Startup
World Cup
Austria
the largest startup pitch competition in the world
About the
Startup World Cup
The Startup World Cup, hosted by Pegasus Tech Ventures, is the largest startup competition worldwide, with more than 50 countries taking part every year.
In May 2021 Austrian Angel Investors Association and AustrianStartups will bring the Startup World Cup to Austria and host it as part of the ViennaUp'21.
Pre-Selection-Events
For Austria there will be three digital pre-selection-events for three different teams:
Team East, Team South and Team West. The teams consist of three Austrian federal states. In each of them one startup of the different categories will be selected by a jury to pitch at the finals in May at ViennaUp.
TEAM EAST
Vienna
Lower Austria
Burgenland
TEAM SOUTH
Salzburg
Styria
Carinthia
TEAM WEST
Tyrol
Vorarlberg
Upper Austria
Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Upper Austria
Wednesday, March 17th, 2021 - 6pm
Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021 - 6pm
Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland
Thursday, April 8th, 2021 - 6pm
Team West
Team South
Team East
The Austrian Finals
The finals of the Startup World Cup Austria will take place on May 5th, 2021 at ViennaUp. The finalists get the chance to win:
1 pitch
in front of VCs & investors at world finals
1 trip
to Silicon Valley
for world finals
1 pitch
in front of VCs & investors at pan-European finals
$ 500K
investment from UP21 & Air Ventures
at pan-European finals
$ 1M
investment from Pegasus Ventures
at world finals
You want to know more about the pan-European and world finals?
Check the website of Startup World Cup!
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Meet the
Partners
Meet the
organizers
Startup World Cup by Pegasus Tech Ventures is a global conference and competition that brings together the top startups, VCs, entrepreneurs and world-class tech CEOs. It already hosted 50+ regional startup competitions.
The Austrian Angel Investors Association is Austria's leading network for angel investors. Founded in 2012 as a non-profit association, the organization is one of the leading angel networks in Europe nowadays.
AustrianStartups is a neutral, independent and non-profit platform for innovative entrepreneurship in Austria. It is an open place for startups, change-makers and interested persons. They support the aaia as a startup partner.