INiTS
Vienna's high-tech incubator — 300+ startups since 2002, with STARTKapital equity of up to EUR 100,000 and shareholders including TU Wien, the University of Vienna and the Vienna Business Agency.
Latest event found: 27 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Vitality Radar
Pillar Analysis
Strategic Assessment
Strategic Vector
INiTS is strengthening its position as a Vienna-based high-technology university incubator through structured SCALEup programming, investor access, international soft-landing networks, and participation in AI Factory Austria. Its strategic emphasis is on translating academic and deep-tech research into investable, internationally scalable startups.
Efficiency Ratio
The organization appears to convert a relatively small team and focused incubator infrastructure into substantial ecosystem output through recurring cohorts, investor events, university links, and national and European partnerships.
Evidence Signals
INiTS reported participation in European and national networks, including the European alliance referenced at its 2026 Sommerfest and the EuroIncNet soft-landing network.
INiTS identified itself as a partner of AI Factory Austria, a nationwide initiative linked to the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking.
INiTS held its 2026 Sommerfest around cross-border startup ecosystem collaboration and described its involvement in European and national innovation networks.
Attentia received the Jury Prize at Demo Day #25 after being selected from 108 applicants for the spring 2026 SCALEup incubation cohort.
INiTS selected 8 startups for its spring 2026 SCALEup Incubation Program after 108 applications, culminating in Demo Day #25.
INiTS published programming focused on international expansion for startups, indicating continued support for market entry and scaling beyond Austria.
- About
- INiTS Universitäres Gründerservice Wien GmbH, founded 2002, at Maria-Jacobi-Gasse 1, Media Quarter Marx 3.4, 1030 Vienna. Eleven to fifty staff. The high-tech business incubator of the City of Vienna, supporting research, technology and innovation startups through a Collaborative Business Modelling approach, tailored consulting and training, and a partner network. More than 300 tech startups have passed through it. SHAREHOLDERS: the University of Vienna, the Vienna University of Technology and the Vienna Business Agency. Academic partners extend to BOKU, FH Campus Wien and FH Technikum Wien. PROGRAMMES. AplusB SCALEup with the Startup Camp is the core incubation programme, developing business models with selected high-tech startups and supporting growth through financing and networking. STARTKapital provides up to EUR 100,000 in risk-free equity at a very early stage for SCALEup startups. START:IP is a technology marketplace where research results are offered for commercialisation. Health Hub Vienna accelerates growth-phase international health and life-sciences startups. RECOGNITION: repeatedly named by UBI Global among the world's best university business incubators, and first in the German-speaking countries. PORTFOLIO includes UBIMET (meteorology and severe weather warnings), KiwiSecurity (video analytics and video control-room solutions), Blue Danube Robotics (AIRSKIN pressure-sensitive robot safety skin), Lithoz (ceramic 3D printing), Marinomed, mySugr (acquired by Roche), Themis Bioscience (acquired by MSD), Shpock (acquired by Schibsted), Zoovu, Lexogen, Fluidtime, ONDEWO, Printstones and SIMCharacters.
- Relevancy
- Vienna's main deep-tech incubator, 300+ startups since 2002. Included for what it reveals as much as what it offers: across 24 years its portfolio contains no drone or aerospace company, which is why Austria's unmanned sector has so few mid-sized firms.
- Tags
- #incubator #deeptech #academicspinoff #STARTKapital #universityincubator #Vienna #earlystage