Top investors in Austria
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Invest
Invest is the private equity and venture capital arm of the Raiffeisenbank group in Upper Austria. It operates as an evergreen fund designed to provide long-term equity support to small and medium-sized companies in Austria and parts of southern Germany and Switzerland. Founded in 1994, it has invested equity and mezzanine in numerous businesses and offers capital alongside operational, commercial and strategic guidance. The firm focuses on expansion financing, turnaround and growth investments in late venture and middle-market companies, as well as spin-offs, carve-outs, mergers and acquisitions, succession issues and management buyouts. It typically commits between 1.5 million and 15 million euros and aims to hold up to a 49 percent stake for up to ten years, exiting via IPO, secondary sale, trade sale, sale to a partner or repayment. Based in Linz, Austria, it combines capital with active support to help portfolio companies achieve long-term stability and growth.
Situlus Holding
Situlus Holding is an Austrian investment firm based in Graz that provides venture and growth capital to technology-focused startups and small- to mid-sized companies. The firm operates as an independent investor and concentrates on the Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (DACH) region, backing innovative technology companies at early stages as well as growth rounds. Typical investments target the start-up and growth phases, supporting research and development efforts, with transaction sizes in the low-to-mid euro millions range. Situlus prioritizes companies in the technology sector within the DACH market and seeks to partner with founders to accelerate product development and market expansion.
Made 1 investment in Austria
Speedinvest
Speedinvest is a European venture capital firm headquartered in Vienna, founded in 2011. It backs early to growth-stage technology companies across Europe and beyond, with sector-focused teams active in AI and infrastructure, climate tech, fintech and DeFi, health and bio, industrial tech, marketplaces, consumer software, SaaS, and related infrastructure. The firm combines capital with hands-on support, often leading initial investments and participating in follow-on rounds to help portfolio companies scale quickly. It operates from six offices across Europe and North America, leveraging a global network of corporate customers, experts, and top-tier investors to accelerate growth. Notable portfolio companies include Bitpanda, Moove, Tide, GoStudent, Wayflyer, Seqera Labs, and Cylib, reflecting a track record of backing ambitious founders. Speedinvest emphasizes long-term conviction, collaborative value creation, and practical operational guidance to build lasting companies.
Made 30 investments in Austria
Tecnet Equity
Tecnet Equity is an Austrian venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies and startups with innovative business ideas. It backs B2B technologies, life sciences, and spin-offs across information and communication technologies, industrial technologies, materials sciences and environmental technologies. The firm provides more than funding, offering active support, an international business network and extensive experience to help portfolio companies scale. It also collaborates with research centers and universities to analyze, develop and market research results and to protect and commercialize valuable inventions. Tecnet Equity focuses on seed and early-stage investments and aims to help management teams build high-growth, sustainable businesses.
Made 34 investments in Austria
eQventure
eQventure is an Austrian venture capital firm headquartered in Graz with international hubs in Austria, Germany, the United Kingdom, Israel, the United States and China. Founded in 2014, it invests in deep technology, industrial technology, network effects, digital health and consumer technology, and supports young Austrian high-tech companies with growth capital, a global network and operational guidance to accelerate growth. The firm emphasizes hands-on involvement, with successful entrepreneur investors contributing capital and operational expertise to portfolio companies.
Made 19 investments in Austria
Aws Fondsmanagement GmbH
Aws Fonds Management Gmbh is venture capital arm of Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH specializing in startup, early stage, emerging growth, growth capital, Pre IPO, Follow-up financings, succession processes, and mezzanine investments. It invests in fixed assets and working capital. The firm seeks to invest in commercial Austrian companies. It invests between €.1 million ($.13 million) and €1 million ($1.3 million) in its companies with revenues of at least $2.72 million. Aws Fonds Management Gmbh is based in Vienna, Austria.
aws Gründungsfonds
aws Gründungsfonds is a Vienna-based Austrian venture capital firm managing a 140 million euro fund that targets high-growth Austrian startups in late seed to pre-Series A stages. The firm invests across sectors including business products and services, consumer products and services, energy, financial services, information technology, healthcare, and materials, with a focus on growth-stage technology companies and entrepreneurs pursuing international expansion.
Made 25 investments in Austria
ARAX Capital Partners
Founded in 2007, ARAX Capital Partners is a Vienna-based venture capital firm that exclusively focuses on Austrian, early-stage technology and biotechnology ventures, with additional investment interest in real estate. It targets young, innovative companies with patentable technology that have already secured pre-seed funding to qualify for investment.
Made 26 investments in Austria
SOSV
SOSV is a global venture capital firm focused on deep tech investments that address human and planetary health, backing seed-to-growth startups and delivering hands-on programs that accelerate product development, customer acquisition, and fundraising. It operates accelerator-like facilities for deep tech founders, including IndieBio in San Francisco and New York (referred to as SOSV SF & NY) and HAX in Newark, offering labs, offices, engineering support, mentorship, and broad access to an investor network. With a large and active portfolio across dozens of countries, SOSV supports hundreds of pre-seed and follow-on investments annually from its New Jersey base and through its global network, emphasizing long-term founder support beyond initial funding and fostering collaboration among portfolio companies and investors.
Made 14 investments in Austria
HV Capital
HV Capital is a European venture capital firm headquartered in Munich that backs technology startups across Europe at all stages, from seed to growth. The firm focuses on the digital sector, investing in software, fintech, healthcare, and consumer technology, and adopts a multi-stage approach while partnering with founders to support long-term development by providing capital, strategic guidance, and access to its network. Founded in 2000, HV Capital has a proven track record and manages over €2.8 billion in assets.
Made 28 investments in Austria
PUSH VC
PUSH VC is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in green technology and healthcare startups, primarily at Pre-Seed to Seed stages. It supports portfolio companies with hands-on involvement and leverages a broad professional network to provide more than funding, creating a collaborative platform for founders. The firm emphasizes a partnership approach, delivering speed, conviction, and honest, constructive support to help teams scale and achieve meaningful climate and health impact. The team consists of experienced investors, including former health VC Felix Faltin, and its portfolio includes companies such as FERNRIDE, Circonomit, Unitelabs, and haelsi, illustrating a commitment to empowering startups to drive scalable, positive change.
Made 7 investments in Austria
OÖ HightechFonds
OÖ HightechFonds is a regional venture capital firm headquartered in Linz, Austria. It invests in start-up and growth-stage technology and materials companies, with a focus on Upper Austria-based businesses in business-to-business and technology sectors. The firm supports market entry and international expansion through fresh capital and strategic guidance, often in collaboration with the tech2b incubator. Typical deal sizes range from 0.25 million to 1 million euros per transaction, with up to 1.5 million euros invested across rounds. Sectors include energy efficiency, environmental technology, computer development, clean tech and medical tech. Exits are typically pursued after five to ten years, with longer horizons possible in exceptional cases. By concentrating on scalable, technology-driven ventures, OÖ HightechFonds aims to help regional start-ups grow and reach international markets.
Made 4 investments in Austria
GCP Gamma Capital Partners
GCP Gamma Capital Partners is a Vienna-based venture capital firm that funds technology and growth companies in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Central and Eastern Europe. Founded in 2002, the firm targets early-stage to growth opportunities and typically invests small to mid-market rounds, starting around €0.3 million in seed rounds up to about €2 million, and up to roughly €4 million in later rounds, often taking minority stakes and seeking board representation. It focuses on sectors including software, IT services, new media, medtech, cleantech, electronics, renewable energy, consumer products, telecommunications, and life sciences. The firm operates from Vienna with additional offices in Lindenberg and Bratislava and emphasizes value creation and strategic cooperation through syndication with other investors.
Made 11 investments in Austria
b2venture
b2venture is a European venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in innovative startups, with a strong emphasis on the German-speaking region. Based in Saint Gallen, Switzerland, it backs Pre-Seed to Series A rounds across Europe, notably in AI, fintech, healthcare, digital technologies, and related sectors. Typical ticket sizes range from €0.25 million to €5 million, with an average around €1 million, and the firm provides ongoing support and access to a network of angel investors to assist with follow-on financing and growth.
Made 5 investments in Austria
Verbund X Ventures
Founded in 2022, Verbund X Ventures is a corporate venture capital firm based in Vienna, Austria. It focuses on investing in early-stage companies operating within the renewable energy sector across Europe.
Made 2 investments in Austria
Peak Pride
Peak Pride is an investment and portfolio management specialist for the Haselsteiner Familien-Privatstiftung, focusing on proptech, automation, healthcare and wellbeing, and sustainability. Based in Vienna, Austria, the firm concentrates on the DACH region and Central and Eastern Europe, targeting early-stage rounds (pre-seed to Series A) with equity tickets roughly EUR 200,000 to EUR 1,000,000. Besides capital, Peak Pride provides strategic guidance, sector-specific know-how, and access to networks, acting as a close partner and gateway to opportunities. The firm aims to combine innovation with traditional values to generate sustainable impact, emphasizing transparency and results-oriented collaboration, supported by expertise in venture capital, M&A and restructuring.
Made 2 investments in Austria
Capnamic Ventures
Capnamic Ventures is a Cologne-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology startups in Germany and the broader German-speaking region, with activity across Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It provides capital and hands-on support, leveraging its network of sparring partners and customers to help portfolio companies become category leaders. The firm focuses on technology-driven businesses such as B2B software, digital infrastructure, digital transformation, AI, analytics, cybersecurity, fintech, e-health, and related sectors, and typically invests from pre-seed to Series A, often taking minority stakes with follow-on support. Initial investments commonly range around €0.5 million to €3 million, with larger commitments over the lifecycle and via co-investors. The team brings considerable experience from dozens of prior investments and exits, and its founders or partners include Jörg Binnenbrücker, Olaf Jacobi, Christian Siegele and Christian Knott. Capnamic operates from Cologne with an additional office in Berlin.
Made 1 investment in Austria
seed + speed Ventures
Seed + speed Ventures is a Berlin-based venture capital firm that backs pre-seed and seed-stage B2B software startups in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Founded in 2016, the firm typically makes EUR 50,000 to EUR 500,000 investments, with follow-on funding available up to EUR 1 million. It supports portfolio companies with equity investments and value-added services, including sales support to help startups scale. The team maintains a presence in Munich, Hanover, and San Francisco to engage with founders across the DACH region and beyond.
Made 2 investments in Austria
KaPa Ventures
KaPa Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Vienna, Austria. The firm provides growth capital and early-stage funding to information technology companies, supporting both start-ups and more mature tech ventures. Its investment scope spans multiple countries, with activity across Austria, Germany, Singapore, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Canada, reflecting an international approach to backing IT-focused businesses.
Made 2 investments in Austria
eCAPITAL entrepreneurial Partners
eCAPITAL entrepreneurial Partners is a Germany-based venture capital firm founded in 1999 and headquartered in Münster, with an additional office in Moers. The firm focuses on early- and growth-stage deep-tech companies across sectors such as cleantech, new materials, sustainability, information technology, cybersecurity, IoT, enterprise software, and manufacturing. It invests from its own funds, totaling over €340 million, and provides strategic guidance and access to an international network of entrepreneurs, scientists, investors, and founders. The firm has supported notable portfolio companies including Sonnen, Novaled, and Jedox, and seeks minority stakes while pursuing exits through IPOs, trade sales, or management buyouts. eCAPITAL emphasizes both financial and strategic value, aiming to accelerate commercialization of technology-driven solutions with societal impact.
Made 5 investments in Austria
BaseTech Ventures
BaseTech Ventures is a Swiss-based investment group focused on technology and sustainable value creation. It backs early-stage companies in digital health, fintech, and blockchain, supporting growth through strategic collaborations, rigorous analyses, and swift investment decisions. The firm emphasizes hands-on involvement to help portfolio companies advance in the German-speaking regions of Europe (DACH) and aims to deliver long-term value. Through its portfolio, BaseTech Ventures has facilitated growth and notable exits, illustrating a track record of value realization.
Made 4 investments in Austria
i5invest
i5invest is a Vienna-based venture capital and private equity platform that backs innovative tech founders with strategic capital, growth support, and merger and acquisition advisory. It operates a global network of more than 150,000 decision-makers and a team of over 100 experts across three continents and more than 20 languages. The firm provides startup mentoring, seed financing, corporate development, and advisory services, with a focus on strategic exits and cross-border acquisitions for tech companies. Since 2007 it has completed over 250 global transactions with major technology players, and it collaborates with venture funds, private equity, and strategic acquirers to help tech scale-ups pursue growth in areas such as AI, IoT, fintech, and software.
Made 3 investments in Austria
MPoweru
MPoweru is a venture capital firm based in Vienna, Austria, that backs early-stage startups in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The firm typically participates with tickets of 100,000 to 300,000 euros and prioritizes companies with sustainable practices and social equality. It targets technology-driven sectors including artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, e-commerce, digital marketplaces, and the Internet of Things. MPoweru emphasizes strong management teams and disruptive business models, supported by a data-driven investment approach and a structured process that encompasses deal sourcing, due diligence, and post-investment support. The firm operates with an experienced team and extensive network to help portfolio companies scale, aiming for solid returns and long-term value creation.
Made 1 investment in Austria
CHECK24
CHECK24 is a Munich-based price comparison and consumer services platform that operates across travel, insurance, energy, banking, financing, housing, and shopping. The platform aggregates offers from carefully selected partners to deliver objective comparisons and personalized content, funded by an advertising and affiliate-based model that keeps access free for users. It provides tools to compare flights, hotels, electricity, loans, current accounts, and credit cards, helping customers find favorable tariffs and prices. Beyond Germany, it operates in Austria and Spain, extending its services to broader audiences. The company emphasizes transparency and convenience, supporting users in making informed decisions through easy-to-use comparison tools and related consumer services.
Chrysalis Investments
Chrysalis Investments is a London-based investment firm founded in 2018 that concentrates on technology-focused opportunities. It backs innovative tech-enabled companies and participates in both private and public-market investments, aiming to support growth and profitability through flexible capital and strategic guidance. The firm seeks to partner with disruptive businesses that reshape industries and create value for shareholders and partners. It is backed by G10 Capital and has invested in platforms such as wefox, a digital insurance platform that automates processes and enhances customer engagement. Chrysalis Investments focuses on identifying high-potential businesses within the technology ecosystem and helping them scale through capital and expertise.
Made 2 investments in Austria
Target Partners
Target Partners is a German venture capital firm based in Munich that invests in seed and early-stage technology companies, with about 300 million euros under management. The partners bring extensive experience as managers, entrepreneurs and investors in Europe and the United States, and they leverage a broad industry network to help portfolio companies with business development, international expansion, OEM or distribution contracts, and potential acquisitions. Since its founding in 1999, Target Partners has backed dozens of technology companies across software, IT, communications and networking and related tech sectors, maintaining a long-term, growth-oriented approach and a collaborative partnership with entrepreneurs.
Made 3 investments in Austria
Berlin Technologie Holding
Berlin Technologie Holding is a Berlin-based private equity and venture capital firm that invests in technology and technology-enabled companies. The firm focuses on growth equity and venture debt, investing across stages and pursuing opportunities such as management buyouts, corporate spin-offs, succession, roll-ups, and buy-and-build strategies. It targets small- to mid-sized German-speaking companies in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, with a preference for Internet of Things, proptech, mobile, enterprise software-as-a-service, fintech, and other IT-enabled sectors, and it typically supports companies with €0.5 million to €3 million of investment capital and revenues of €10 million to €200 million through its own balance sheet. The company emphasizes growth and value creation, seeks majority or strategic interests in some situations, and aims to back technology and technology-enabled businesses with strong cash flow potential.
Project A Ventures
Project A Ventures is a Berlin-based early-stage venture capital firm that combines capital with hands-on operational support for technology startups across Europe. The firm provides portfolio companies with a broad range of operational resources through a team of more than 100 experts spanning software engineering, business intelligence, marketing, and recruiting, enabling founders to accelerate product development and go-to-market efforts. Its investments focus on early stages in sectors such as ad tech, e-commerce, fintech, digital health, cybersecurity, and consumer technology, with a portfolio including Trade Republic, sennder, KRY, Catawiki, WorldRemit, Spryker, and Voi. Project A positions itself as a long-term partner, offering strategic guidance and access to a broad network to help startups scale in Europe, building value through both funding and hands-on support.
Made 8 investments in Austria
Segnalita Ventures
Segnalita Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Wattens, Austria, founded in 2016, that invests in early-stage startups. The firm aims to support long-term, sustainable growth by offering more than financial capital, including a network of strategic partners and practical expertise to help startups progress from initial ideas to established businesses. Its investment approach emphasizes responsible entrepreneurship and values-driven development, prioritizing sustainable value creation over short-term gains. Segnalita seeks ventures with the potential to generate economic and ecological impact, aligning investments with broader sustainability goals. The firm focuses on partnering with passionate founders and ambitious teams, supporting portfolio companies through guidance, resources, and collaborations that help startups scale and achieve durable success.
Polar Light Capital
Polar Light Capital is a private investment company and venture capital firm founded in 2014 and based in Linz, Austria. It invests in technology and medtech companies across Europe and beyond, supporting building great companies and acting as a reliable long-term partner. The firm pursues an all-stages approach, engaging with ventures from seed and startup phases through growth to market leadership.
Made 1 investment in Austria
Gimv
Gimv is a European investment company focusing on private equity and venture capital, with long-term equity investments in innovative companies across Europe. Founded in 1980 and based in Antwerp, it operates through four platforms: Consumer Healthcare, Smart Industries, Sustainable Cities, and Anchor Investments. Gimv backs entrepreneurial companies, particularly in the Benelux, France and the DACH region, using patient capital and a long-term perspective. Its portfolio comprises about 60 to 85 companies, generating roughly 5 to 6 billion euros in turnover and employing over 20,000 people, with investments spanning sectors such as consumer, healthcare, life sciences, smart industries, energy, digitalisation, and sustainable cities.
Made 1 investment in Austria
BioScience Ventures Group
BioScience Ventures Group is a Munich-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage life sciences investments in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. It operates as an association of experienced business angels with expertise in drug development, preclinical and clinical studies, and biologics such as antibodies or proteins. The firm prioritizes seed and early-stage opportunities in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical technology, and medical devices, and typically provides funding in the range of €0.2 to €0.5 million. It often seeks governance involvement by taking board seats on portfolio companies.
Made 1 investment in Austria
Main Incubator
Main Incubator is the venture investment arm of Commerzbank, focusing on seed and early-stage FinTech investments in Western Europe, with emphasis on the DACH region, and making equity investments typically ranging from 0.25 million to 2 million euros. Established in 2013 and based in Frankfurt, Germany.
Scalehouse Capital
Scalehouse Capital is a Germany-based early-stage venture capital firm focused on B2B software and artificial intelligence startups. Backed by experienced entrepreneurs, operators, and a broad network of venture partners, the firm supports founders with hands-on collaboration and typically leads or participates in seed rounds, investing up to 1.5 million euros. It concentrates on identifying compounding opportunities in AI and enterprise software, helping portfolio companies reach category leadership through active partnering and strategic guidance.
Made 1 investment in Austria
Jet Investment
Jet Investment is a Czech private equity firm based in Brno that focuses on mid-market, late-stage and distressed opportunities across Central Europe. It manages multiple platforms, including Jet Private Equity, Jet Real Estate and Jet Venture Capital, and pursues majority stakes often with management control, investing its own capital alongside investors. The firm targets industrial and manufacturing companies in sectors such as engineering, railways, automotive, petrochemicals, chemicals, natural gas, wood processing and technical textiles, with the aim of creating long-term value through strategic consolidation and operational improvements. Since its founding in 1997, Jet Investment has supported the growth of more than 40 companies and maintains a diversified presence in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Austria and Poland, with assets under management reported in excess of €700 million and notable projects such as the Jet Industrial Park in Gdańsk (up to €50 million).
Swiss Post Ventures
Swiss Post Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Swiss Post, based in Bern, Switzerland. It invests in early-stage and later-stage companies in Switzerland and abroad. The organization seeks collaborations, investments, and partnerships to drive innovation in open innovation and corporate venture capital, and to develop new business areas within communication, logistics, financial services, business process outsourcing (BPO), and mobility. It supports startups through collaboration, project funding, market access, and expertise, and makes venture capital investments in early-stage companies aligned with Swiss Post’s business, typically aiming for a minority stake. It maintains a network of external partners, including startups, universities, and corporate groups, to foster technological advancement and operational excellence. Recent investments include self-driving robots, drone logistics, mobility analytics, cybersecurity, and digital marketplaces.
Made 1 investment in Austria
LBBW Venture Capital
LBBW Venture Capital is the venture arm of Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, established in 1998. It provides seed to growth-stage financing to innovative startups, focusing on digital transformation, life science and healthtech, and financial technology, mainly in the DACH region. The firm typically makes initial investments up to €3 million, with potential follow-on rounds bringing total commitments to up to €5 million; it also targets start-ups in Southern Germany but considers opportunities across Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Beyond funding, it leverages the parent bank's corporate network to offer strategic introductions and potential commercial collaborations. The team prefers board or advisory board participation on larger investments and pursues exits via trade sales or IPOs within a few years. With a track record of investing in more than 60 companies, LBBW Venture Capital supports entrepreneurs through long-term capital and strategic value creation.
Tyrolean Business Angel
Tyrolean Business Angel is an angel investment group based in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria, founded in 2014. It supports early-stage, technology-oriented B2B startups in Austria by providing capital, industry know-how, and a professional network, across sectors including energy, healthcare, information technology, clean technology, climate technology, health technology, life sciences and software as a service.
Falkensteiner Ventures
Falkensteiner Ventures is a Vienna-based early-stage venture investor and hands-on mentor focused on hospitality, travel and leisure across Europe. It provides capital up to €500,000 of its own money per case in exchange for equity at concept, pre-seed or seed stages, along with an Innovation Center, mentoring, access to corporates and essential startup infrastructure, including marketing, finance and legal support and office space in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. The firm leverages its hospitality assets, a tourism group, a tour operator and a procurement service, plus an accelerator within a startup network to accelerate growth. Its strategic focus spans hotels and lodging, travel and mobility, elder care digital solutions, alternative accommodations and camping, and the leisure industry, with emphasis on future tech, digital solutions, B2B/B2C software, Web3 and AI at the intersection of the New Economy and Old Economy in Europe. Initial traction targets lie in German-speaking Europe, with the aim of scaling startups toward an exit.
Bloomhaus Ventures
Bloomhaus Ventures is a Swiss-based venture capital firm and the venture arm of a Swiss family office. It backs early-stage B2B startups across Europe, with emphasis on the DACH region, in Industrytech, Deeptech (AI, IoT, robotics, blockchain, cybersecurity), and CleanTech. The firm typically supports pre-seed and seed rounds, providing capital and practical assistance such as business strategy, go-to-market and market-entry guidance to help portfolio companies scale. It maintains an international reach, including Switzerland and broader European markets, and seeks long-term partnerships that enable sustainable growth.
STS Ventures
STS Ventures is a Cologne-based venture capital firm that backs technology-driven startups at the pre-seed, seed and early-growth stages. Founded by serial entrepreneur Stephan Schubert, the firm blends a business-angel mindset with VC capital, leveraging a broad network of business angels, entrepreneurs and family offices to support durable, long-term companies. It primarily invests in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the wider European Union, with a typical check size from €0.1 million to €3 million, and engages in bridge financing when needed. The firm emphasizes disciplined cost management, data-driven decision making, and hands-on guidance to help founders build sustainable businesses that can endure economic challenges.
Constantia New Business
Constantia New Business is a venture capital firm based in Vienna, Austria, founded in 2012. It concentrates on early and growth capital across Europe, supporting companies from seed to growth rounds up to Series A and beyond. The firm targets innovative technology sectors including B2B software, advanced manufacturing, measurement and inspection, materials science in industrial processes, information technology, robotics, and related appliances. It focuses on European businesses and aims to back companies at various stages of development to scale operations and adopt new technologies.
Smartworks Innovation
Smartworks Innovation is the corporate venture arm of Wiener Stadtwerke and Wien Energie, based in Vienna, Austria. It partners with startups in Europe and Israel operating in energy, smart cities, mobility, technology and the digitalization of services and operations to foster innovation and accelerate the adoption of new technologies. The group seeks solutions with high innovation or climate protection potential to strengthen its competitive edge in sustainable mobility and the energy transition. It collaborates with Wiener Stadtwerke Group's innovation management to identify scalable solutions and serves as an enabler of the group's future success through strategic partnerships and technological advancements.
WaVe-X
WaVe-X is a venture builder and the corporate venture capital arm of Walter Group AG. Founded in 2022 and based in Wiener Neudorf, Austria, it builds independent ventures from scratch with founder teams and invests in early-stage startups—from pre-seed to Series A—in logistics, mobility, proptech and constructiontech, as well as adjacent fields. Ticket sizes start at around EUR 200,000. WaVe-X provides hands-on support, access to resources, sales channels, and know-how to help portfolio companies scale.
AlpVent
AlpVent is a Swiss investment company based in Zug that specializes in supporting promising start-ups. Founded in 2016, the firm leverages 25 years of entrepreneurial experience to understand and address the needs of entrepreneurs. AlpVent provides not only investment capital but also management consulting services, offering what is often referred to as "smart money" support. Recognizing that many founders excel in product development but struggle with promotion, AlpVent has created a dedicated sales department. This team offers sales analyses and consulting services, and can even act as an agent or distributor for start-ups. Their services are tailored for the competitive German-speaking markets and South-Eastern Europe, including Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, and Croatia. The firm focuses on investments in sectors such as transportation, commercial products, software, and manufacturing.
Onsight Ventures
Onsight Ventures is a pan-European early-stage deep-tech venture capital firm founded in 2021 and headquartered in Innsbruck, Austria. The firm focuses on seed and early-stage investments in technology-driven companies across Europe, supporting founders who are developing transformative innovations. Its portfolio areas include quantum computing, biotechnology, advanced computing, semiconductors, artificial intelligence and data science, and next-generation compute. Onsight Ventures seeks to leverage proprietary deal flow and a collaborative approach to help companies scale globally, aiming to advance European technological leadership by empowering entrepreneurs to commercialize breakthrough ideas.
Kopa Ventures
Kopa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on climate tech startups across Europe, especially the DACH region, investing in Energy, Mobility, Nature, and Carbon Tech. Founded in 2017 and based in Europe, the firm backs startups from pre-seed to Series A, aiming to accelerate a climate-positive economy. It combines financial support with access to a network of industry experts and partners to help portfolio companies scale. The firm emphasizes impact alongside financial returns, assessing traditional carbon metrics and broader environmental KPIs, and leverages a team of entrepreneurs to provide mentorship and strategic guidance.
KKA Partners
Founded in 2018, KKA Partners is a Berlin-based private equity firm that invests in companies in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The firm seeks to create value through technology-enabled transformation by targeting middle-market businesses in healthcare, smart industries, business services, consumer-branded goods, and related services in the DACH region.
W&W Brandpool
W&W Brandpool is the corporate venture arm of Wüstenrot & Württembergische AG, based in Stuttgart, Germany. It makes seed, emerging growth and early-stage investments in sectors including real estate, financial services, health, family, mobility and insurance, with a focus on digital business models in living, finance, health, education and mobility and regional activity in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
EMH Partners
EMH Partners is a European growth equity firm that partners with technology-driven businesses and entrepreneurs, primarily in the Mittelstand across Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It provides strategic capital and deep industry expertise to help companies scale and create long-term value, typically through minority or majority equity investments. The firm focuses on sectors such as healthtech, software and industrials, and integrates ESG principles into its investment approach. Operating through dedicated growth funds, EMH Partners supports portfolio companies with hands-on guidance and a broad network of investors, entrepreneurs and experts.