Arax Capital Partners

ARAX Capital Partners is an Austrian bio-tech and high-tech early stage investor with an exclusive focus on Austrian ventures. Companies need to be young, innovative (if possible with patentable technology) and must have already secured considerable seed funding to qualify for an investment
DC

Daniel Cesky

Partner

Patrik Cesky

Senior Investment Manager

TC

Thomas Cimbal

MD

MS

Michael Stranz

MD

Christian Tiringer

Partner

40 past transactions

Nabriva Therapeutics plc

Venture Round in 2014
Nabriva Therapeutics AG operates as a biopharmaceutical company that engages in the discovery and development of antibiotics for use in community and hospital infections. The company focuses on antibiotic classes, such as pleuromutilins designed for oral and topical application; and injectable broad-spectrum anti-MRSA cephalosporins. Its products include Oral Pleuromutilins BC-3205 and BC-3781 for multi-drug resistant (MDR) pathogens, including methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), MDR Streptococcus pneumonia, and vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium; Topical Pleuromutilin BC-7013 for the treatment of various bacterial associated, or derived dermatological diseases; and Cephalosporins for the treatment of hospital infections. The company was formerly known as Antibiotic Research Institute and changed its name to Nabriva Therapeutics AG in February, 2006. Nabriva Therapeutics AG was founded in 2001 is based in Vienna, Austria.

crystalsol GmbH

Venture Round in 2013
crystalsol GmbH manufactures and markets photovoltaic modules for building integration application and consumer products. The company provides monograin membrane photovoltaic modules. Additionally, it offers transparent and opaque photovoltaic modules. crystalsol GmbH was founded in 2008 and is based in Vienna, Austria.

crystalsol GmbH

Seed Round in 2011
crystalsol GmbH manufactures and markets photovoltaic modules for building integration application and consumer products. The company provides monograin membrane photovoltaic modules. Additionally, it offers transparent and opaque photovoltaic modules. crystalsol GmbH was founded in 2008 and is based in Vienna, Austria.

Panoptes

Seed Round in 2015
Panoptes is a privately held biotech company focused on developing small molecule based therapies for the treatment of severe eye diseases.

CONDA AG

Venture Round in 2014
They bring together entrepreneurs and investors together and create the basis for promising business ideas. They believe that the future is in the hands of young and innovative entrepreneurs. That is why They have made it Their mission to support these entrepreneurs to lay the foundation stone for the realization of their visions.

mechatronic systemtechnik

Venture Round in 2009
mechatronic systemtechnik gmbh develops and manufactures specialized machines for handling thin, warped, and other critical wafers used in the semiconductor processing industry. It offers integrated OEM tools, stand-alone tools, loaders, wafer sorters, and ring removers; and support and services. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Villach, Austria with locations in Dresden, Germany; Penang, Malaysia; and Singapore. As of October 16, 2017, mechatronic systemtechnik gmbh operates as a subsidiary of Accuron Technologies Limited.

EUCODIS Bioscience

Convertible Note in 2013
EUCODIS Bioscience is an experienced enzyme engineering company, providing industrial customers with high-performing enzymes. Their customers are leaders in the chemical, the pharmaceutical, the food and feed and cosmetics industries.

Biocrates Life Sciences AG

Venture Round in 2015
Biocrates is a developer of a metabolomics platform designed to support the discovery and validation of biomarkers for complex diseases. The company's metabolomics platform comprises an automated sample preparation workflow integrated with sensitive mass-spectrometric methods and software that controls sample management, data collection, and analysis to identify hundreds of metabolites, enabling physicians to acquire comprehensive metabolic information quickly and reliably.

Identec Solutions

Venture Round in 2008
Identec Solutions AG develops wireless sensor network solutions that provide the functionality of radio frequency identification, real time location system, and wireless sensing. The company offers SensorSMART Platform, an ecosystem of low-power, long-range sensors, as well as infrastructure that includes handheld or fixed readers, location devices, and software to sense, gather, and transmit critical information to a processor. Its platform also offers software solutions, such as i-Share Edgeware; WATCHERSERIES software that provides constant monitoring and administration of the workforce, allowing for a safer work environment; Container Terminal Automation System that enables real-time control of containers, workforce, and equipment; and an intuitive software development application. The company also provides apps for asset tracking, personnel safety, and temperature monitoring. It offers solutions for automotive, food and beverage, marine and intermodal, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, transportation, tunnel and mining, and other industries in Austria and internationally. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Lustenau, Austria. It has additional offices in Dallas, Texas; Weinheim, Germany; Kristiansand, Norway; and Melbourne, Australia. Identec Solutions AG operates as a subsidiary of Identec Group AG.

Identec Solutions

Venture Round in 2012
Identec Solutions AG develops wireless sensor network solutions that provide the functionality of radio frequency identification, real time location system, and wireless sensing. The company offers SensorSMART Platform, an ecosystem of low-power, long-range sensors, as well as infrastructure that includes handheld or fixed readers, location devices, and software to sense, gather, and transmit critical information to a processor. Its platform also offers software solutions, such as i-Share Edgeware; WATCHERSERIES software that provides constant monitoring and administration of the workforce, allowing for a safer work environment; Container Terminal Automation System that enables real-time control of containers, workforce, and equipment; and an intuitive software development application. The company also provides apps for asset tracking, personnel safety, and temperature monitoring. It offers solutions for automotive, food and beverage, marine and intermodal, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, transportation, tunnel and mining, and other industries in Austria and internationally. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Lustenau, Austria. It has additional offices in Dallas, Texas; Weinheim, Germany; Kristiansand, Norway; and Melbourne, Australia. Identec Solutions AG operates as a subsidiary of Identec Group AG.

crystalsol GmbH

Venture Round in 2014
crystalsol GmbH manufactures and markets photovoltaic modules for building integration application and consumer products. The company provides monograin membrane photovoltaic modules. Additionally, it offers transparent and opaque photovoltaic modules. crystalsol GmbH was founded in 2008 and is based in Vienna, Austria.

CALYXHA Biotechnologies GmbH

Seed Round in 2020
CALYXHA Biotechnologies GmbH, a biotechnology company, develops novel therapies targeting tissue degeneration that is the fundamental underlying cause of major human diseases. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Vienna, Austria.

Identec Solutions

Venture Round in 2014
Identec Solutions AG develops wireless sensor network solutions that provide the functionality of radio frequency identification, real time location system, and wireless sensing. The company offers SensorSMART Platform, an ecosystem of low-power, long-range sensors, as well as infrastructure that includes handheld or fixed readers, location devices, and software to sense, gather, and transmit critical information to a processor. Its platform also offers software solutions, such as i-Share Edgeware; WATCHERSERIES software that provides constant monitoring and administration of the workforce, allowing for a safer work environment; Container Terminal Automation System that enables real-time control of containers, workforce, and equipment; and an intuitive software development application. The company also provides apps for asset tracking, personnel safety, and temperature monitoring. It offers solutions for automotive, food and beverage, marine and intermodal, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, transportation, tunnel and mining, and other industries in Austria and internationally. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Lustenau, Austria. It has additional offices in Dallas, Texas; Weinheim, Germany; Kristiansand, Norway; and Melbourne, Australia. Identec Solutions AG operates as a subsidiary of Identec Group AG.

Identec Solutions

Venture Round in 2013
Identec Solutions AG develops wireless sensor network solutions that provide the functionality of radio frequency identification, real time location system, and wireless sensing. The company offers SensorSMART Platform, an ecosystem of low-power, long-range sensors, as well as infrastructure that includes handheld or fixed readers, location devices, and software to sense, gather, and transmit critical information to a processor. Its platform also offers software solutions, such as i-Share Edgeware; WATCHERSERIES software that provides constant monitoring and administration of the workforce, allowing for a safer work environment; Container Terminal Automation System that enables real-time control of containers, workforce, and equipment; and an intuitive software development application. The company also provides apps for asset tracking, personnel safety, and temperature monitoring. It offers solutions for automotive, food and beverage, marine and intermodal, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, transportation, tunnel and mining, and other industries in Austria and internationally. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Lustenau, Austria. It has additional offices in Dallas, Texas; Weinheim, Germany; Kristiansand, Norway; and Melbourne, Australia. Identec Solutions AG operates as a subsidiary of Identec Group AG.

Biocrates Life Sciences AG

Venture Round in 2010
Biocrates is a developer of a metabolomics platform designed to support the discovery and validation of biomarkers for complex diseases. The company's metabolomics platform comprises an automated sample preparation workflow integrated with sensitive mass-spectrometric methods and software that controls sample management, data collection, and analysis to identify hundreds of metabolites, enabling physicians to acquire comprehensive metabolic information quickly and reliably.

Biocrates Life Sciences AG

Venture Round in 2009
Biocrates is a developer of a metabolomics platform designed to support the discovery and validation of biomarkers for complex diseases. The company's metabolomics platform comprises an automated sample preparation workflow integrated with sensitive mass-spectrometric methods and software that controls sample management, data collection, and analysis to identify hundreds of metabolites, enabling physicians to acquire comprehensive metabolic information quickly and reliably.

Marinomed Biotech AG

Venture Round in 2011
Marinomed is a biopharmaceutical development company focusing on the development of innovative therapies based on patent protected technology platforms. Products against respiratory viruses derived from the proprietary MAVIREX platform are marketed with renowned partners in a growing number of countries around the globe. The new MARINOSOLV platform allows novel stable aqueous formulations of hardly soluble compounds such as corticosteroids, enabling a faster onset of action and a better bioavailability. The MARINOSOLV technology is not limited to a specific compound and has the potential to facilitate delivery of any compound with solubility issues. Marinomed was founded on 2006 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

Nabriva Therapeutics plc

Venture Round in 2010
Nabriva Therapeutics AG operates as a biopharmaceutical company that engages in the discovery and development of antibiotics for use in community and hospital infections. The company focuses on antibiotic classes, such as pleuromutilins designed for oral and topical application; and injectable broad-spectrum anti-MRSA cephalosporins. Its products include Oral Pleuromutilins BC-3205 and BC-3781 for multi-drug resistant (MDR) pathogens, including methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), MDR Streptococcus pneumonia, and vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium; Topical Pleuromutilin BC-7013 for the treatment of various bacterial associated, or derived dermatological diseases; and Cephalosporins for the treatment of hospital infections. The company was formerly known as Antibiotic Research Institute and changed its name to Nabriva Therapeutics AG in February, 2006. Nabriva Therapeutics AG was founded in 2001 is based in Vienna, Austria.

Nabriva Therapeutics plc

Venture Round in 2011
Nabriva Therapeutics AG operates as a biopharmaceutical company that engages in the discovery and development of antibiotics for use in community and hospital infections. The company focuses on antibiotic classes, such as pleuromutilins designed for oral and topical application; and injectable broad-spectrum anti-MRSA cephalosporins. Its products include Oral Pleuromutilins BC-3205 and BC-3781 for multi-drug resistant (MDR) pathogens, including methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), MDR Streptococcus pneumonia, and vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium; Topical Pleuromutilin BC-7013 for the treatment of various bacterial associated, or derived dermatological diseases; and Cephalosporins for the treatment of hospital infections. The company was formerly known as Antibiotic Research Institute and changed its name to Nabriva Therapeutics AG in February, 2006. Nabriva Therapeutics AG was founded in 2001 is based in Vienna, Austria.

The MoonVision GmbH

Series A in 2019
The MoonVision GmbH is a young company located in the heart of Vienna, Austria, focussed on transferring expert know-how to AI using visual information. The company was founded in August 2017, and was awarded with the title “Startup of the year” in 2017. In 2018 it was nominated for the “Go Silicon Valley Program” by WKO and won over partners like Audi, A1, Sacher and Miba. MoonVision detects item type and amounts on a visual basis using proprietary computer vision algorithms and triggers events, like the optimization of machines, payment processes or data generation.

CONDA AG

Venture Round in 2015
They bring together entrepreneurs and investors together and create the basis for promising business ideas. They believe that the future is in the hands of young and innovative entrepreneurs. That is why They have made it Their mission to support these entrepreneurs to lay the foundation stone for the realization of their visions.

Biocrates Life Sciences AG

Venture Round in 2011
Biocrates is a developer of a metabolomics platform designed to support the discovery and validation of biomarkers for complex diseases. The company's metabolomics platform comprises an automated sample preparation workflow integrated with sensitive mass-spectrometric methods and software that controls sample management, data collection, and analysis to identify hundreds of metabolites, enabling physicians to acquire comprehensive metabolic information quickly and reliably.

Biocrates Life Sciences AG

Venture Round in 2012
Biocrates is a developer of a metabolomics platform designed to support the discovery and validation of biomarkers for complex diseases. The company's metabolomics platform comprises an automated sample preparation workflow integrated with sensitive mass-spectrometric methods and software that controls sample management, data collection, and analysis to identify hundreds of metabolites, enabling physicians to acquire comprehensive metabolic information quickly and reliably.

Marinomed Biotech AG

Seed Round in 2012
Marinomed is a biopharmaceutical development company focusing on the development of innovative therapies based on patent protected technology platforms. Products against respiratory viruses derived from the proprietary MAVIREX platform are marketed with renowned partners in a growing number of countries around the globe. The new MARINOSOLV platform allows novel stable aqueous formulations of hardly soluble compounds such as corticosteroids, enabling a faster onset of action and a better bioavailability. The MARINOSOLV technology is not limited to a specific compound and has the potential to facilitate delivery of any compound with solubility issues. Marinomed was founded on 2006 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

crystalsol GmbH

Series A in 2013
crystalsol GmbH manufactures and markets photovoltaic modules for building integration application and consumer products. The company provides monograin membrane photovoltaic modules. Additionally, it offers transparent and opaque photovoltaic modules. crystalsol GmbH was founded in 2008 and is based in Vienna, Austria.

crystalsol GmbH

Venture Round in 2015
crystalsol GmbH manufactures and markets photovoltaic modules for building integration application and consumer products. The company provides monograin membrane photovoltaic modules. Additionally, it offers transparent and opaque photovoltaic modules. crystalsol GmbH was founded in 2008 and is based in Vienna, Austria.

AFFiRiS AG

Venture Round in 2016
AFFiRiS AG develops and manufactures peptide-based vaccines for therapeutic treatment of chronic diseases with unmet medical needs. Its development portfolio includes vaccines against Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and atherosclerosis, multiple system atrophy, hypertension, diabetes, psoriasis, allergies, asthma, Huntington’s disease, and other diseases. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Vienna, Austria.

Identec Solutions

Venture Round in 2010
Identec Solutions AG develops wireless sensor network solutions that provide the functionality of radio frequency identification, real time location system, and wireless sensing. The company offers SensorSMART Platform, an ecosystem of low-power, long-range sensors, as well as infrastructure that includes handheld or fixed readers, location devices, and software to sense, gather, and transmit critical information to a processor. Its platform also offers software solutions, such as i-Share Edgeware; WATCHERSERIES software that provides constant monitoring and administration of the workforce, allowing for a safer work environment; Container Terminal Automation System that enables real-time control of containers, workforce, and equipment; and an intuitive software development application. The company also provides apps for asset tracking, personnel safety, and temperature monitoring. It offers solutions for automotive, food and beverage, marine and intermodal, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, transportation, tunnel and mining, and other industries in Austria and internationally. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Lustenau, Austria. It has additional offices in Dallas, Texas; Weinheim, Germany; Kristiansand, Norway; and Melbourne, Australia. Identec Solutions AG operates as a subsidiary of Identec Group AG.

Identec Solutions

Venture Round in 2011
Identec Solutions AG develops wireless sensor network solutions that provide the functionality of radio frequency identification, real time location system, and wireless sensing. The company offers SensorSMART Platform, an ecosystem of low-power, long-range sensors, as well as infrastructure that includes handheld or fixed readers, location devices, and software to sense, gather, and transmit critical information to a processor. Its platform also offers software solutions, such as i-Share Edgeware; WATCHERSERIES software that provides constant monitoring and administration of the workforce, allowing for a safer work environment; Container Terminal Automation System that enables real-time control of containers, workforce, and equipment; and an intuitive software development application. The company also provides apps for asset tracking, personnel safety, and temperature monitoring. It offers solutions for automotive, food and beverage, marine and intermodal, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, transportation, tunnel and mining, and other industries in Austria and internationally. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Lustenau, Austria. It has additional offices in Dallas, Texas; Weinheim, Germany; Kristiansand, Norway; and Melbourne, Australia. Identec Solutions AG operates as a subsidiary of Identec Group AG.

Marinomed Biotech AG

Venture Round in 2013
Marinomed is a biopharmaceutical development company focusing on the development of innovative therapies based on patent protected technology platforms. Products against respiratory viruses derived from the proprietary MAVIREX platform are marketed with renowned partners in a growing number of countries around the globe. The new MARINOSOLV platform allows novel stable aqueous formulations of hardly soluble compounds such as corticosteroids, enabling a faster onset of action and a better bioavailability. The MARINOSOLV technology is not limited to a specific compound and has the potential to facilitate delivery of any compound with solubility issues. Marinomed was founded on 2006 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

crystalsol GmbH

Venture Round in 2016
crystalsol GmbH manufactures and markets photovoltaic modules for building integration application and consumer products. The company provides monograin membrane photovoltaic modules. Additionally, it offers transparent and opaque photovoltaic modules. crystalsol GmbH was founded in 2008 and is based in Vienna, Austria.

Identec Solutions

Venture Round in 2009
Identec Solutions AG develops wireless sensor network solutions that provide the functionality of radio frequency identification, real time location system, and wireless sensing. The company offers SensorSMART Platform, an ecosystem of low-power, long-range sensors, as well as infrastructure that includes handheld or fixed readers, location devices, and software to sense, gather, and transmit critical information to a processor. Its platform also offers software solutions, such as i-Share Edgeware; WATCHERSERIES software that provides constant monitoring and administration of the workforce, allowing for a safer work environment; Container Terminal Automation System that enables real-time control of containers, workforce, and equipment; and an intuitive software development application. The company also provides apps for asset tracking, personnel safety, and temperature monitoring. It offers solutions for automotive, food and beverage, marine and intermodal, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, transportation, tunnel and mining, and other industries in Austria and internationally. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Lustenau, Austria. It has additional offices in Dallas, Texas; Weinheim, Germany; Kristiansand, Norway; and Melbourne, Australia. Identec Solutions AG operates as a subsidiary of Identec Group AG.

Airborne Robotics

Venture Round in 2016
AIRBORNE ROBOTICS drones are delivered worldwide as a complete package, including all the relevant software as well as flight training. The moment one of their customers receives his new AIR6 or AIR8, he can immediately get down to business. The carrier system of an AIR6/8 can accommodate a variety of cameras: Film and photo, thermal imaging cameras, infrared, and diverse measuring sensors for environmental analysis. The system can therefore be adapted to the widest array of applications. Designed as an open platform for developers, specialists from many different fields can program an AIR flying robot for their own purposes and flight jobs, since the interfaces and software are freely accessible.
EveliQure was founded in 2012 with headquarters in Vienna and developed for the first time a combined vaccine, which is intended to protect against Shigella as well as against ETEC bacteria. Both bacterial strains cause various types of diarrheal diseases, and all attempts at development of vaccines have so far only aimed to protect against one of the two bacterial strains. The team led by Managing Director Gábor Somogyi has succeeded for the first time in producing a combined swallow vaccine that simultaneously protects against both bacterial strains.

Identec Solutions

Venture Round in 2016
Identec Solutions AG develops wireless sensor network solutions that provide the functionality of radio frequency identification, real time location system, and wireless sensing. The company offers SensorSMART Platform, an ecosystem of low-power, long-range sensors, as well as infrastructure that includes handheld or fixed readers, location devices, and software to sense, gather, and transmit critical information to a processor. Its platform also offers software solutions, such as i-Share Edgeware; WATCHERSERIES software that provides constant monitoring and administration of the workforce, allowing for a safer work environment; Container Terminal Automation System that enables real-time control of containers, workforce, and equipment; and an intuitive software development application. The company also provides apps for asset tracking, personnel safety, and temperature monitoring. It offers solutions for automotive, food and beverage, marine and intermodal, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, transportation, tunnel and mining, and other industries in Austria and internationally. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Lustenau, Austria. It has additional offices in Dallas, Texas; Weinheim, Germany; Kristiansand, Norway; and Melbourne, Australia. Identec Solutions AG operates as a subsidiary of Identec Group AG.

crystalsol GmbH

Venture Round in 2011
crystalsol GmbH manufactures and markets photovoltaic modules for building integration application and consumer products. The company provides monograin membrane photovoltaic modules. Additionally, it offers transparent and opaque photovoltaic modules. crystalsol GmbH was founded in 2008 and is based in Vienna, Austria.

EUCODIS Bioscience

Series B in 2010
EUCODIS Bioscience is an experienced enzyme engineering company, providing industrial customers with high-performing enzymes. Their customers are leaders in the chemical, the pharmaceutical, the food and feed and cosmetics industries.

Sail Labs Technology

Venture Round in 2012
Focusing on end-to-end systems and tools that provide actionable intelligence based on open sources (TV, FM Radio, Internet, Social Media, Feeds, Websites, and YouTube), SAIL LABS Technology offers cutting-edge technologies in areas such as automatic speech recognition, speaker identification, named entity detection as well as topic detection across multiple languages, geographies and sources. Content based search along with visualization components (clustering, relationships, trends, GIS), workflow features, profiles & ontologies as well as a Social Media Extension complete the product portfolio.

Biocrates Life Sciences AG

Venture Round in 2010
Biocrates is a developer of a metabolomics platform designed to support the discovery and validation of biomarkers for complex diseases. The company's metabolomics platform comprises an automated sample preparation workflow integrated with sensitive mass-spectrometric methods and software that controls sample management, data collection, and analysis to identify hundreds of metabolites, enabling physicians to acquire comprehensive metabolic information quickly and reliably.

mechatronic systemtechnik

Venture Round in 2013
mechatronic systemtechnik gmbh develops and manufactures specialized machines for handling thin, warped, and other critical wafers used in the semiconductor processing industry. It offers integrated OEM tools, stand-alone tools, loaders, wafer sorters, and ring removers; and support and services. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Villach, Austria with locations in Dresden, Germany; Penang, Malaysia; and Singapore. As of October 16, 2017, mechatronic systemtechnik gmbh operates as a subsidiary of Accuron Technologies Limited.