CNB Capital

CNB Capital, established in 2012 and based in Vienna, Austria, is a venture capital firm that specializes in early-stage investments, particularly in high-tech B2B product companies. The firm targets innovative technologies across various sectors, including information technology, advanced manufacturing, and performance materials, while emphasizing companies that demonstrate first customer traction and strong unique selling propositions. CNB Capital focuses exclusively on businesses headquartered in Europe, seeking passionate founding teams working on transformative products that have the potential to significantly impact their respective industries. With a long-term investment approach and a commitment to supporting growth, CNB Capital aims to nurture the development of its portfolio companies through strategic assistance in sales and marketing.

Arno Langwieser

Senior Investment Manager

Philipp Thurn und Taxis

Founder and CEO

Past deals in Austria

Hydrogrid

Venture Round in 2022
HYDROGRID GmbH, founded in 2016 and based in Vienna, Austria, specializes in developing software solutions for hydro power control and dispatch. The company offers a B2B SaaS platform that enables hydroelectric power plant owners to optimize production planning and align their output with market demand and weather conditions. This intelligent management system significantly increases revenue and renewable energy production while simplifying complex processes such as power trading, grid management, and water management. By doing so, HYDROGRID helps businesses reduce their daily operational workload, enhancing overall efficiency in the hydropower sector.

Bitmovin

Series C in 2021
Bitmovin Inc specializes in online streaming solutions and server encoding systems, offering a range of products designed to enhance video delivery and user experience. The company's key offerings include a cloud-based transcoding platform known as bitcodin, which supports adaptive streaming for MPEG-DASH and Apple HLS, as well as BITDASH, a suite of optimized clients for various devices. Additionally, Bitmovin provides an Encoding API for real-time content encoding, a Player for delivering video to streaming devices, and analytics tools that help increase viewer engagement through actionable insights. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Klagenfurt, Austria, Bitmovin emerged from the Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt and continues to engage in research and standardization efforts in the multimedia sector. The company maintains a strategic partnership with Intertrust Technologies Corporation and has attracted investment from notable firms such as Atomico and YCombinator.

Hydrogrid

Series A in 2020
HYDROGRID GmbH, founded in 2016 and based in Vienna, Austria, specializes in developing software solutions for hydro power control and dispatch. The company offers a B2B SaaS platform that enables hydroelectric power plant owners to optimize production planning and align their output with market demand and weather conditions. This intelligent management system significantly increases revenue and renewable energy production while simplifying complex processes such as power trading, grid management, and water management. By doing so, HYDROGRID helps businesses reduce their daily operational workload, enhancing overall efficiency in the hydropower sector.

Bitmovin

Series B in 2018
Bitmovin Inc specializes in online streaming solutions and server encoding systems, offering a range of products designed to enhance video delivery and user experience. The company's key offerings include a cloud-based transcoding platform known as bitcodin, which supports adaptive streaming for MPEG-DASH and Apple HLS, as well as BITDASH, a suite of optimized clients for various devices. Additionally, Bitmovin provides an Encoding API for real-time content encoding, a Player for delivering video to streaming devices, and analytics tools that help increase viewer engagement through actionable insights. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Klagenfurt, Austria, Bitmovin emerged from the Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt and continues to engage in research and standardization efforts in the multimedia sector. The company maintains a strategic partnership with Intertrust Technologies Corporation and has attracted investment from notable firms such as Atomico and YCombinator.

Acticell

Venture Round in 2015
Manufacturer of chemicals intended for environmentally friendly products for the textile industry. The company's technology is based on cellulose chemistry and is used to create products for the worn look, bleached look, and other special dyeing effects, it can also be used as an enzyme booster to decolorize jeans, enabling the textile industry to access tailor-made techniques for manufacturing denim fabrics and denim clothes that are safe, non-toxic, and sustainable.

BistroBox

Venture Round in 2015
Operator of a pizza store intended to offer a pizzeria where customers can bake their oven-fresh pizza around the clock. The company's store bakes the pizza at the push of a button using hot air and serves it fresh from the oven, enabling consumers to get freshly baked food easily.

Bitmovin

Seed Round in 2014
Bitmovin Inc specializes in online streaming solutions and server encoding systems, offering a range of products designed to enhance video delivery and user experience. The company's key offerings include a cloud-based transcoding platform known as bitcodin, which supports adaptive streaming for MPEG-DASH and Apple HLS, as well as BITDASH, a suite of optimized clients for various devices. Additionally, Bitmovin provides an Encoding API for real-time content encoding, a Player for delivering video to streaming devices, and analytics tools that help increase viewer engagement through actionable insights. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Klagenfurt, Austria, Bitmovin emerged from the Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt and continues to engage in research and standardization efforts in the multimedia sector. The company maintains a strategic partnership with Intertrust Technologies Corporation and has attracted investment from notable firms such as Atomico and YCombinator.
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