aws Preseed — Deep Tech
Funds Austrian deep-tech founders at the earliest commercialization stage to strengthen real-world implementation.
The aws Preseed Deep Tech program is a non-repayable grant administered by Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH (aws), Austria's national promotional bank, and targets founders and very early-stage microenterprises developing business models grounded in exceptional technological or scientific challenge. The program is one of two tiers in aws's Preseed|Seedfinancing Deep Tech family — the ot…
Funds Austrian founders and early-stage microenterprises developing business models based on exceptional technological or scientific challenge, providing a non-repayable grant of up to €267,000.
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