Investor directory

Speedinvest

Speedinvest GmbH is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 and based in Vienna, Austria, specializing in early-stage investments in technology-related startups across Europe. The firm focuses on sectors such as deep tech, fintech, health, industrial tech, consumer marketplaces, software as a service, and climate tech. Speedinvest typically invests between €0.25 million and €3 million in pre-seed to Series A stages, aiming to take minority stakes of up to 20% in its portfolio companies. The firm emphasizes operational support, often taking on active roles within the companies it invests in for periods ranging from six months to a year. With additional offices in cities including San Francisco, Berlin, Paris, London, and Munich, Speedinvest seeks to leverage a global network to enhance its contributions to Europe’s startup ecosystem.

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Marie-Helene Ametsreiter

General Partner, Portfolio Success

Jeroen Arts

Partner

Charlie Boles

Senior Associate

Erik Bovee

Partner and Co-founder

Michael Breidenbrücker

Partner

Felix Faltin

Principal

Felix Fein

Associate

Jörg Flöck

Managing Partner

Heinrich Gröller

Partner

Guzel Gumerova

Partner

Frederik Hagenauer

Partner

Rick Hao

Partner

Marcel van der Heijden

General Partner

Oliver Holle

CEO and Managing Partner

Daniel Keiper-Knorr

Founding Partner, Fundraising

Stefan Klestil

General Partner Sif

Timothy Krause

Associate

Markus Lang

Partner

Tom Lesche

Partner

Alexis Majos

Fintech & Software Investor

Klaus Matzka

Partner

Marie Muhr

COO

Florian Obst

Principal

Mathias Ockenfels

General Partner

Toyosi Ogedengbe

Senior Associate

Alvaro Perezcano

Associate

Franz Salzmann

Partner

Leonard Schmid

Associate

Michael Schuster

Co-Founder, Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner

Andreas Schwarzenbrunner

Partner

Olga Shikhantsova

Partner

Evgeny Slavin

Associate

Philip Specht

Senior Associate

Nina Wöss

Associate

Werner Zahnt

Partner and Co-Founder

Andrea Zitna

Partner

Severin Zugmayer

Senior Associate

Michael breidenbruecker

Partner

Past deals in Smart Cities

Necture

Series A in 2023
Necture is a company based in Vienna, Austria, focused on enhancing urban mobility through data-driven solutions. By transforming raw urban data into actionable insights, it enables mobility services to become profitable and sustainable. Necture offers core services that include demand prediction, demand fulfillment, predictive charging, policy compliance, and dynamic pricing. Founded in 2014, the company is dedicated to improving mobility decisions and shaping the future of urban transportation on a global scale.

Bliq

Series A in 2022
People and goods move inefficient today because actionable information is missing. At Bliq, we build a powerful mobility information engine that boosts productivity of urban street mobility. We leverage real-time data streams from more than 24M connected vehicles and Computer Vision on the Edge to build the world’s most advanced street-level sensor network. Today, we provide street-level intelligence with two products: Bliq Park helps drivers find car parking 3x faster with predictions and real-time data on available car parking. Bliq Ride makes taxi and rideshare drivers earn 30% more with better positioning close to passengers.

Bliq

Series A in 2022
People and goods move inefficient today because actionable information is missing. At Bliq, we build a powerful mobility information engine that boosts productivity of urban street mobility. We leverage real-time data streams from more than 24M connected vehicles and Computer Vision on the Edge to build the world’s most advanced street-level sensor network. Today, we provide street-level intelligence with two products: Bliq Park helps drivers find car parking 3x faster with predictions and real-time data on available car parking. Bliq Ride makes taxi and rideshare drivers earn 30% more with better positioning close to passengers.

Necture

Seed Round in 2016
Necture is a company based in Vienna, Austria, focused on enhancing urban mobility through data-driven solutions. By transforming raw urban data into actionable insights, it enables mobility services to become profitable and sustainable. Necture offers core services that include demand prediction, demand fulfillment, predictive charging, policy compliance, and dynamic pricing. Founded in 2014, the company is dedicated to improving mobility decisions and shaping the future of urban transportation on a global scale.