The project „accent makerspace for the green transformation“ is co-financed by the European Union in ERDF under the operation code 1AACBB_00174 and co-funded by the federal AplusB program.
Duration: 1.1.2023 – 31.12.2027
Prototype construction and first small series development often present our founders with the challenge of finding a suitable and freely accessible infrastructure, expertise and supportive community. With the wide range of services offered by the accent makerspace we have developed a tailored answer to these needs of our founders.
The accent Makerspace is located in a former, revitalized agricultural college and can be used by accent start-ups and those interested in founding a company for research and development of innovative products. In addition to co-working and meeting rooms, workshops, laboratories and outdoor areas (meadows, fields) are available. This environment makes it ideal for start-ups that are experimentally working on their technology and need a suitable location, tools, equipment or cultivation space.
The equipment of the workshops and laboratories in the makerspace includes workbenches, lathes, extruders, photovoltaic panels, heat exchangers, welding machines, floor drills, stills, arable land and meadows for AgriFood and material experiments, two greenhouses, warehouses and beehives. In addition to the technical equipment, a community is anchored in the accent Makerspace which supports each other with its expertise and can access the infrastructure free of charge during their incubation phase.
The core offers:
- Determined expert guidance in writing your funding proposals
- Co-working spaces with hardware and high-speed internet
- Professional meeting set-up for you and your cooperation partners
- Laboratory with basic equipment for applied research
- Greenhouses and tools of various sizes
- Agricultural fields of approx. 5 ha for cultivation trials
- Machinery hall, storage hall and rooms
- Hands-on technical support and in-depth knowledge transfer
- Specific workshops to accelerate your entrepreneurial mindset and strengthen your personality as a founder
Our support includes the connection to newly designed Accelerator Programmes, as of 2025:
- hard-to-abate-industries including investor connections,
- clean tech manufacturing with industry introductions,
- ESG knowledge pools
- specific online deep tech modules for university spin-offs
- using CERN technologies for your product idea.
Our project partners are BOKU:BASE which is the business support entity of BOKU University as well as the association TechnologyKids, focusing on gender mainstreaming and maker projects with pupils and teaching affiliates.
The accent Makerspace supports prototyping and small-scale production in agritech, new materials, food security and green transformation innovations, enabling start-ups to implement their experimental development directly on the field and in the laboratory under constant peer exchange and coaching support with an interregional and acceleration focus. accent is initiator and full curator of the makerspace project.
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