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 based in Vienna that backs technology-driven companies from seed to growth across Europe. With sector-focused teams, it invests in areas including AI and infrastructure, climate tech, deep tech, fintech and DeFi, health and bio, marketplaces and consumer, SaaS, and industrial tech, providing capital along with strategic guidance and access to a global network of corporate customers, experts, and follow-on investors to help portfolio companies scale smarter and faster. The firm emphasizes a long-term, collaborative approach and supports founders beyond initial funding through multiple funding rounds, leveraging its broad European footprint and international network to accelerate growth.

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.

eQventure is an Austrian venture capital firm headquartered in Graz with additional operations in Vienna. It invests primarily in high-tech sectors, including deep technology, industrial technology, network effects, digital health and consumer technology, supporting Austrian and international startups across Austria and beyond. The firm provides growth capital and leverages a global network and operational support to accelerate portfolio company growth. Behind eQventure are entrepreneurs who invest their own money and take a hands-on role with portfolio companies, offering mentorship and strategic guidance. The firm maintains a multi-market footprint with hubs in Austria, Germany, the United Kingdom, Israel, the United States and China, reflecting its international reach while focusing on early and growth-stage opportunities in high-tech sectors.

aws Gründungsfonds is the early-stage venture capital arm of Austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws). Based in Vienna, it manages a 140 million euro fund to back growth-oriented technology companies with global ambitions. It provides seed through later-stage funding to Austrian startups across software, digital health, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, e-commerce, energy, manufacturing, consumer services, and related technology sectors, supporting founders to achieve scalable growth and European expansion. The firm partners with portfolio companies for the long term, reflecting aws’s public-sector backing, and maintains a portfolio with notable exits. It also hosts ecosystem events to connect founders, investors, and innovators and to foster an active European tech community.

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.

SOSV is a global venture capital firm that provides early-stage and seed investments alongside structured accelerator programs and deeply resourced facilities to accelerate product development. Focused on deep tech, human and planetary health, and cross-border software, SOSV backs startups from pre-seed onward and runs programs that accelerate technical development, regulatory strategy, and fundraising. The firm maintains labs and engineering spaces with specialist staff in multiple regions, including the United States and Asia, to support portfolio companies in biosafety, chemistry, mechatronics, analytics, and electrical engineering. Programs such as HAX and other live events offer founders access to prototyping, testing, and investor networks. Annually, SOSV makes around sixty pre-seed investments (up to roughly $550k each) and participates in numerous follow-on rounds, leveraging a global portfolio and extensive co-investor network to help deeply technical startups scale and reach markets.

HV Capital, formerly Holtzbrinck Ventures, is a Munich-based venture capital firm founded in 2000 that invests in European technology startups across all stages, from seed to growth. It partners with founders to support long-term company development by providing capital, strategic guidance, and access to its network, and it backs digital sector companies across software, fintech, healthcare, and consumer technology through multiple funding rounds. With offices in Berlin and Munich, HV Capital emphasizes active involvement to help portfolio companies scale.

PUSH VC is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in health and green tech startups at Pre-Seed to Seed stages, with a focus on energy and healthcare solutions that deliver significant impact. The firm supports founders through a platform, broad network, and collaborative environment in addition to capital, guided by an experienced team and a commitment to helping portfolio companies scale. PUSH VC aims to address climate change and improve human health by backing startups that combine strong teams with rapid execution. Portfolio companies such as FERNRIDE, Circonomit, Unitelabs, and haelsi illustrate its hands-on approach, speed, and conviction in value creation for entrepreneurs and their ventures.

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.

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.

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.

Capnamic Ventures is a Cologne-based venture capital firm focusing on early-stage technology startups in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, with a broader European reach. It targets B2B software, digital infrastructure, AI, cybersecurity, fintech, insurtech, e-health and related tech-enabled services, often supporting companies from pre-product or MVP through Series A and follow-on rounds. The firm provides not only equity but also a network, industry experience, and strategic guidance to help portfolio companies scale, leveraging its experience across multiple investments and sectors. Typical investments range from €0.5 million to €3 million in initial rounds, with total equity commitments of about €4–€6 million over a portfolio company’s lifecycle, and it favors minority stakes with both lead and co-investment opportunities. Capnamic maintains a focus on the D-A-CH region and operates from its Cologne office, with an additional presence in Berlin, aiming to partner with teams that can become industry leaders.

seed + speed Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed investments in B2B software startups. It has offices in Berlin, Munich, Hanover, and San Francisco and is part of the Maschmeyer Group. The firm backs pre-seed to seed-stage B2B software companies in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. It provides equity investments and sales support to portfolio companies. Typical ticket sizes range from EUR 50,000 to EUR 500,000, with follow-on funding available up to EUR 1 million. Founded in 2016, the firm concentrates on early-stage software companies in the DACH region.

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.

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.

i5invest is a Vienna-based venture capital and corporate development firm that supports technology founders with strategic guidance, capital options, and merger and acquisition advisory. It assists with growth strategies, cross-border transactions, and exits, drawing on a global network of over 150,000 decision-makers and a team of 100+ experts speaking more than 20 languages. Since its founding in 2007, it has completed more than 250 transactions with major tech players and offers seed financing, startup mentoring, and access to an accelerator program known as i5growth. The firm focuses on scalable business models across AI, IoT, fintech, healthcare IT, cybersecurity, software, e-commerce, mobile, and consumer technology, guiding European tech companies toward international expansion and strategic partnerships.

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.

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.

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. It backs seed and Series A rounds in information technology, consumer and business products, fintech, digital health, e-commerce, and related sectors, leveraging a team of specialists in software engineering, data, marketing, and recruiting to help portfolio companies scale. The firm is known for a broad portfolio that includes Trade Republic, sennder, KRY, Catawiki, WorldRemit, Spryker, and Voi. In addition to funding, it provides extensive operational services and occasionally venture-studio resources to validate ideas and accelerate growth for promising European ventures.

Target Partners is a German venture capital firm based in Munich that invests in early‑stage technology companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Founded in 1999, it focuses on seed and early‑stage funding across software, communications and networking, computer hardware and other technology sectors, pursuing long‑term partnerships rather than rapid exits. The firm relies on the partners’ operating and investing experience to provide strategic guidance, market access and growth support in business development, international expansion and OEM or distribution arrangements, in addition to capital. It maintains a broad network of entrepreneurs, executives and investors to help portfolio companies scale, access customers and partners, and navigate financing and strategic opportunities. Target Partners emphasizes sustainable growth and hands‑on collaboration with portfolio companies.

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.

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 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.

Gimv is a European investment company based in Antwerp, Belgium, focused on private equity and venture capital investments since 1980. It builds a diversified portfolio across sectors including consumer, healthcare, life sciences, smart industries, energy and sustainable cities, with an emphasis on ambitious, innovative companies located in the Benelux, France and the DACH region. The firm operates through dedicated platforms such as Consumer Healthcare, Smart Industries, Sustainable Cities and Anchor investments, pursuing long-term equity investments and value creation through strong management, solid balance sheets and disciplined growth strategies. Its portfolio comprises dozens of companies with a combined turnover measured in the billions and tens of thousands of employees, reflecting Gimvil's approach to partnering with management teams to drive sustainable growth in Europe.

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.

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.

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.

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.

STS Ventures is a Cologne-based venture capital firm that backs technology-driven startups at pre-seed and seed stages, with activity across the DACH region and broader Europe. Led by serial entrepreneur Stephan Schubert, the firm combines personal capital with a network of business angels, entrepreneurs and family offices to provide funding and hands-on guidance to founders. It concentrates on early-stage investments, typically within a few hundred thousand up to a few million euros, and seeks sustainable growth with controlled burn. Its portfolio includes exits such as JustWatch, ottonova, Klima.metrix, Audibene and Emma – The Sleep Company, and current investments in Rebike, Baqend and talent360. STS Ventures aims to bridge the gap between individual angels and traditional venture capital by offering timely feedback and strategic support. The group focuses on technology-driven companies and operates from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the wider European Union.

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).

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.

Prediction Capital is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage consumer technology and financial technology startups. Based in Malta, notably in Santa Venera, it targets opportunities in the Austria, Germany and Switzerland region and backs pre-seed and seed-stage companies. The firm emphasizes a founder-aligned, hands-on partnership, leveraging its network to accelerate growth, partnerships and fundraising. It positions itself as a strategic partner and a super connector, delivering practical support across go-to-market, partnerships and fundraising to create long-term value through close founder collaboration. Sectors of interest include media, software, education technology and fintech, among other consumer-oriented opportunities, with an emphasis on responsible growth and potential societal impact.

BlackPeak Capital is a private equity and growth capital firm focusing on small and medium-sized enterprises in Southeast and Central Europe. Founded in 2014 and based in Sofia, with offices in Bucharest, Ljubljana and Vienna, it targets export-oriented firms or those with distinctive technology and regional leadership. The firm provides growth equity and hybrid capital, including mezzanine, and engages in co-investments alongside other investors on pari-passu terms. It typically makes multi-million euro investments and takes minority or majority stakes to support expansion, acquisitions, and operational improvements. BlackPeak emphasizes long-term value creation, ESG considerations, and economic impact within its portfolio, with activity in Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and broader Southeast Europe within the EU. Investments are financed with the firm’s own capital, and exits are pursued via trade sales or IPOs.

Zühlke Group is a Swiss technology company that provides digital transformation and engineering services to help clients turn ideas into market-ready products and optimize operations. It combines digital strategy, software and hardware engineering, cloud, artificial intelligence, data solutions, cybersecurity and sustainability expertise to support product development across healthcare, finance, energy, manufacturing and other sectors. The group covers the entire innovation lifecycle from concept through implementation to operation, offering delivery capabilities and managed services. With teams in Austria, Germany, Serbia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, Zühlke operates across Europe and Asia and maintains a venture arm that invests in early-stage healthtech, technology and medical devices 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.

Bellevue Asset Management is a Swiss investment management firm and subsidiary of Bellevue Group, an independent financial group headquartered in Zurich. Established in 1993, it offers a broad range of investment products and services to intermediary and institutional clients, with a notable emphasis on the healthcare sector through Luxembourg-based funds and specialized equity strategies. The firm manages client-focused equity portfolios, mutual funds, hedge funds, and venture capital investments and invests globally in public equities using fundamental, bottom-up research. It also pursues multi-asset strategies and supports entrepreneur-themed funds, reflecting its pioneering approach in this niche. Bellevue Asset Management operates from Küsnacht with additional offices in Germany, Austria, and Luxembourg.

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.

ROI Ventures is a Vienna-based angel group and family office that invests its own capital in early-stage European technology companies, with a focus on B2B software and deep-tech and selective consumer brands. The firm supports SaaS and deep-tech ventures with ticket sizes up to €100k, and consumer brands up to €300k, and provides active involvement in fundraising, sales and distribution, and marketing. It maintains a pan-European footprint across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the UK, the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, France, and the United States, leveraging a strong Austrian and German startup ecosystem network. Established in 2023, ROI Ventures pursues long-term partnerships, a rational approach to risk, and direct, hands-on engagement to help portfolio companies scale.

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.

Affentranger Associates is a Zurich-based venture capital firm founded in 2002 that concentrates on technology and industrial companies in Switzerland and neighboring markets. The firm pursues value creation through active involvement and hands-on management, operating as a principal investor to pursue sustainable long-term returns by pairing capital with operational improvements in portfolio companies.

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.

LBBW Venture Capital is the venture arm of Landesbank Baden-Württemberg. It invests in early and growth-stage technology companies, focusing on software, IT, life sciences, healthcare technology, and industrial tech, with a preference for the DACH region and opportunities across Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The firm supports portfolio companies with seed to Series A funding and later-stage financing, and combines financial backing with access to LBBW's corporate client network, including commercial introductions and pitch opportunities. It emphasizes long-term ownership and active portfolio support, and has a track record of investing in more than 60 companies internationally, with multiple exits including IPOs and trade sales.

DBH Group provides a comprehensive business infrastructure and professional services in Central and Eastern Europe, offering serviced offices, serviced industrial facilities, and IT infrastructure, supported by consultants in finance, taxation, IT and project management. Operating across Austria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia, the group helps companies expand domestically and regionally while optimizing operations. Its services include outfitted offices, customized industrial environments, IT systems, local tax and administrative expertise, and secretarial support, enabling clients to focus on core activities.

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 venture capital firm based in Frankfurt, Germany. It concentrates on seed and early-stage investments in the e-commerce and internet sectors and also participates in funding larger funds across Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

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.

Kopa Ventures is a European early-stage venture capital firm focused on climate technology startups in energy, mobility, and nature and carbon tech. Founded in 2017, and with a stated emphasis on pre-seed through Series A rounds, the firm backs European companies, particularly in the DACH region, that develop solutions with measurable environmental impact. It evaluates metrics related to carbon, biodiversity and resource management to support a climate-positive economy, combining capital with founder experience and a broad industry network. Formerly known as Wi Venture, Kopa Ventures has backed numerous incubations and startups across Europe, aiming to accelerate exits and sustainable growth in the climate tech ecosystem.

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.