aws Mittelstandsfonds

Aws Mittelstandsfonds is a private equity investment firm established in 2009 and wholly owned by Austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws). Based in Vienna, Austria, the firm focuses on enhancing access to investment capital for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within the region. By fostering partnerships and supporting sustainable growth, Aws Mittelstandsfonds aims to strengthen its portfolio companies, particularly those operating in the technology sector. The firm is dedicated to contributing to the development of the Austrian economy through targeted investments and strategic collaboration.

Nina Dohrau

Managing Director

Markus Jandrinitsch

Managing Director

Christopher Raithle

MD

Daniel Schaller

Investment Manager

13 past transactions

A.M.I.

Acquisition in 2018
A.M.I. is a manufacturer of medical technology with that improves the quality of patient care. A.M.I. is a group of professionals that decided to combine extensive knowledge of the medical device industry and engineering processes to provide European surgeons with the professional support required to realize product ideas, and to bring it to market in the shortest possible time-frame. The company's mission is to enhance the quality of patient care by creating innovative products and treatment methods for surgical application. All the products are manufactured according to European standards for medical devices and are CE approved before being deployed for sale. A.M.I. was founded on 1998 and is headquartered in Feldkirch, Austria.

S.I.E SOLUTIONS

Private Equity Round in 2017
System Industrie Electronic GmbH offers electronic assemblies, display and touch solutions, medical computing units (MCUs), medical monitors (MMs), and individual industrial design solutions. The company supports its partners throughout the complete product lifecycle. The company's focus markets include medtech, in vitro diagnostics, analytics, industry, and automotive. The company was founded in 1994 and is based in Lustenau, Austria. System Industrie Electronic GmbH operates as a subsidiary of System Industrie Electronic Holding AG.

Tectos

Private Equity Round in 2016
Tectos GmbH, founded in 2004 and based in Graz, Austria, specializes in automotive engineering services and test bench technology. The company manufactures a range of products including couplings, shafts, and docking systems tailored for motorcycle and automotive applications. Tectos offers elastic couplings for testing operations in passenger cars, light-duty vehicles, and commercial vehicles, as well as specialized solutions for the motorsport industry. Their product line includes manual and automatic docking systems designed to enhance efficiency in engine testing. Additionally, Tectos provides measurement systems for monitoring shaft performance and load. The company also delivers engineering services such as mechanical design, torsional vibration analysis, multi-body simulation, and finite element analysis. Tectos is committed to developing cost-effective solutions for powertrain systems, serving international automobile manufacturers with a focus on innovation and quality.

Sico Technology

Private Equity Round in 2015
Sico Technology GmbH is a manufacturer based in Austria that specializes in the production of silicon, ceramics, and quartz glass for various industries, including semiconductors and optics. Founded in 1982, the company offers a range of products such as rods, tubes, plates, and blocks, with a focus on providing both standard and customized solutions for clients. Sico Technology utilizes silica and fused quartz to create highly pure silicon products, including process tubes and components essential for the fabrication of semiconductors and semiconductor devices like transistors and integrated circuits. The company aims to support its customers through innovative design and manufacturing solutions tailored to the specific needs of the semiconductor and optical markets.

Marinomed

Private Equity Round in 2015
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.

Immovate Projektentwicklungs

Private Equity Round in 2015
Immovate Projektentwicklungs provides renovation services for monuments.

Pool4tool

Private Equity Round in 2013
POOL4TOOL is the leading cloud-based All-in-One Supply Collaboration Platform for connecting business partners throughout the value chain. More than 300 clients and 50,000 professionals use POOL4TOOL to reduce process costs by an average of over 30%. Our modular portfolio contains solutions for over 40 processes including supplier relationship management, sourcing, supply base management, supply chain management, eCollaboration, quality control, and product costing. POOL4TOOL is highly focused on global process and data harmonization, using our golden record approach which ensures not only source2contract and procure2pay best processes but aggregates information on a complete project or bill of material level as well. POOL4TOOL provides flexible, customizable solutions that can be tailored to each customer’s unique situation, providing full ERP integration and sustainable material and process cost reduction throughout the entire supply chain. POOL4TOOL is the solution that provides the best combination of software, industry specific expertise and services so you can optimize commodity and supplier strategies as well as your daily supply chain processes.

MediaShop

Private Equity Round in 2012
Mediashop is a television shopping company operating across 12 European countries, reaching over 100 million customers. The company specializes in marketing consumer goods that enhance everyday life, with a focus on innovative and high-quality products in categories such as kitchen, household, leisure, fitness, wellness, and beauty. Mediashop employs a multi-channel marketing strategy that includes television infomercials, e-commerce platforms, and social media to facilitate easy consumer purchasing. By developing and promoting products that address common challenges, Mediashop aims to provide attractive solutions for its customers.
SOLID is an Austrian solar engineering company specializing in all aspects of large-scale solar thermal energy plants. Since 1992, SOLID has been planning, building, delivering, assembling and operating large-scale solar plants around the world, providing hot water, room heating, industrial process heat and district heating for towns and villages. SOLID also designs and builds solar chilled water plants, including the largest commercial solar cooling projects currently in operating. The project sizes today are typically in a range from 300 kWthermal up to several MWthermal nominal capacity. With its unmatched experience in design and operation of large-scale solar plants, SOLID is both a pioneer and one of the world’s leading companies in the solar industry.

INDUSTRIEMAGAZIN Verlag

Private Equity Round in 2011
INDUSTRIEMAGAZIN Verlag is renowned publisher for trade magazines in the fields of business, production, construction and public administration.

BECOM Electronics

Private Equity Round in 2011
BECOM Electronics GmbH is an Austrian company in the field of Electronic Engineering & Manufacturing Services (EMS). BECOM Electronics has become one of the leading Austrian electronics service providers (EMS company: Electronic-Engineering & Manufacturing Service) in recent years . Since 1985, the company has been successfully involved in contract development and production of electronic and electromechanical assemblies and devices, from prototypes to pilot series to series production. From the very beginning, BECOM Electronics has defined numerous quality criteria that the company is guided by. These include the best production facilities and the greatest possible profitability.

Reactive Beteiligungs

Venture Round in 2010
The REAKTIV Unternehmensgruppe, founded in 1997 and headquartered in Linz, is one of Austria's largest and most renowned providers of services for the permanent integration of people in the labor market. With the 100% subsidiaries Trendwerk Gemeinnützige GmbH, Context Impulse GmbH, Job Plus GmbH, Galilei Association, Mentor GmbH & Co OG and the Agens Education and Consulting GmbH, the REAKTIV Group has a broad base to make people competent in the reemployment to accompany. The successful methodology of the REAKTIV Group is based on individual potential analysis, consulting, targeted further education and qualification measures, complex integration measures in work processes as well as in-depth knowledge of the requirements of the labor market. Through intensive cooperation with around 3000 companies from all sectors and the long-term cooperation with the AMS (Public Employment Service Austria) and the Federal Social Welfare Office, the group of companies has also established itself as a leading non-profit employee lender. In addition, the REAKTIV Group offers consulting and implementation services for companies in the following areas as required: short-time working, educational leave, staff reduction, restructuring, etc. REAKTIV cooperates closely with the Public Employment Service and the social partners.

International Jet Management

Private Equity Round in 2010
International Jet Management GmbH operates executive jets. The company offers full management, partial management, and flexible management services in the areas of dispatch, technical management, crew training, financial management, aircraft charter, aircraft consulting, aircraft sales, and account management. Its fleet of aircraft includes shortrange, midrange, longrange bizliner, and ultralongrange aircrafts. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Schwechat, Austria.