Top 10 Automotive Startup Investors in Austria in May 2026

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• Respory — Respory provides real-time people-tracking using proprietary radar sensors, all without capturing personal data. Our scalable sensor network, powered by AI-driven algorithms, delivers precise customer journey insights, critical for in-store performance in retail.
• 2nd Cycle — 2nd Cycle creating a cost-effective, fully automated, and scalable solution for modules for a second life cycle.
• aTension.life — aTension.life is a company focused on advancing the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension through precision medicine. It employs cutting-edge mass spectrometry technology to identify the underlying causes of uncontrolled hypertension using a single blood sample. aTension.life aims to provide personalized diagnostic solutions that enhance patientcare and support laboratories with accurate and reliable tools. The company's mission is to improve the quality of life for hypertensive patients by making advanced diagnostics widely accessible and enabling more effective, individualized therapies.

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• Cogna — Cogna offers an AI-powered SaaS platform that streamlines the integration of data across several business domains.
• NXRT — Driving simulations for sales and training
• Fractile — Fractile is designing AI compute systems that will enable the next generation of AI scaling: frontier model inference, 25x faster, at 1/10th the cost.

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• OPTIMUSE — Optimuse provides an AI-based solution that supports the pre-design phase of building renovation. The platform converts building data into a digital twin to create accurate models for planning. It integrates data such as room types, thermal properties, and HVAC systems. The system runs energy simulations to calculate heating, cooling, lighting, andequipment needs. It helps design technical systems by defining the quantity, sizing, and configuration of components. The platform develops renovation plans by modeling financial, energy, and emissions outcomes. It also offers tools for cost calculation, performance monitoring, and collaboration across project teams.
• Planted Green — Planted Green plants mixed forests to compensate for CO2 emissions.
• HelloBello — HelloBello offers freshly cooked and cooled delivered human-grade food tailored to each dog’s nutritional needs. HelloBello is a PetTech company with a strong focus on the German speaking markets (for now). HelloBello’s personalized meals are free of any by-products and are portioned, packaged, and delivered directly to your door. By working with aspecialized veterinarian, HelloBello is able to derive each dog’s exact nutritional needs based on a proprietary algorithm. The recipes are made of natural sources like millet and seaweed, instead of heavy use of supplements, which makes it easier for the dog to absorb and get true nutritional benefits.Our credo in German is " ... Frisch. Individuell. Geliefert. - Frischfutter ist einfach besser ..."

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• ifeel — Ifeel is the emotional well-being platform for modern organizations. Ifeel is a unique workplace mental health platform for companies.
• GoUrban — goUrban offers mobility solutions for sharing operators and B2B fleet management. The way of transportation and mobility is changing rapidly. For operating smarter and using the opportunities of the sharing economy we provide you our fleet management OS.
• doctorly — doctorly is a digital medical infrastructure platform. We have a regulated, cloud powered, fully centralised, practice management platform for doctors, a fully connected health app for patients, and an integration platform for the wider industry to natively connect their tools & workflows directly with our doctors & patients.We are backedby amazing investors and driven by a desire to make positive and meaningful changes to the healthcare industry internationally.

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• Klim — Klim enables farmers to transition to regenerative agriculture at scale by providing them financial support, knowledge, documentation tools, and a community via our digital companion for farmers.Klim-verified carbon removal credits, generated by Klim farmers, help companies to transition to net zero by offsetting their carbon emissions locallyand with maximum impact and transparency.
• Wultra — Wultra helps the leading banks and fintech companies to secure their digital systems and bring trust to the customer journeys. Our security-related software technologies cover the whole digital banking application stack, be it on the web or mobile platforms.
• Exnaton — Exnaton offers a flexible SaaS platform for the decarbonized, decentralized and digital energy future. We move ahead with energy communities. Exnaton offers software for energy communities and dynamic energy tariffs. With our SaaS solution, utilities can easily build a digital customer channel, offer new renewable energy products, and reduce manual effort for managing distributed resources. We enable energy communities according to REDII, models for shared investments in photovoltaic, batteries and more, collective self-consumption billing, self-consumption communities and participation models for tomorrow's energy market.

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• Necture — NECTURE empowers businesses to unlock the full potential of fleets, seamlessly bridging the gap between mobility and energy. Combining human-driven information with data-driven intelligence, we provide tailored solutions that optimize operations, reduce costs, and achieve sustainability goals. Our AI-driven technology platform offers advanced dataanalytics, automation, and user experience for efficient fleet management. Going beyond mere intelligence, we translate data into real-world actions, minimizing environmental impact and driving a cleaner, greener future. NECTURE is building a world where electric fleets are not only possible, but thrive.
• Necture — Ubiq enables mobility sharing operators to become profitable. Through demand prediction, demand fullfillment, predictive charging, dynamic pricing and policy compliance we provide tools for operational excellence.
• triply — Sustainable mobility made easy. We help companies and organizations design safe and sustainable mobility solutions.

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• Aitiologic — aitiologic is an Austrian precision medicine startup developing ai-powered solutions for early disease detection and targeted therapy.
• Aileen Health — Medical images detect tumors. What if they helped clinicians look ahead too, for guided therapy selection? Meet the GenAI companion Cancer4D.
• Another Earth — Another Earth is building an AI-powered simulation and synthetic data platform for Earth Observation. As our planet changes, AI models need scalable, high-quality training data to keep pace. Another Earth provides synthetic data, scenario simulations and predictions required to accelerate AI development, and enable faster, smarterdecision-making—enabling smarter decisions for a more resilient world.

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• Fuchs & Eule — VALYRIA is an expert in buying and selling apartment buildings.
• ETPA — Etpa, the energy trading platform driving the sustainability transition. Join us for transparent trades, innovative solutions, and the fastest platform.
• Frequenz — Frequenz empowers developers with innovative tools to orchestrate Decentralized Energy Resources (DERs) efficiently. Join us revolutionizing the way the world manages power.

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• vialytics — vialytics is a system solution for the road maintenance management of municipalities. Their integrated road monitoring system enables municipal administrations collecting data of their roads and monitoring the results. Predictive Features enrich the user experience by data matching background processes.
• Hololight — Leading XR streaming technology platform, support for all XR Devices and an immersive AR and VR experience.
• Validaitor — Validaitor is the one-stop-shop that brings together AI red-teaming, governance, risk management and compliance management in a single environment.

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• NXRT — Driving simulations for sales and training