2. 28% 15% Tourism Industry Austria is a strong industrial location As a
percentage
of GDP 2016

3. Austria: Strong Industrial Basis
Contribution of productive sector to GDP in %, 2017
Source: OECD, Eurostat 2018

4. „New“ Austrians Largest foreign communities
Source: Statistik Austria 2018

5. Top Industries
Life Science
Automotive
Electronics
Machinery

6. Austria Invests in Innovation
Increase of R&D expenditures
EU: +16%
Austria: +66%

7. Austria‘s R&D Expenditures Grow
Above Average, As percentage of GDP
3,19
Forecast
2018
Germany
Austria
EU-28
Source: Eurostat

8. Austrian Investments rank #2
Change of investment quotas between 2007 and 2017 in %
Source: Eurostat 2018

9. Comet Zentren und Comet Projekte
in Österreich
FFG | Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft | Juli 2018

10. Academia meets Business
AplusB – Academia plus Business
INiTS
tech2b
accent
ZAT
CAST
SPG
build!

11. Austria supports researchers
Spin-off Austria
Tax privileges for migrant scientists
fellowship initiative
up to 500,000 € support
to convert research results into business ideas
tax credit of 30 % (limited for 5 years)
returning scientists eligible (period abroad reduced to 5 years)

12. Investor-friendly Tax System
Corporate tax rate: 25%
Modern group taxation
Tax premium for R&D: 14%
No trade tax
Double taxation treaties

13. Financing: Venture Capital

14. Funding: Unique! 55% of startups get subsidies
Inkubator / Company Builder / Accelerator 19,3 %
Erspartes (Finanzielle Mittel der GründerInnen) 81,2%
Öffentliche Förderungen und Unterstützungen 55,0%
Venture Capital (VC) 13,8%
Crowdfunding / Crowdinvesting 9,9%
Business Angels 33,4%
Weitere Finanzquellen 6,9%
Interne Finanzierung (Cash Flow) 29,3%
Sonstige Kredite 2,8%
Bankkredit 21,8%
Initial Coin Offering (ICO) 1,1%

15. Funding for R&D: Unique!
Direct incentives
Indirect incentive: Research Premium
Mixture between cash grants and subsidized low interest rate loans
Tax credit: 14%
Costs of staff and material for in-house research or outsourced to Austrian research institutes
Expert opinion by FFG required
For SME and large companies!

16. Subsidies for R&D Projects are Available
Via Two Main Program Lines
„Top Down“
Thematic calls
„Bottom-up“
Any topic
Any time
„Basic programme“
„Special programs“

17. Comprehensive Funding System
AWS
FFG
FWF
VBA
Austria Wirtschaftsservice
funding bank for corporate business development
Austrian Research Promotion Agency
promotes R&D by companies along the entire innovation chain
Austrian Science Fund
promotion of basic research
At the regional level:
additional funding and support
Vienna Business Agency

18. Startup Funding System – FFG

19. Early Stage Funding – AWS

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