Gabriele Tatzberger studied spatial planning and regional politics at the Vienna University of Technology and received her doctorate at the Technical University of Delft / NL in 2008.

In 2008, Gabriele joined the Vienna Business Agency, where she is leading the Start-Up Services department, to support start-ups and to further develop the start-up location in Vienna. In addition, she has been Managing Director of Vienna Region Wirtschaft.Raum.Entwicklung GmbH and Vienna Region Marketing GmbH since 2010.

As part of her job, she is working closely together with company founders and start-ups from a wide range of industries and is actively participating in many juries and demo day events.