# Top 50 Enterprise Angel Investors in Austria in June 2026 ## Johann "Hansi" Hansmann - Type: Angel - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 23 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, Fitness Dr. Johann ‘Hansi’ Hansmann was born in Austria and studied economics in Vienna. He spent the major part of his professional life working as an executive in the pharmaceutical industry in Austria, Germany, UK and Spain. He gathered several years of entrepreneurial experience running successfully his own pharmaceutical company in Spain afterconducting a management buy-out of a big pharmaceutical plant, making an exit in 2003. Since this time he is active as investor and business angel. He currently holds investments with a geographical focus on Austria, Germany, UK and Spain both internet and in the health industry. He led Runtastic, shpock, mysugr and just recently durchblicker and Busuu to extraordinary exits. He was president of the ‘Austrian Angels Investors Association’ until 2021, was awarded 'Best European Early Stage Investor' in 2016 by eban.org and is now based in Vienna and tries to find spare time to ride his mountain bike. ## Hermann Hauser - Type: Angel - Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology Hermann Hauser is the Co-founder, Director, and Venture Partner of Amadeus Capital Partners. He previously worked at IXI as a Founder. Hermann Hauser attended the University of Vienna. ## Gernot Singer - Type: Angel - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Retail Gernot Singer is a business angel ## Alfred Luger - Type: Angel - Location: Austria, Pangasinan, Philippines - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Apps, E-Learning Alfred Luger ## Patrick Poschl - Type: Angel - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Consulting Patrick spent over 8 years in the financial service industry based in Vienna and London. Most recently before Scalable at Goldman Sachs in London, he was working in the team responsible for structuring of financial products and developments of electronic trading platforms. Patrick studied international business at the Vienna University of Economicsand Business. Additionally, during his studies, he was self-employed as an IT-specialist. ## Christian Kaar - Type: Angel - Location: Austria, Pangasinan, Philippines - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, Software, Information Technology Christian Kaar is the VP of Finance and Business Analytics at Leaders21com. Christian Kaar attended University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria. ## Bernhard Niesner - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Learning, Apps Bernhard Niesner is the CEO and Co-Founder of busuu – the world´s largest social network for language learning with more than 35m users. busuu provides language courses in 12 different languages combined with direct interaction with native speakers from the community. The London-based start-up received several awards and was named “Best EducationStart-Up in 2011” by TechCrunch. busuu is backed by renown business angels like Martin Varsavsky and received investment from PRO-Founders Capital.Before founding busuu, Bernhard worked at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. In addition to busuu, he is Associated Professor at IE Business School in the area of online marketing.Bernhard graduated summa cum laude in International Business from the University of Vienna and holds an MBA (with honors) from IE Business School. In 2009 he was awarded “Entrepreneur of the year” in Austria. ## Johannes Braith - Type: Angel - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Pet, SaaS, Internet Startup entrepreneur & enthusiastic leader building the world's largest completely digital self-storage solution, solving the problems of urbanisation & the struggles of last mile logistics. Storebox is the first completely digital self-storage solution in Europe. Instant - smart - 24/7. With +130 outlets in +35 cities Storebox isone of the fastest growing tech companies & franchise-systems in Europe tackling the problems of urbanisation & the struggles of last mile logistics. www.yourstorebox.com ## Michael Kamleitner - Type: Angel - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Video Michael Kamleitner is the Founder of Swat.io. He attended WU Vienna. ## Nikolaus Futter - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Sensor, Parking Nikolaus Futter - Chairman @ PSI Alliance ## Michael Altrichter - Type: Angel - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Internet Michael Altrichter - Managing Director and Director @ Paysafecard ## Ibrahim Imam - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Software Experienced in building, managing and scaling start-up companies in ICT- and other industries from ideation over planning and execution to exit. As an entrepreneur going the extra mile, I am exceptionally passionate about company strategy and innovation as well as growth. ## Stefan Lederer - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Consulting, Information Technology Stefan Lederer is co-founder and Head of Business of bitmovinin 2012, a company which focuses on products, cloud services and consulting in the area of adaptive HTTP streaming. He received his B.Sc. (Bakk.) in Information Management in Aug’10, his M.Sc. (Dipl.-Ing.) in Computer Science in Mar’12 and his M.Sc. (Mag.) in Marketing and InternationalManagement in Jun'13, all with distinction from the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt. He gained practical and international expertise in various companies (IBM, McKinsey&Company, Dolby, Hillside, Ilogs, etc.) and has a strong business focus in marketing and international management. He founded his first company in 2008 and led several IT projects in central and eastern Europe. In his position of an Assistant Professor at the Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Institute of Information Technology (ITEC), Multimedia Communication Group he participated in several EC-funded projects (ALICANTE, SocialSensor). His research topics include transport of modern/rich media, multimedia adaptation, QoS/QoE as well as future internet architectures and he has published more than 20 papers in these areas. He participated in the MPEG-DASH standardization, contributed several open source tools (DASHEncoder, DASHoverCCN VLC plugin) and datasets. ## Christopher Mueller - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Consulting, Information Technology Christopher Mueller is CEO and Co-founder of bitmovin and Head of Technology. He received his M.Sc (Dipl. Ing.) in Computer Science from the Aplen-Adria University Klagenfurt with distinction. He gained practical expertise in various companies, notably Infineon Semiconductors and Dolby Laboratories Inc. Los Angeles, USA. His main researchinterests are multimedia streaming, networking, and multimedia adaptation. In his position as an Assistant Professor (Univ. Ass.) at the Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt, Institute of Information Technology (ITEC), Multimedia Communication Group (MMC) he has published more than 20 papers in these areas and currently holds 2 U.S. patents. He participated in the MPEG-DASH standardization and is the author of the MPEG-DASH reference software libdash. He contributed several open source tools, notably MPEG-DASH VLC plugin and libdash, worked in various EC-funded projects, e.g., ALICANTE and SocialSensor, and he is the supervisor and main contributor of the MPEG-DASH ITEC blog (dash.itec.aau.at) with more than 100k views per year. ## Schnidar Harald - Type: Angel - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: mHealth, Software, Biopharma Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Scientist and Inventor ## Markus Ertler - Type: Angel - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Parking, Software, Sensor Markus Ertler - Investor @ Necture ## Klaus Hofbauer - Type: Angel - Location: Linz, Oberosterreich, Austria - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Marketplace, Apps, Music Klaus Hofbauer - Owner @ karriere.at ## Sander van de Rijdt - Type: Angel - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Machine Learning Sander van de Rijdt is based out of Vienna, Wien, and is the co-CEO and co-founder of PlanRadar. Sander previously worked at IV Consult GmbH as a co-founder. Sander van de Rijdt attended the University of Technology, Vienna. Sander van de Rijdt has been awarded Austria - Entrepreneur of the Year 2022. ## Michael Grabner - Type: Angel - Location: Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Internet, Software, Marketing Michael Grabner - Partner & Managing Director @ Michael Grabner Media GmbH ## Joerg Floeck - Type: Angel - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Series A - Focus: Apps, SaaS, EdTech Joerg is a global citizen and has travelled about 60 countries and lived in six of them. His early passion for investing and technology opened the door to an international career in Financial Services. As a swimmer and basketball player, Joerg developed the competitive spirit which ultimately led him into the Executive Committee of Thomson Reutersin New York. He built his C-Level network socializing with global leaders at the World Economic Forum (Davos), advising the Mayor of Rome and meeting Barack Obama at the White House Press dinner in Washington. As an enthusiastic fan and corporate sponsor of Formula 1, he will never forget co-driving a Porsche GT3 with Nico Rosberg.Today, Joerg is eager to bridge the cultural gap between the corporate and start-up world. He is an active business angel and corporate non-executive board director. After many years on the FinTech Investment Committee he became Chairman of Speedinvest in October 2017. ## Jürgen Rauch - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Sales, Software Jürgen Rauch ## Reinhard Manzl - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: SaaS, Software, Navigation Reinhard Manzl ## Rene Schneider - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Medical, Analytics, Health Diagnostics Rene Schneider ## Ferdinand Dietrich - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet Ferdinand Dietrich - CCO & Co-founder @ Storebox ## Hermann Futter - Type: Angel - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Consulting, Information Technology Hermann Futter is a individual investor. ## Chris Adelsbach - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Chris Adelsbach - Founding Partner @ Outrun Ventures ## Eric Demuth - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: B2B, FinTech, Financial Services Co-founder & Co-CEO of Bitpanda ## Ariel Luedi - Type: Angel - Location: Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Augmented Reality, Enterprise Software Ariel Luedi is a Founder at Hammer Team - Growth Accelerator. He attended the ETH Zurich. ## Rene Giretzlehner - Type: Angel - Location: Austria, Pangasinan, Philippines - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Seed - Focus: Software, Apps, Dating Rene Giretzlehner ## Niki Stadler - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: SaaS, Software, Navigation Niki Stadler ## Michael Brehm - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, Finance, Education Michael Brehm is one of the biggest names in the German startup scene. Having sold companies to Google and eBay, taken one company public, and started an investment company (Redstone), Brehm has had the right instinct for future trends and has built multiple businesses to disrupt the status quo.During the early 2000s, he was Executive Directorand Investor at the social network startup VZ-Netzwerke, as well as co-founder of Rebate Networks, which became one of the two largest global e-commerce platforms, positioning Brehm as an expert at not only seeing but also driving a business, during significant global market transitions.One of his more recent ventures is i2x. Since 2017, Brehm has been the Founder and Managing Director of i2x, an artificial intelligence startup based in Berlin. Together with his team, Brehm is working on solving a problem that he repeatedly faced in his career: ensuring quality and delivering unprecedented customer satisfaction during every sales and service call. i2x helps companies deliver actionable insights from every customer phone call in real-time using its custom-developed voice recognition technology and AI algorithms. i2x automatically generates personalized coaching for the user that is tailored to both their speaking style and their business priorities to drive immediate results in sales and service conversations.After spending two years in stealth mode, i2x secured a €5 million seed round of financing in 2018. In 2019, i2x received €10 million as fresh capital in a Series A funding. The Berlin-based start-up is now entering additional markets and further innovating their speech analysis solution to optimize human communication and transform every customer-company relationship.Currently, Michael Brehm is back in his role as Founding Partner at Redstone, one of the most active early-stage investors in Europe. ## Dr. Cornelius Boersch - Type: Angel - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, FinTech Dr. Cornelius (“Conny”) Boersch is an entrepreneur, business angel and founder of numerous technology companies. Conny is considered one of the bestconnected networkers in the tech and start-up scene. He is the founder of the global company builder Mountain Partners as well as the global co-investment company Conny & Co. Conny initiated theEntrepreneurs Day at the Tegernsee, one of the most exclusive conferences in Europe and regularly holds speeches at universities or tech events all over the world. As a business angel, he has invested in more than 300 companies since 1995 and was voted “European Business Angel of the Year” in 2009. He is a European Investment Fund (EIF) - certified super angel, which means that, subject to certain restrictions, the EIF matches all of his startup investments 1 to 1.As an entrepreneur, Conny previously founded the stock-listed RFID-based companies ACG, Smartrac and Identiv as well as the cashless payment systems provider Sandpiper. For his activities he was named “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2000. Politically, Conny acted as advisor to Dr. Guido Westerwelle, former president of the German Liberal Party, FDP, Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister of Germany from 2009 to 2012.He studied at the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Essen with a thesis on venture capital and investing. He later also acted as honorary professor and held lectures at the University of Essen. ## Hansi Hansmann - Type: Angel - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Health Care, Apps, Cooking Hansi Hansmann ## Wolfgang Bernhard - Type: Angel - Location: Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Cyber Security, Quantum Computing Wolfgang Bernhard has been a member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG since February 18, 2010. In this function, he is Head of Daimler Trucks and Buses Division since April 1, 2013.Wolfgang Bernhard was born on September 3, 1960, in Boehen, Germany. 1980 he started his studies at the Technical University of Darmstadt and finished with amaster degree in Electrical Engineering and Economics in 1986.From 1987 to 1988, he studied at Columbia University in New York and graduated with a Master of Business Administration (MBA). From 1988 to 1990, he completed a doctorate on International Exchange Rate Risks at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt. Wolfgang Bernhard joined the then Mercedes-Benz AG in 1994.From February 2005 to January 2007 Bernhard was a member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG. ## Michael Hurnaus - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Pet, Wellness, Veterinary Michael Hurnaus is a Co-Founder & CEO at Tractive. ## Max Schnoedl - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Corporate Round - Focus: Software, SaaS, Art Max Schnoedl is an independent board director, advisor and investor.He currently serves as Chairman emeritus of Springbrook. Previously, Max was President/CEO of Springbrook and COO, CFO and CSO of Accela. In addition, he also served as Board Chair of BRZ, Deputy Board Chair of Österreichische Post and Investment Committee Member ofÖsterreichische Beteiligungs AG. Prior to that, Max served as the Vice President of Deutsche Bank in San Francisco and New York, and previously held positions in Moscow, Russia and Frankfurt, Germany. Max holds an MBA from Harvard University and a PhD from the University of Vienna, Austria. ## Alexander Zrost - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Big Data, Analytics, Advertising Alexander Zrost ## Nils Glagau - Type: Angel - Location: Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Wellness Nils Glagau ## Thomas Bittinger - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Retail, Analytics, Internet of Things Thomas Bittinger ## Gerhard Kornfeld - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: SaaS, Software, Procurement Gerhard Kornfeld ## Jan Trionow - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Telecommunications Jan Trionow ## Markus Grund - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Big Data, Analytics, Advertising Markus Grund ## Christian Passet - Type: Angel - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Computer, Software, Smart Home Christian Passet - System Developer and Co-Founder @ Flatout Technologies ## Franz Fuchsberger - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Railroad, Software, Education Co-Founder at Tricentis - the "Disruptor" in Software Test Management & -Automation. ## Erwin Stricker - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Music, Digital Media, Music Streaming Erwin Stricker ## Siegfried Milly - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Big Data, Analytics, Advertising Siegfried Milly ## Florian Wimmer - Type: Angel - Location: Linz, Oberosterreich, Austria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: B2B, Analytics, Accounting Florian Wimmer - CEO & Co-Founder @ Blockpit GmbH ## Domagoj Dolinsek - Type: Angel - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: SaaS, Software, Procurement Domagoj Dolinsek is the founder of PlanRadar. ## Stefan Schneider - Type: Angel - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: B2B, FinTech, GovTech Stefan Schneider - CEO @ FLOOR13 ## Mariusz Gralewski - Type: Angel - Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Education, EdTech Mariusz Gralewski is the Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer of ZnanyLekarz. Mariusz Gralewski attended the Warsaw University of Technology.