PUSH VC

PUSH Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2017 and based in Vienna, Austria. The firm focuses on investing in a diverse range of sectors, including analytics, circularity, crypto, deeptech, EdTech, energy, entertainment, fintech, food systems, health, human resources, and travel. Additionally, PUSH Ventures places a particular emphasis on climate tech and healthcare within its investment strategy. By targeting innovative companies in these fields, PUSH Ventures aims to support growth and development in areas that are crucial for future sustainability and technological advancement.

Christopher Raithle

Investment Manager

34 past transactions

Emmi AI

Seed Round in 2025
Emmi AI specializes in real-time, AI-driven industrial simulation. Their platform, powered by AI and physics models, calculates complex physical processes instantly, enabling industries like aerospace, automotive, and energy to accelerate product development and reduce computational costs.

UniteLabs

Pre Seed Round in 2025
UniteLabs, AG is a software company based in Basel, Switzerland, established in 2017, specializing in automation solutions for life science research facilities. The company develops an infrastructure platform that integrates hardware and software across various vendors, facilitating the digitalization of life science research and development. UniteLabs offers plug-and-play robotic lab assistants and control software solutions that enable users to automate laboratory equipment, enhancing the quality and reproducibility of scientific experiments. Its platform supports seamless integration and allows for the rapid construction and deployment of custom workflows, promoting a sustainable and flexible laboratory architecture. By providing access to a growing library of connectors and software development kits for API control, UniteLabs transforms laboratory operations and accelerates scientific throughput.

Podero

Seed Round in 2025
Podero is a clean energy technology company focused on developing software that optimally manages energy devices, including batteries, electric vehicles, and heat pumps. By leveraging trade algorithms, software automation, and machine learning forecasts, Podero aims to coordinate a vast fleet of energy devices, enabling utilities to generate new revenue streams while simultaneously lowering consumer electricity bills and reducing CO2 emissions. The company's platform integrates seamlessly with utility applications, backend systems, trading mechanisms, and customer support, facilitating the efficient shifting of energy usage to more economical and sustainable times. Through its innovative approach, Podero is positioned to enhance the overall efficiency of energy consumption and contribute to a greener future.

aitiologic

Seed Round in 2024
Aitiologic, based in Austria, specializes in precision medicine. It develops artificial intelligence-driven solutions aimed at identifying diseases in their early stages and tailoring treatments accordingly. The company employs multi-omics technology to analyze health at the cellular level, enabling healthcare professionals to improve non-invasive prenatal and oncology testing.

enspired

Series B in 2024
Enspired is a digital energy trading service provider that facilitates the integration of flexible assets into power spot markets. It employs AI-based algorithms to automate trades, maximizing clients' asset value while supporting grid stability. The company serves leading utilities and renewable/battery operators across Europe.

DUDE CHEM

Seed Round in 2024
DUDE CHEM is a green chemical manufacturing company focused on transforming the pharmaceutical and chemical industries into environmentally responsible sectors. The company utilizes advanced technology in computational chemistry and digitalization to enhance its operations. With a market-validated intellectual property portfolio and expertise in green chemistry, DUDE CHEM specializes in reusing costly resources, accelerating synthesis design, and scaling up production processes. Additionally, the company monitors and controls chemical production to ensure high quality and efficiency. By providing clients with sustainable alternatives, DUDE CHEM aims to promote sustainability and efficiency in pharmaceutical production.

Balun

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Balun is a machine learning platform focused on advancing the renewable energy sector by providing precise forecasts of electricity generation. The company analyzes a variety of meteorological and energy market data to deliver accurate predictions, which helps renewable energy producers optimize their output. By utilizing this advanced technology, Balun enables clients to minimize penalties associated with production discrepancies and contributes to the overall stability and efficiency of the energy grid. Through its innovative approach, Balun plays a vital role in promoting a greener energy future.

Raicoon

Seed Round in 2023
Raicoon is a company that develops software as a service (SaaS) solutions aimed at enabling autonomous operations within the renewable energy sector. The company's innovative platform enhances operational efficiency by providing tools that increase energy output while reducing maintenance and repair costs. It empowers asset managers and owners by facilitating easy comparison and analysis of performance metrics, tracking response times, and streamlining repair processes. Raicoon's technology aims to improve service quality and offer operational independence, ensuring that users can access vital information for better decision-making in managing renewable energy systems.

Fernride

Series A in 2023
Fernride is a developer of an advanced autonomous driving platform tailored for fleet operators, specializing in yard trucking solutions that enhance productivity, sustainability, and worker safety. The company's innovative approach integrates teleoperations with autonomous driving technology, allowing for remote control of trucks when needed. This human-assisted autonomy ensures reliable and efficient logistics operations. Founded by Hendrik Kramer, Maximilian Fisser, and Jean-Michael Georg, Fernride has amassed over a decade of research and significant clientele, including prominent companies such as Volkswagen, HHLA, and DB Schenker. With a dedicated team of over 150 employees, Fernride addresses major challenges in the logistics sector, including driver shortages and environmental concerns, by introducing scalable automation solutions for yard trucking.

Fernride

Series A in 2023
Fernride is a developer of an advanced autonomous driving platform tailored for fleet operators, specializing in yard trucking solutions that enhance productivity, sustainability, and worker safety. The company's innovative approach integrates teleoperations with autonomous driving technology, allowing for remote control of trucks when needed. This human-assisted autonomy ensures reliable and efficient logistics operations. Founded by Hendrik Kramer, Maximilian Fisser, and Jean-Michael Georg, Fernride has amassed over a decade of research and significant clientele, including prominent companies such as Volkswagen, HHLA, and DB Schenker. With a dedicated team of over 150 employees, Fernride addresses major challenges in the logistics sector, including driver shortages and environmental concerns, by introducing scalable automation solutions for yard trucking.

Fermify

Seed Round in 2023
Fermify operates a digital B2B platform that facilitates the production of precision fermentation-based casein, indistinguishable from cow casein but produced sustainably and at over 50% cost reduction, independent of cow's milk availability. This enables dairy companies to manufacture cheese alternatives using state-of-the-art technology without relying on cows.

Ohana

Seed Round in 2023
Ohana is a company that provides a virtual platform designed to enhance workplace culture and communication among employees. By focusing on fostering connections within the work environment, Ohana aims to inspire engagement and enrich the overall work experience. In addition to its workplace solutions, Ohana also develops a parental control application aimed at facilitating digital parenting. This application helps parents navigate the complexities of their children's online activities by raising awareness of potential threats, enabling the blocking of inappropriate content, and providing insights and statistics about children's behavior in the digital realm. Through these services, Ohana seeks to create safer and more connected environments, both in professional settings and in the digital lives of families.

Valutico

Venture Round in 2023
Valutico is a leading provider of web-based company valuation tools, established in 2014 by a team of corporate finance professionals and web developers. The company aims to democratize access to professional company valuations, which were traditionally limited to sophisticated investors. Valutico's innovative platform combines advanced technology with expert corporate finance knowledge, allowing clients to perform valuations that meet high industry standards. Its integrated, cloud-based equity valuation framework simplifies the complex valuation process, enabling finance professionals to conduct valuations efficiently and effectively, often within minutes. Headquartered in Vienna, Austria, Valutico also maintains an office in Frankfurt, Germany, further enhancing its reach in the financial technology space.

Turaco

Series A in 2022
Turaco Inc., established in 2018 and headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, is an insurance technology company specializing in providing affordable health and life insurance solutions to low-income individuals. It offers a range of products, including health loans and insurance, delivered through a user-friendly mobile application and online platform. Turaco's mission is to make healthcare financing accessible and affordable, enabling customers to manage risks and obtain necessary medical care at budget-friendly monthly premiums.

Fermify

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Fermify operates a digital B2B platform that facilitates the production of precision fermentation-based casein, indistinguishable from cow casein but produced sustainably and at over 50% cost reduction, independent of cow's milk availability. This enables dairy companies to manufacture cheese alternatives using state-of-the-art technology without relying on cows.

Reverse.supply

Seed Round in 2022
Reverse.supply is a company that specializes in providing a white-label recommerce-as-a-service platform, designed to facilitate the resale of used but still viable products for brands. By enabling brands to accept returns and sell pre-owned items directly through their own webshops, Reverse.supply opens up the second-hand market while allowing companies to maintain brand control. The platform seamlessly integrates logistical handling and operational support, allowing retailers to enhance their sustainability efforts without the burden of managing complex reverse commerce processes. This approach helps brands improve their environmental impact while providing customers with an easy way to participate in the circular economy.

RecoMed

Venture Round in 2021
RecoMed is South Africa’s largest and rapidly growing online healthcare booking platform, designed to efficiently connect patients with healthcare providers. Its core offering is a mobile-friendly booking portal that allows users to easily find and schedule appointments with various practitioners, eliminating the need for phone calls and paperwork. Additionally, RecoMed has created customized, white-labelled solutions for prominent healthcare entities, enhancing the accessibility and convenience of healthcare services. By operating as a robust platform that serves both consumers and B2B clients, RecoMed facilitates real-time connections between doctors and patients while also supporting professionals in expanding their practices and improving patient experiences within the broader healthcare, life insurance, and corporate wellness sectors.

Reverse.supply

Venture Round in 2021
Reverse.supply is a company that specializes in providing a white-label recommerce-as-a-service platform, designed to facilitate the resale of used but still viable products for brands. By enabling brands to accept returns and sell pre-owned items directly through their own webshops, Reverse.supply opens up the second-hand market while allowing companies to maintain brand control. The platform seamlessly integrates logistical handling and operational support, allowing retailers to enhance their sustainability efforts without the burden of managing complex reverse commerce processes. This approach helps brands improve their environmental impact while providing customers with an easy way to participate in the circular economy.

Anyline

Series B in 2021
Anyline GmbH, founded in 2013 and based in Vienna, Austria, specializes in mobile application software that utilizes optical character recognition technology to enable users to scan various types of numbers, codes, and digits. Its solutions encompass a wide range of applications, including meter reading, license plate scanning, ID and document scanning, and serial number recognition. By leveraging artificial intelligence, Anyline's technology allows for real-time data extraction from images without the need for server infrastructure, facilitating processes across multiple industries, such as utilities, government, transportation, automotive, and tourism. Additionally, the company offers an agency partner program to support its clients in their digitization efforts. Anyline was previously known as 9yards GmbH.

MyClubs

Series B in 2021
myclubs GmbH is a Vienna-based company that operates a subscription-based digital sports membership platform, launched in 2014. The company aggregates sports facilities and offers a wide range of fitness options, including access to over 1,200 exclusive partner gyms, boutique studios, and fitness classes in Austria and Switzerland. This innovative platform enables customers to book various fitness offerings at a fixed price, ensuring flexibility and convenience. Additionally, myclubs GmbH provides tailored corporate fitness solutions that encourage employee participation in fitness activities for clients such as IBM, Deloitte, and Danone. With a commitment to digitalizing the fitness market, myclubs GmbH aims to become a leading sports provider in the Alpine region, enhancing access to quality fitness resources for both individuals and organizations.

Careety

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Careety is a healthcare support platform that assists doctors in selecting the most suitable treatment plans for their patients. By streamlining the decision-making process, the platform enhances efficiency and ultimately leads to a significantly improved patient experience. Careety's innovative approach not only helps healthcare professionals save time but also ensures that patients have access to affordable healthcare services. Through its user-friendly interface, the company aims to transform the way healthcare is delivered, making it easier for doctors to provide high-quality care.

Allcyte

Seed Round in 2020
Allcyte is a biotech start-up specializing in functional drug testing using primary human materials. The company has developed a high-content imaging platform known as Pharmacoscopy, which incorporates AI-supported image analysis to assess drug effects at the single-cell level. This technology closely simulates in vivo conditions, allowing for a realistic preview of drug efficacy in actual patients. Allcyte's mission is to advance personalized medicine for cancer treatment by providing physicians and pharmaceutical companies with critical insights to prioritize the most suitable drugs for specific indications. By minimizing sample manipulation and employing sophisticated statistical and machine learning techniques, Allcyte aims to enhance biomedical decision-making and optimize cancer treatment outcomes.

MOSTLY AI

Series A in 2020
Mostly AI Solutions MP GmbH, founded in 2017 and based in Vienna, Austria, specializes in privacy-preserving generative AI solutions tailored for big data applications. The company develops advanced GPU-powered technology that simulates highly realistic and completely anonymous synthetic customer data, allowing organizations to explore, experiment, and innovate without compromising individual privacy. By generating synthetic populations that retain valuable information from actual data while preventing re-identification, Mostly AI enables businesses to unlock new opportunities for data-driven products and services. This innovative approach not only facilitates faster innovation and reduces risks but also lowers costs associated with data management. In addition to its technological offerings, Mostly AI provides machine learning training courses and programs to further enhance data literacy and capabilities within organizations.

Anyline

Seed Round in 2019
Anyline GmbH, founded in 2013 and based in Vienna, Austria, specializes in mobile application software that utilizes optical character recognition technology to enable users to scan various types of numbers, codes, and digits. Its solutions encompass a wide range of applications, including meter reading, license plate scanning, ID and document scanning, and serial number recognition. By leveraging artificial intelligence, Anyline's technology allows for real-time data extraction from images without the need for server infrastructure, facilitating processes across multiple industries, such as utilities, government, transportation, automotive, and tourism. Additionally, the company offers an agency partner program to support its clients in their digitization efforts. Anyline was previously known as 9yards GmbH.

Zizoo

Series A in 2018
Zizoo is a prominent boat holiday platform that aims to modernize the boat rental industry, which is significantly behind other travel sectors. It operates a digital booking platform that connects travelers with charter companies worldwide, akin to a "Booking.com for Boats." Zizoo caters to both licensed sailors and individuals without sailing experience, offering options to rent boats with or without a captain and crew. The platform emphasizes affordability, with bookings starting from €20 a day, and provides a straightforward online booking process with real-time availability and no upfront fees. By offering a powerful inventory management tool and business intelligence to charter companies, Zizoo enhances the efficiency of boat rentals while ensuring a seamless experience for holidaymakers.

MOSTLY AI

Seed Round in 2018
Mostly AI Solutions MP GmbH, founded in 2017 and based in Vienna, Austria, specializes in privacy-preserving generative AI solutions tailored for big data applications. The company develops advanced GPU-powered technology that simulates highly realistic and completely anonymous synthetic customer data, allowing organizations to explore, experiment, and innovate without compromising individual privacy. By generating synthetic populations that retain valuable information from actual data while preventing re-identification, Mostly AI enables businesses to unlock new opportunities for data-driven products and services. This innovative approach not only facilitates faster innovation and reduces risks but also lowers costs associated with data management. In addition to its technological offerings, Mostly AI provides machine learning training courses and programs to further enhance data literacy and capabilities within organizations.

Tripmakery

Venture Round in 2018
Tripmakery is an online booking platform that specializes in facilitating group accommodations across Europe. Launched in 2015 by Robert Sasse and Ajmal Said in Vienna, the platform boasts a comprehensive database of 60,000 group hotels, making it a leader in the niche of large group bookings. Tripmakery simplifies the travel planning process by allowing users to compare quotes from multiple accommodation providers, ensuring they find the best options for their needs. Whether organizing trips for small gatherings of ten or larger groups of fifty, Tripmakery automates the booking process, providing detailed information on various travel destinations and enabling users to secure discounts on accommodations. The company is supported by venture capital firms and industry veterans, enhancing its position within the competitive landscape of travel booking.

MyClubs

Seed Round in 2017
myclubs GmbH is a Vienna-based company that operates a subscription-based digital sports membership platform, launched in 2014. The company aggregates sports facilities and offers a wide range of fitness options, including access to over 1,200 exclusive partner gyms, boutique studios, and fitness classes in Austria and Switzerland. This innovative platform enables customers to book various fitness offerings at a fixed price, ensuring flexibility and convenience. Additionally, myclubs GmbH provides tailored corporate fitness solutions that encourage employee participation in fitness activities for clients such as IBM, Deloitte, and Danone. With a commitment to digitalizing the fitness market, myclubs GmbH aims to become a leading sports provider in the Alpine region, enhancing access to quality fitness resources for both individuals and organizations.

Blub Blub

Funding Round in 2017
Blub Blub Inc. is a company that develops innovative applications aimed at the speech therapy industry. Its flagship product, Speech Blubs, is designed to assist toddlers, late talkers, and children with developmental challenges such as apraxia, autism, and Down syndrome by triggering sounds and words. Additionally, the company offers Pro Blubs, an application that digitizes learning materials, allowing speech therapists to manage notes and assign homework from a curated library of exercises. Blub Blub's applications facilitate meaningful connections among children, parents, and speech therapists, thereby supporting the speech and language development of children. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Blub Blub aims to become a leading player in the children's digital app market.

Pikd

Seed Round in 2017
Pikd GmbH, established in 2014 and headquartered in Vienna, Austria, specializes in developing software that utilizes artificial intelligence to analyze and filter video content. The company's technology leverages sensor and image data to identify significant moments within videos, facilitating targeted searches for specific content. Pikd offers a range of tools, including the Content Categorizer for video classification, the Content Sourcing Tool to assist editors in locating relevant material, and a Video Editing Tool for content creation. Their platform employs machine learning to automate various tasks, enhancing productivity across different sectors by enabling users to efficiently manage and edit video content.

Mimo

Seed Round in 2017
Mimo is a mobile application designed to teach computer science through fun and interactive lessons. The platform focuses on making learning engaging and accessible, fitting seamlessly into users' everyday lives to promote self-improvement. With a user base exceeding 1.5 million, Mimo has achieved completion rates that surpass industry standards, positioning itself as a leading resource for education and entertainment in the field of coding. The app aims to provide a comprehensive learning experience for individuals interested in enhancing their programming skills.

Gustav

Seed Round in 2017
Gustav Technologies Inc., established in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in aggregating small staffing agencies to provide a comprehensive marketplace for temporary and permanent staffing solutions. The company's platform connects clients with a network of vetted staffing suppliers, streamlining the hiring process for various sectors such as IT, finance, sales, and creative design. Gustav offers a suite of tools, including applicant tracking, onboarding, time-tracking, and real-time budget analytics, enabling staffing agencies and recruiters to manage and optimize their temporary workforce online.

Gustav

Angel Round in 2016
Gustav Technologies Inc., established in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in aggregating small staffing agencies to provide a comprehensive marketplace for temporary and permanent staffing solutions. The company's platform connects clients with a network of vetted staffing suppliers, streamlining the hiring process for various sectors such as IT, finance, sales, and creative design. Gustav offers a suite of tools, including applicant tracking, onboarding, time-tracking, and real-time budget analytics, enabling staffing agencies and recruiters to manage and optimize their temporary workforce online.

Tripmakery

Seed Round in 2016
Tripmakery is an online booking platform that specializes in facilitating group accommodations across Europe. Launched in 2015 by Robert Sasse and Ajmal Said in Vienna, the platform boasts a comprehensive database of 60,000 group hotels, making it a leader in the niche of large group bookings. Tripmakery simplifies the travel planning process by allowing users to compare quotes from multiple accommodation providers, ensuring they find the best options for their needs. Whether organizing trips for small gatherings of ten or larger groups of fifty, Tripmakery automates the booking process, providing detailed information on various travel destinations and enabling users to secure discounts on accommodations. The company is supported by venture capital firms and industry veterans, enhancing its position within the competitive landscape of travel booking.
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