Get dedicated budget to develop a proof-of-concept (PoC) project and accelerate your success.
Receive a proof-of concept budget
Get dedicated budget to develop a proof-of-concept (PoC) project and accelerate your success.
Are you ready to accelerate your business and test your solutions in the energy and infrastructure industries? VERBUND and its partners are looking for startups, technology companies and SMEs to develop new business opportunities. Work in one team with VERBUND’s employees and its partners. Benefit from top-management involvement for fast decision-making regarding the project implementation.
VERBUND is Austria's leading electricity company and one of the largest producers of electricity from hydropower in Europe. Close to 100% of our electricity generation comes from climate friendly, renewable hydropower. VERBUND operates 127 hydropower plants in Austria and Germany and trades in electricity in 12 countries. With its approximately 3.000 employees, VERBUND has a revenue of 2.9 billion euros.
Together with you, VERBUND and its partners want to create solutions that shape the future of energy and infrastructure and secure the supply chain. Join forces with all these strong partners and help to develop innovative business solutions.
The Verbund X Accelerator offers great benefits for startups and SMEs to create success projects and a result-driven collaboration.
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March 2022
In 2020 we kicked off our successful accelerator and partnered with BIG, OMV, Post, ÖBAG, Erste Bank, Voestalpine, RISE, and Green Tech Cluster to focus on search fields like Hydropower, Energy Forecast, Energy Efficiency, Hydrogen, Photovoltaic, and Infrastructure.
Over 300 startups from 43 countries and 6 continents applied to be a part of our success story. This story was written with +100 participants at the Innovation Camp and furthermore 6 projects in the ongoing pilot phase. In a joint team the company partners and startups are working together on innovative projects.
We are very proud of the fruitful cooperation that emerged together with our partners.
A jury consisting of the members of the top management of VERBUND and its use case partners Alperia, Andritz, ASFINAG, Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft, OMV, voestalpine Steel Division.