aws Gründungsfonds

aws Gründerfonds is a venture capital firm based in Vienna, Austria, established in 2013. The firm specializes in investing in high-growth Austrian start-ups, focusing primarily on those in their later seed and (pre-)series-A stages. With a fund size of 140 million euros, aws Gründerfonds targets a diverse range of sectors, including business products and services, consumer products and services, healthcare, information technology, energy, financial services, manufacturing, and technology-based industries such as artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. Its objective is to support the development of innovative companies that demonstrate significant growth potential within the Austrian market.

Markus Jandrinitsch

Managing Director

Peter Mühlbauer

Investment Manager

Christian Pany

Investment Manager

Riju Roy

Investment Associate

Past deals in Austria

HelloBello

Series A in 2025
HelloBello is a PetTech company specializing in freshly cooked, human-grade dog food tailored to meet the specific nutritional needs of pets. Operating primarily in German-speaking markets, HelloBello offers personalized meals that are free from by-products, ensuring high-quality nutrition for dogs. The food is prepared using natural ingredients such as millet and seaweed, minimizing the reliance on supplements and enhancing digestibility. By collaborating with a specialized veterinarian, HelloBello utilizes a proprietary algorithm to determine the precise nutritional requirements of each dog. The meals are individually portioned, packaged, and delivered directly to customers' homes, promoting convenience and quality in pet nutrition.

Innerspace

Seed Round in 2024
Innerspace GmbH is a company based in Wattens, Austria, specializing in the development of virtual reality (VR) training solutions tailored for the life science industry. Founded in 2017, Innerspace employs a psychologically informed approach to create immersive training experiences that prepare cleanroom operators for critical tasks. The company's innovative platform enhances understanding of cleanroom environments by providing risk-based education through regular practice in virtual settings. Innerspace also offers a Training Management System (TMS) for the efficient distribution of its VR training products across organizations. By decoupling training from physical equipment, Innerspace helps clients minimize errors in pharmaceutical processes, reduce training costs, and improve risk assessment for cleanroom personnel. Its products are utilized by international pharmaceutical companies seeking to enhance employee training and operational safety.

Valutico

Venture Round in 2023
Valutico is a leading provider of web-based company valuation tools, founded in 2014 by a team of Corporate Finance professionals and web developers. The company addresses the limitations of traditional valuation practices, which often restrict access to sophisticated investors. Valutico's mission is to democratize company valuations by offering advanced tools that meet the standards of prominent investment banks and advisory firms. Headquartered in Vienna, Austria, with an additional office in Frankfurt, Germany, Valutico utilizes a proprietary cloud-based equity valuation platform that integrates complex valuation techniques with advanced algorithms. This innovative approach simplifies the valuation process, allowing finance professionals to conduct comprehensive evaluations quickly and efficiently, without the need for extensive technical expertise or costly financial databases.

ToolSense

Series A in 2022
ToolSense GmbH, founded in 2017 and based in Vienna, Austria, specializes in developing an industrial Internet of Things platform tailored for construction and facility management. The platform enables manufacturers of construction tools to integrate modules that collect, analyze, and compress sensor data locally. By networking construction machines and capturing data during their operation, ToolSense allows manufacturers to monitor machine performance effectively. The company offers comprehensive solutions encompassing hardware, firmware, analytics, IoT cloud services, and mobile front-end applications for cost-critical construction and cleaning machines. ToolSense's Asset Operations Platform digitizes processes and automates workflows, helping asset-intensive companies enhance efficiency, productivity, and sustainability while facilitating cost savings and improved compliance.

NodeVenture

Venture Round in 2022
NodeVenture operates a secure wallet system specifically designed for the safekeeping of crypto assets. Utilizing patented Air Wall technology, the company ensures that assets are stored offline continuously, thereby safeguarding them from hacking attempts. Users can access their assets through the NodeVenture web application at any time without requiring human intervention to manage the transition between online and offline storage. The system employs the HD-Wallet process (BIP44), generating sensitive private keys only as needed for transactions, which enhances security and simplifies recovery processes. NodeVenture offers its secure wallet solution to institutional financial market participants, ensuring compliance with regulatory and KYC norms. The company is backed by TMIA, a qualified and ISO27001 certified custodian regulated in Austria.

Prewave

Series A in 2022
Prewave GmbH is a technology company based in Vienna, Austria, that specializes in developing machine learning solutions for supply chain risk management. Founded in 2017, Prewave's platform utilizes advanced data analytics to analyze social media data, allowing businesses to monitor for potential supply chain anomalies. By predicting upcoming risk events, the platform helps companies enhance their logistics networks and identify sustainability challenges. Through its innovative approach, Prewave aims to provide organizations with insights that enable them to proactively address risks within their supply chains.

Innerspace

Venture Round in 2021
Innerspace GmbH is a company based in Wattens, Austria, specializing in the development of virtual reality (VR) training solutions tailored for the life science industry. Founded in 2017, Innerspace employs a psychologically informed approach to create immersive training experiences that prepare cleanroom operators for critical tasks. The company's innovative platform enhances understanding of cleanroom environments by providing risk-based education through regular practice in virtual settings. Innerspace also offers a Training Management System (TMS) for the efficient distribution of its VR training products across organizations. By decoupling training from physical equipment, Innerspace helps clients minimize errors in pharmaceutical processes, reduce training costs, and improve risk assessment for cleanroom personnel. Its products are utilized by international pharmaceutical companies seeking to enhance employee training and operational safety.

MyClubs

Series B in 2021
myclubs GmbH is a Vienna-based company that operates a subscription-based digital sports membership platform, launched in 2014. The company aggregates sports facilities and offers a wide range of fitness options, including access to over 1,200 exclusive partner gyms, boutique studios, and fitness classes in Austria and Switzerland. This innovative platform enables customers to book various fitness offerings at a fixed price, ensuring flexibility and convenience. Additionally, myclubs GmbH provides tailored corporate fitness solutions that encourage employee participation in fitness activities for clients such as IBM, Deloitte, and Danone. With a commitment to digitalizing the fitness market, myclubs GmbH aims to become a leading sports provider in the Alpine region, enhancing access to quality fitness resources for both individuals and organizations.

Rendity

Seed Round in 2020
Rendity GmbH operates a crowd-investing platform based in Vienna, Austria, enabling both private and institutional investors to invest in real estate projects primarily located in urban areas of Austria and Germany. Founded in 2015, Rendity offers a unique real estate investment depot, allowing investors to build a diversified portfolio tailored to their investment preferences. The platform emphasizes transparency, presenting detailed information on each project to minimize unexpected risks. With features such as an investor-wallet, users can efficiently manage and monitor their investments, which include rental real estate and interest distributions, all designed to facilitate access to the real estate market and generate high returns.

Sarcura

Seed Round in 2020
Sarcura GmbH is an Austrian deep-tech startup founded in 2019, focused on developing a machine platform for the large-scale industrial manufacturing of personalized cell therapies aimed at treating cancer. The company leverages innovative semiconductor technology and microfluidic processing to achieve real-time control and manipulation at the cellular level. This approach facilitates a fully automated and modular manufacturing system, which enhances the efficiency and safety of producing advanced cell therapies tailored to individual patient needs. Sarcura's platform represents a significant shift in manufacturing paradigms, contributing to more accessible and cost-effective treatment options for patients. The company operates from Hinterstoder, Austria.

ToolSense

Seed Round in 2020
ToolSense GmbH, founded in 2017 and based in Vienna, Austria, specializes in developing an industrial Internet of Things platform tailored for construction and facility management. The platform enables manufacturers of construction tools to integrate modules that collect, analyze, and compress sensor data locally. By networking construction machines and capturing data during their operation, ToolSense allows manufacturers to monitor machine performance effectively. The company offers comprehensive solutions encompassing hardware, firmware, analytics, IoT cloud services, and mobile front-end applications for cost-critical construction and cleaning machines. ToolSense's Asset Operations Platform digitizes processes and automates workflows, helping asset-intensive companies enhance efficiency, productivity, and sustainability while facilitating cost savings and improved compliance.

Prewave

Seed Round in 2020
Prewave GmbH is a technology company based in Vienna, Austria, that specializes in developing machine learning solutions for supply chain risk management. Founded in 2017, Prewave's platform utilizes advanced data analytics to analyze social media data, allowing businesses to monitor for potential supply chain anomalies. By predicting upcoming risk events, the platform helps companies enhance their logistics networks and identify sustainability challenges. Through its innovative approach, Prewave aims to provide organizations with insights that enable them to proactively address risks within their supply chains.

Adverity

Series C in 2020
Adverity GmbH is a technology company that offers a web-based marketing reporting and analytics platform designed to enhance data management for marketing teams. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Vienna, Austria, Adverity enables businesses to collect, normalize, and analyze data from various marketing applications, big data platforms, and spreadsheets. The platform features an API-like connector builder and a data transformation engine that creates accurate and aligned datasets. By integrating disparate data sources, Adverity allows organizations to blend marketing, advertising, and sales information, establishing a single source of truth for business performance. Its automated connectivity to multiple data sources facilitates seamless management of client campaigns across all channels, empowering marketing teams to derive actionable insights and make informed decisions. The company serves notable clients, including Unilever and Bosch, and has expanded its presence with additional offices in London and New York.

Themis Bioscience

Series D in 2019
Themis Bioscience N.V. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in Vienna, Austria, specializing in immunomodulation to develop products aimed at protecting against infectious diseases. Founded in 2009, the company’s lead candidate, MV-CHIK, has successfully completed Phase II clinical trials for chikungunya treatment. Themis is also advancing vaccines targeting other infectious diseases, including Zika virus, Lassa fever, and MERS, along with developing therapeutics for cancer. Themis has established a research collaboration and exclusive licensing agreement with Merck & Co., enhancing its capabilities and market reach. The company is focused on progressing its innovative vaccine candidates through various clinical development phases while positioning itself as a valuable partner in the biotech and pharmaceutical sectors.

Adverity

Series B in 2019
Adverity GmbH is a technology company that offers a web-based marketing reporting and analytics platform designed to enhance data management for marketing teams. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Vienna, Austria, Adverity enables businesses to collect, normalize, and analyze data from various marketing applications, big data platforms, and spreadsheets. The platform features an API-like connector builder and a data transformation engine that creates accurate and aligned datasets. By integrating disparate data sources, Adverity allows organizations to blend marketing, advertising, and sales information, establishing a single source of truth for business performance. Its automated connectivity to multiple data sources facilitates seamless management of client campaigns across all channels, empowering marketing teams to derive actionable insights and make informed decisions. The company serves notable clients, including Unilever and Bosch, and has expanded its presence with additional offices in London and New York.

Secureo

Convertible Note in 2019
Secureo GmbH, founded in 2014 and based in Innsbruck, Austria, operates online shops specializing in security technology across Europe. The company provides a range of cybersecurity services, including SOC 2 readiness, virtual CISO, and various forms of security such as IoT, network, mobile, web, cloud, and SaaS security. In addition to its cybersecurity offerings, Secureo also supplies quality security products, including floor safes, key safes, electronic locking cylinders, fire protection cassettes, weapon cabinets, and handgun safes. By offering both cybersecurity services and physical security products, Secureo aims to provide comprehensive solutions for safeguarding assets and ensuring compliance with legal requirements.

ToolSense

Seed Round in 2018
ToolSense GmbH, founded in 2017 and based in Vienna, Austria, specializes in developing an industrial Internet of Things platform tailored for construction and facility management. The platform enables manufacturers of construction tools to integrate modules that collect, analyze, and compress sensor data locally. By networking construction machines and capturing data during their operation, ToolSense allows manufacturers to monitor machine performance effectively. The company offers comprehensive solutions encompassing hardware, firmware, analytics, IoT cloud services, and mobile front-end applications for cost-critical construction and cleaning machines. ToolSense's Asset Operations Platform digitizes processes and automates workflows, helping asset-intensive companies enhance efficiency, productivity, and sustainability while facilitating cost savings and improved compliance.

Crystalline Mirror Solutions

Series A in 2018
Crystalline Mirror Solutions is a manufacturer of low-noise reflective optics located in Vienna, Austria. Founded in 2012 as a spin-off from research at the University of Vienna by Dr. Garrett Cole and Dr. Markus Aspelmeyer, the company transitioned to a GmbH structure in 2013 and established an American subsidiary in Santa Barbara, California. The firm specializes in optics that utilize proprietary substrate-transfer coating technology, which involves multi-layer fabricated mono-crystalline materials. These innovative optics find applications in ultraprecise optical clocks, precision interferometry, spectroscopy for high-power lasers, and laser machining systems. The company holds international patents for its manufacturing processes and applications, ensuring exclusive rights to its technology.

Adverity

Series A in 2018
Adverity GmbH is a technology company that offers a web-based marketing reporting and analytics platform designed to enhance data management for marketing teams. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Vienna, Austria, Adverity enables businesses to collect, normalize, and analyze data from various marketing applications, big data platforms, and spreadsheets. The platform features an API-like connector builder and a data transformation engine that creates accurate and aligned datasets. By integrating disparate data sources, Adverity allows organizations to blend marketing, advertising, and sales information, establishing a single source of truth for business performance. Its automated connectivity to multiple data sources facilitates seamless management of client campaigns across all channels, empowering marketing teams to derive actionable insights and make informed decisions. The company serves notable clients, including Unilever and Bosch, and has expanded its presence with additional offices in London and New York.

Themis Bioscience

Series C in 2018
Themis Bioscience N.V. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in Vienna, Austria, specializing in immunomodulation to develop products aimed at protecting against infectious diseases. Founded in 2009, the company’s lead candidate, MV-CHIK, has successfully completed Phase II clinical trials for chikungunya treatment. Themis is also advancing vaccines targeting other infectious diseases, including Zika virus, Lassa fever, and MERS, along with developing therapeutics for cancer. Themis has established a research collaboration and exclusive licensing agreement with Merck & Co., enhancing its capabilities and market reach. The company is focused on progressing its innovative vaccine candidates through various clinical development phases while positioning itself as a valuable partner in the biotech and pharmaceutical sectors.

Roomle

Convertible Note in 2017
Roomle GmbH, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Linz, Austria, operates a 3D, augmented reality (AR), and virtual reality platform for furniture visualization. The company provides a suite of tools including a 3D Configurator for photo-realistic product configuration, an augmented reality solution for visualizing furniture in real environments, and a 2D/3D floor planning tool that facilitates room design and furnishing. Roomle also offers Enhance POS, a digital sales solution, and integrates with retailers' existing systems to streamline the order process. By connecting brands, retailers, and consumers, Roomle enhances the sales process and enables omni-channel commerce. Users can customize furniture according to their preferences and visualize how it fits in their spaces using markerless AR technology. The platform serves various sectors, including furniture production, retail, shop-fitting, and real estate, and has gained millions of downloads and users globally.

MyClubs

Seed Round in 2017
myclubs GmbH is a Vienna-based company that operates a subscription-based digital sports membership platform, launched in 2014. The company aggregates sports facilities and offers a wide range of fitness options, including access to over 1,200 exclusive partner gyms, boutique studios, and fitness classes in Austria and Switzerland. This innovative platform enables customers to book various fitness offerings at a fixed price, ensuring flexibility and convenience. Additionally, myclubs GmbH provides tailored corporate fitness solutions that encourage employee participation in fitness activities for clients such as IBM, Deloitte, and Danone. With a commitment to digitalizing the fitness market, myclubs GmbH aims to become a leading sports provider in the Alpine region, enhancing access to quality fitness resources for both individuals and organizations.

Kivu Technologies

Seed Round in 2017
Kivu Technologies, established in Austria in 2016, is a multidisciplinary team comprised of engineers, developers, data scientists, analysts, and security professionals dedicated to enhancing human security through innovative technology. The company specializes in providing a network analytical platform that leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to deliver real-time data analytical services for the security industry. This platform enables clients to visualize data as interconnected networks, facilitating rapid responses to time-sensitive questions. Kivu Technologies aims to address complex challenges related to security and safety in an increasingly connected world, believing that advancements in technology are essential for creating a safer environment.

Adverity

Seed Round in 2017
Adverity GmbH is a technology company that offers a web-based marketing reporting and analytics platform designed to enhance data management for marketing teams. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Vienna, Austria, Adverity enables businesses to collect, normalize, and analyze data from various marketing applications, big data platforms, and spreadsheets. The platform features an API-like connector builder and a data transformation engine that creates accurate and aligned datasets. By integrating disparate data sources, Adverity allows organizations to blend marketing, advertising, and sales information, establishing a single source of truth for business performance. Its automated connectivity to multiple data sources facilitates seamless management of client campaigns across all channels, empowering marketing teams to derive actionable insights and make informed decisions. The company serves notable clients, including Unilever and Bosch, and has expanded its presence with additional offices in London and New York.

Crystalline Mirror Solutions

Venture Round in 2016
Crystalline Mirror Solutions is a manufacturer of low-noise reflective optics located in Vienna, Austria. Founded in 2012 as a spin-off from research at the University of Vienna by Dr. Garrett Cole and Dr. Markus Aspelmeyer, the company transitioned to a GmbH structure in 2013 and established an American subsidiary in Santa Barbara, California. The firm specializes in optics that utilize proprietary substrate-transfer coating technology, which involves multi-layer fabricated mono-crystalline materials. These innovative optics find applications in ultraprecise optical clocks, precision interferometry, spectroscopy for high-power lasers, and laser machining systems. The company holds international patents for its manufacturing processes and applications, ensuring exclusive rights to its technology.

Themis Bioscience

Series B in 2016
Themis Bioscience N.V. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in Vienna, Austria, specializing in immunomodulation to develop products aimed at protecting against infectious diseases. Founded in 2009, the company’s lead candidate, MV-CHIK, has successfully completed Phase II clinical trials for chikungunya treatment. Themis is also advancing vaccines targeting other infectious diseases, including Zika virus, Lassa fever, and MERS, along with developing therapeutics for cancer. Themis has established a research collaboration and exclusive licensing agreement with Merck & Co., enhancing its capabilities and market reach. The company is focused on progressing its innovative vaccine candidates through various clinical development phases while positioning itself as a valuable partner in the biotech and pharmaceutical sectors.

Endiio

Venture Round in 2016
Endiio GmbH, founded in 2014 and based in Innsbruck, Austria, specializes in developing battery-free wireless sensor systems aimed at climate data monitoring and various Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The company utilizes patented technology to minimize the power requirements of sensors, facilitating efficient connectivity for a range of industrial uses. Endiio offers an integrated platform that encompasses mobile modules and cloud services, enabling streamlined IoT development and product integration. Their solutions cater to diverse sectors including industry, transport, logistics, medical technology, building automation, and control technology, helping businesses advance their digitalization efforts and optimize their operations.

Roomle

Seed Round in 2015
Roomle GmbH, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Linz, Austria, operates a 3D, augmented reality (AR), and virtual reality platform for furniture visualization. The company provides a suite of tools including a 3D Configurator for photo-realistic product configuration, an augmented reality solution for visualizing furniture in real environments, and a 2D/3D floor planning tool that facilitates room design and furnishing. Roomle also offers Enhance POS, a digital sales solution, and integrates with retailers' existing systems to streamline the order process. By connecting brands, retailers, and consumers, Roomle enhances the sales process and enables omni-channel commerce. Users can customize furniture according to their preferences and visualize how it fits in their spaces using markerless AR technology. The platform serves various sectors, including furniture production, retail, shop-fitting, and real estate, and has gained millions of downloads and users globally.

Panoptes Pharma

Seed Round in 2015
Panoptes Pharma is a private biotechnology company based in Vienna, Austria, dedicated to developing small molecule therapies for severe eye diseases that currently lack effective treatments. The company's lead clinical candidate, PP-001, targets autoimmune uveitis, a significant cause of blindness, while also pursuing treatment for adenoviral conjunctivitis, which has no available therapies. With its innovative approach, PP-001 holds promise for addressing additional inflammatory and viral conditions. Panoptes Pharma is supported by a skilled team of development professionals with a successful history in bringing innovative products to market, focusing on a targeted portfolio of high-performance therapies to meet the pressing needs of patients suffering from serious eye disorders.

bluesource - mobile solutions gmbh

Series A in 2015
bluesource - mobile solutions gmbh, founded in 2001 and headquartered in Hagenberg, Austria, specializes in developing mobile software solutions for banks, financial service providers, insurance companies, and retailers. The company offers a mobile application called "mobile-pocket," which serves as both a B2C app and a B2B loyalty and rewards platform, facilitating customer engagement and retention. Their platform connects various stakeholders, including wallet providers, payment services, brands, and consumers, while providing mobile loyalty solutions such as loyalty cards, coupons, and gift cards. Additionally, bluesource provides tools for mobile marketing, mobile payments, and mobile commerce, enhancing the overall customer experience in the digital payment landscape.

Roomle

Seed Round in 2014
Roomle GmbH, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Linz, Austria, operates a 3D, augmented reality (AR), and virtual reality platform for furniture visualization. The company provides a suite of tools including a 3D Configurator for photo-realistic product configuration, an augmented reality solution for visualizing furniture in real environments, and a 2D/3D floor planning tool that facilitates room design and furnishing. Roomle also offers Enhance POS, a digital sales solution, and integrates with retailers' existing systems to streamline the order process. By connecting brands, retailers, and consumers, Roomle enhances the sales process and enables omni-channel commerce. Users can customize furniture according to their preferences and visualize how it fits in their spaces using markerless AR technology. The platform serves various sectors, including furniture production, retail, shop-fitting, and real estate, and has gained millions of downloads and users globally.

sendHybrid

Series A in 2014
sendHybrid GmbH is a consulting and communications company based in Graz, Austria, that focuses on process and market consulting for document management. It offers a range of services aimed at optimizing the sending and receiving of documents, including the management of incoming invoices, B2B and B2C delivery solutions, and dual delivery. The company's B2B delivery facilitates continuous digital communication between senders and receivers, while its B2C delivery provides recipients with access to documents through a branded mailbox and additional value-added services such as electronic payments. sendHybrid also specializes in e-invoicing for government entities, electronic legal communication, outsourcing of printing services, and strategic process support. By prioritizing customer requirements and ensuring high data security in compliance with legal standards, sendHybrid positions itself as a leader in hybrid and personalized document delivery solutions that enhance process efficiency and customer loyalty.

SunnyBAG

Series A in 2013
SunnyBAG GmbH, founded in 2010 and based in Graz, Austria, specializes in the development, manufacturing, and distribution of solar-powered shoulder bags and backpacks designed for charging mobile devices. The company's products feature integrated solar panels that convert sunlight into electrical energy, allowing users to charge various electronic devices such as smartphones, tablets, cameras, and portable gaming consoles. SunnyBAG offers a range of products, including solar bags, solar backpacks, outdoor solar chargers, and accessories like power banks. The company distributes its products online and through dealers and distributors across multiple European countries, including Austria, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom.
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