Our Mission is to
We facilitate entrepreneurial spirit at TUW by organizing various events open to the public: The PIONEER TOMORROW: Insights Unplugged Series, the Distinguished Speaker Series, the Networking Friday, JointForces, Demo Days, and joint events with our partners.
We offer top quality education and coaching for acquiring entrepreneurial/business competences.
We support innovative founder teams along the whole value chain – from ideation to implementation, market entry & scaling.
We ensure the framework needed and access to the essential network.
Latest News
Transform Your Research into Market-Ready Products with the TUW i²ncubator
The TUW i²ncubator program is now accepting applications for its 9th cohort. This program is designed to guide TU Wien scientists and engineers in transforming their innovative research into market-ready products and potential spin-offs. Applications will be open until July... Read more
Focus on What You Can Control: The Founder Mindset Behind contextflow’s Exit
It was a historic moment, not only for contextflow but for TUW i²c as well. For the first time ever, a spin-off from our incubation program has been acquired. To understand the story behind the sale and to learn from... Read more
From Idea to Start-up: Highlights of the TU Wien i²c ESI Demo Day 2026
14th edition of the Extended Study on Innovation (ESI) Demo Day: seven of eleven teams honoured and a wildcard for "2 Minuten 2 Millionen" awarded High above the rooftops of Vienna at TUtheSky, the 14th edition of the Extended Study... Read more
Invisible-Light Labs raises €1.5M in pre-seed funding
More big news from our ecosystem: Invisible-Light Labs, the TU Wien spin-off developing infrared analysis technology for nanoscale materials, has secured a substantial pre-seed investment co-led by XISTA Science Ventures and aws Gründungsfonds, with participation from Fund F. This is... Read more
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Insights from Our Community
CHATRI SITYODTONG
Speaker at the i²c, Serial Entrepreneur, Founder and CEO at ONE Championship
It is really amazing that i²c is sowing the seeds of future entrepreneurs, future success and future global changers from Austria. This marriage of academics with real-life experience – it is world class for sure.
CHRISTOPH KROFITSCH
Diploma Supplement on Innovation Alumnus 2016, Co-Founder and COO of byrd technologies GmbH
The Diploma Supplement on Innovation is the only sensible way at TU Wien to learn and practice entrepreneurship. Its combination of theory, exercises, and hands-on projects was highly valuable for me – I recommend it to anybody having interest in implementing their own ideas.
MIRIAM UNTERLASS
StartAcademy Alumna 2016, Co-Founder and CSO of UGP materials, Researcher and Lecturer at TU Wien
I am completely overwhelmed by all the amazing things I learned in such a short time. I especially value the ratio of mentors to teams. That allowed us to have one-on-one discussions with exceptional and experienced people.