factorymaker wins Female Entrepreneur Prize at the Austrian Gründungspreis PHÖNIX 2026

factorymaker was nominated in two categories at this year’s Gründungspreis PHÖNIX – Spin-off and Female Entrepreneurs – and was awarded the Female Entrepreneur Prize in the ceremony on 12th March.

The PHÖNIX is Austria’s national startup award, organised by the Federal Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism (BMWET), the Federal Ministry for Women, Science and Research (BMFWF), Austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws), the FFG Austrian Research Promotion Agency, and the Federation of Austrian Industries. The Female Entrepreneurs category recognises women-led startups driving innovation in Austria.

We’re are incredibly honoured by the recognition. It belongs to our co-founders and to the entire factorymaker team, who are building the future of industrial facility planning every day.

Congratulations to our fellow nominees in the Female Entrepreneurs category, royos joining solutions GmbH and LOCI Design, and to all the 2026 category winners: Moldsonics (Spin-off), imd BIOTECH GmbH (Prototype), and voidsy gmbh (Start-up).

Thank you to the organisers, the expert jury, and everyone who made the evening possible.

More about the prize here: Gründungspreis PHÖNIX.
Press coverage: brutkasten, TrendingTopics, der Standard.