SCALEup QUALIFICATION
Dates & Deadlines
Workshops & Team Challenge
In this phase you can design, further develop, optimise your value proposition, the differentiation, innovative aspects and it´s underlying know-how base (on which to build on?) for potential use cases and stakeholders, current progress and outlook on the rights to use, exploitation and intellectual property rights, it`s communication and on the other parts of the business model with INiTS support.
This information will serve as a basis “to get ready” for your further decisions and prioritization of implementation steps. Furthermore, these are an initial design base for your corporate documentation, communication internally and external stakeholders, also for INiTS regarding the INiTS AplusB Scale-up criteria`s intensity.
As part of your INiTS application, we provide you a basic INiTS business concept and liquidity plan as application documents in which you can formulate your findings, introduce your team, current readiness in progress, quality and scope of the business concept and pitch it in front of the INiTS team afterwards. Building on that, a further selection of those start-ups happens who can be invited for the upcoming INiTS Project Advisory Board Meeting. (recommendation for the INiTS Incubation, starts with the INiTS Start-up Camp).
Recommendation: "Gründungswissen kompakt"
Supplementary basic workshops from or at the Vienna Business Agency (In German and other languages).
Duration: One morning and/or afternoon. More information and registration here: https://wirtschaftsagentur.at/workshops/
13.05.2025
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INITS Intro and Value Proposition & Business Model Workshop (Option 1 out of 3)
Duration: approx. 5h, participation only possible with invitation - on site
16.05.2025
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Info/feedback who will be invited for the Team Challenge after the Workshop 1 for Sept 26
We will inform you which teams can be invited to the upcoming Team Challenge and the information meeting! (In the following days we will send you your personal INITS IMS Portal access data for download and upload of your INITS application documents)
02.06.2026
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INITS Intro and Value Proposition & Business Model Workshop (Option 2 out of 3) for Sept 26
Duration: approx. 5h, participation only possible with invitation - on site
03.06.2026
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INITS Intro and Value Proposition & Business Model Workshop (Option 3 out of 3) for Sept 26
Duration: approx. 5h, participation only possible with invitation - on site
03.06.2026
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INFO/FEEDBACK FOR TEAMS WHO WILL BE INVITED TO THE TEAM CHALLENGE AFTER THE WORKSHOP 2 and 3 for Sept 26
We will inform you which teams can be invited to the upcoming 1. Deadline for submission of draft INiTS Application Docs, Team Challenge and the Information Meeting! (Info in your INITS Community Platform access under your Startup in Program and the Community Resources
05.06.2026
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Incubation Q&A meeting- in case of open questions? for Sept 26
Duration: approx. 1h, participation only possible with invitation - ONLINE link follows
22.06.2026
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1. First DEADLINE: SUBMIT YOUR FIRST DRAFTS OF INITS APPLICATION DOCUMENTS
Submission of the first draft of the INITS project proposal, liquidity planning and slides for the INiTS Team Challenge
30.06.2026
- 01.07.2026
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Team Challenge (1 Slot out of 2 days Options/Startup) for Sept 26
30.6. or 01.07.: "Pitch in front of the INiTS Team". Agenda will be sent out in time after the deadline - duration approx. 20 minutes/team on one of the days - on site
03.07.2026
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INFO/FEEDBACK FOR TEAMS WHO WILL BE INVITED FOR THE PROJECT ADVISORY BOARD MEETING AFTER THE TEAM CHALLENGE for Sept 26
10.08.2026
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2. Final DEADLINE: SUBMIT YOUR FINAL INITS APPLICATION DOCUMENTS
Submission of final INITS project application, cash-flow planning, digitally signed INiTS grant agreement, de minimis confirmation -all in pdf - and an extra Executive Summary (as a Word document)
Pitch Training & Project Advisory Board
20.08.2026
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Pitch Training: Workshop for Sept 26
Pitch training in preparation for pitching to the Project Advisory Board consisting of workshop, two one-on-one coaching sessions (approx. 60 min each) and one 30-minute slot at the dry run per team. If for any reason you are unable to attend the entire series, please indicate when registering - on site
24.08.2026
- 28.08.2026
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Pitch Coachings 1:1 – (2 Slots out of 2 days Options/Startup) for Sept 26
Duration approx. 60 min/team. Mo, Tue, Thu, Fr. The individual appointments will be arranged at the workshop - on site
31.08.2026
- 01.09.2026
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Pitch Dry Run – (1 Slot out of 2 days Options/Startup) for Sept 26
With trainer and INiTS startup consultants (duration: approx. 30 min/team)- on site /i>
03.09.2026
- 04.09.2026
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Project Advisory Board – (1 Slot out of 2 days Options/Startup) for Sept 26
03. or .04.09., before midday (duration: approx. 20 min/team) - on site
04.09.2026
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Info/feedback for teams who will be invited to the INITS INCUBATION AFTER THE PROJECT ADVISORY BOARD MEETING for Sept 26
Afternoon: information to teams recommended for acceptance into INiTS incubation, starting with Startup Camp.
Incubation & Demo Day
AFTER the INITS QUALIFICATION program the first events will take place in the INITS INCUBATION program, the STARTUP CAMP till to the DEMO DAY over the first 3 months!
About 10 Startups will be accepted. These get an intensive program, with the aim of hands on support, build up, validate the value and find a suitable, feasible strategy for and within the market, clarify how and what, build up value in your business model