Austrian East India Company (German: Österreichische Ostindien-Kompanie) is a catchall term referring to a series of Austrian trading companies based in Ostend and Trieste. The Imperial Asiatic Company of Trieste and Antwerp (French: Société impériale asiatique de Trieste et Anvers) and Asiatic Company of Trieste[1] or the Trieste Company (Société asiatique de Trieste) were founded by William Bolts in 1775 and wound up in 1785.