Field of business

All industries

Size of the company

Start-ups^G, SMEs^G and corporates^G

Phase of development

Start-ups: pre-seed, seed and growth phase – up to 6 years after market entry

SMEs^G and corporates^G: no restrictions

Requirements

• Registration at www.awsconnect.at and provision of the relevant documents (filling out profile data, matching questionnaire and for start-ups: upload pitchdeck,)
• Start-ups with innovative technologies, services or products, clear USP, comprehensible cooperation needs and readines

Fields of cooperation

• Technology partnership
• R&D / prototyping / product development
• pilot projects / use cases
• Market access strategy / distribution partnership
• Know-how exchange / open innovation

What are the cooperation motives of our SMEs and corporates?

• Gain innovative impulses
• Promote entrepreneurial thinking
• Get to know the start-up culture
• Receive alternative perspectives for their own challenges
• Discover new products for existing customers
• Develop new markets together

Success rate

90 %

Type of financing

Connecting service for cooperation

Costs

None

Additional support

aws Equity
aws Guarantee

• Start-ups and corporates not located in Austria
• Start-ups and corporates who do not have their main focus of activity in Austria / who are not planning to have their main focus in Austria

Application and approval process

• Register on the website www.awsconnect.at and then log in on the start page by clicking on "Login".
• Choose "aws Industry-Startup.Net" in your dashboard. You will receive a confirmation via e-mail.
• Your registration will be processed by the aws Connect team (initial consultation, preparation of documents for start-ups)
• Ongoing e-mailing of documents to suitable SMEs and corporates
• The introduction of start-ups to those SMEs and corporates that express interest.
• In addition, participants of aws Industry-Startup.Net will be informed about relevant matching events regularly

Duration of approval

Confirmation of the general aws Connect registration within one working day, admission to aws Industry-Startup.Net within 7 working days