Top 15 Automotive Startup Investors in Austria (July 2026)

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• Diamens — Diamens is a company focused on femtech that develops a non-invasive menstrual blood-based molecular diagnostic to detect women-specific diseases like endometriosis.
• 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.

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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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• 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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• Greenpixie — Become a GreenOps practitioner today. Greenpixie is helping organisations across the world to see the benefits of sustainability in the cloud.
• SPiNE — SPiNE is a startup that provides safe, clean, and inexpensive energy to all end users. It is focused on smart meter rollout and, as a result, digitalization in metering and control of charging infrastructure, heat pumps, and battery storage.
• zerothird — Stay ahead of the quantum threat. We provide entanglement-based Quantum Key Distribution for unbreakable telecommunications security.

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• BOONIAN — BOONIAN is a food and beverage company that creates plant-based products for professional kitchens.
• NXRT — Driving simulations for sales and training
• EarlySight — EarlySight start-up company is founded in order to accelerate the development and to bring the technology to clinics.

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• 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.
• Tangany — Tangany is a German provider of a regulated digital asset custody solution.
• Blockpit — Make bold decisions: Track crypto investments, capitalize on opportunities, outsmart your taxes. Get started for free!

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• Ryder — 60s Setup, Secure Signing, EAL6+ Secure Element, TapSafe Recovery, IP68 Rating, Encrypted NFC.
• Bio.xyz — Bio.xyz is a Community and Marketplace e-commerce Company Founded on 2025 in New York, United States.
• Forest AI — Forest AI develops an open-source protocol and tooling that enable AI projects to be deployed, evaluated, and funded within a shared ecosystem. The platform structures continuous, rolling funding linked to measured model performance, inviting contributors to submit models through documented workflows. Public materials reference the Forest AI stackand the Trepa beta program, which use wallet-based participation for contributions and rewards. Offerings include deployment guidance, evaluation pipelines, scoreboards, and process documentation for integrating models and datasets. Code repositories and specifications describe how to run experiments, report results, and take part in governance around funding allocation.

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• Spoor — Spoor's software uses advanced computer vision and AI to detect, track, and classify birds at wind farms
• enspired — Revolutionize battery storage with AI-powered BESS optimization. Our energy trading platform ensures smart, real-time market access. Contact us today!
• Elephant — Elephant in an AI-powered platform for frontline and blue-collar workers. It specializes in training and communication tools for decentralized, frontline workforces in sectors like manufacturing and logistics. Its core AI Coursebuilder converts technical documentation into gamified, mobile-friendly microlearning modules.

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• GALVANY — GALVANY is a climate-tech company focused on end-to-end heat pump and energy-management solutions for homes and buildings.
• ETPA — Etpa, the energy trading platform driving the sustainability transition. Join us for transparent trades, innovative solutions, and the fastest platform.
• Luxexcel — Luxexcel is the only company in the world with the technology to 3D print lenses. Luxexcel is on a path to open a new era in eyewear with custom quality prescription lenses. And opening up a new vision on smart eyewear by enabling technology partners to develop unique lenses. Luxexcel has developed and owns all components necessary to enable ourcustomers to 3D print optics: hardware, software, process and materials

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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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• NXRT — Driving simulations for sales and training
• nista.io — gnista.io is a no code data clearing tool for energy managers.

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• Repentium — Repentium serves industrial manufacturers seeking reproducible, cost-efficient 3D printing and engineering-grade plastic parts.
• 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.
• Epitome Therapeutics — Epitome Therapeutics is an early-stage biotechnology company developing CADENCE, a next-generation epigenome editing platform for precise, durable, and context-dependent control of gene expression without altering the underlying DNA sequence, with the aim of establishing a new therapeutic modality for diseases driven by dysregulated gene activity.

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• NXRT — Driving simulations for sales and training

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• refinq — Our platform helps companies transform climate and biodiversity risks into opportunities to reduce costs, future-proof operations, and stay competitive.
• NodeVenture — The NodeVenture Secure Wallet System is a globally unique solution for the safekeeping of crypto assets. With our patented Air Wall technology, we store crypto assets offline around the clock to protect them from hacker attacks. Nevertheless, users can access their assets 24/7 and fully automated via our NodeVenture web application. No humanintervention is required to switch from the online to the offline area or vice versa. Through the HD-Wallet process (BIP44), the sensitive private keys are only generated when they are needed for transactions. They do not remain in the temporary or permanent data storage for a second (derivation of the private keys "on-the-fly"). This also offers significant advantages for recovery. We offer the NodeVenture Secure Wallet System to institutional financial market participants, depending on customer needs. TMIA is a qualified and ISO27001 certified custodian regulated in Austria.
• vitrealab — Enlighten. Your perspective. Light Engines for AR glasses.

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• Bikemap — Bikemap is the crowdsourced cycling map & navigation of the world. With the help of more than 2.3M users in 100 countries, Bikemap helps you find the best cycling route from A to B - every time. Users shared more than 4M cycling routes in all corners of the world - and within the Bikemap Premium subscription, tens of thousands get access tooffline, routing, map features.
• morgana — Morgana is reshaping the mortgage industry in Latam. With a 5x faster application process, in-depth market knowledge, privileged access to data, and superb team, we are a groundbreaking digital mortgage broker that will shortly be competing with banks.
• GAMINSIDE — GAMINSIDE revolutionizes your relationship with your customers. As European full service provider, we deliver the complete package with solutions, services and software for gamified loyalty that is tailor-made and unique to your products, brands and customers. Integrate the best ideas from gamification and customer loyalty in your business areato exceed your commercial targets with GAMINSIDE.