ViennaUP 2025 – The Startup Festival You Don’t Want to Miss
- Hosted May 8–16 across Vienna, featuring a numerous of events, thousands of participants from more than 80 countries, spread across multiple venues in the whole city
- Organized by the Vienna Business Agency, it’s a city-wide decentralized festival built to connect founders, investors, corporates, creatives, deep-tech innovators and enablers
Why is the ViennaUP such a must-have event?
- As initiative of the Vienna Business Agency, ViennaUP spotlights the Vienna ecosystem – a magnet for talent, research, and access to capital & global networks
- Through the "Discover Vienna" program, international startups can receive travel reimbursements, accommodation, event tickets – all designed to give them a perfect experience of the Vienna ecosystem
Fermentful – The star from Riga
- Fermentful is a food-tech startup from Riga, Latvia. They turn green buckwheat into creamy, plant-based probiotic drinks (kefir-like), gluten & dairy-free, no added sugar, rich in live cultures
- Flavors include Natural, Apple-Lingonberry, Sea Buckthorn, Dark Chocolate – all created with organic, scientifically validated strains
Fermentful at ViennaUP
- We recorded Fermentful live at the ViennaUP 2025 – showing how a product rooted in science + sustainability connects the people.
Festival Impact: Connect – Learn – Scale
- Investors
a. Pitch sessions like Connect Day packed with VCs, corporates & angels – startups get real-time feedback and deal flows - Customers & Early Adopters
a. Café Spaces, workshops & pitch events let founders test-market, show product, explain mission and attract media buzz. - Like‑minded Community
a. Roundtables, panels, socials—founders bond, collaborate on deep-tech, health, or smart-city verticals.
Festivals like ViennaUP fuel growth, spark partnerships, and amplify impact – especially for early founders like Fermentful.
