ZIT Zentrum für Innovation und Technologie

ZIT Zentrum für Innovation und Technologie (The ZIT Center for Innovation and Technology), a subsidiary of the Vienna Business Agency, was founded in the year 2000. ZIT serves as the technology promotion agency of the City of Vienna.   
The activities of ZIT encompass providing direct financial assistance (i.e. grants) to companies or making a technology-specific infrastructure available, as well as the implementation of a broad range of accompanying measures in all phases of the innovation process.
ZIT employees evaluate the technology sector with respect to trends, developments and functionality. On this basis, they design measures to support technology-oriented companies.  
In order to provide special support to firms operating in Vienna in the field of creative industries, departure wirtschaft, kunst und kultur gmbh was established in 2003 as an affiliated company of the Vienna Business Agency. departure can take advantage of the groundwork laid by ZIT in the years 2002 and 2003, in particular its Creative Industries Calls.

ZIT Annual Reports & Intellectual Capital Reports (German)

  Annual Report 2008 (German)
  Intellectual Capital Report 2008 (German)
  Annual Report 2007 (German)
  Annual Report 2006 (German)
  Annual Report 2005 (German)
  Annual Report 2004 (German)
  Annual Report 2003 (German)
 

Additional Viennese research and investment promotion facilities:   

Vienna Business Agency (VBA)
departure wirtschaft, kunst und kultur gmbh
Vienna Science and Technology Fund