Top 15 Automotive Startup Investors in Austria (October 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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• 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.
• Blockpit — Make bold decisions: Track crypto investments, capitalize on opportunities, outsmart your taxes. Get started for free!
• QuoIntelligence — Our finished intelligence will significantly reduce your operational risks and allow you to make informed security decisions.

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• Greenpixie — Sustainability intelligence for smarter cloud and AI decision-making across AWS, Azure and GCP.
• Gridcog — Gridcog provides holistic software to plan, track, and optimize your transition to a decentralized and decarbonized energy future.
• dsb Deutsche Sanierungsberatung — dsb Deutsche Sanierungsberatung provides easy and sustainable solutions for climate-friendly homes energy-efficient renovations for homeowners.

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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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• 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 health tech company that offers a cloud-based practice management platform for doctors. The company has 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 and workflowsdirectly with our doctors & patients.Doctorly is driven by a desire to make positive and meaningful changes to the healthcare industry internationally.

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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.
• Fuchs & Eule — VALYRIA is an expert in buying and selling apartment buildings.
• 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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• Grover — Grover is a platform that enables users to subscribe to tech products monthly instead of buying them.The product-as-a-service company gives the freedom of renting by bringing the access economy to the consumer electronics market and offering a simple, monthly subscription model for the best in tech. It allows private customers, as well asbusinesses, to get access to a wide assortment of over 1500 tech products such as smartphones, laptops, virtual reality (VR) gear, and wearables profiting from the flexibility and full usage rights at a fraction of the purchase price.Michael Cassau established Grover in Berlin, Berlin, Germany in 2015.
• Freaks 4U — Freaks 4U is a 360° marketing and communications agency focused on gaming and esports, offering services such as brand and marketing consulting, social media and community management, editorial services, event management, logistics, creative services, media productions, and other community solutions.
• Keller Sports — Clothing, shoes, equipment ➤⭐ over 150 premium brands for your sport ➤10% KELLER Premium-discount*✨ ➤Free shipping from 150 €✅

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• NXRT — Driving simulations for sales and training

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• Ryder — 60s Setup, Secure Signing, EAL6+ Secure Element, TapSafe Recovery, IP68 Rating, Encrypted NFC.
• Bio.xyz — Biotech's new financial layer.
• Forest AI — Building a cheat-proof validation system for navigating the AI-centric future.

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• Repentium — We strive to create
• Graph Therapeutics — Graph Therapeutics - precision immunology
• 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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• refinq — refinq scores every one of your locations for physical climate, nature and transition risk under IPCC scenarios, then links exposure to financial impact and adaptation actions.
• profitize — profitize is an AI‑powered financial planning and analysis (FP&A) platform built specifically for hotels and other hospitality businesses.The platform uses AI to generate forecasts, highlight risks, and provide actionable insights, positioning itself as an “FP&A co‑pilot” for hotel profitability rather than just a reporting tool.
• Invisible-Light Labs — Invisible Light Labs uses Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and nanoelectromechanical sensing technologies to enable chemical analysis of materials and nanomaterials that are available in minuscule amounts in a variety of industries, from environmental monitoring to pharmaceuticals.

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• Findery — Find and leave notes anywhere in the world, discover local knowledge, hidden secrets, and exciting stories. Share your travel knowledge, geoblog, or local news!
• 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.
• Polaron — Material Design. Supercharged with AI.

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• NXRT — Driving simulations for sales and training
• nista.io — Nista.io develops a platform that transforms energy data into actionable tasks. It reduces up to 20 percent of annual energy costs and helps to reduce C0₂ emissions in the long term.