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Must Attend Startup Events in Vienna, Austria

Vienna's startup calendar is packed in November 2026: the invest.austria conference (4 November), DevFest, Digital Days, FintechWeek, Future Forward and Business Angel Day all fall within four weeks. In 2027 the big dates are the #glaubandich final (19 April) and ViennaUP (7–14 May).

This guide lists startup, tech, investor and women-founder events in Vienna from late October 2026 to the end of 2027. We checked every date on the organiser's own website. We mark each event as Confirmed (date on the official site), Announced (date from a reliable second source) or Expected (based on past editions only). For Graz, Linz, Innsbruck and the rest of the country, see our startup events in Austria guide.

This article is regularly updated with new events. Do you know about an event that needs to be added? Send us some info and we will see if it's a fit.

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Must Attend Startup Events in Vienna 2026–2027: Calendar from November 2026 to June 2027

Dates	Event	Venue	Type	Status
4 Nov 2026	invest.austria conference	Apothekertrakt Schönbrunn	Investor conference	Confirmed
5 Nov 2026	Woman in Business Award	Vienna (venue not published)	Award gala for women entrepreneurs	Confirmed
5 Nov 2026	Lange Nacht der Förderungen	Erste Campus	Funding information night	Confirmed
7 Nov 2026	DevFest Vienna	TU Wien	Developer conference	Confirmed
10–11 Nov 2026	Entrepreneurship4Youth Festival and Entrepreneurship Summit	City Hall and WKÖ	Entrepreneurship summit	Confirmed
16–18 Nov 2026	Digital Days and Hedy Lamarr Prize	das forum, Technisches Museum Wien	City digitalisation festival	Confirmed
16–20 Nov 2026	Women's Entrepreneurship Week	Impact Hub Vienna	Free coworking week for women	Confirmed
23–27 Nov 2026	FintechWeek Vienna	Several venues	Fintech week	Confirmed
26 Nov 2026	Future Forward	weXelerate	Innovation conference and pitches	Confirmed
2 Dec 2026	Business Angel Day	ERSTE Bank Campus	Angel investor day	Confirmed
3 Dec 2026	Open Pitch Night	Impact Hub Vienna	Impact startup pitches	Confirmed
19 Apr 2027	#glaubandich CHALLENGE final	Erste Campus	Startup competition	Confirmed
7–14 May 2027	ViennaUP	Across Vienna	Startup festival	Confirmed
2–3 Jun 2027	Vienna Blockchain Week	Vienna (venue to be announced)	Blockchain and fintech conference	Confirmed

Autumn 2026

invest.austria conference: 4 November 2026

📅 invest.austria conference 2026Confirmed

Dates	4 November 2026
Where	Apothekertrakt Schönbrunn, Meidlinger Tor, Grünbergstraße, 1130 Vienna
Type	Private-capital and VC conference with pitch sessions
Who it's for	Founders raising money, angels, VCs and family offices
Tickets	Regular €799; members €299 (the early bird ended on 6 September)
Official site	invest-austria.com

Austria's private-capital association, formed when AVCO and the angel network aaia merged, brings its investors to Schönbrunn once a year, with dedicated pitch sessions. Speakers include Lisa-Marie Fassl of Female Founders and Fund F. See our fundraising events for 2027.

Woman in Business Award and Lange Nacht der Förderungen: 5 November 2026

📅 Woman in Business Award 2026Confirmed

Dates	Thursday 5 November 2026, 18:00
Where	Vienna (venue not published); livestreamed
Type	Award gala for women entrepreneurs
Who it's for	Women founders and business owners
Tickets	Not published; sign up for the livestream
Official site	wko.at

Frau in der Wirtschaft, the women's network of the Austrian Economic Chamber, gives the award in categories such as founder of the year (Gründerin des Jahres), innovator and social entrepreneur.

📅 Lange Nacht der Förderungen 2026Confirmed

Dates	5 November 2026, 17:00–22:00 (three time slots)
Where	Erste Campus, Grand Hall, Am Belvedere 1, 1100 Vienna
Type	Funding information night
Who it's for	Founders and small businesses
Tickets	Not published; registration on the aws page
Official site	aws.at

The same evening, Austria's public funders (aws, FFG, WKBG and the Vienna Business Agency) answer questions about grants, loans and guarantees at Erste Campus. For a bootstrapped founder this is the fastest way to learn what you can apply for.

DevFest Vienna: 7 November 2026

📅 DevFest Vienna 2026Confirmed

Dates	Saturday 7 November 2026, from 09:30 (doors 8:30)
Where	TU Wien, Neues EI, Gußhausstraße 27–29, 1040 Vienna
Type	Developer conference
Who it's for	Developers, CTOs and founders looking for technical people
Tickets	Not published
Official site	devfest.at

GDG Vienna's yearly conference draws over 220 developers to TU Wien. Speakers include Josefine Schaefer and Asma Merabet; the keynote has not been announced.

Entrepreneurship4Youth Festival and Entrepreneurship Summit: 10–11 November 2026

📅 Entrepreneurship4Youth Festival and 26th Entrepreneurship Summit ViennaConfirmed

Dates	10 November 2026 (festival) and 11 November 2026 (summit), check-in from 8:00
Where	Festival: Wiener Rathaus, Wappensaal, Lichtenfelsgasse 2, 1010; summit: WKÖ, Wiedner Hauptstraße 63, 1040
Type	Entrepreneurship education festival and summit
Who it's for	Educators, young founders, business and policy people
Tickets	Not published; register by email (summit@ifte.at)
Official site	ifte.at

Run by IFTE for the 26th time, the summit is about teaching entrepreneurship. The youth festival at City Hall has stations from the Vienna Business Agency, i2b and the Patent Office, and talks by Luis Pur, Angelina Widmann, Christian Holzknecht and Ben Jerabek.

Idea-stage founders: the Founder Institute's online Fall 2026 cohort in Austria runs 11 November 2026 to 11 February 2027, with networking in Vienna. Apply by 11 November; the entrance fee is $1,149. fi.co

Digital Days: 16–18 November 2026

📅 Digital Days 2026Confirmed

Dates	16 November (govcamp, 14:00–18:00), 17 November (Community Tag, 9:00–17:00), 18 November (main day, 9:00–21:00)
Where	das forum (16–17 November) and Technisches Museum Wien (18 November)
Type	City of Vienna digitalisation festival
Who it's for	Tech founders, public sector, researchers
Tickets	No price on the 2026 page; register for each day
Official site	digitalcity.wien

Run by DigitalCity.Wien. Henning Beck gives the keynote, and the 18 November programme has a "Frauen in der Digitalisierung" session at 13:30 and a SheDigital roundtable at 16:30. The Hedy Lamarr Prize for a woman in IT research is presented the same evening, 18:00–21:00.

Women's Entrepreneurship Week: 16–20 November 2026

📅 Women's Entrepreneurship Week 2026Confirmed

Dates	16–20 November 2026, all day
Where	Impact Hub Vienna, Lindengasse 56/18-19, 1070 Vienna
Type	Coworking week
Who it's for	Women entrepreneurs, founders and freelancers
Tickets	Free; register on Eventbrite
Official site	vienna.impacthub.net

Impact Hub Vienna opens its coworking space to women entrepreneurs for a week, during Global Entrepreneurship Week (16–22 November). It also runs a Morning Spark on fundraising with Jule Wilhelm on 25 November.

FintechWeek Vienna: 23–27 November 2026

📅 FintechWeek Vienna 2026Confirmed

Dates	23–27 November 2026 (opening 23 November, 18:00; FMA Fintech Day 27 November, 08:30)
Where	Several venues in Vienna
Type	Fintech week
Who it's for	Fintech founders, banks and regulators
Tickets	Not published; each event has its own Eventbrite registration
Official site	fintechaustria.org

Fintech Austria's week ends with the Financial Market Authority's Fintech Day, a chance to ask the regulator about licences. More in our fintech startup events.

Future Forward: 26 November 2026

📅 Future Forward 2026Confirmed

Dates	Thursday 26 November 2026, from 09:00; afterparty from 18:00
Where	weXelerate, Praterstraße 1, 1020 Vienna
Type	Innovation and tech conference with startup pitches
Who it's for	Founders, corporates and investors
Tickets	Founder ticket €79 (companies up to 2 years old; standard €89); full day €269
Official site	futureforward.at

weXelerate's conference has a pitch arena with 40 startups, 38 expo booths and investor matchmaking on b2match. Startup applications closed on 20 October, but the founder ticket still gets you into the matchmaking. Shimrit Maman of the Israel Space Agency gives the keynote.

Business Angel Day: 2 December 2026

📅 Business Angel Day 2026Confirmed

Dates	2 December 2026, 08:00–18:00
Where	ERSTE Bank Campus, Am Belvedere 1, 1100 Vienna
Type	Yearly meeting of business angels
Who it's for	Angels, would-be angels and founders raising a first round
Tickets	Not published; registration form
Official site	businessangelday.at

The 17th Business Angel Day, backed by aws, ends with the Business Angel of the Year award.

Open Pitch Night: 3 December 2026

📅 Open Pitch Night: Meet Vienna's Next Impact FoundersConfirmed

Dates	3 December 2026, 18:00–20:00
Where	Impact Hub Vienna, Lindengasse 56/18-19, 1070 Vienna
Type	Pitch night
Who it's for	Impact founders, mentors and investors
Tickets	Not published; register on Eventbrite
Official site	vienna.impacthub.net

The finale of Impact Hub's three-month Idea Starter Pack programme. See our social impact startup events.

Spring and summer 2027

#glaubandich CHALLENGE final: 19 April 2027

📅 #glaubandich CHALLENGE 2027Confirmed

Dates	Applications until 31 October 2026; Vienna city pitches 17 March 2027; final 19 April 2027
Where	Final: Erste Campus, Grand Hall, Am Belvedere 1, 1100 Vienna
Type	National startup competition
Who it's for	Austrian startups, with a special prize for teams with women founders
Tickets	Not published
Official site	sparkasse.at

Erste Bank and the Sparkassen run Austria's largest startup competition. City pitches tour Austria from 23 February to 31 March 2027; Vienna's, on 17 March, covers energy and climate and sustainability, bio and agri. Each category win is worth €1,000 and the final €10,000. The Female Startup special prize comes with access to the Female Founders network and Fund F. More pitch competitions.

ViennaUP: 7–14 May 2027

📅 ViennaUP 2027Confirmed

Dates	WarmUP weekend 7–9 May 2027; festival 10–14 May 2027 (opening day and night 10 May)
Where	Venues across Vienna; opening at Vienna City Hall
Type	City-wide startup festival
Who it's for	Founders, investors and international delegations
Tickets	Not published; many partner events are free
Official site	viennaup.com

Run by the Vienna Business Agency, ViennaUP is the city's flagship startup week: dozens of partner events, pitch nights, demo days and investor meetings across town.

Vienna Blockchain Week: 2–3 June 2027

📅 Vienna Blockchain Week 2027Confirmed

Dates	2–3 June 2027
Where	Vienna (the venue is announced with the programme)
Type	Blockchain and fintech conference
Who it's for	Web3 and fintech founders, investors
Tickets	Not published
Official site	viennablockchainweek.org

Vienna's main crypto and blockchain conference. See our web3 startup events.

Dates not announced yet

AustrianStartups Summit 2027: the 2026 summit was on 15 October at Ottakringer Brauerei.
invest.austria conference 2027, Digital Days 2027, FintechWeek Vienna 2027: expected in autumn 2027, as in 2026.
FFX Vienna 2027: Female Founders' conference was last in Vienna on 19–20 May 2026; the next FFX is in Zurich. female-founders.org
TEDAI Vienna 2027: the 2026 edition at the Hofburg (28–30 October) is sold out.

Recurring meetups and communities

Impact Hub Vienna: "Bier um Vier" every Friday, 16:00–18:00, plus workshops and pitch nights. vienna.impacthub.net
i²c TU Wien: founder talks and workshops, such as Joint Forces on 5 November and "Translating Research Into A Business Model" on 17 November. i2c.tuwien.ac.at
Vienna Business Agency: free founding workshops in many languages (9–13 November) and talks at the Startup House, such as Open Link Day on 2 December. wirtschaftsagentur.at
AustrianStartups Stammtisch: a monthly founder evening, usually on the third Tuesday.
GDG Vienna: developer meetups through the year. meetup.com

Quiet now: Startup Grind Vienna lists no upcoming events, Fintech Austria's meetup series stopped in February 2024, Startup Weekend Vienna has no current edition, and the 4GAMECHANGERS and Pioneers festivals are paused or ended.

Events for women founders in Vienna

Woman in Business Award (5 November): Austria's national award for women entrepreneurs.
Women's Entrepreneurship Week (16–20 November): free coworking at Impact Hub Vienna.
Digital Days (18 November): a women-in-digitalisation session, a SheDigital roundtable and the Hedy Lamarr Prize.
#glaubandich Female Startup prize: apply by 31 October 2026 with at least one woman co-founder.
Female Founders and Fund F: Vienna's women-founder network, and a fund that invests up to €600,000 at pre-seed and seed, only in teams with at least one female co-founder. fund-f.com

Run an event for women founders in Vienna? Send it to us and we'll add it. See also our female entrepreneurship events and women in tech events for 2027.

Funding and support to know before you go

Red-White-Red Card for start-up founders: you need at least €30,000 of capital with an equity share of at least 50%, a business plan and 50 of 85 points; €50,000 of extra investment earns 10 bonus points. The card lasts up to 24 months. migration.gv.at
Founding a GmbH: the minimum share capital is €10,000, and half must be paid in cash at founding (since 1 January 2024). WKO
aws gender bonus: Preseed Deep Tech grants go up to €267,000, or €300,000 with the gender bonus (funding rate 80%, or 90%). Seedfinancing goes up to €356,000, or €400,000 if women hold more than 25% of shares. The current terms run until 31 December 2026. aws
Vienna Business Agency: innovation funding of up to €300,000 per project (call open until 31 December 2026) and Wiener Wachstum equity of up to €500,000 for at most 25%; diversity projects score extra points. wirtschaftsagentur.at
INiTS: the city's high-tech incubator invests up to €100,000 through STARTKapital. inits.at

How to get the most out of Vienna startup events

Plan for November. Eleven of the dated events in this guide fall between 4 November and 3 December 2026.
Apply to #glaubandich now. Applications close on 31 October 2026, and the Female Startup prize needs a woman co-founder.
Go to the Lange Nacht der Förderungen. All of Austria's public funders are in one room on 5 November.
Use the founder ticket. Future Forward's €79 ticket for young companies includes investor matchmaking.
Pitch where investors sit. invest.austria, Business Angel Day and ViennaUP's partner events are where Austrian angels meet founders; see more startup competitions.

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FAQ

What are the main startup events in Vienna?

The invest.austria conference (4 November 2026), DevFest Vienna (7 November), Digital Days (16–18 November), FintechWeek Vienna (23–27 November), Future Forward (26 November), Business Angel Day (2 December), the #glaubandich final (19 April 2027) and ViennaUP (7–14 May 2027).

When is ViennaUP 2027?

ViennaUP 2027 runs 10–14 May 2027, with a WarmUP weekend on 7–9 May. The Vienna Business Agency organises it.

Are there events for women founders in Vienna?

Yes: the Woman in Business Award (5 November 2026), Impact Hub's free Women's Entrepreneurship Week (16–20 November), the women sessions at Digital Days (18 November) and the #glaubandich Female Startup prize.

Are there free startup events in Vienna?

Yes: Impact Hub's Women's Entrepreneurship Week, the Vienna Business Agency's founding workshops, and many ViennaUP partner events.

How much money do I need to found a GmbH in Austria?

The minimum share capital of a GmbH is €10,000, and half of it must be paid in cash at founding.

About the Author

Violetta Bonenkamp, also known as MeanCEO, is an experienced startup founder with an impressive educational background including an MBA and four other higher education degrees. She has over 20 years of work experience across multiple countries, including 5 years as a solopreneur and serial entrepreneur. Throughout her startup experience she has applied for multiple startup grants at the EU level, in the Netherlands and Malta, and her startups received quite a few of those. She’s been living, studying and working in many countries around the globe and her extensive multicultural experience has influenced her immensely.

Violetta Bonenkamp, F/MS founder

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