Connect Day 25
13 May 2025|
1040 Vienna, Austria
Wiedner Hauptstrasse 63
Partners wanted for Connect Day 26
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Interested in being a partner of THE Matchmaking event of the ViennaUP 2026?
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You want to position your company infront of 1000 hand-picked startups, corporates and investors?
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You want to give your startups, challenges, calls visibility in the expo area?
Then contact the project manager and we are happy to get in touch with you as soon as negotiations start.
Facts & figures Connect Day 25
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> 1400 participants (250 investors, 150 corporates)
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> 1000 1:1 meetings
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56 speakers & 47 pitching start-ups
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Program highlights see below
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Physical "onsite" event featuring matchmaking tables
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4 weeks of online match- making until June 14, 2025
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Target groups
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Corporates / SMEs: established companies seeking innovation & interested in collaboration with startups
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Investors
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National & international Startups
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Partners
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS 2025
B2B Matchmaking 1:1
The heart of Connect Day 25 was meeting with Startups, Corporates/SMEs, Investors and Austria's and Europe's dynamic innovation ecosystems - all in one location & one day.
This "speed dating" format offered a unique opportunity to connect with numerous professionals in just 15-minute intervals, fostering discussions on collaboration and potential partnerships.
4 topics - same format on stage
New and improved: this year we focused on 4 selected topics for the stage program. Each topic block was set up the same:
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5 minute intro into the topic
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Interactive panel with experts & audience exchange
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6 Startup pitches, each followed by questions from the jury
Connect Day 25 topics were:
Corporate Reverse Pitches
The tables were turned: instead of Startups, Corporates/SMEs were pitching their cooperation opportunities to Startups - powered by ABA, aws Industry-StartUp.Net and EIT Manufacturing.
Find out more about the speakers of the Corporate Reverse Pitch.
Pitching Room
There were so many applications for pitching at Connect Day so we decided to offer 5 more slots for startups / scaleups from different countries and industries.
All were pitching 3 minutes followed by questions from the audience.