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
KAIT – Team
We introduce our KAIT – Team!
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.”
Contact
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IMPRESSUM
FH JOANNEUM GmbH -University of Applied Sciences
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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