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 Fraud Detection

Flowdesk

Series A in 2022
Flowdesk is a French fintech company established in early 2020 and headquartered in Paris. It provides a comprehensive technological solution that enables traders to engage with over 30 exchanges and trade across hundreds of fiat and cryptocurrency pairs. As a registered digital assets service provider with the French Market Authority, Flowdesk emphasizes security, risk management, and compliance in its offerings. The company caters to professional traders, financial institutions, and high net worth individuals seeking to diversify their portfolios with crypto-assets. Flowdesk's expertise in decentralized finance and its prominent role within the French crypto ecosystem allow it to deliver exceptional services and unique opportunities. Its offerings include brokering, market-making, and asset management services, as well as "market-making as a service" for token issuers to enhance liquidity and market stability for their tokens.

Rollee

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of a secure platform designed for the verification of employment data. The company's platform provides services including profile verification, claim verification, activity monitoring, and fleet management, enabling businesses to get reliable data from payroll sources to automate their verifications.

Scalarr

Series A in 2021
Scalarr Inc. is a technology company based in Wilmington, Delaware, specializing in machine learning-based solutions to combat app-install ad fraud. Founded in 2016, Scalarr employs advanced algorithms to detect various types of fraud, including attribution fraud, bots, emulators, and incentive injections. Its innovative approach utilizes both unsupervised and semi-supervised machine learning to identify and analyze fraud patterns, allowing mobile app developers and ad networks to address threats proactively. By providing high accuracy and timely alerts, Scalarr helps safeguard the mobile advertising ecosystem, enabling clients to effectively counteract fraudsters and minimize potential economic damage.

MyDataModels

Seed Round in 2020
MyDataModels SAS, founded in 2018 and based in Valbonne, France, specializes in developing TADA, a mathematical platform that creates predictive models from small datasets. TADA offers capabilities in binary classification, regression, and multi-class classification, functioning in both cloud and desktop environments. The platform is designed for data and domain experts, enabling users to leverage machine learning technology to extract valuable insights from their data. It is particularly useful in sectors where data is limited and data scientists are not readily available, such as manufacturing, medical research, supply chain, and production. By providing an accessible and cost-effective solution, MyDataModels empowers professionals to optimize processes and make informed predictions.

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.

MindsDB

Seed Round in 2020
MindsDB Inc. is an automated machine learning platform that empowers users to extract insights from their data efficiently and accurately. Founded in 2017 and based in Berkeley, California, the company provides tools that facilitate quick and interpretable answers to various data inquiries. MindsDB's platform is applicable across multiple sectors, including retail, finance, healthcare, energy, and manufacturing. Its services support a range of applications such as credit scoring, customer lifetime value optimization, fraud detection, inventory management, and predictive maintenance. By automating the processes needed for quality predictions, MindsDB helps organizations leverage machine learning capabilities without the extensive costs associated with hiring skilled data scientists, effectively transforming their databases into automated data science teams.

Fraugster

Series B in 2018
Fraugster Limited is a German-Israeli company that specializes in anti-fraud technology, leveraging artificial intelligence to help businesses combat fraud and enhance profitability. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Leeds, United Kingdom, Fraugster offers an advanced behavioral analytics engine designed to predict and prevent fraudulent activities before they occur. Unlike traditional anti-fraud solutions, which often rely on outdated technologies and rule-based systems, Fraugster's platform adapts in real-time to emerging fraud patterns, significantly improving accuracy and effectiveness. In addition to its core offerings, the company also runs Fraugster Academy, providing educational resources that range from coding classes to workshops on forensic profiling. This holistic approach positions Fraugster as a leader in the fight against cyber threats, enabling clients to minimize risks while maximizing conversion rates.

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.

MindsDB

Pre Seed Round in 2018
MindsDB Inc. is an automated machine learning platform that empowers users to extract insights from their data efficiently and accurately. Founded in 2017 and based in Berkeley, California, the company provides tools that facilitate quick and interpretable answers to various data inquiries. MindsDB's platform is applicable across multiple sectors, including retail, finance, healthcare, energy, and manufacturing. Its services support a range of applications such as credit scoring, customer lifetime value optimization, fraud detection, inventory management, and predictive maintenance. By automating the processes needed for quality predictions, MindsDB helps organizations leverage machine learning capabilities without the extensive costs associated with hiring skilled data scientists, effectively transforming their databases into automated data science teams.

Scalarr

Seed Round in 2018
Scalarr Inc. is a technology company based in Wilmington, Delaware, specializing in machine learning-based solutions to combat app-install ad fraud. Founded in 2016, Scalarr employs advanced algorithms to detect various types of fraud, including attribution fraud, bots, emulators, and incentive injections. Its innovative approach utilizes both unsupervised and semi-supervised machine learning to identify and analyze fraud patterns, allowing mobile app developers and ad networks to address threats proactively. By providing high accuracy and timely alerts, Scalarr helps safeguard the mobile advertising ecosystem, enabling clients to effectively counteract fraudsters and minimize potential economic damage.

Fraugster

Series A in 2017
Fraugster Limited is a German-Israeli company that specializes in anti-fraud technology, leveraging artificial intelligence to help businesses combat fraud and enhance profitability. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Leeds, United Kingdom, Fraugster offers an advanced behavioral analytics engine designed to predict and prevent fraudulent activities before they occur. Unlike traditional anti-fraud solutions, which often rely on outdated technologies and rule-based systems, Fraugster's platform adapts in real-time to emerging fraud patterns, significantly improving accuracy and effectiveness. In addition to its core offerings, the company also runs Fraugster Academy, providing educational resources that range from coding classes to workshops on forensic profiling. This holistic approach positions Fraugster as a leader in the fight against cyber threats, enabling clients to minimize risks while maximizing conversion rates.
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