Starting a company in Carinthia

If you have ever entertained the idea of setting up a business in Austria, Carinthia is ready to welcome you with open arms. Austria’s southernmost province offers excellent conditions for all those planning to start a business in Austria, especially in the field of technology.

StartNet Carinthia operates as a joint platform for aspiring businesses and unites several organisations, institutions and campaigns that provide support for start-ups on their way to success. The platform provides a wealth of information, expertise and the option of utilising the synergies of the StartNet partners, making it the perfect port of call for any questions to do with networks, competitions, points of contact, capital and funding. The joint strategy for the platform is to act as a mediator between potential entrepreneurs and the network partners, to foster communication between relevant stakeholders and institutions and to guarantee the provision of relevant services of a high quality and in a time-efficient manner. 

If you are planning to set up a business in Austria, the Austrian Chamber of Commerce and its offices on a district and regional level will provide hands-on support in all nine provinces. In Carinthia, your first port of call should be the Carinthian start-up service in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee. After a free initial consultation, the specialists from the start-up service will thoroughly vet your idea and assist you with all questions to do with tax, social insurance and commercial law as well as help you register your business. The Internet platform of the start-up service provides comprehensive background information, tips, downloads and business tools for start-ups.

The build! business incubator also offers advice and support for start-ups in Carinthia, with an emphasis on innovative, knowledge-based and technology-orientated businesses. Start-ups will benefit from the in-depth expertise of specialised coaches and a strong network of high-calibre partners, experts and mentors, as well as access to national and regional funding programmes and state-of-the-art workspaces. build! accompanies start-ups in Austria during the first five phases of setting up a business, on a step-by-step basis:

Information
Possibilities and potentials are evaluated during a first consultation.

Preparation
build! coaching with four coaching sessions to determine a roadmap and define targets.

Take off
Two different programmes, both of them four months long (build! Intensive Coaching or build!ing LEAN Accelerator), work out a business plan, strengthen the profile of the start-up and approach funding bodies that specialise in setting up a business in Austria.

Setting up business
This phase offers another high-calibre service package, provided that the build! advisory board approves the business plan).

Go!
Once the first orders have come in or the first products have been sold: The build! premium service packages provide optimal support during the consolidation stage.