delivery or other market changes due to the "corona virus crisis".
Your contact for projects up to 1 Mio. EUR






Your contact for projects beyond 1 Mio. EUR




![Europa-Logo [Translate to English:] Logo EU](/fileadmin/user_upload/Logos/Europa.gif)
![European Investment Fund [Translate to English:] Logo European Investement Fund](/fileadmin/_processed_/1/3/csm_EIF_d10fd484d2.png)