Connect Day 25

13 May 2025 | Vienna, Austria

Connect Day 25

13 May 2025|


1040 Vienna, Austria

Wiedner Hauptstrasse 63

Save the Date - May 19, 2026

Connect Day 26 will take place on May 19, 2026 in Vienna

Partners wanted for Connect Day 2026

  • Interested in being a partner of THE Matchmaking event of the ViennaUP 2026? 

  • You want to position your company infront of over 1000 hand-picked startups, corporates and investors?

  • 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.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS 2025

2 men networking on a matchmaking table, many people and countdown in the background

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.

Pitching man on stage pointing in audience - (c) Marko Kovic

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:

  • 5 minute intro into the topic

  • Interactive panel with experts & audience exchange

  • 6 Startup pitches, each followed by questions from the jury

Connect Day 25 topics were:

group picture of 10 people on stage infront of screen showing "Corporate Reverse Pitch"

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.

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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.

ORGANIZER

Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH (aws)
part of ViennaUP

MAIN PARTNERS

Global Incubator Network Austria (GIN)
Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)
Erste Bank
WKO Aussenwirtschaft Austria

PROGRAM PARTNERS

Austrian Business Agency (ABA)
Vienna Business Agency
Green Tech Valley

SUPPORTING PARTNERS

EIT Manufacturing
AKELA Attorneys at Law
Enterprise Europe Network
Born Global Champions
ESIL
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A1 Telekom Logo
Infineon Logo

PARTNERS

AplusB Academia plus Business
Ernest & Young Logo - Shape the future with confidence
ecoplus
Investment and Development Agency of Latvia
Business France
LISA Vienna - Life Science Austria
invest.austria
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