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.

Speedinvest is a European venture capital firm founded in 2011 and headquartered in Vienna, with offices across Europe and in San Francisco. It specializes in early-stage investments in technology sectors including deep tech, fintech, health, industrial tech, marketplaces, software as a service and infrastructure, climate tech, crypto, and emerging markets. The firm runs specialized investment teams aligned to these industries and offers an in-house Platform+ team providing tailored operational support, such as growth marketing, human resources, US business development and networking assistance throughout the portfolio journey. Speedinvest seeks to be a hands-on partner, sometimes taking operational roles for a period to help portfolio companies scale, and emphasizes hands-on collaboration with founders to accelerate growth.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

SOSV is a global venture capital firm based in Princeton, New Jersey, founded in 1995, that focuses on seed to growth investments in deep technology across health, environmental tech, hardware, robotics, and cross border software, with a particular emphasis on Asia. The company runs accelerator style startup development programs, including HAX and IndieBio, which provide facilities, engineering resources, and lab equipment to help founders accelerate product development, acquire customers, and attract later stage funding. SOSV pursues a limited number of high potential startups, offering extensive hands on support to speed commercialization and scale, and aims to back innovations that improve human and planetary health.

3VC is a European venture capital group based in Vienna, Austria, investing in early-stage technology startups across Europe with global ambition, focusing on seed and Series A rounds in software, artificial intelligence, developer tools, deep tech, security, augmented and virtual reality, data and analytics, digital health, apps and mobile, and other frontier sectors. The firm provides ongoing support and access to an international co-investment network, backing category-defining companies such as Assaia, Kaia Health, Lokalise, Picsart, Storyblok, and Tatum.

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.

Global Founders Capital is a Berlin, Germany-based venture capital firm with a global focus that invests across seed, early, and later-stage companies. It maintains a stage-agnostic approach, seeking innovative ideas with potential impact and feasibility in global markets.

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.

Capnamic Ventures is a Cologne-based venture capital firm founded in 2013 that invests in technology startups at the early stage across Germany, Austria and Switzerland, with a broader European footprint. It targets B2B software, digital infrastructure and transformation, and tech-enabled services, including adtech and martech, artificial intelligence, analytics, big data, cybersecurity, fintech and insurtech, Internet of Things, online marketplaces and e-commerce. The firm typically makes initial equity investments between €0.5 million and €3 million and may participate in follow-on rounds up to roughly €4–6 million in total, usually taking minority stakes and considering co-investments. Capnamic leverages its network of institutional and corporate investors to support portfolio companies and focuses on building value through collaboration with portfolio teams.

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.

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.

eCAPITAL entrepreneurial Partners is a Germany-based venture capital and private equity firm founded in 1999. It invests its own funds across seed, early, and growth stages in deep-tech and sustainability-focused companies, including software, cybersecurity, IoT, new materials, and cleantech. The firm targets opportunities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, with a focus on small and mid-sized enterprises and a track record of supporting portfolio companies with strategic guidance and access to an international network of entrepreneurs, scientists, investors and founders. Investments typically seek minority stakes and involve collaboration with co-investors, aiming for exits via IPO or trade sale. Based in Münster with a regional presence, the firm emphasizes long-term partnerships and value creation through technology-enabled growth.

i5invest is a Vienna-based venture capital and corporate development firm founded in 2007. The firm focuses on supporting cross-border mergers and acquisitions for technology companies and offers venture investment, seed financing, startup mentoring, corporate development, and advisory services. It operates with an accelerator and growth partner, i5growth, to help European tech companies scale. Leveraging a broad network, i5invest connects founders with the technology ecosystem and emphasizes long-term partnerships. The firm has completed more than 250 transactions and has facilitated deals with major global technology players. It invests in sectors including business and consumer products, e-commerce, mobile, software, and information technology, while its advisory arm provides M&A services for highly scalable business models.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Segnalita Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 and based in Wattens, Austria. It focuses on early-stage investments and seeks to support passionate entrepreneurs and promising startups to help grow its portfolio.

Venionaire Capital is a Vienna-based advisory and investment firm focused on angel and venture capital and corporate finance. It provides venture capital and corporate finance services, including mergers and acquisitions, technology valuation, succession planning, debt management and debt restructuring, transaction services, and mentoring. The firm operates through a regional network across Austria, Switzerland and Germany and serves clients in media, software, healthcare, capital markets, life sciences, digital health and mobile industries. Founded in 2012, Venionaire Capital combines capital-raising and strategic advisory with hands-on investment activity, supporting clients from early development to growth phases.

Fil Rouge Capital is a Europe-focused venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology and tech-enabled companies. It pursues investments across sectors such as IT, software as a service, e-commerce, consumer and business products and services, IoT, artificial intelligence and machine learning, advanced manufacturing, and infrastructure, typically deploying equity or debt and aiming to complement founders' technical and entrepreneurial backgrounds. The firm operates across Europe, with activity reported in Luxembourg, Croatia and Central and Eastern Europe, including Slovenia, Austria and Southern Germany, and has shown willingness to invest opportunistically in other European markets. Typical investment sizes range from 0.5 to 5 million euros.

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.

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.

Findus Venture is a venture capital firm based in Goldwörth, Austria. It invests in deep tech companies with sustainable business models intended to benefit mankind, including space technology.

Bitburger Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Bitburger Holding, founded in 2018. It makes minority investments in seed to Series B start-ups, primarily in consumer-facing business models, and also in alternative technology and service solutions. It targets sectors such as food and beverage technology, health, nutrition, lifestyle, e-commerce and online platforms, and logistics concepts, with a focus on the DACH region. Leveraging the Bitburger Group's industrial networks and resources, it aims to help portfolio companies grow. Typical investments range from €0.5 million to €10 million for minority stakes of about 5–25%. It also co-invests in international venture funds.

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.

BackBone Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 and headquartered in Zurich, with an active footprint in Frankfurt. It invests in seed and early-stage technology companies across Israel, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, with focus on information and communications technology, food technology, and disruptive technologies. The firm pursues an ecosystem-oriented approach and provides hands-on support to founders to help them reach milestones, aiming to be a trusted partner for both entrepreneurs and investors.

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.

BlackPeak Capital is a growth equity and private equity firm based in Sofia, Bulgaria, with offices in Bucharest, Ljubljana and Vienna. It targets high-growth SMEs in Southeast Europe and parts of the EU, investing equity, mezzanine and other hybrid forms of capital, as well as follow-on rounds. The firm operates as a generalist investor across niche manufacturing, FMCG, information technology, industrials and healthcare, favouring export-oriented companies or those with unique technology or strong local market positions. Typical ticket sizes are in the low to mid single-digit millions of euros per transaction, with the potential for significant minority or majority stakes and co-investments. Investments can involve early and mid-venture, small buyouts and inorganic growth through acquisitions, and exits are pursued via trade sales or IPOs. The firm was founded in 2014 and focuses on Southeast Europe, including Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia.

Elevation Investments is a venture capital firm based in Vienna, Austria, focused on capturing investment opportunities in the personal growth segment.

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 2023, ROI Ventures is an angel investment group based in Vienna, Austria. It focuses on investing in early-stage B2B startups operating within the SaaS, deep-tech, prop-tech, fintech, and gaming sectors.

Zühlke Group is a Swiss-based technology consulting and digital transformation company that supports healthcare, finance, energy and manufacturing sectors. It combines digital strategy, engineering and agile delivery, with capabilities across cloud, AI, data, and cybersecurity to enable clients to enhance products, streamline processes and drive sustainability, from concept to implementation and operation. Founded in 1968, it operates local teams in Austria, Germany, Serbia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

W&W Brandpool is the corporate venture arm of Wüstenrot & Württembergische AG, based in Stuttgart, Germany. It invests in seed and early-stage companies with digital business models across living, finance, health, family, education and mobility, and may consider related sectors such as real estate and insurance. The firm focuses on Europe, particularly Austria, Germany and Switzerland, and typically makes equity investments from its balance sheet in the range of approximately $1 million to $20 million, targeting ventures with enterprise value between roughly $10 million and $80 million. The approach emphasizes strategic alignment with the parent group's financial services footprint and long-term collaboration with portfolio companies.

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.

Founded in 2021, Founders of Europe is a venture capital firm based in Vienna, Austria. The firm invests in early-stage software companies focusing on areas such as SaaS, HR tech, edtech, deep tech and AI, climate tech, proptech, legal tech, fintech, and mobility.

VR Ventures is a Berlin-based venture capital firm founded in 2020 that concentrates on early-stage investments in fintech, proptech, B2B software, and SaaS. It targets opportunities across Europe, with activity in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The firm typically makes initial investments in the range of 0.5 to 2 million euros and favors late seed to Series A/B rounds. VR Ventures provides portfolio companies with access to its network, expertise, and market knowledge to support growth in financial technology and real estate technology sectors. By focusing on startups at the early stage, the firm aims to help scale innovative business models in the digital economy across Europe.

ApolloCapital is a Munich-based venture capital firm founded in 2010 that backs seed and early-stage startups, with a focus on e-commerce and internet sectors and activity across Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

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.

b-to-v Partners AG is a private equity and venture capital firm that focuses on direct and fund of funds investments, primarily in the Fintech sector. The firm engages in various stages of investment, including start-up and seed phases, early stage, emerging growth, and buyouts. It emphasizes innovation and typically invests in small and medium-sized technology companies, renewable energy, clean technologies, digital technology, and life sciences. b-to-v Partners targets both B2C and B2B businesses across sectors such as commerce, SaaS, logistics, digital health, and software, as well as deep tech areas like industrial AI and cybersecurity. The firm primarily operates in Europe, concentrating on Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, but may invest outside of Europe selectively. Initial investments generally range from €0.25 million to €10 million, while growth investments can reach between €4 million and €28.6 million. Founded in June 2000, b-to-v Partners is headquartered in St. Gallen, Switzerland, with additional offices in Berlin, Munich, and Munsbach.

LBBW Venture Capital is the venture arm of Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, founded in 1998 and based in Stuttgart. It provides early to growth-stage financing across software, life science, healthcare technology and other technology sectors, including industrial technologies, information technology, telecom and innovative services. The firm supports portfolio companies with strategic introductions to LBBW's corporate client network, pitch opportunities with potential customers, and direct access within the bank, and it often takes advisory or supervisory board seats on larger investments. It primarily targets opportunities in Southern Germany, while considering opportunities across Germany, Austria and Switzerland, with typical rounds from 0.5 to 1.5 million euros and up to 5 million euros across multiple rounds. Its track record covers more than 60 companies, including two IPOs, one unicorn and multiple trade sales, reflecting international activity through teams with experience in Europe, Israel and the United States.

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.

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.