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Social businesses create impact. Are you contributing to a better society with your business or organisation? Become part of our community or network!

Are you happy withbusiness as usual?

If you're looking for new solutions, you have to explore new approaches. "Business as usual" quickly reaches its limits. We provide you with a compass for your journey, build bridges where you need them and help you to overcome obstacles.

Our focus

Open your ears!Our podcast for Social & Green Entrepreneurship

From now on you can also listen to us! In our monthly podcast "Social Enterpreneurship – Unternehmerische Lösungen für gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen" we deal with topics related to Social & Green Entrepreneurship in Styria!

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Stay updated with the latest happenings and delve into insights from the social and green business community through our social media platforms

Achieving Recognition as a Social Entrepreneur -with the Verified Social Enterprise Label

Social and Green Enterprises have the opportunity to register as Verified Social Enterprises, receiving official recognition. This marks a significant milestone in the development of impact-driven entrepreneurship in Austria

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Our mission

We make social innovations grow

Social Business Hub Styria is a social & green business incubator and network for people who solve social challenges in an entrepreneurial way. We develop, promote and support social innovations, inspire and advise founders in Southern Austria, build strong networks and disseminate our expertise, thus working towards a fair and sustainable society.

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Our focus

The topic of social and green entrepreneurship with all its different dimensions represents the central element of our work: Social entrepreneurship for different target groups – for people who want to found or further develop their own company or intrapreneurs who focus on social and/or ecological innovation within companies. Social & green entrepreneurship offers opportunities for rural regions and creates perspectives for people facing difficult life situations. We build networks with national and international partners. Together we research and develop strategies how to build vibrant social & green entrepreneurship ecosystems.

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We offer a variety of support options for people interested in starting a business and for organizations and companies that want to increase their social impact.

Participate

Our programs include creative workshops for idea generation, an incubation program for social entrepreneurs and an acceleration program for impact ventures that want to scale their social impact.

Social Entrepreneurship Programs

Collaborate

Social Innovations arise when different partners with different backgrounds start working together to solve social problems. We are looking for new partners to work with us on social change for a better future in national and international projects.

Social Innovation Ecosystem

Open your ears: Our podcast for Social & Green Entrepreneurship in Styria!Listen now!

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30 Mrz 2025

Impact incubation

Deadline for application to impact incubation programme 2025 – Spring

The goal of the incubation program are to found a social or green impact enterprise and to implement the first steps towards successful market entry. The incubation program is aimed at people who have founded a social & green enterprise in the last 12 months or plan to do so in the next 12 months ( >> Click here to find the teams that are currently in our Social & Green Business start-up program! ) .

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