ViennaUP is again from 18 to 22 Could 2026, bringing a renewed deal with well being tech to Austria’s capital. This 12 months’s version locations life sciences within the highlight, introducing new codecs that join individuals with international trade leaders, showcase rising improvements, and spotlight the applied sciences set to form the way forward for healthcare.
Set inside one among Europe’s most established life sciences hubs, the pageant affords greater than a typical startup gathering. Attendees will expertise Vienna as a thriving centre of analysis and entrepreneurship, whereas exploring funding alternatives, constructing significant partnerships, and fascinating immediately with the folks driving transformation throughout the well being tech panorama.
Vienna: a house for well being
It’s unsurprising that ViennaUP – one among Europe’s largest startup festivals – is selecting to spotlight the life sciences sector; well being pioneers have lengthy lived and labored in Vienna. It’s a metropolis of data and analysis, and one among Europe’s flourishing life science hubs. This, in flip, has attracted international leaders within the fields of prescribed drugs, biotech, medtech and digital applied sciences to conduct analysis, manufacturing, gross sales, and distribution.
The affluent Viennese life sciences sector is evidenced by quite a few massive pharma corporations similar to Boehringer Ingelheim and Takeda organising main operations within the metropolis. 754 life sciences organisations using 49,000 folks name Vienna house. The billions of euros in investments that circulate into this sector yearly and the handfuls of distinguished worldwide science conferences yearly communicate to Vienna’s attraction, drawing native and worldwide expertise.
It’s not simply massive enterprises discovering the situation engaging. The previous years have seen a lot of medical expertise startups spring to life. Firms like Cellectric Biosciences, Cutanos, HeartBeat Bio, and LoopLab have been capable of obtain breakthroughs and develop pioneering applied sciences, thanks partially to the nice funding alternatives Vienna affords.
What else makes their success doable? An ecosystem which is house to high labs, analysis services and life sciences centres. These make massively precious contributions to enhancing well being all around the globe, together with in Vienna, which affords its residents state-of-the-art drugs and reasonably priced entry to high-quality care and well being providers. Actually, in March 2026, the College Hospital Vienna and the college hospitals of the Medical College of Vienna have been ranked 20th within the World’s Finest Hospitals 2026 rating by Newsweek and Statista.
Vienna is not only investing within the right here and now for all times sciences; the longer term appears to be like vibrant, too, with a hotly-anticipated Life Sciences Center Vienna set to stage up town’s provide for all times science and AI researchers.
Not your typical convention
ViennaUP is a very dynamic startup occasion, the place entrepreneurs, pioneers, buyers and visionaries come collectively every year. Tech gurus and AI consultants mingle with investor angels and the large names within the startup ecosystem at over 35 occasions with greater than 10,000 individuals throughout town. The pageant is decentralised and community-driven, giving guests the possibility to get to know Vienna like an area and expertise the cosmopolitan metropolis it’s.
Over 30 occasion companions present an accessible, genuine celebration of the startup setting in Vienna. Initiated by the Vienna Enterprise Company for the Metropolis of Vienna, the pageant is now in its sixth version and artfully combines thrilling codecs with scorching enterprise subjects, from AI and finance to sustainability and influence.
The place to be for revolutionary trailblazers
This 12 months’s pageant displays town’s standing as a centre of excellence within the fields of well being, expertise, life sciences, and analysis. Well being startups in Vienna are utilizing the momentum to discovered within the metropolis and scale throughout borders. Now, startups from across the area and the world have a chance to fulfill the who’s who of the Viennese well being tech ecosystem at ViennaUP. There are a number of unique well being tech occasions inside a programme filled with forward-thinking talks, conferences, and workshops. Past the standard panel discussions and networking alternatives, these occasions provide well being tech startups the possibility to take centre stage and pitch their options.
- From Pitch to Patient – 19th Could. This occasion brings collectively startups, healthcare professionals, and consultants to discover how digital well being and AI options can transfer past concepts and pitches to real-world scientific implementation and affected person care.
- Connect Day 26 – 19th Could. Join Day 26 will characteristic a MedTech & Life Sciences focus subject operating via interactive panels, skilled Q&As, and startup pitches.
- The Future of Health and Age Tech: Pitch Session – 20th Could. This session sees thrilling startups within the trade pitch future options in healthcare and age tech.
- Onco:Innovate Conference – 21st Could. Uncover rising tendencies in oncology and study groundbreaking options on this multidisciplinary convention.
- Longevity Business Forum – 21st Could. How can we prolong not simply lifespan, however healthspan? Leaders from science, healthcare, expertise and funding meet to reply this query.
Secure tickets for ViennaUP 2026 (18 – 22 Could) as we speak to dive right into a well being capital within the coronary heart of Europe. Get to know the Viennese startup ecosystem and meet buyers, founders, and abilities revolutionising the medical applied sciences subject.
