Spin Off Austria
Spin Off Austria

Intro

A lot has happened since the first Spin-off Austria conference in autumn 2020: The concept of spin-offs as the third mission of universities – alongside research and teaching – is receiving more and more attention, both politically and socially. The relevance of successful technology transfer is more tangible than ever, not least because of the significant contribution of a research spin-off to the development of the Covid-19 vaccine.

Why a spin-off dashboard?
The aim of the dashboard is to create transparency about the current figures in the Austrian spin-off ecosystem and to bring best-practice examples to the forefront.

Data Collection

All Austrian universities, non-university research institutions and universities of applied sciences will be personally invited to share their efforts and results with the Spin-Off Austria Initiative, i.e. background information on the institution’s strategy and activities for start-up support (e.g. curricular and extracurricular programmes), number of exploitation spin-offs and academic start-ups and good practice cases with particular successes (funding, prizes, cooperations, etc.).

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The Austrian Knowledge Transfer Centers (WTZ) support the survey by coordinating among the project partners if necessary (e.g. in case of double nominations). The Knowledge Transfer Centers are funded by the Austria Wirtschaftsservice, with funds from the National Foundation for Research, Technology and Development (Österreich-Fonds), and are an association of universities and universities of applied sciences (project duration of WTZ: July 1, 2019-December 31, 2021).

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The period of the survey contents is defined from 1.1.2018 to 1.7.2021

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Strategy of the institution in the field of Third Mission
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Supporting activities (e.g. extracurricular programmes)
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Number of exploitation spin-offs and academic start-ups
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Good Practice Cases

When will the results be available?

An expert jury will evaluate the submitted projects at the beginning of October and nominate the most convincing submissions. The nominated institutions will have the opportunity to present their concepts and successes and share their experiences at the second Spin-off Austria Conference on 23.11.2021.

Jury

Hermann Hauser (Jury)
Dr. Hermann Hauser
Co-Founder Amadeus Capital Partners, Vice-Chair EIC Pilot Advisory Board
Sabine Herlitschka (Jury)
Dipl-Ing. Dr. Sabine Herlitschka, MBA
CEO & CTO at Infineon Technologies Austria
Herbert Gartner (Jury)
DI Herbert Gartner
Co-Founder & CEO eQventure
Carolin Häussler (Jury)
Prof. Dr. Carolin Häussler, MBR
Chair of Organisation, Technology Management and Entrepreneurship University of Passau

We are pleased to be able to provide up-to-date data and first-hand experience. Nationwide practical examples can help us to jointly position Austrian Science-Based Entrepreneurship internationally.

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If you have any questions about the dashboard, please do not hesitate to contact the Spin-off Austria team at soda21@iect.at.

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Hermann Hauser and Herbert Gartner Spin-off Austria Committee

In cooperation with

Austrian Angels Investors Association
AplusB
Austrian Council for Research and Technology Development
Austrian Private Equity and Venture Capital Organisation
Austria Wirtschaftsservice
Federal Ministry Republic of Austria Education, Science and Research
Federal Ministry Republic of Austria Digital and Economic Affairs
Federal Ministry Republic of Austria Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
Female Founders
Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft
FWF - Die Wissenschaftsfonds
Industriellen-Vereinigung
Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft
Austrian Universities of Technology
Österreichische Universitätenkonferenz
Wiener Boerse
Wirtschaftskammer Österreich
Wissenstransferzentrum
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Hermann Hauser (Jury)
Dr. Hermann Hauser
Co-Founder Amadeus Capital Partners, Vice-Chair EIC Pilot Advisory Board

The Austrian-born Hermann Hauser holds an MA in Physics from Vienna University and a PhD in Physics from the Cavendish Laboratory at King's College, Cambridge. In his long and successful history as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, he co-founded and invested in some of Britain’s most innovative companies. These include Acorn Computers and its spin-off ARM, Cambridge Silicon Radio, Solexa, Entropic Research Labs and Icera. He played a major role in the emergence of the Silicon Fen. In 2015, Hermann was bestowed with an honorary KBE in recognition of his valuable services to engineering and industry. Hermann Hauser is currently Vice-Chair of the EIC Pilot Advisory Board which aims to grow Europe’s tech sectorby investing up to € 10 billion until 2027 together with the European VC industry. To support the Austrian ecosystem, Hermann has founded I.E.C.T. Hermann Hauser Management GmbH (I.E.C.T. Summer School on Entrepreneurship, Innovator’s Road) and Hermann Hauser Investment GmbH (25+ investments in mainly Austrian start-ups). He is also member of the Austrian Research Council.

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Sabine Herlitschka (Jury)
Dipl-Ing. Dr. Sabine Herlitschka, MBA
CEO & CTO at Infineon Technologies Austria

Sabine Herlitschka is Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer of Infineon Technologies Austria AG.
Her professional career includes industrial biotechnology research, international cooperation and financing in technology and innovation, Internships at leading organizations in the USA, Fulbright Scholarship at George Washington University and Johns Hopkins University, as well as founding Vice-Rector for Research Management and International Cooperation at the Medical University of Graz, Austria.

Before joining Infineon Technologies Austria, Herlitschka was Director of European and International Programmes in the Austrian Research Promotion Agency. For almost 25 years she has been frequently involved in European Research as advisor, project coordinator and evaluator, as well as participant and Chairperson in strategic European & international expert groups. Amongst others, she has been elected Chair of the Governing Board of the 5 bn Euro European Public Private Partnership ECSEL-Electronic Components and Systems for Electronic Leadership, she is Vice-Chair of the Austrian Council for Research & Technology Cooperation, as well as member of the Senate of the German Fraunhofer Society.

Herlitschka holds a Ph.D. in Food- and Biotechnology and a Master of Business Administration

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Herbert Gartner (Jury)
DI Herbert Gartner
Co-Founder & CEO eQventure

Herbert Gartner is a serial entrepreneur & active business angel investing smart and hard capital in young Austrian high-tech product companies. He is focusing on industry and university spin-offs with strong growth potentials.

In 2014 Herbert co-founded the Austrian investment club eQventure, which provides young innovative high tech companies besides growth capital a strong network as well as straightforward support from successful ex-founders. Meanwhile, eQventure became the strongest Austrian angel investor network and Austria’s major venture capital provider for Austrian startups.

In 2003 Herbert Gartner founded the MEMS and semiconductor company SensorDynamics and held positions as CFO and CEO. He successfully sold the company to Maxim Integrated Products Inc, California in 2011 for $164 million.

Prior to that he held management positions at ams and Siemens. Herbert is a graduate engineer in Electrical Engineering and Business Administration from Graz University of Technology and ETH Zurich.

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Carolin Häussler (Jury)
Prof. Dr. Carolin Häussler, MBR
Chair of Organisation, Technology Management and Entrepreneurship University of Passau

Prof. Dr Carolin Häussler holds the Chair of Organisation, Technology Management and Entrepreneurship at the University of Passau and is a member of the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (EFI), appointed by the German Federal Government.
Her research focuses on innovation management and entrepreneurship. The gene scissors CRISPR/CAS, the rapidly advancing digitalisation or the increasingly public science - the so-called Open Science - are just a few examples of how research progress is continuously changing the world of life and business. Professor Häussler is interested in the interfaces at which this happens and how new findings are translated into new technologies. In particular, she examines the interfaces between universities, entrepreneurs, large companies and political decision-makers in order to optimise them. Her work has been published in numerous renowned journals and has been awarded numerous prizes. She works for public and private organisations as a scientific advisor and as a mentor for various start-ups.
Professor Häussler studied business administration at LMU Munich and as a Sloan Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She also worked as a student and later as a lecturer at the Centre for Digital Technology and Entrepreneurship (CDTM) at TU Munich and LMU Munich. She did her PhD at LMU Munich and also completed her *Habilitation" there with a thesis on incentives, preferences and opportunities in innovation processes. She was also a visiting professor at Stanford University.

Picture: © David Ausserhofer

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