Strategic Guideline Innovative Financing

Solid own capital, respectively (mezzanine) capital resources is important for every business. This is found to be a weak point especially among Austrian small and medium enterprises. Because of this background, dynamic business developments and projects with a high innovation potential can not be financed of earned amounts, respectively of existing own capital.

Within the scope of the strategic guideline “Innovative Financing” commercial and industrial enterprises, as well as entrepreneurial-related service businesses, are offered easier access to finances by the provision and intervention of own capital in the narrower and broader sense (venture capital, a-typical silent partner’s holding) and mezzanine capital (typical silent partner’s holding).

Because of the equity based participation of the Styrian Business Promotion Agency, also a close link to the Steirische Technologie- und Wachstumsfonds Beteiligungen AG exists, which supports Styrian enterprises, especially at expansion phases, with own capital or a similar to own-capital financing.

A further contribution in connection to own capital financings is performed by the Steirische Umstrukturierungsgesellschaft mbH (STUG), which is managed by the Steirische Beteiligungsfinanzierungsgesellschaft. The STUG participates in regional-politically significant insolvent, respectively insolvent-endangered enterprises with the aim to re-organize them successfully.

The liability business with the action program “Market Development” provides the other main focus. This program supports Styrian enterprises at market development intentions and participations in international tenders. The support happens by taking over of a warranting in case of failure at the entering the market.