Infrastructure

Work areas as well as seminar and meeting rooms can be used free of charge.

CONSULTATIONS

The KAIT team at FH JOANNEUM is available for advice.


FUNDING & FINANCING ISSUES

Support is also available for funding and financing issues.

Network

Support in accessing FH JOANNEUM networks.


About us

Origin and content

KAIT has been in existence since 2017 and arose from the EU-funded Accelerator project (Interreg Programme, Central Europe).

KAIT is a start-up centre where primarily students, but also other founders and young entrepreneurs who want to start their own business or grow in the IT sector in Upper Styria are supported and advised. The head of the IT+ Institute at FH JOANNEUM, Sonja Gögele.


Founders

conicode

Conicode is a young, agile company that implements individual software solutions in the field of green energy and energy simulations.

New Horizons

New Horizons supports companies in the smooth relocation of highly qualified foreign workers. These are in great demand on the Austrian labor market, especially for some occupational fields.

FITAPP

With over 8 million downloads, FITAPP is one of the most successful apps from Austria. FITAPP allows you to record different languages via GPS and share them in a feed.

smart SIMPLY

Smart home, digitalisation as simple as possible. But under the aspects of regional value creation and sustainability. A regional carpenter makes quality frames for you from real solid wood, from Austria.

Melanie Dunst

From corporate design to websites and apps to online marketing. We are at home in the colourful world of marketing and advertising. Our competencies lie in web design & e-commerce, app development, programming, online marketing – digital sales and customer journey consulting.

Inpro Analytics

Inpro Analytics is the long-term outsourcing partner for data analysis, visualisation, statistical evaluations and machine learning. We help companies to become data-driven and to live Business Intelligence.

Further Founders

  • GA NORM Consulting e.U. – Andreas Geissriegler

Events

UPCOMING EVENTS

Klimaschutz als Business
Green Tech Summer 2023

Are you studying at an Austrian university or college and have an idea for a climate protection start-up? Then apply now for the Green Tech Summer! With the support of professionals, you will develop your start-up concept and receive 3,500 euros in start-up capital.

Your steps to the summer start-up

  • Submit your climate protection idea by 08 May 2023 at the latest.
  • The jury of experts from the City of Graz, SFG, Science Park Graz, Gründungsgarage and the Green Tech Valley Cluster will select the best ideas to participate in the summer programme. The jury will give special consideration to the following focal points:
  • The idea meets the topic of climate and environmental protection.
  • The idea is innovative.
  • A concrete problem is solved.
  • A strong entrepreneurial spirit is evident.
  • There is a clear picture of what the idea is supposed to achieve.
  • In the programme from July to September, you will successfully develop your idea into a start-up concept together with the experts in mandatory workshops.
  • The majority of the workshops will take place in Graz. We hope you are also ready for day trips to the beautiful Wörthersee, Leoben and Kapfenberg.
  • At the final event, you pitch your idea in front of a large audience, the green tech & startup community, and have the chance to win great prizes.
  • For your graduation you will receive €3,500 as an individual participant, €5,500 as a team of 2 and €6,000 as a team of 3 as start-up capital for your green start-up.

For more information, visit the website at: 

Digital Innovation Hub (DIH) Süd

The Digital Innovation Hub (DIH) South is a competence network that serves as a coordination and contact point for small and medium-sized enterprises on the topic of digitalisation in the South of Austria region.

The aim of the initiative is to enable digitalisation in SMEs.

For more information, visit the website at: 

ENCRYPT 4.0

The future of business is digital, yet many executives and Boards of Directors often remain uninformed about the cybersecurity risk.

It’s time for security leaders to engage leadership and become truly important to executive management.

With Encrypt 4.0 by Erasmus+, no one can deny the impact of your risk.

For more information, visit the website at: 

Latest news

In the afternoon, at the KAIT online event International Round Table for Female Founders, three female founders from different countries discussed opportunities and obstacles for female entrepreneurs.
On 8 March, International Women's Day, UAS FH JOANNEUM (FHJ) and its partners organized for the second time the Female Future education and career fair in Kapfenberg.
KAIT-Kapfenberg Accelerator & Incubator for IT Networking Meeting on October 11, 2022, 4 – 5 pm online, Elmar Krainz, Heidemarie Köllinger, Sabine Proßnegg
On 28.09.2022, a Founders network meeting took place at FH JOANNEUM in Kapfenberg.
KAIT-Kapfenberg Accelerator & Incubator for IT was represented at the Future Day of the Styrian Economy in June 2022 in the exhibition hall in Graz. Under the motto #accessiskey, there were eager presentations and discussions about access to data, new business models, climate-neutral solutions and also networks.
On 11 June 2022, the 4th idea competition took place at FH JOANNEUM in Kapfenberg as part of the IT Start-up Centre KAIT-Kapfenberg Accelerator & Incubator for IT. This year, the competition was held in hybrid form, with most of the participants and all of the presenters being on site.
On the occasion of International Women's Day on 08 March 2022, FH JOANNEUM in Kapfenberg organized the education and career fair "Female Future",
A lot has happened around data protection over the last 20 years. The topic of IoT (Internet of Things) brings with it a certain amount of uncertainty for many companies. [...]
Rückblick auf den Ideenwettbewerb 2021
The third ideas competition within the framework of the IT Start-up Centre KAIT was recently held at FH JOANNEUM in Kapfenberg.
Businessplanwettbewerb 2021 KAIT
KAIT is once again hosting an ideas competition at FH JOANNEUM Kapfenberg […]

Partner

KAIT is a partner of  Startupmark, an initiative of the Styrian Business Promotion Agency (SFG).

“Since autumn 2021, FH JOANNEUM has been offering the career-opening degree programme “Digital Entrepreneurship”, which is aimed, among others, at future founders and innovators from all disciplines. You can apply for the economic-technical training from now on.”

International Partner

Contact

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IMPRESSUM

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INSTITUT Software Design und Security

Werk-VI-Straße 46

8605 Kapfenberg, AUSTRIA

T.: +43 (0)316 5453-8374

E.: kait@fh-joanneum.at

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