Science Park Graz

Have future-oriented solutions. We’re looking for early-stage, high-tech or space-tech startups with innovative and future-oriented solutions.

Share a vision. For a solution to be a success, it needs to arise from a team that pushes together towards a common and powerful vision.

Show your entrepreneurial spirit. The teams that have the most success with us are those with a strong entrepreneurial spirit.

Ensure your solutions are scalable. We’re looking for globally scalable solutions that provide real value to the community.

[Name] Science Park Graz

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[Description] “We are the high-tech incubator for Graz, Styria and beyond. Driven by a passion for innovation and entrepreneurship, our program helps founders transform their ideas into internationally successful businesses.”

High tech and space tech

Science Park Graz (SPG) was founded in 2002 as a part of the Austrian incubator network AplusB. Since then, its powerful track record underlines its determination to propel every supported startup into an internationally successful company. In 2016, Martin Mössler became the managing director of SPG and was entrusted with the management of the European Space Agency’s Business Incubation Centre for Austria (ESA BIC Austria). This allowed SPG to undergo a powerful new development with a focus on strategic internationalization and diversification in the direction of space technology.

The SPG team and its network of experts support academics from all disciplines with professional advice, coaching, infrastructure and financing. Every year, ten startups are accepted into the AplusB program and receive support for eighteen months. The ESA BIC Austria is the place for entrepreneurs, startups, SMEs, researchers and students to improve life on Earth through the commercialization of innovative space-enabled products and services in promising areas of the economy. Up to twelve startups per year develop terrestrial applications based on space know-how and use them for commercial business models. These projects are funded in the ESA BIC Austria for up to two years.

During their time with SPG, entrepreneurs receive business training and consulting, loans, mentoring from experts, access to a professional network, office workplaces, meeting rooms and workshops with external experts. The innovators are supported in approaching investors and funding agencies and in developing and evaluating a business model. Potential applicants begin by filling in an online application form. If the idea is deemed a good fit for incubation, they are invited to present the project to the consulting team. Success here will see them invited to the SPG Academy.

[Apply to] sciencepark.at/apply-now