⛱️ Vienna is quietly becoming one of Europe’s most exciting hubs for serious innovation leadership!

Three days of #TheVentureMindset 2026 at WKO showed what happens when founders, studio builders, corporates and VCs drop the “innovation theatre” and focus on systematic company creation.In the whataventure track “Beyond Capital – The New Era of Company Creation”, Florian Fischer joined Matthew Burris, Michael van Lier, Dr. Felix Lau and Jonas Krensler, moderated by Stefan Peintner, to unpack how studios, funds and corporates are starting to operate as one system for building the next generation of companies.From Florians VC perspective, the key takeaway was that venture studios de-risk the zero-to-one phase with playbooks and shared infrastructure, while VCs and corporates bring capital, talent and real assets from day one.In our vertical, that makes studios less “dead equity” and more like operational partners at the intersection of digital innovation and real assets – which is very close to how we work at STYX.Huge thanks to The Alpha Omega Foundation, whataventure — New business. Powered by entrepreneurs. and all partners – WKO Oberösterreich, Vienna Convention Bureau, Wirtschaftsagentur Wien, VERBUND X Ventures, Akela Group and brutkasten – for creating an a**hole-free zone where this ecosystem can grow and collaborate across Europe.