Entrepreneurs & Investors
Your business in Austria
Company formation, branches, residence as a Self-employed Key Worker (Selbständige Schlüsselkraft) and wealth building. Personally guided by two entrepreneurs, with partner lawyers and tax advisers.
Your partner on the ground
Austria does not sell residence permits. Anyone who wants to live and invest here needs a genuine business with a coherent plan. That is exactly where we help. We are entrepreneurs in Vienna ourselves and know the path from the inside.
Hassan founded his own company in Vienna in 2017 and, without outside capital, built an international trading business with more than 50 shops. Vahe is an expert in financing, insurance, banking, investment and real estate, and has been an entrepreneur himself since 2019. 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. We speak German, English, Persian, Russian and Armenian.
Key paths at a glance
- Self-employed Key Worker: investment from €100,000 or new jobs
- Start-up Founder: at least €30,000 in equity, an innovative venture
- GmbH or FlexCo: formation as a foreign national, process and costs
- Branch office (Zweigniederlassung): a branch of your foreign company
- Investing without relocating and real estate
What we do for you
Before you decide
- Initial consultation on your goals: residence, business, assets, family, schooling
- Overview of the suitable paths and their requirements
- Market and location questions for your business idea
Formation and set-up
- Gathering and organising documents, coordinating appointments
- Business plan and formation with authorised partners: management consultancy, lawyer, notary, tax adviser
- Contacts with banks, bookkeeping, office and flat search
- Website, online shop and online marketing in several languages
- Import, export and trade: our network in the EU
Ongoing support
- One point of contact for authorities, partners and renewals
- Finance and investment questions with Vahe Melkonian; financial services only through authorised partners
- Growth: sales, advertising, new markets
Discretion and diligence
Your information stays on our own server in the EU. Before any company formation or investment, we verify identity and source of funds and check international sanctions lists. This protects you, your bank and your project.
How we start
- A short confidential form
- A personal conversation with both founders: online or in Vienna
- A written offer with clearly defined services and flat fees
Who we work for: entrepreneurs from all over the world who want to build a foothold in Austria and the EU, for example from Iran and the Persian-speaking world, Armenia, Georgia, Central Asia, Türkiye, the Gulf states, the United Kingdom, the USA and Asia.
Request a confidential consultation
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.