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Entrepreneurship Avenue
Entrepreneurship Avenue is a student-focused entrepreneurship initiative in Europe, offering events and educational programs to inspire students in the startup ecosystem.
Overview
What Entrepreneurship Avenue does
What Entrepreneurship Avenue is
Entrepreneurship Avenue is a student-focused entrepreneurship initiative in Europe, offering events and educational programs to inspire students in the startup ecosystem.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports community and event host capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Event Organizer
- Founded
- Founded in 2014
- Approximate age
- About 12 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community · Event host
- Last reviewed
- April 11, 2026
Official channels
Find Entrepreneurship Avenue elsewhere
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Capability profile
Entrepreneurship Avenue as a community
Community overview
Entrepreneurship Avenue is an organization designed to inspire and encourage students from various fields to engage in entrepreneurship. Founded in 2014 by a team of students and faculty from WU Vienna, it operates within a strong startup ecosystem, aiming to create value and drive economic growth through entrepreneurship.
Community focus
Entrepreneurship Avenue focuses on early-stage innovation and entrepreneurship, primarily targeting students. It provides educational opportunities to increase the probability of success for aspiring entrepreneurs and connects them with resources and networks across different universities.
Member value
Members gain access to a vibrant community that supports over 460 startup teams and engages more than 15,000 participants across various events. They can participate in programs that facilitate the creation of student startup projects and connect with valuable networks.
Membership
- Recorded members
- 15,000
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Students
- Benefits
- network-access and mentorship
- Program types
- community
- Selection criteria
- open
- Stages
- Pre-seed
- Regions
- Europe
Community activity
Events and activity
Entrepreneurship Avenue hosts a series of events, including the Entrepreneurship Avenue 2024 celebration with in-person events across five universities, the Business Modeling Lab for idea generation and mentoring, and the EA24 Conference featuring a pitching competition, keynotes, and panel discussions.
Notable members
Notable supporters include Hansi Hansmann, a Business Angel, and Martin Kocher, Former Federal Minister of Labour and Economy, who recognize the organization's role in fostering entrepreneurship among students.
Capability profile
Entrepreneurship Avenue as an event host
Event focus
Entrepreneurship Avenue focuses on early-stage innovation and entrepreneurship, primarily targeting students. It provides educational opportunities to increase the probability of success for aspiring entrepreneurs and connects them with resources and networks across different universities.
Format narrative
Entrepreneurship Avenue hosts a series of events and programs, including in-person events across five universities and the Startup House in Vienna, featuring a pitching competition, keynotes, and panel discussions.
Participant value
Entrepreneurship Avenue acts as a key program for students, allowing them to develop and test new business ideas, build valuable networks, and improve skills that are helpful to found a startup.
Format and cadence
- Event types
- conference, workshop, and meetup
- Recurrence
- annual
- Modality
- in-person
- Typical attendance
- 15,000
- Startups can present
- Yes
Availability
- Registration state
- Accepting
- Next recorded event
- January 1, 2024
- Next event location
- Vienna
Audience and fit
- Selection criteria
- open
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed
- Audience
- Students · Founders
- Regions
- Europe · Global
Speakers and past editions
Speakers
Notable speakers include Hansi Hansmann, Business Angel, and Martin Kocher, Former Federal Minister of Labour and Economy.
Past editions
Since its inception, Entrepreneurship Avenue has supported over 460 startup teams and engaged more than 15,000 participants across its events, facilitating the creation of 432 student startup projects.
Common questions
What to know about Entrepreneurship Avenue
Upseed classifies Entrepreneurship Avenue under the Event Organizer organization type. Its current public profile includes community and event host capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
Know what this page is based on
Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
April 11, 2026
Known limits
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