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eXplore! project links tech spin-offs with industry

01/09/2026

The eXplore! project supports technology-based spin-offs on their path to market through cooperation with students and Austrian industrial companies.

Austria has an excellent research landscape and strong industrial companies, yet the potential of technology-based spin-offs for economic value creation is only partly realized. Many IndustrialTech spin-offs do not make the step from technology development to market readiness, mainly because of difficulties with market entry, business competencies, and access to industry partners.

In the eXplore! research project spinoff2industry, led by Univ. Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Franke, we connect spin-offs with WU students, who can act as potential co-founders and support early business validation in our courses, and with Austrian industrial companies as possible seed investors or venture client partners. The project is organized in four areas: education, research, a digital knowledge and matchmaking platform, and outreach.

Interested in collaborating? Contact the team at contact@explore.university.

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