ViennaUP 2025 – The Startup Festival You Don’t Want to Miss
- Hosted May 8–16 across Vienna, featuring a numerous of events, thousands of participants from more than 80 countries, spread across multiple venues in the whole city
- Organized by the Vienna Business Agency, it’s a city-wide decentralized festival built to connect founders, investors, corporates, creatives, deep-tech innovators and enablers

Why is the ViennaUP such a must-have event?
- As initiative of the Vienna Business Agency, ViennaUP spotlights the Vienna ecosystem – a magnet for talent, research, and access to capital & global networks
- Through the "Discover Vienna" program, international startups can receive travel reimbursements, accommodation, event tickets – all designed to give them a perfect experience of the Vienna ecosystem
Fermentful – The star from Riga
- Fermentful is a food-tech startup from Riga, Latvia. They turn green buckwheat into creamy, plant-based probiotic drinks (kefir-like), gluten & dairy-free, no added sugar, rich in live cultures
- Flavors include Natural, Apple-Lingonberry, Sea Buckthorn, Dark Chocolate – all created with organic, scientifically validated strains

Fermentful at ViennaUP
- We recorded Fermentful live at the ViennaUP 2025 – showing how a product rooted in science + sustainability connects the people.

Festival Impact: Connect – Learn – Scale
- Investors
a. Pitch sessions like Connect Day packed with VCs, corporates & angels – startups get real-time feedback and deal flows
- Customers & Early Adopters
a. Café Spaces, workshops & pitch events let founders test-market, show product, explain mission and attract media buzz.
- Like‑minded Community
a. Roundtables, panels, socials—founders bond, collaborate on deep-tech, health, or smart-city verticals.
Festivals like ViennaUP fuel growth, spark partnerships, and amplify impact – especially for early founders like Fermentful.

Final Take
ViennaUP 2025 was more than events. It was a living ecosystem: education, connection, investment, mindset. Fermentful’s journey through, from pitch to investor lounge, highlighted:
- Product validation
- Cross-border connections
- Presented by the support of the Vienna Business Agency
Such festivals aren’t optional—they’re essential. They put startups like fermentful on the international stage, catalyze investor interest, and build communities that drive systemic innovation.
More about fermentful:
https://www.fermentful.com/
Save the date and register now:
18.5-22.5.2026
https://viennaup.com/