About us
Entrepreneurs with a track record. Experts behind us.
Our own companies, international trade, finance and investment: we bring projects in Austria to completion. Personally, in five languages, together with leading law and tax firms.
What defines us: We have taken every step ourselves, from founding a company through the Companies Register (Firmenbuch), trade licence, tax office, banks and payment providers to international sales. Behind us stand leading Viennese law and tax advisory firms with dozens of experts, in our experience among the best in Austria. They take professional responsibility for legal and tax matters at every stage.
And we take on what no lawyer and no tax adviser will do for you: we accompany you in person from authority to authority, to the notary, the Austrian Economic Chamber (Wirtschaftskammer), the tax office, the bank and the insurer. We explain every step in your language and stay on it until everything is done. Every case receives tailored support.
Founder
Hassan Zanjirani Farahani, MMA
Entrepreneur · Managing Director · personal guide for founders and investors
Track record
- Founder, sole owner and managing director of Luxonaria GmbH in Vienna, since 2017
- Turned a passion into a business: built without outside capital; international trade in decorative art, antiques and collectibles, Persian rugs and pianos, as well as B2B trade
- More than 50 multilingual shops and platforms in several countries, such as Teppichbazar, BazarPort UK, Musism and Luxonar
- Over one million in online reach across all shops, marketplaces and portals combined, with customers throughout Europe and logistics partners in Europe and Asia
- Done it himself: company formation, Companies Register, trade licence, tax office, banks, payment providers, insurance and online retail in many countries
- Entrepreneurial family: his father is an entrepreneur in real estate and international import and export trade; the family has been in the rug trade for generations
- From student visa to citizen: came to Austria to study in 2011, today an Austrian citizen
Hassan is no theorist. He goes with you from authority to authority, explains everything in German, English or Persian, and stays on it until your business is selling, advertising and growing. For legal and tax matters, he works with leading Viennese firms.
“Leave me alone in the desert – in three years I’ll be back here.”
What Hassan does for you
- Company formation from A to Z: documents, notary, Companies Register, trade registration with the WKO, tax office, bank account. Personally accompanied
- Share purchases and sales, shareholdings and company acquisitions, together with a notary and our partner law firm
- Market entry in Austria and the EU: location and office, trade and logistics, supplier contacts
- Online sales: multilingual website, online shop, payment providers and marketing, drawing on hands-on experience from more than 50 of our own projects
- Long-term support, including after formation
Education in brief
Two master’s degrees (MMA) from Anton Bruckner Private University Linz, studies at mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. His background in composition and media technology shapes his eye for presentation, technology and quality. Artistic career: zanjirani.com · ORF musikprotokoll.
Co-founder
Vahe Melkonian, BSc
Financing · Insurance · Banking · Investment · Real estate
Track record
- Expert in financing, insurance, banking, investment and real estate
- Academic degree: BSc in International Business Administration, University of Vienna
- Professional experience at leading financial institutions in Vienna
- State qualification examination for insurance agents 2026, both modules passed with distinction
- Entrepreneur since 2019: co-founder and managing director of NanoClean Autoreinigung OG in Vienna
- His own path: arrived from Armenia as a refugee, without a word of German. Today a university graduate, entrepreneur and finance expert
At SilkDanube, Vahe is responsible for finance and investment. Especially for people from the post-Soviet region, he is often the first voice that speaks their language and understands their situation.
What Vahe does for you
- Financing and banking: accounts, loans, payments and contacts with banks (the decision to open an account rests with the bank)
- Investment and wealth building: goals, strategy and the right partners
- Real estate: purchase, financing and protection
- Insurance for private individuals and businesses
- Support in Armenian, Russian, German and English
Financial, insurance and investment products are arranged exclusively through partners authorised to do so.
SilkDanube provides information, personal guidance and organisation from a single source. Legal and tax advice is provided by our partner firms, which take full professional responsibility for it. Decisions on applications are made by the competent authority. We make sure your application is complete and strong.
Free · no obligation · in your language
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