Graz (OTS) – The award for outstanding achievements by Austrian innovation networks was given for the first time by the BMDW and goes to the Green Tech Cluster. Economics Minister Margarete Schramböck particularly congratulated the cluster on its effective startup activities.
Austria has powerful cluster networks in areas of technological and economic strength that strengthen the international competitiveness of companies, especially SMEs, through innovation and cooperation. When the Austrian Cluster Prize was awarded for the first time, outstanding achievements in the fields of startups, research and innovation, digitization and skilled workers were assessed.
Austrian cluster award for startup boost
“Startups and companies cooperate successfully in the Green Tech Cluster. This economic ecosystem is thus increasingly becoming a global innovation hotspot, ”said Federal Minister for Digitization and Business Location Margarete Schramböck.
The Green Tech Cluster has been ranked the global No. 1 in the environmental technology sector several times, and now it can look forward to the Austrian cluster award in the Startups category. The jury was particularly impressed by the cooperation between established and young companies in the cluster. With activities like the “Green Tech Hub“On two floors in the Science Tower, the leading event”Top of Green Tech“With tech investor Frank Thelen on March 25, 2021 and the Green Tech Summer Graz With the motto “founding instead of internship” the cluster is Austria’s platform for green startups.
Made in Austria – 150 grüne Startups
The new “Climate Tech Landscape“Offers a complete overview of all green startups in Austria for the first time. The dynamism of the topic of climate protection is increasing and is being actively promoted by Austria’s startup scene. 25 percent of Austria’s green startups were created in Styria, twice as many as in other industries.
One success story is that of EAT. Christoph Grimmer and his team offer solar power plants for urban nomads: Simply attach the PV module to the balcony railing and plug the battery storage into the socket – solar power is already used. “The cluster has been massively strengthening the rollout of our new technologies for years,” said EET founder Christoph Grimmer about cluster support.
Der Green Tech Cluster
The Green Tech Valley in the south of Austria is a global hotspot for innovative solutions for climate protection and recycling management. 235 companies, 15 competence centers and 1,800 university researchers in Styria and Carinthia develop green innovations together in the Green Tech Cluster.
Inquiries & contact:
Green Tech Cluster: Bernhard Puttinger, +43 316 40 77 44-17, puttinger@greentech.at
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