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.

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.

aws Gründerfonds is a venture capital firm based in Vienna, Austria, established in 2013. The firm specializes in investing in high-growth Austrian start-ups, focusing primarily on those in their later seed and (pre-)series-A stages. With a fund size of 140 million euros, aws Gründerfonds targets a diverse range of sectors, including business products and services, consumer products and services, healthcare, information technology, energy, financial services, manufacturing, and technology-based industries such as artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. Its objective is to support the development of innovative companies that demonstrate significant growth potential within the Austrian market.

eQventure is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 and based in Graz, Austria. It focuses on deep technology, industrial technology, network effects, digital health, and consumer technology, and operates hubs in Austria, Germany, the United Kingdom, Israel, the United States, and China. The firm provides growth capital and leverages a global network and operational support to accelerate the growth of high-tech companies, with backing from entrepreneur investors who contribute capital and take an active, hands-on role with portfolio companies.

Tecnet Equity is an Austrian venture capital firm focused on seed and early-stage investments in technology companies, including ICT, life sciences, industrial technologies, material sciences and environmental technologies. It supports portfolio companies beyond capital with active guidance, leveraging an international network to help growth and scale. The firm also collaborates with research centers and universities to analyze, develop, and market research results and to aid patent protection, enabling inventions to be translated into new products and commercial opportunities. Founded in 2002 and based in Saint Polten, Austria, Tecnet Equity targets early-stage B2B technologies, life sciences start-ups, and spin-offs.

Xista Science Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Klosterneuburg, Austria that backs deep tech startups and academic spin-offs built on science, engineering and technology. It acts as a lead investor in pre-seed and seed rounds and can participate in follow-on rounds, offering tailored support to entrepreneurs. The firm combines investment acumen with scientific and technical understanding, supported by a diverse team with expertise in technology, entrepreneurship, finance, IP, legal, and strategic consulting, enabling it to bridge the worlds of science and business.

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.

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.

Seed + Speed Ventures is a venture capital firm that specializes in seed-stage investments in B2B software startups, focusing on Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Founded in 2016 and based in Berlin, it operates with additional offices in Munich, Hanover and San Francisco as part of the Maschmeyer Group. The firm provides equity investments and offers free sales support to portfolio companies.

3VC is a venture capital group based in Vienna, Austria, founded in 2017. The firm specializes in investing in a select group of European technology startups that demonstrate global potential, primarily focusing on Series A rounds. 3VC's investment strategy encompasses various sectors, including artificial intelligence, development tools, deep-tech, security, augmented and virtual reality, data analytics, digital health, and mobile applications. The firm is committed to supporting its portfolio companies by providing extensive resources and access to a global network of co-investment partners. Notable companies in its portfolio include Assaia, Kaia Health, Lokalise, Picsart, Storyblok, and Tatum.

The EBRD is an international financial institution founded in 1990 and headquartered in London that provides project financing and advisory services to support private sector development and transformation in emerging markets. It finances banks, industries, and businesses, supports new ventures and investments in existing companies, and helps privatize and restructure municipal services in publicly owned entities. Through its banking and treasury activities, it offers loans, equity and quasi-equity investments, guarantees, and equity funds for smaller enterprises, along with trade finance and loan syndication. It works with commercial partners to invest in private enterprises across sectors including energy, manufacturing, ICT, infrastructure, agribusiness, and real estate, across Europe, the Middle East and beyond, including a significant footprint in Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltics, and the Caucasus. It provides policy reform dialogue and advisory services to support market modernization, governance, and reform. It has invested over €130 billion in more than 5,000 projects.

MIG is a Munich-based venture capital firm founded in 2004 that invests in technology-driven sectors including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digitalization, Internet of Things, biotechnology, medical technology, digital health and life sciences. It manages multiple venture funds spanning early to late stage investments and operates funds regulated by BaFin, with a portfolio of dozens of companies across Europe. The firm focuses on deep tech and life sciences, supporting robotics, materials and environmental engineering, healthtech and related sectors.

BaseTech Ventures is a family office based in Cham, Switzerland, that invests in technology companies and supports early-stage ventures in the German-speaking DACH region. It focuses on helping businesses grow by leveraging collective ingenuity and hard work to become part of tomorrow’s distinguished organizations.

ZAKA Ventures is a Prague- and Bratislava-based venture capital firm that invests in pre-seed and seed software startups across Europe, with a particular focus on Central and Eastern Europe and the DACH region. It backs early-stage companies across sectors such as AI, analytics, B2B SaaS, consumer apps, gaming, crypto, retail, financial services, ad tech, e-commerce, marketing tech, real estate, and utilities. The firm pursues a pan-European strategy supported by scouts in Berlin, the United Kingdom, the Baltic states, the Balkan region and Turkey, and operates from Prague and Bratislava. Founded in 2019, ZAKA Ventures seeks to partner with founders at the earliest stages to accelerate product development and market entry.

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.

Target Partners is a German venture capital firm based in Munich, founded in 1999, that focuses on seed and early-stage technology investments in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The firm backs software, communications and networking, computer hardware and electronics companies, providing strategic guidance and hands-on support to help portfolio businesses scale, access international markets, and form key partnerships. Its partners bring entrepreneurial and venture capital experience from Europe and the United States, leveraging a broad network to facilitate customer access, co-development, distribution agreements and potential acquisitions. Target Partners emphasizes active involvement and long-term value creation, backed by a history of successful investments and exits across multiple funds.

HV Capital is a Munich- and Berlin-based venture capital firm that supports founders in building internet and technology companies. Founded in 2000 as HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, it has financed around 200 startups across growth stages and has backed notable portfolio companies such as Zalando, Delivery Hero, FlixMobility and SumUp. The firm invests across a broad range of sectors including fintech, B2B, e-commerce, enterprise, travel, education, mobility, healthcare and retail, and provides capital from early to growth rounds, reflecting its ability to fund companies through multiple growth phases.

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.

Bloomhaus Ventures is a venture capital firm and the early-stage investment arm of a Swiss family office, headquartered in Zug, Switzerland. Founded in 2022, it backs pre-seed and seed-stage B2B startups across Europe, with a focus on the DACH region, in sectors including Industrytech, Deeptech (AI, IoT, robotics, blockchain, cybersecurity) and CleanTech.

APEX Ventures is a Vienna, Austria-based venture capital firm founded in 2016 that focuses on early-stage investments in deep technology companies in the United States and Europe. It backs startups operating in artificial intelligence and machine learning, autonomous systems and robotics, quantum technologies and photonics, mobility and space innovation, medical technology, fintech, cybersecurity, digital media, and business intelligence, and provides ongoing support and resources to help portfolio companies grow.

Project A Ventures is a Berlin-based early-stage venture capital firm that provides capital and extensive operational support to technology startups across Europe. Founded in 2012, it backs seed and Series A investments, leveraging a in-house team of more than 100 experts in software engineering, data analytics, marketing, and recruiting to help portfolio companies scale. The firm targets technology-focused companies across Europe, with notable portfolio including Trade Republic, sennder, KRY, Catawiki, WorldRemit, Spryker, and Voi.

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.

CHECK24 Ventures is the venture capital division of the CHECK24 group that provides seed and growth financing to early-stage internet companies. It operates independently from CHECK24 in its investment decisions and targets fintech, insurtech, online marketplaces, and software companies in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). Founded in 2016 by Eckhard Juls and Henrich Blase, the firm is based in Germany.

Founded in Berlin in 2013, Global Founders Capital is a venture capital firm supporting entrepreneurs across various stages and global markets. It focuses on software and TMT sectors, investing based on potential impact and feasibility.

High-Tech Gründerfonds is a Germany-based seed and early-stage venture capital firm focused on technology companies in Germany. Based in Bonn with an additional office in Berlin, it operates as a public-private partnership that supports high-tech startups across information technology, software, hardware, life sciences, chemistry and related fields. HTGF provides initial funding and follow-on capital to eligible young companies, often taking minority stakes and participating as lead or co-investor, while offering hands-on guidance from experienced investment managers and startup experts. Since its founding in 2005, the firm has backed numerous startups and facilitated the growth of portfolio companies through multiple funds aimed at early stages. The model combines both public support, involving government and financial institutions, with private investor participation to nurture startups from concept to market.

FSP Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 and based in Vienna, Austria. It concentrates on clean technology and environmental sectors, investing in technology-driven companies in Austria and neighboring regions. Target areas include energy, mobility, water, environment, housing, materials, manufacturing, agriculture, and waste, with an emphasis on sustainable growth and addressing environmental and social challenges.

Invision AG is a private equity and venture capital firm based in Zug, Switzerland, with additional offices in Germany. Established in 1997, Invision specializes in seed investments, leveraged buyouts, and growth capital for small and medium-sized enterprises, primarily in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and neighboring countries. The firm focuses on various sectors, including education, information technology, telecommunications, medical technology, and innovative services, investing in companies with revenues between €5 million and €100 million and enterprise values from €20 million to €100 million. Invision typically takes a majority stake in its portfolio companies and seeks to hold investments for three to five years, often taking a board seat to guide growth. Since its inception, Invision has invested in over 60 businesses, enhancing their growth potential and delivering significant returns to investors. The firm also manages affiliate companies specializing in asset management and market research.

Berlin Technologie Holding is a Berlin-based private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2013 that provides equity, debt, and venture debt financing to technology and technology-enabled businesses in German-speaking regions, including Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. It engages across growth stages from late seed to later-stage buyouts, often through its own balance sheet, and pursues value creation via buyouts, spin-offs, management buy-outs, roll-ups, and buy-and-build strategies. The firm focuses on sectors such as Internet of Things, property technology, mobile, enterprise software as a service, and fintech, targeting companies with stable cash flows and growth potential, typically investing in the lower millions of euros to support expansion in technology-driven markets.

Venionaire Capital is a Vienna-based corporate finance and venture capital advisory firm. It offers services in venture capital, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, technology valuation, succession planning, debt management and restructuring, transaction services and mentoring. The firm maintains a regional network across Austria, Switzerland and Germany to serve clients in media, software, healthcare, life sciences, digital health and mobile sectors. Founded in 2012, Venionaire Capital guides clients through financing rounds, strategic transactions and value creation, combining capital market insight with advisory expertise to support growth and corporate development.

Fil Rouge Capital (FRC) specializes in investing in early-stage businesses, focusing on angel investments, seed funding, venture capital, and Series A rounds through a mix of equity and debt structures. The firm aims to enhance its investments by leveraging the skills and experiences of its Founders, who possess expertise in technology and services, as well as a strong entrepreneurial background. Based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, FRC has a primary focus on Central and Eastern Europe, Austria, and Southern Germany, while remaining open to opportunities across Europe and the United States. The Founders maintain robust connections with accelerators in Central Europe and Silicon Valley, which further supports their investment strategy.

KK Incube Invest Management is a Vienna-based investment firm specializing in venture capital and investment management. The firm focuses on seed, early-, and late-stage investments and is composed of professionals dedicated to managing investments.

Harald Quandt Industriebeteiligungen is a private equity investment firm founded in 2018 and based in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany. It targets small and medium-sized companies in the German-speaking region, focusing on sectors such as safety and security, digitalization, and healthcare, and seeks market-leading firms operating in established, technologically sophisticated niches with attractive growth potential.

WaVe-X is the independent venture builder and corporate venture capital arm of Walter Group AG, focused on creating and funding early-stage ventures in logistics, mobility, proptech, and construction tech. As a venture studio, WaVe-X builds startups from scratch with founder teams and makes early-stage investments from pre-seed to Series A, with tickets starting around €200,000. Based in Wiener Neudorf, Austria, WaVe-X was founded in 2022.

Creathor Ventures is a Bad Homburg based venture capital firm with offices in Bad Homburg and Zurich that backs technology and life sciences companies across Western Europe, with a focus on Germany and Switzerland. It supports seed to growth‑stage companies in software, AI, Industry 4.0, digital health, diagnostics, devices and drug development, investing in frontier technologies within tech and healthcare. The firm often acts as lead investor and collaborates with portfolio companies to scale operations and accelerate commercialization; the team numbers around 15 professionals and provides hands‑on support and strategic guidance.

Founded in 2021 and based in Vienna, Austria, Big Cheese Ventures is a venture capital firm that concentrates on business-to-business startups. It supports tech founders through the growth journey by providing strategic guidance, access to capital, and transactional advisory. The firm emphasizes eye-level, humble, respectful, and hands-on partnerships with founders.

RKP InnoInvest is a venture capital firm based in Vienna, Austria, founded in 2022. It provides investment capital and strategic services to startups and growing companies, with a focus on food and beverage fast moving consumer goods, health, and digital technology sectors.

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.

STS Ventures is a tech-oriented venture capital firm based in Cologne, Germany, investing across seed, startup, early venture and growth stages, primarily in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the broader European Union. It aligns with an angel-investor model through the founder’s network, including Stephan Schubert and associated business angels, entrepreneurs and family offices who invest alongside the firm with personal capital from its management. The firm targets niche technology companies, often described as camel tech startups, the kind that are resilient and can endure economic downturns, with typical check sizes from about €0.1 million to €3 million and enterprise values up to €5 million. It emphasizes hands-on involvement and regional focus, leveraging its founders' and partners' experience to support growth in the DACH region and beyond.

Prediction Capital is a Malta-based venture capital firm focusing on early-stage technology startups. Founded in 2022, it targets B2B and B2C opportunities across software, fintech, education technology, media, consumer services, agriculture technology, gaming, insurance technology, food technology and wellness, with activity in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. The firm seeks to back founders who can drive innovation and positive change, supporting scalable solutions across the European market.

The Blue Minds Company is a Vienna-based firm focused on accelerating the energy transition through business model development, research, consulting, and communications. It collaborates with companies to address 21st-century energy challenges and acts as a startup incubator, identifying, mentoring, and supporting startups on their path to become architects of the energy transition. With strong regional connections across Southeast Europe, Turkey, and the MENA region, the company leverages local expertise to facilitate innovation and implementation. The firm operates Blue Minds Israel in Tel Aviv, which develops software for digital energy services to meet the evolving needs at the intersection of energy, Internet and telecommunications. The Blue Minds Company positions itself as a partner for organizations seeking practical, scalable approaches to energy transition and value creation in an increasingly interconnected energy landscape.

Founded in Zug, Switzerland in 2023, Emma Ventures is a venture capital firm focusing on seed-stage and early-stage companies operating within digital healthcare, software, fintech, insurtech, edtech, food tech, and consumer sectors across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

EquityPitcher Ventures is an early-growth venture capital firm based in Zurich, Switzerland. It backs B2B companies across the DACH region and collaborates with industry experts, investors, and exit partners to help entrepreneurs access know-how, networks, and capital needed to scale.

Ennea Capital Partners is a financial services firm based in Munich, Germany, with additional offices in Berlin, Amsterdam, London, and Zurich. Founded in 2016, the company specializes in private equity, venture capital, and strategic advisory services, focusing on innovative sectors such as travel, mobility, media, and technology. Ennea engages in direct investments, including early and mid-stage ventures, as well as fund of fund investments in private equity and venture capital. The firm typically invests between $0.2 million and $1 million and prefers to take majority stakes in its portfolio companies. In addition to investment activities, Ennea provides comprehensive consulting services, including M&A advisory, business strategy optimization, and market insight, aimed at fostering growth and enhancing operational efficiency for its clients. With a focus on Europe and Asia, particularly in regions like Germany, Austria, India, and Switzerland, Ennea Capital Partners acts as a reliable partner for businesses navigating complex market landscapes.

LBBW Venture Capital GmbH is the investment arm of Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, established in 1998 and located in Stuttgart, Germany. The firm specializes in financing early to late-stage growth companies, particularly in the sectors of industrial technologies, information technology, software, telecommunications, innovative services, and life sciences. LBBW VC primarily targets investments in Southern Germany but is open to opportunities throughout Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. It typically invests between €0.5 million and €1.5 million per company, with the potential to contribute up to €5 million across multiple financing rounds. The firm takes an active role in its investments, often seeking advisory or supervisory board positions for larger stakes. LBBW VC has a strong international track record, having invested in over 60 companies, and typically exits investments within two to five years through trade sales or initial public offerings. The team boasts a history that includes two IPOs and the backing of one unicorn.

New Renaissance Ventures is a Vienna-based venture capital firm founded in 2023 that operates as the first dedicated tech fund for early-stage startups in the Cultural and Creative Industries.

Falkensteiner Ventures is a venture capital investment firm headquartered in Vienna, Austria, that focuses on seed and early-stage opportunities in hotels, lodging, leisure and hospitality, travel and mobility, accommodation and camping, and elderly care across Europe, with emphasis on German-speaking markets. It supports selected founders from concept to seed phases through industry know-how, a professional network, investment, and infrastructure to accelerate growth.

Elevat3 Capital is a venture capital firm based in Berlin, founded in 2020, that invests in technology companies across Europe with a focus on German-speaking markets. Backed by serial entrepreneur Christian Angermayer and his Apeiron Investment Group, the firm aims to accelerate portfolio growth by offering access to a broad network across industry, politics, arts, science and technology, connecting companies with senior leads and advisors in addition to capital.

Fund F is a venture capital firm based in Vienna, Austria, investing in pre-seed and seed-stage startups across Europe, with a focus on climate tech, femtech, health tech, fintech, insurtech, and HR tech, and supporting teams with gender diversity.

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.

CNB Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in Vienna, Austria, focusing on deep-tech and technology-driven B2B startups across Europe. It typically backs seed and Series A rounds and emphasizes long-term commitment through an evergreen structure, aiming to build enduring partnerships without typical exit pressure. The firm seeks outstanding founding teams developing products that could transform their customers' industries and provides support, particularly in sales and marketing.