Market entry and fundraising support. Built around your next step.
Your Austria entry roadmap and relevant local connections.
Explore programmeFour weeks of pitch feedback and targeted investor introductions.
Explore programme
Connect with international investors for rounds of up to €1M, learn from unicorn founders and senior leaders, accelerate your DACH expansion, access valuable founder resources, and unlock strategic networking opportunities.
An official message delivered for the launch of the Kyiv–Vienna Innovation Bridge, highlighting the collaboration between BeFounder, the Ukrainian innovation ecosystem and partners in Austria.
Three clear ways to work with BeFounder: enter and grow across DACH, prepare for an active fundraising round, or build targeted startup partnerships.
For international companies ready to enter or grow across Germany, Austria and Switzerland through relevant market access, business relationships and concrete opportunities.
For Pre-Seed and Seed startups preparing for an active round and needing a sharper story, better investor targeting and a structured route to introductions.
For corporates, professional service firms and ecosystem organisations that want targeted access to relevant startups, curated matching and measurable collaboration opportunities across DACH.
Get featured across the BeFounder ecosystem, share your founder story, and use the Part of the BeFounder Ecosystem badge across your website, LinkedIn, and pitch deck.
A focused 4-week fundraising sprint for Austrian startups preparing an active round. Sharpen your pitch, focus your investor strategy and move into relevant investor conversations.
Introductions are selected around stage, sector, round and investor fit — not sent as a generic investor list.
Know what investors need to understand quickly about your company and round.
Prioritise relevant investors instead of spending time on broad outreach.
Move from cold lists toward curated introductions where there is a credible fit.
Leave with clearer follow-ups, investor feedback and a more focused fundraising process.
A focused market-entry programme for international companies looking to build relevant relationships, identify commercial opportunities and establish a practical route into Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Clarify where to enter, how to position and which opportunities matter first.
Get connected to selected ecosystem, strategic and market-entry relationships.
Explore relevant corporate, SME, programme and funding opportunities across DACH.
Translate relationships and market insight into a practical growth roadmap.
Co-President of SXSW
Co-Founder of refurbed
Angel Investor
Founder of Betterlinked
Head of Startup Services, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
Connecting global markets with opportunities across DACH.
Join DACH Scale Passport or Fundraising Forward and get access to selected founder resources and mentor insights that support the work you are already doing in the programme.
Templates, guidance and expert perspectives to help you prepare better, make decisions faster and avoid starting from zero.
Selected perspectives from founders, investors, operators and ecosystem leaders in the BeFounder network.
Choose the programme that matches your current business milestone. The supporting resources come with it.
BeFounder collaborates with selected professional firms, technology companies and service providers that can create meaningful value for startups and growth companies.
From ongoing ecosystem partnerships and founder support to events, programme collaboration and deeper strategic initiatives, we build partnerships around where your expertise can create real value.
Build an ongoing presence within the BeFounder ecosystem and relevant founder support resources.
Integrate relevant expertise, services or benefits into specific founder needs and journeys.
Co-create relevant events, workshops, programmes or founder-facing activations.
Develop a deeper long-term collaboration around shared markets, initiatives or ecosystem objectives.
Build a tailored partnership when the opportunity does not fit a standard model.
Through BeFounder activities around ViennaUP, international founders meet investors, mentors, ecosystem leaders and partners in the real-world environment where relationships actually begin.
BeFounder creates spaces for founders, investors, mentors and partners to meet beyond the screen.
Market entry and fundraising are not only about information. They depend on meeting the right people, building trust and becoming part of the local ecosystem.
From introductions and mentor conversations to ecosystem events, the goal is to turn access into relationships that can move a company forward.
BeFounder and its international initiatives have been featured by startup media, business publications, government platforms and innovation institutions.
Tell us about your company, expertise and collaboration goals. We will review the fit and identify the most relevant partnership model and commercial scope.
