Startup Vorarlberg Convention

What can you expect?

The Startup Vorarlberg Convention is an event for the regional start-up scene and its stakeholders. It offers you the opportunity to exchange ideas with like-minded people, make valuable contacts with relevant stakeholders and receive helpful content-related impulses.
 

Programme:

Moderation: Magdalena Meusburger

Information about the speakers and moderators can be ▷ found below!  

Event language

German  

Audience & Participation

Do you have an exciting idea or are you already part of a start-up? Then get in touch - cause you will need an invitation! Startup Vorarlberg offers (potential) founders and startups free tickets. Simply send a request to info@startup-vorarlberg.at, and they will send you your personal ticket.

You can find more information ▷ here.    

More infos about the event

Speakers:

• Fredrik Debong is co-founder of the Pioneers Festival and the successful HealthTech startup mySugr, which was acquired by Roche in 2017 and is still one of the largest exits in Austrian startup history. Today, Fredrik is active in a variety of roles - as founder, investor and advisor - for various start-up projects. His extensive involvement has had a lasting impact on the European start-up scene.
• Lisa-Marie Fassl is an important personality in the Austrian start-up scene. She was Managing Director of the Austrian Angel Investors Association for several years and advised the Federal Ministry for Digitalization on startup issues. She also founded Female Founders, one of the largest European networks for the promotion of female founders. Today, she is Managing Partner at Fund F, a fund that specializes in investments in gender-diverse teams and thus promotes diversity in the startup world. And yes, last but not least, Lisa-Marie teaches a course on "Early Stage Financing" at the FHV.
• Alexander Stoeckel has almost two decades of experience in venture investment. He was a partner at b2venture and Director of Investments at PM Equity Partners. In these roles, he has supported numerous start-ups and built up extensive expertise as a venture capitalist. His many years of experience make him one of the most experienced contacts in the field of venture capital.
• Soren Charareh is Investment Manager at Austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws), one of Austria's central funding institutions. Subsidies play a decisive role in the financing of companies, especially in the field of innovation. The aws supports Austrian companies with around 1 billion euros annually and thus promotes the development of future-oriented technologies and innovations in Austrian Business and Management.
• Johannes Moser is a formative personality in the Vorarlberg digital scene. He co-founded the Digital Initiatives and was Head of Product at Crate.io, one of the most exciting tech companies in Vorarlberg, for several years. With the founding and sale of immerok, he achieved one of the most significant exits in the history of the Vorarlberg start-up scene.
• Isabella Salzmann & Lukas Böhler are the founders of Gleap, an all-in-one customer feedback tool for apps and websites. Gleap is one of Vorarlberg's most promising start-ups and Isabella & Lukas are two of the most exciting personalities on the Vorarlberg start-up scene.
• Sascha Österle is a partner at F-Technologies, a Vorarlberg venture capitalist that invests in startups at an early stage. Sascha supports innovative founders in the technology sector with capital and strategic know-how.
• Fabian Rauch, born and raised in Innsbruck, discovered his passion for programming at the age of 16 when he created his first websites. This early experience awakened his entrepreneurial spirit. Over the years, Fabian has founded several companies, including an innovative cab app, a successful online carpet retailer, a dynamic advertising agency and finally the software company Crqlar.
• Dr. Mai Anh Dao: After a short, intense university career, Mai Anh founded MADiscover 4 years ago. With an innovative combination of big data analytics and AI, her company is changing the way companies find strategic partnerships and acquisitions worldwide. As CEO, she leads the software company and inspires customers from Siemens to Doppelmayr.
• Michael Breidenbrücker is a key figure in the European tech and start-up scene. He co-founded Last.fm, one of the first and most successful music platforms on the web, revolutionizing the way we discover music. With his many years of experience in start-ups and technology, Michael is one of the most influential personalities in the industry.  

Moderators:

• Thomas Metzler is professor for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at the FHV. He is co-founder of startupstube, the FHV's startup center, which is now part of Startup Vorarlberg. Thomas has been active in various roles in the startup scene for 15 years and supports founders with his expertise. He regularly publishes articles on startups, technology and innovation on MadeMeThink.xyz.
• Diana Eglseder experienced the early days of the startup scene in Vorarlberg as a tech startup. Today, as Managing Director of Startup Vorarlberg GmbH, she is able to further develop the scene and design it together with her team. Today, she passes on her experience from the media and communications industry and corporate development in transformation processes to startups. As co-founder of the Fempower Community, supporting women in the implementation of their entrepreneurial projects is particularly important to her.
• Magdalena Meusburger enjoys turning start-up ideas into reality and supporting others in doing so. She is a lecturer for entrepreneurship at the Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences, as well as co-founder of the FHV Startup Center and the Fempower Community, which are now part of Startup Vorarlberg. She gained her own startup experience in Johannesburg (SA) and is happy to pass on her knowledge. Three things Magdalena personally appreciates: her family, strong coffee and a morning dip in Lake Constance.
• Saša Filipović is the founder of Fuckup Night Vorarlberg and has been firmly anchored in the startup scene for over 8 years. In recent years, he has worked as a startup consultant, helping founders to successfully bring their ideas to market maturity. As deputy university management of Startup Vorarlberg GmbH, he is passionate about further expanding the regional startup ecosystem. His conviction that an open culture of error is the key to sustainable success characterizes his daily work.