Speedinvest

SpeedInvest GmbH is a venture capital firm based in Vienna, Austria, founded in 2011. It specializes in early-stage investments, focusing on technology-related startups across Europe, particularly in sectors such as deep tech, fintech, insurtech, consumer tech, and marketplaces. The firm typically invests between €0.25 million and €3 million in pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages, while preferring to acquire minority stakes of up to 20% in its portfolio companies. SpeedInvest aims to be actively involved in the companies it invests in, often taking on operational roles for six months to one year. With additional offices in cities like San Francisco, Berlin, Paris, and London, SpeedInvest leverages a global network to support entrepreneurs in building successful businesses, thus contributing to the development of Europe’s startup ecosystem.

Marie-Helene Ametsreiter

General Partner, Portfolio Success

Jeroen Arts

Partner

Julian Blessin

General Partner

Charlie Boles

Senior Associate

Estelle Botbol

Senior Associate

Eric Bovee

General Partner

Daniela Caserotto-Leibert

Venture Partner

Stephen Croome

Principal

Anthony Danon

Principal

Sophia Escheu

Associate

Joerg Floeck

Executive Chairman

Heinrich Gröller

Venture Partner

Frederik Hagenauer

Partner

Audrey Handem

Associate

Jingchun Rick Hao

Partner

Jingchun Hao

Partner

Oliver Holle

CEO, Managing Partner and Managing Director

Daniel Keiper-Knorr

General Partner and Founder

Lawrence Kilian

Principal, Corporate Development and M&A

Stefan Klestil

Partner

Mathias Knaur

Venture Partner

Namratha Kothapalli

Principal

Markus Krainz

Venture Partner

Markus Lang

Partner

Tom Filip Lesche

Partner

Alexis Majos

Principal

Enrique Martínez-Hausmann

Principal

Klaus Matzka

Partner

Wissam Nadreddine

Principal

Wissam Nasreddine

Principal

Florian Obst

Principal

Mathias Ockenfels

Partner

Herbert Ortner

Venture Partner

Mariya Osadchaya-Isa

Principal

Alvaro Perezcano

Senior Associate

Konstantin Schmeisser

Associate

Leonard Schmid

Senior Associate

Andreas Schwarzenbrunner

Principal

Olga Shikhantsova

Principal

Michael Sieghart

CFO, Managing Partner and Managing Director

Evgeny Slavin

Senior Associate

Katharine Spooner

Senior Associate

Philipp Stangl

Investment Manager

Yang Tran

Venture Partner

Jürgen Wahl

Venture Partner

Past deals in Netherlands

Timberhub

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Timberhub is a digital marketplace that facilitates international timber trading by connecting buyers and sellers. The platform streamlines the entire sawn timber procurement process, encompassing purchasing, transportation, and financing of raw materials. By digitizing these operations, Timberhub enhances efficiency and provides essential support and services to businesses involved in the timber industry.

byrd

Series C in 2022
byrd technologies GmbH is a third-party logistics and fulfillment company based in Vienna, Austria, founded in 2016. The company specializes in digital fulfillment services tailored for e-commerce businesses, offering solutions such as warehousing, pick and pack, shipping, quality control, and batch fulfillment. By operating an extensive fulfillment network, byrd connects online merchants with an international warehouse system, enabling retailers to provide advanced shipping options without the need to establish their own logistics infrastructure. The platform integrates seamlessly with popular e-commerce systems like Shopify and collaborates with logistics partners across multiple countries. In addition to its core markets in Germany and Austria, byrd has expanded its operations to include fulfillment locations in the UK and plans to launch new sites in the Netherlands and France. With the capacity to ship 10,000 orders daily from over ten warehouses, the company manages a storage space exceeding 500,000 square meters while also offering services like shipment tracking and product return management.

Moove

Series A in 2022
Operator of a global mobility fintech company intended to democratize access to financial services for mobility entrepreneurs. The company uses embedded alternative credit scoring technology in ride-hailing, logistics, mass transit, and instant delivery platforms, using proprietary performance and revenue analytics to underwrite customers that have previously been excluded from financial services, enabling customers to access and use proprietary performance and revenue analytics of mobility entrepreneurs to underwrite loans.

Moove

Series A in 2021
Operator of a global mobility fintech company intended to democratize access to financial services for mobility entrepreneurs. The company uses embedded alternative credit scoring technology in ride-hailing, logistics, mass transit, and instant delivery platforms, using proprietary performance and revenue analytics to underwrite customers that have previously been excluded from financial services, enabling customers to access and use proprietary performance and revenue analytics of mobility entrepreneurs to underwrite loans.

byrd

Series B in 2021
byrd technologies GmbH is a third-party logistics and fulfillment company based in Vienna, Austria, founded in 2016. The company specializes in digital fulfillment services tailored for e-commerce businesses, offering solutions such as warehousing, pick and pack, shipping, quality control, and batch fulfillment. By operating an extensive fulfillment network, byrd connects online merchants with an international warehouse system, enabling retailers to provide advanced shipping options without the need to establish their own logistics infrastructure. The platform integrates seamlessly with popular e-commerce systems like Shopify and collaborates with logistics partners across multiple countries. In addition to its core markets in Germany and Austria, byrd has expanded its operations to include fulfillment locations in the UK and plans to launch new sites in the Netherlands and France. With the capacity to ship 10,000 orders daily from over ten warehouses, the company manages a storage space exceeding 500,000 square meters while also offering services like shipment tracking and product return management.

QphoX

Seed Round in 2021
QphoX builds quantum modem device, connecting quantum computers across a quantum network.

SwipeGuide

Venture Round in 2021
SwipeGuide B.V., founded in 2015 and headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, offers a cloud-based platform designed for creating, editing, publishing, and sharing visual step-by-step instructions. The platform enables manufacturing companies to empower their teams with scalable digital work instructions, ensuring that frontline workers can easily access and create standard operating procedures through intuitive mobile applications and websites. By facilitating the capture and continuous improvement of critical operational knowledge, SwipeGuide enhances human-machine collaboration and enables organizations to optimize their processes. The software supports compliance with specific legal requirements while allowing for seamless sharing of knowledge across different shop floors, ultimately contributing to improved efficiency and effectiveness in operational tasks.

Factris

Series A in 2020
Factris Holding B.V. is a fintech company based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that focuses on providing working capital solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Established in 2017, Factris specializes in financing businesses by purchasing their unpaid invoices, thus offering services such as factoring, debt management, debtor insurance, and invoice finance. The company also provides financial automation solutions, enabling businesses to streamline their financial processes while improving cash flow.

byrd

Series A in 2020
byrd technologies GmbH is a third-party logistics and fulfillment company based in Vienna, Austria, founded in 2016. The company specializes in digital fulfillment services tailored for e-commerce businesses, offering solutions such as warehousing, pick and pack, shipping, quality control, and batch fulfillment. By operating an extensive fulfillment network, byrd connects online merchants with an international warehouse system, enabling retailers to provide advanced shipping options without the need to establish their own logistics infrastructure. The platform integrates seamlessly with popular e-commerce systems like Shopify and collaborates with logistics partners across multiple countries. In addition to its core markets in Germany and Austria, byrd has expanded its operations to include fulfillment locations in the UK and plans to launch new sites in the Netherlands and France. With the capacity to ship 10,000 orders daily from over ten warehouses, the company manages a storage space exceeding 500,000 square meters while also offering services like shipment tracking and product return management.

Factris

Seed Round in 2018
Factris Holding B.V. is a fintech company based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that focuses on providing working capital solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Established in 2017, Factris specializes in financing businesses by purchasing their unpaid invoices, thus offering services such as factoring, debt management, debtor insurance, and invoice finance. The company also provides financial automation solutions, enabling businesses to streamline their financial processes while improving cash flow.

byrd

Seed Round in 2018
byrd technologies GmbH is a third-party logistics and fulfillment company based in Vienna, Austria, founded in 2016. The company specializes in digital fulfillment services tailored for e-commerce businesses, offering solutions such as warehousing, pick and pack, shipping, quality control, and batch fulfillment. By operating an extensive fulfillment network, byrd connects online merchants with an international warehouse system, enabling retailers to provide advanced shipping options without the need to establish their own logistics infrastructure. The platform integrates seamlessly with popular e-commerce systems like Shopify and collaborates with logistics partners across multiple countries. In addition to its core markets in Germany and Austria, byrd has expanded its operations to include fulfillment locations in the UK and plans to launch new sites in the Netherlands and France. With the capacity to ship 10,000 orders daily from over ten warehouses, the company manages a storage space exceeding 500,000 square meters while also offering services like shipment tracking and product return management.

TalkJS

Seed Round in 2017
TalkJS is a messaging tool platform that enables direct communication between buyers and sellers on marketplaces or platforms through chat, eliminating the need for contact forms or emails. The platform allows for the creation of private one-on-one conversations, as well as group chats, channels, and topic discussions. It also provides moderation tools that allow businesses to monitor conversations and respond appropriately. By integrating these chat features into their websites, companies can enhance customer interaction and streamline communication processes, ultimately improving the overall user experience.

byrd

Pre Seed Round in 2016
byrd technologies GmbH is a third-party logistics and fulfillment company based in Vienna, Austria, founded in 2016. The company specializes in digital fulfillment services tailored for e-commerce businesses, offering solutions such as warehousing, pick and pack, shipping, quality control, and batch fulfillment. By operating an extensive fulfillment network, byrd connects online merchants with an international warehouse system, enabling retailers to provide advanced shipping options without the need to establish their own logistics infrastructure. The platform integrates seamlessly with popular e-commerce systems like Shopify and collaborates with logistics partners across multiple countries. In addition to its core markets in Germany and Austria, byrd has expanded its operations to include fulfillment locations in the UK and plans to launch new sites in the Netherlands and France. With the capacity to ship 10,000 orders daily from over ten warehouses, the company manages a storage space exceeding 500,000 square meters while also offering services like shipment tracking and product return management.

Packpin B.V.

Seed Round in 2016
Packpin B.V. is a company based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that specializes in online shipment, postage, parcel, and mail tracking services for e-commerce businesses worldwide. Founded in 2014, Packpin enables e-commerce clients to track their packages, interact with customers, and enhance sales. The company offers a shipment tracking API that can be integrated into any e-commerce website or other software, allowing customers to track their items directly on the same platform where they made their purchases. This service supports both global and domestic carriers, streamlining the tracking process for businesses and their customers.
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