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Webinar: FinTech in Vienna

Online panel presentation with Q&A

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Tue, 28.04.2026
17.15
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Are you a FinTech startup, scale-up, established company or a talent? Are you considering expanding to Europe, or starting up a business here?

 

This online session with executives from Vienna-based FinTech companies will broaden your understanding of the landscape in Vienna.

 

You will:

  • Learn what the FinTech environment in Vienna looks like
  • Hear from three FinTech executives whose globally successful companies launched in or recently expanded to Vienna: Bybit, Refinq, and Linxfour
  • Find out what kinds of opportunities and services are available for international startups and companies interested in doing business in and from Vienna

 

(Read the full speaker profiles below)

 

Located in the heart of Europe, Vienna is where quality of life meets high-quality digital solutions.

 

The city boasts a growing and well-educated population of 2 million, with almost 80,000 ICT employees contributing to a dynamic, forward-thinking technology landscape. Here, both finance and tech companies benefit from not only a generous funding landscape and supportive ecosystem, but cultural richness, social stability, and accessible public services

 

To find out whether Vienna is a good fit for you, join ViennaBusiness for this 80-minute online session.

Agenda

5 mins

Welcome and introducing speakers

Why this webinar?

10 mins

Aleksandar Vrglevski, Vienna Business Agency

Overview of the FinTech landscape in Vienna

45 mins

CEO Talk

Georg Harer, Bybit Co-CEO; Franziska Walde, Refinq Co-Founder; Cyprian Bruck, Co-CEO Linxfour

5 mins

Jan Riepl, Vienna Business Agency

Services for international companies

15 mins

Q&A

Panelist

Aleksandar Vrglevski
Aleksandar Vrglevski

Aleksandar Vrglevski will share his expertise on the FinTech scene in Vienna and on services that the Vienna Business Agency can provide to support companies. He is well-versed in this sector, coming originally from the Blockchain ecosystem. He started as a freelance researcher in 2015 and later worked at the RIAT research institute. In his position in the Digital Technology department at the Vienna Business Agency, Aleks is an expert on the topics of Blockchain, FinTech and open source. He is Vice President of FinTech Austria.

Georg Harer

Georg Harer is Co-CEO and Managing Director of Bybit EU. As the first local employee, he played a key role in establishing Bybit’s EU headquarters in Vienna. Before joining Bybit in 2024, Georg worked for 10 years as a lawyer in Vienna, specializing in banking and financial law. Bybit is a cryptocurrency exchange platform, and currently serves 78 million users worldwide. Bybit EU is one of the first global crypto exchanges to have received full authorization for all 29 countries in the European Economic Area.

Franziska Walde

Franziska Walde is a co-founder of refinq, a nature-tech platform that translates location-based climate and nature risks into reliable, finance-relevant insights. Using AI, geodata, and clear methodologies (including CSRD/ESRS, the EU Taxonomy, and TNFD), refinq helps companies mitigate risks, optimize costs, and unlock new economic opportunities.

Cyprian Bruck

Cyprian Bruck is co-CEO of Linxfour. The company, founded in 2018, is a European equipment finance platform, based in Vienna. Linxfour specializes in usage-based financing solutions (“pay-per-use leasing”) for industrial machinery and equipment. In his role as co-CEO Cyprian's portfolio of accountabilities comprises Sales, Marketing, Product Development and Technology. He has 20 years of international experience in the financial sector, the first half of which he spent in front office roles, mainly in the Asia Pacific region. The second half he spent building investment technology in London, UK, before returning to Austria. He lives in Upper Austria and works in Vienna.

Jan Riepl
Jan Riepl

Jan Riepl will provide a short overview of the advantages for Fintech companies in Vienna and explain how his team can support interested startups and companies. He is Team Lead of the Company Relocations Team within the International Business department at the Vienna Business Agency. His team is the first point of contact for international businesses and investors looking to make the move to Vienna. They provide consultations and support regarding founding a company, residence law, tax law and business location search.

Moderator

NH
Naomi Hunt