INiTS SCALEup Incubation Program

Run by INiTS.

INiTS runs a one-year Vienna incubation: a 100-day intensive Startup Camp, then a nine-month growth phase, with a qualification phase before admission. Startups accepted into SCALEup may apply during the growth phase for up to EUR 100,000 of STARTKapital, in return for which INiTS takes virtual non-voting shares at a fictitious EUR 1,000,000 valuation, repaid gradually as the company raises equity. Deeptech and generalist.

Investment

€100,000 (Above Europe & C. Asia median $54.5k · Above global median $61.3k)

Equity taken

10% (Above Europe & C. Asia median 6.5% · Above global median 6%)

Duration

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

Format

in person

Cadence

biannual

Location

Vienna, Austria

Sectors

• Deep Tech
• 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.inits.at/en/scaleup/ read 2026-09-05 — supports name, organization, city, cheque amount, cheque currency, cheque note, duration weeks, duration note, format, sectors, application url, status
• https://www.inits.at/en/startkapital/ read 2026-09-05 — supports cheque amount, cheque currency, cheque note, equity pct, equity note, batch cadence
• https://www.inits.at/en/ read 2026-09-05 — supports website, city, status, contact email

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Last verified 2026-09-05.