Crystalline Mirror Solutions manu­factures low-noise reflective optics using a proprietary coating technology. CMS was founded as a spin-off of fundamental physics research at the University of Vienna by Dr. Garrett Cole and Dr. Markus Aspelmeyer. www.crystallinemirrors.com

PRIME Aerostructures is an Austrian engineering company with a strong focus on the design, simulation and fabrication of state-of-the-art aviation and aerospace components. www.primeaero.at

Schuster + Schuster Traffic Infrastructure Consulting GmbH is an Austrian engineering consulting company for railway infrastructure technology. With our expertise in this industry, as well as in the area of event and marketing management, we organize conferences and seminars for the railway industry. Since 2015, we conduct these seminars at IST Austria. Further, we render services in the area of market, motive and opinion research for public transport authorities in Austria. schuster2-consulting.at

Heinrich-Kalmbach & Partner develops, supports and advises executives and their teams, across industries, topics and companies. Based on three offices in Austria-Germany-Switzerland, we support our customers with a focus on the EU and the USA. We focus on coaching-consulting-training-workshop-moderation-keynotes. The customer base ranges from start-ups/spin-offs to retail chains, industrial companies (listed and owner-managed), online business and omni-channel companies. heinrich-kalmbach.com

VALANX Biotech develops a novel site-specific protein conjugation platform to enable a fast and cost-effective creation of antibody drug conjugates, as well as peptide conjugates and oriented immobilisation for biosensors. VALANX Biotech will receive hands-on support by the newly-established IST CUBE incubator, and has recently moved to a lab bench in the Bertalanffy Foundation building. Additionally, VALANX is among the top 10 selected nominees for the Best of Biotech 2017 award. www.valanx.bio

Ribbon Synthetic Biolabs aims to deliver purpose-built genetic solutions for the current and upcoming synthetic biology challenges. We overcome the limitations faced by DNA chemical synthesis and conventional cloning providing customized, agile, top-notch solutions that cover high-throughput requirements in synthetic DNA. Our approach defines new standards of molecular biology making some existing technologies obsolete. www.ribbonbiolabs.com