AplusB Academia Business

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AustrianResearch PromotionAgency (FFG)
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The Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)

• New Austrian central organisation (One Stop Shop)
  for Economic Related Research and Promotion of
  Innovation
• Offers advice, support and promotion for research
  and innovation projects
• Important role in achieving aims, both research
  and political, defined by Austria and the
  European Union
• Founded 1 September 2004
• Staff around 165
• Funding around 352 M

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Division Structural Programmes
Areas
Science
Economy
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Division Structural Programmes

• Funding Programmes managed by FFG/SP
• strengthen the technological infrastructure
• improve the co-operation between science
  industry
• increase the innovative potential of the
  regions
• All funding programmes are competitive and based
  on grants
• Funding volume 2004 approx. 30 Mill. Euro

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Division Structural Programmes

• Programmes
• Human resources und Gender
• FEMtech Women in science and technology
• w-fFORTE Women in science and technology
  intensive industry brainpower austria Contacts
  and jobs for Austrian researchers working abroad
• Competence and Excellence
• Kplus Competence centres
• K_ind/K_net Industrial competence centres
  and networks

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• Programmes
• Innovation and Cooperation
• AplusB Spin offs at universities
• REGplus Strengthening regional innovation
  systems
• protecNETplus Technology transfer in consortia
  of companies
• FHplus Increase of RD capacities at
  Fachhochschulen
• CIR-CE Transnational innovation networks
  between Austria and Central, Eastern and South
  Eastern European Countries
• Prokis Competence building and increase of
  innovative activities of cooperative research
  organisations

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AplusBAcademia Business
Academic Spin-Off Programme
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AplusB

• AplusB funds innovative, technology-oriented
  spin- offs from the academic sector
• AplusB is increasing the number of academic
  spin- offs
• AplusB is - in commission of the Austrian
  Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and
  Technology (bmvit) - operated by the FFG /
  Dept. Structural Programmes

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Why academic spin-offs?
A
B
plus

• Academia
• Use and commercialisation
• of academic research results

• Business
• Facilitating structural change -
• NEW firms are motors for structural
  change
• Focus on radical innovations

Fostering Science - Industry linkages
Co-operations between spin-offs and their alma
maters are strong, permanent and
research-oriented
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The Austrian Innovation System

• Strengths
• high quality of academic output (publications in
  natural science and engineering)
• high innovation intensity

• Weaknesses
• structural deficiencies, dominance of old
  industries, few high-tech founders
• innovations concentrate on small improvements
• IPR ruling at HEI

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Strategic Goals of AplusB

• ensuring a sustainable increase in the number of
  academic spin-offs
• enhancing the quality of these new companies
  (i.e. their technology and knowledge intensity),
  as well as their likelihood to succeed
• increasing the potential for spin-offs from
  universities, Fachhochschule colleges and
  non-university research institutions
• enhancing the exploitation of research results by
  business

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AplusB-Centres
Network
HEI
Partner
Partner
AplusB Programme FFG
AplusB-Centre (own legal body ltd)
Entrepreneurs to be
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What do AplusB-Centres do?

• AplusB-Centres develop integrated bundles of
  measures targeted at young scientists
• awareness-raising, mobilisation and stimulation
  of start-up activity (events, information
  campaigns, professorships for entrepreneurship,
  etc.)
• providing counselling, know-how and support
  (subject-specific tutoring and coaching,
  management consultancy, further training)
• providing optimal start-up conditions for the new
  companies by co-operating with potential
  investors and with other programmes

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What do AplusB-Centres do?
SELE C TIO N

Infrastructure Financing Coaching
Start-up support for new companies
STIMULATION
Start-up
AWARENESS PUBLIC RELATION
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Financing (year 1-5, year 6-10)
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Selection Procedure of AplusB-Centres

• Subsidiarity and Competition
• you make your centre bottom-up formation of
  projects
• FFG launches calls
• consortia have to be a partnership of a minimum
  of two partners one academia, one must have
  know-how in supporting research-intensive
  start-ups.
• Procedure
• FFG Eligibility check
• Jury of independent experts
• national and international experts
• evaluates the quality of the projects submitted
• draws up recommendations
• Federal Minister Decision on subsidies

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The coming off of the AplusB-Centres

• 1st Call (2001)
• 6 proposals received
• Start of the first 3 centres (CAST, build!, SPG)
  on July 1st, 2002
• Start of 2 centres (tech2b, INiTS) on October
  1st, 2002
• Start of ZAT on January 1, 2004
• 2nd Call (2004)
• Start of 3 centres (accent, BCC, v-start) and
  extension of the in 2002 established centre
  tech2b 2005

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The AplusB-Centres
accent
ZAT
1st Call Extension tech2b 2nd Call
INiTS
tech2b
BCCS
CAST
v-start
Science Park Graz
build!
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The AplusB-Centres
Business Idea Lab and Development,
Gründerzentrum Kärnten GmbH (since
7/02) Center for Academic Spinoffs Tyrol,
Gründungszentrum GmbH (since 7/02) Universitäre
s Gründerservice Wien GmbH (since 10/02)
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The AplusB-Centres
Science Park Graz GmbH (since 7/02) tech2b
Gründerzentrum GmbH (since 10/02) ZAT
Zentrum für angewandte Technologie Leoben GmbH
(since 01/04)
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The AplusB-Centres (are being established at
present)
accent, Wr. Neustadt, Lower Austria (October 1,
2005) BCCS, Salzburg (July 1,
2005) v-start, Lustenau, Vorarlberg (July 1,
2005)
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build! Business Idea Lab Development, Carinthia
Fotograf Rupert Steiner

• no thematic focus, central is the professorship
  for entrepreneurship at the University of
  Klagenfurt
• Start-up date July 1, 2002
• Spin-offs planned (2002 -2007) 30already
  under contract 13
• Shareholders (6) University of Klagenfurt,
  Fachhochschule Technikum Carinthia, Kärnten
  Technologie GmbH, BABEG Kärntner
  Betriebsansiedlungs- und Beteiligungs GmbH, City
  of Klagenfurt, City of Villach
• Contact
  office_at_build.or.at www.build.or.at

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CAST Center for Academic Spin-offs Tyrol

• Focus on Life sciences team formations
• Start-up date July 1, 2002
• Spin-offs planned (2002 -2007) 33already
  under contract 13
• Shareholders (4) University of Innsbruck,
  Tiroler Zukunftsstiftung, Innovations Venture
  Partners GmbH, Management Center Innsbruck
• Contact mathes_at_cast-tyrol.com
  www.cast-tyrol.com

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INiTS Universitäres Gründerservice Vienna

• Focus on bio- medical technology as well as
  information communication technology further
  focus will be defined
• Start-up date October 1, 2002
• Spin-offs planned (2002 -2007) 70
• already under contract 32
• Shareholders (3) Innovationszentrum of the
  University of Vienna, Technical University of
  Vienna, ZIT Zentrum für Innovation und
  Technologie GmbH
• Contact Michael.Rauhofer_at_inits.at www.inits.at
  

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Science Park Graz

• Wide spectrum natural sciences, informatics,
  medical science, engineering sciences
• Start-up date July 1, 2002
• Spin-offs planned (2002 2007) 37 already
  under contract 19
• Shareholders (3) Technical University Graz,
  Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Innofinanz GmbH d.
  Steirischen Wirtschafts-förderung SFG
• Contact info_at_sciencepark.at
  www.sciencepark.tugraz.at

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tech2b Gründerzentrum GmbH

• wide spectrum of technology fields
• Start-up date October 1, 2002
• Spin-offs planned (2002 2007)
• (2005 2010) 31 15already under
  contract 19
• Shareholders (4) TMG / Upper Austrian Research
  GmbH, J. Kepler University Linz,
  Fachhochschul-Trägerverein Upper Austria,
  Wirtschaftskammer Upper Austria
• Contact
  alwin.pichler_at_tech2b.at www.tech2b.at

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ZAT Zentrum für angewandte Technologie

• wide spectrum
• Start-up date January 1, 2004
• Spin-offs planned (2004 2008) 21
• already under contract 11
• Shareholders (2) Montanuni Leoben, City of
  Leoben
• Contact muehlburger_at_unternehmerwerden.at
  www.unternehmerwerden.a
  t

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accent, Wr. Neustadt, Lower Austria

• wide spectrum of technology fields
• Start-up date October 1, 2005
• Planned Spin-offs (2005 2010) 34already
  under contract -
• Shareholders (4) Danube University Krems -
  University of Continuing Education Regional
  Innovation Centres (RIZ) Lower Austria TecNet
  Company NÖ Bildungsgesellschaft m.b.H.
• Contact juergen.ennoeckl_at_tecnet.at,
  www.accent.at

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BCCS - Business Creation Center Salzburg

• wide spectrum of technology fields
• Start-up date July 1, 2005
• Spin-offs planned (2005 2010) 26
• already under contract -
• Shareholders (3) Paris-Lodron-University
  Salzburg, FH Salzburg Fachhochschulengesellschaft,
  Inno-GmbH Wien
• Contact rudolf.hittmair_at_bccs.at, www.bccs.at

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v-start, Lustenau, Vorarlberg

• electronics, electrical engineering, informatics,
  computer science, automation technology,
  logistics, production engineering, robotics,
  mechatronics, chemical engineering
• Start-up date July 1, 2005
• Spin-offs planned (2005 2010) 20
• already under contract -
• Shareholders (4) Leopold-Franzens-University
  Innsbruck, CAST, Wisto Vorarlberg, incubator
  Management GmbH
• Contact michael.zangerl_at_incubator.cc

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Spin-offs in the AplusB-Centres since 2002
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General figures of the AplusB-Centres
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Monitoring and Evaluation System

• Monitoring system
• one single document for monitoring and financial
  controlling (two times per year)
• monitoring activities of the centre and
  characteristics of the start-ups
• we use all data we collect and we collect all
  data we need (evaluators can work with an already
  existing data basis)
• Evaluation criteria and procedures
• public (national and international evaluators)
• in advance
• close links to program goals and objectives

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The Evaluation System
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The Evaluation System
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5 Y Evaluation
Qualitative Part Quality of measures Management,
Organisation, Partnership Networking in the
Innovation System (external Coherence)
International Benchmarking
Quantitative Impact Analysis Control Group
Academic Spin-offs without AplusB Nettoeffects
Quantitative Part Number of Spin-offs High tech,
research-intensitivity ties to academic home
base innovation financing (role of VCs)
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AplusB - Team
www.ffg.at www.aplusb.at
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KplusLinking Science to Industry
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Kplus - the Competence Centre Programme

• Kplus promotes co-operation between science
  and industry within the framework of joint
  research centres
• Kplus supports pre-competitive research on an
  international level
• Kplus was set up in 1998 three selection
  rounds led to the establishment of 18 Centres
  in various fields
• Kplus are open for international collaborations
  (scientific and company partners)
• Kplus supports Real centres with a strong core
  established by a number of scientific and
  industrial partners

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Kplus - Centres in Austria
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Kplus - Centres in Austria

• AB Applied Bio Catalysis Center
• ABC Austrian Bio Energy Center
• AC²T Competence Center of Industrial Tribology
• ACV Advanced Computer Vision
• alpS Centre of Natural Hazard Management
• BMT Bio molecular Therapeutics
• CTR Carinthian Tech Research
• ECHEM Applied Electrochemistry
• ftw. Telecommunications Research Center Vienna
• KNOW Knowledge Management Center
• LCM Linz Center for Mechatronics
• LKR Light metals Competence Centre Ranshofen
• MCL Materials Center Leoben
• PCCL Polymer Competence Center Leoben
• SCCH Software Competence Center Hagenberg
• VIF Virtual Vehicle
• VRVis Virtual Reality and Visualisation
• WOOD Wood Chemicals and Composites Competence
  Center

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Kplus - Facts and Figures

• 18 Centres in operation
• Annual budget 2,5 to 5 Mio. EURO per centre, 20 -
  60 staff, on average 15 partner companies (25
  SMEs)
• About 800 researchers and support staff
• Total research volume for 7 years 400 Mio. Euro
• Public funding 240 Mio Euro (140 Mio Euro from
  FFG)
• About 300 participating companies
• 150 research partners
• Currently 800 scientific publications, 30 patents
• 11 Centres have undergone their mid-term
  evaluation, 6 more will be evaluated by the End
  of 2005