Speedinvest

Speedinvest is a venture capital firm based in Vienna, with offices in Berlin, Paris, London, Munich, and San Francisco, that focuses on early-stage technology investments across Europe, including Central and Eastern Europe. The firm backs seed to early growth rounds in areas including deep tech, fintech, health, industrial tech, marketplaces, consumer tech, software-as-a-service, and network effects, with a platform philosophy and hands-on support via an in-house Platform+ team that provides growth marketing, human resources, US business development, and networking assistance from day one. Typical investments range from a few hundred thousand euros up to about three million euros, with a preference for minority stakes up to around 20% and for taking co-entrepreneurial operational roles for six months to a year. Speedinvest was founded in 2011 and is known for combining capital with hands-on operational support to help portfolio companies scale.

Marie-Hélène Ametsreiter

Partner

Jeroen Arts

Partner

Julian Blessin Ph.D

General Partner

Charlie Boles

Senior Associate

Estelle Botbol

Principal

Past deals in Big Data

Fifth Dimension AI

Seed Round in 2024
Fifth Dimension AI is a developer of artificial intelligence-powered solutions that focus on analyzing high-value data efficiently. The company's technology is designed to process unstructured data, facilitating investment analysis, asset management, and in-depth research. Additionally, Fifth Dimension AI aids in crafting effective marketing campaigns by ensuring clear data separation and defined ownership of data. This approach allows organizations to enhance their capabilities and significantly improve productivity, enabling them to generate better content and perform more effective marketing strategies.

Prewave

Series B in 2024
Prewave GmbH is a technology company based in Vienna, Austria, founded in 2017. It specializes in developing a data analytics platform that utilizes machine learning to predict risks in supply chain networks. By analyzing social media data, Prewave's solution monitors and communicates potential supply chain anomalies, allowing businesses to anticipate upcoming risk events and address sustainability challenges. The company's innovative approach enables organizations to enhance their logistics management and mitigate disruptions through timely and informed decision-making.

Apiday

Venture Round in 2024
Apiday is a Paris-based company founded in 2021 that specializes in providing a data collection platform aimed at simplifying sustainability for businesses. The platform allows organizations to gather all environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data in a centralized location, facilitating the automation of ESG reporting and certification processes. Additionally, Apiday enables collaboration with third-party ESG consultants to enhance ESG scores and implement specific improvements. By leveraging artificial intelligence, the platform streamlines the management of extra-financial data and simplifies access to specialist advice, making sustainability efforts more measurable and affordable for companies.

Finres

Seed Round in 2023
Finres is a technology company that employs artificial intelligence and big data to enhance the resilience of the global food system amidst climate change. It offers a comprehensive, algorithmic solution to identify and evaluate climate risks, enabling swift and robust investment decisions. By prioritizing adaptation efforts, Finres helps financial institutions and farmers secure investments and improve crop yields, despite climate-related challenges.

Apiday

Seed Round in 2023
Apiday is a Paris-based company founded in 2021 that specializes in providing a data collection platform aimed at simplifying sustainability for businesses. The platform allows organizations to gather all environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data in a centralized location, facilitating the automation of ESG reporting and certification processes. Additionally, Apiday enables collaboration with third-party ESG consultants to enhance ESG scores and implement specific improvements. By leveraging artificial intelligence, the platform streamlines the management of extra-financial data and simplifies access to specialist advice, making sustainability efforts more measurable and affordable for companies.

Blocktorch

Seed Round in 2023
Blocktorch is a company that specializes in providing a multi-chain observability platform tailored for web3 developers. This platform enables engineers to monitor and manage various decentralized components on a global scale. By offering centralized access to metrics, logs, and traces across different blockchain networks, Blocktorch helps ensure the reliable operation of decentralized applications, serving billions of users efficiently.

Prewave

Series A in 2023
Prewave GmbH is a technology company based in Vienna, Austria, founded in 2017. It specializes in developing a data analytics platform that utilizes machine learning to predict risks in supply chain networks. By analyzing social media data, Prewave's solution monitors and communicates potential supply chain anomalies, allowing businesses to anticipate upcoming risk events and address sustainability challenges. The company's innovative approach enables organizations to enhance their logistics management and mitigate disruptions through timely and informed decision-making.

Prewave

Series A in 2022
Prewave GmbH is a technology company based in Vienna, Austria, founded in 2017. It specializes in developing a data analytics platform that utilizes machine learning to predict risks in supply chain networks. By analyzing social media data, Prewave's solution monitors and communicates potential supply chain anomalies, allowing businesses to anticipate upcoming risk events and address sustainability challenges. The company's innovative approach enables organizations to enhance their logistics management and mitigate disruptions through timely and informed decision-making.

Greyparrot

Series A in 2022
Greyparrot applies artificial intelligence to enhance global recycling efficiency. Its platform, Greyparrot Analyzer and Sync API, provides real-time insights on waste composition across multiple locations, enabling stakeholders to increase recycling rates, optimize resource recovery, and reduce environmental impact.

Apiday

Seed Round in 2022
Apiday is a Paris-based company founded in 2021 that specializes in providing a data collection platform aimed at simplifying sustainability for businesses. The platform allows organizations to gather all environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data in a centralized location, facilitating the automation of ESG reporting and certification processes. Additionally, Apiday enables collaboration with third-party ESG consultants to enhance ESG scores and implement specific improvements. By leveraging artificial intelligence, the platform streamlines the management of extra-financial data and simplifies access to specialist advice, making sustainability efforts more measurable and affordable for companies.

juli

Seed Round in 2022
juli is a digital healthcare startup founded in 2020, aimed at improving the lives of individuals with chronic conditions. The company develops an artificial intelligence-powered application that consolidates diverse healthcare data into a single platform. This application supports users dealing with various chronic health issues, such as asthma, migraines, depression, bipolar disorder, and chronic pain. By integrating data from smartphones, wearables, and self-reported information, juli enables users to self-track and manage their symptoms effectively. The founders, motivated by personal experiences with chronic conditions, leverage their expertise in big data to enhance healthcare outcomes and promote better understanding of health triggers and management strategies.

Billie

Series C in 2021
Billie GmbH, founded in 2016 and based in Berlin, Germany, is a fintech startup focused on reinventing working capital management for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company offers innovative lending products, including pre-financing of invoices and online factoring services. Billie's platform leverages big data analytics and digitalized processes to provide instant financing at the point-of-sale and streamline invoice factoring, helping SMEs manage their outgoing invoices efficiently without hidden fees or excessive paperwork. Additionally, Billie assists B2B online merchants in securing better payment terms through a pay-after-delivery product.

TurinTech

Seed Round in 2021
TurinTech is a leading provider of automated code optimization solutions designed for machine learning and data-intensive applications. The company leverages proprietary algorithms and advanced artificial intelligence techniques to enhance the performance of machine learning models, transforming raw data into efficient code. By optimizing existing code and improving the speed of generic programming, TurinTech enables businesses to accelerate their time-to-production, reduce development costs, and minimize computational expenses. This focus on efficiency not only boosts productivity but also contributes to sustainability by lowering carbon emissions associated with computing processes.

Scalarr

Series A in 2021
Scalarr is a machine-learning based antifraud company serving mobile app developers and advertising networks. Its platform detects and prevents app-install fraud, including attribution fraud, bots and emulators, and incentive injections, helping protect the mobile product economy. Founded in 2016 and based in Wilmington, Delaware.

Greyparrot

Seed Round in 2020
Greyparrot applies artificial intelligence to enhance global recycling efficiency. Its platform, Greyparrot Analyzer and Sync API, provides real-time insights on waste composition across multiple locations, enabling stakeholders to increase recycling rates, optimize resource recovery, and reduce environmental impact.

MindsDB

Seed Round in 2020
MindsDB is an open source company that designs an automated machine learning platform, enabling users to ask predictive questions of their data and receive accurate answers. The MindsDB platform automates the steps required to generate reliable predictions, effectively turning a database into an automated data science capability. It supports a broad range of applications, including credit scoring, customer lifetime value optimization, direct marketing, fraud detection, inventory management, predictive maintenance, price modeling, product personalization, and risk assessment. MindsDB serves industries such as retail, financial services, high tech and manufacturing, healthcare, energy, and insurance. Founded in 2017 and based in Berkeley, California, the company aims to democratize machine learning and make advanced analytics accessible across teams.

TWAICE

Series A in 2020
TWAICE is a technology company specializing in analytics software aimed at enhancing the transparency and predictability of lithium-ion batteries. It develops predictive analytics tools that optimize both the development and operational phases of battery systems, particularly in electric vehicles. Central to TWAICE's offerings is its digital twin technology, which integrates in-depth battery knowledge with artificial intelligence to assess battery condition and forecast aging and performance. This approach allows users to analyze the status of batteries in real-time, enabling battery manufacturers and integrators to refine system configurations and validate their battery systems for improved reliability and efficiency.

Billie

Series B in 2019
Billie GmbH, founded in 2016 and based in Berlin, Germany, is a fintech startup focused on reinventing working capital management for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company offers innovative lending products, including pre-financing of invoices and online factoring services. Billie's platform leverages big data analytics and digitalized processes to provide instant financing at the point-of-sale and streamline invoice factoring, helping SMEs manage their outgoing invoices efficiently without hidden fees or excessive paperwork. Additionally, Billie assists B2B online merchants in securing better payment terms through a pay-after-delivery product.

TWAICE

Seed Round in 2019
TWAICE is a technology company specializing in analytics software aimed at enhancing the transparency and predictability of lithium-ion batteries. It develops predictive analytics tools that optimize both the development and operational phases of battery systems, particularly in electric vehicles. Central to TWAICE's offerings is its digital twin technology, which integrates in-depth battery knowledge with artificial intelligence to assess battery condition and forecast aging and performance. This approach allows users to analyze the status of batteries in real-time, enabling battery manufacturers and integrators to refine system configurations and validate their battery systems for improved reliability and efficiency.

Conundrum

Seed Round in 2019
Conundrum specializes in Industrial AI software for metal, mining, and steel industries. Its platform offers tools for building efficient enterprise-scale AI applications, simplifying data science, and enhancing sustainability.

MindsDB

Pre Seed Round in 2018
MindsDB is an open source company that designs an automated machine learning platform, enabling users to ask predictive questions of their data and receive accurate answers. The MindsDB platform automates the steps required to generate reliable predictions, effectively turning a database into an automated data science capability. It supports a broad range of applications, including credit scoring, customer lifetime value optimization, direct marketing, fraud detection, inventory management, predictive maintenance, price modeling, product personalization, and risk assessment. MindsDB serves industries such as retail, financial services, high tech and manufacturing, healthcare, energy, and insurance. Founded in 2017 and based in Berkeley, California, the company aims to democratize machine learning and make advanced analytics accessible across teams.

TWAICE

Seed Round in 2018
TWAICE is a technology company specializing in analytics software aimed at enhancing the transparency and predictability of lithium-ion batteries. It develops predictive analytics tools that optimize both the development and operational phases of battery systems, particularly in electric vehicles. Central to TWAICE's offerings is its digital twin technology, which integrates in-depth battery knowledge with artificial intelligence to assess battery condition and forecast aging and performance. This approach allows users to analyze the status of batteries in real-time, enabling battery manufacturers and integrators to refine system configurations and validate their battery systems for improved reliability and efficiency.

Scalarr

Seed Round in 2018
Scalarr is a machine-learning based antifraud company serving mobile app developers and advertising networks. Its platform detects and prevents app-install fraud, including attribution fraud, bots and emulators, and incentive injections, helping protect the mobile product economy. Founded in 2016 and based in Wilmington, Delaware.

Prewave

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Prewave GmbH is a technology company based in Vienna, Austria, founded in 2017. It specializes in developing a data analytics platform that utilizes machine learning to predict risks in supply chain networks. By analyzing social media data, Prewave's solution monitors and communicates potential supply chain anomalies, allowing businesses to anticipate upcoming risk events and address sustainability challenges. The company's innovative approach enables organizations to enhance their logistics management and mitigate disruptions through timely and informed decision-making.

Stowga

Seed Round in 2017
Stowga is an online marketplace that facilitates the buying and selling of warehousing and logistics services. Founded in 2016 and based in London, the company aims to eliminate inefficiencies in warehousing by creating a global network of flexible storage solutions. Stowga's platform allows businesses to find, book, and manage warehouse space on a pay-as-you-go basis, leveraging big data and machine learning to optimize supply chains and ensure that inventory is stored in the most suitable locations. With over 4,000 warehouses listed in the UK, Stowga connects companies with logistics and delivery firms in need of space, while also offering on-demand insurance options. This approach not only enhances service quality but also reduces costs for customers, ultimately generating more revenue for warehouse operators.

Billie

Series A in 2017
Billie GmbH, founded in 2016 and based in Berlin, Germany, is a fintech startup focused on reinventing working capital management for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company offers innovative lending products, including pre-financing of invoices and online factoring services. Billie's platform leverages big data analytics and digitalized processes to provide instant financing at the point-of-sale and streamline invoice factoring, helping SMEs manage their outgoing invoices efficiently without hidden fees or excessive paperwork. Additionally, Billie assists B2B online merchants in securing better payment terms through a pay-after-delivery product.

Cyberwrite

Seed Round in 2017
Cyberwrite specializes in providing cyber insurance solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). It leverages proprietary algorithms, such as 4SEEN, for underwriting and risk management. The company serves clients across over 20 countries, supporting multiple languages.

Billie

Seed Round in 2016
Billie GmbH, founded in 2016 and based in Berlin, Germany, is a fintech startup focused on reinventing working capital management for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company offers innovative lending products, including pre-financing of invoices and online factoring services. Billie's platform leverages big data analytics and digitalized processes to provide instant financing at the point-of-sale and streamline invoice factoring, helping SMEs manage their outgoing invoices efficiently without hidden fees or excessive paperwork. Additionally, Billie assists B2B online merchants in securing better payment terms through a pay-after-delivery product.

Enbrite.ly

Seed Round in 2015
Enbrite.ly is a company that specializes in improving online advertising and marketing performance through comprehensive tools and services. Established in 2014 and based in Budapest, Hungary, Enbrite.ly focuses on marketing source analysis and detailed reporting aimed at identifying and eliminating fraudulent activities within marketing channels. By providing actionable insights, the company helps clients, including webshops, advertising networks, and traffic brokers, enhance their return on investment and foster safe marketing practices, particularly in Europe. Through its offerings, Enbrite.ly aims to prevent future fraud and support sustainable growth for its customers.

Sakurimo

We bring deep learning visual perception AI (artificial intelligence) to smart phones and other edge devices. We help retailers to create a data-driven and personalized shopping experience.
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