Connect Day 26
19 May 2026|
1040 Vienna, Austria
Wiedner Hauptstrasse 63
APPLICATIONS OPEN: by MARCH 2026
All applications, for participating and pitching at Connect Day 26 will open end of February / beginning of March 2026.
TOPICS CONNECT DAY 26
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GreenTech & Manufacturing
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FrontierTech
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MedTech & LifeScience
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UrbanTech & EnergyTransition
THIS WAS CONNECT DAY 25
Partners wanted for Connect Day 26
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Interested in being a partner of THE Matchmaking event of the ViennaUP 2026?
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You want to position your company infront of 1000 hand-picked startups, corporates and investors?
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You want to give your startups, challenges, calls visibility in the expo area?
Then contact the project manager and we are happy to get in touch with you as soon as negotiations start.
Facts & figures Connect Day 25
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> 1400 participants (250 investors, 150 corporates)
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> 1000 1:1 meetings
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56 speakers & 47 pitching start-ups
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Program highlights see below
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Physical "onsite" event featuring matchmaking tables
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4 weeks of online match- making until June 14, 2025
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Target groups
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Corporates / SMEs: established companies seeking innovation & interested in collaboration with startups
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Investors
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National & international Startups
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Partners
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PROGRAM PREVIEW 2026
B2B Matchmaking 1:1
The heart of Connect Day 26 will again be the 1:1 Matchmaking taking place throughout the day: Startups, Corporates/SMEs, Investors and Austria's & Europe's dynamic innovation ecosystems meet with each other - all in one location & one day.
This "speed dating" format offers a unique opportunity to connect with numerous professionals in just 15-minute intervals, fostering discussions on collaboration and potential partnerships.
4 topics - same format on stage
4 new topics, more focused for the stage program. Each topic block will be set up in the same format:
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5 minute intro into the topic
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Interactive panel with experts & audience exchange
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6 Startup pitches, each followed by questions from the jury
Topics Connect Day 26:
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GreenTech & Manufacturing
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FrontierTech
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MedTech & LifeScience
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UrbanTech & EnergyTransition
Corporate Reverse Pitches
The tables are turned: instead of Startups, Corporates/SMEs will be pitching their cooperation opportunities to Startups.
Pitching Room
There will be even more opportunities for startups / scaleups from different countries and industries to pitch at Connect Day in this years' bigger pitching room.