aws First Incubator

Run by Austria Wirtschaftsservice.

Projects in this Vienna incubator run one to two years and include a compulsory start-up camp, with two intakes a year. Austria Wirtschaftsservice funds up to 90% of costs as a non-repayable grant to a maximum of EUR 49,000 within a project volume of EUR 55,000, rising to 100% and EUR 55,000 where women hold more than 25% of shares. Because it is a grant, no equity is taken. Generalist.

Investment

€49,000 (Below Europe & C. Asia median $54.5k · Below global median $61.3k)

Equity taken

0% (Like 88% of Europe & C. Asia · Like 79% globally)

Duration

104 weeks (Longer than Europe & C. Asia median 26 wks · Longer than global median 20 wks)

Format

in person

Cadence

biannual

Location

Vienna, Austria

Sectors

• Generalist

How to apply

Official website

This programme has notes explaining its undisclosed figures, available in the full dataset.

Sources

Every figure above is taken from these pages, published by the programme or its parent organisation.

• https://www.aws.at/en/aws-first-incubator/ read 2026-09-05 — supports name, organization, city, cheque amount, cheque currency, cheque note, equity pct, equity note, duration weeks, duration note, batch cadence, format, sectors, application url, website, status

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Last verified 2026-09-05.