# Top 30 Finance Startup Investors in Austria in June 2026

## Speedinvest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Speedinvest is a globally active European venture capital firm built on a simple belief: many move more.
From six offices across EMEA, our sector-focused investment teams back relentless founders from pre–Seed to Growth with long-term conviction, providing day-one access to our global network of corporate customers, experts, industry leaders, andtop-tier follow-on investors to scale smarter and faster.
Building lasting companies like Bitpanda (Austria), Moove (Nigeria), Gigs (U.S.), Tide (UK), ARX Robotics (Germany), Wayflyer (Ireland), GoStudent (Austria), Seqera Labs (Spain), and Cylib (Germany) — together.
Big ideas may start with one. But scaling and winning take The Power of More.

## Johann "Hansi" Hansmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## DvH Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Financial Services

Investing early in Europe's most passionate founders.

## UNIQA Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: FinTech, Insurance, Health Care

UNIQA Ventures GmbH is the Venture Capital arm of UNIQA Insurance Group AG, a leading insurance carrier in Central & Eastern Europe and a pioneer in Corporate-backed Venture Capital in Austria and CEE. Based in Vienna, Austria, the firm is investing in outstanding business models driven by strong teams and a clear vision to shape the future ofkey industries. Investment areas are the future of Health, Mobility, Intelligent Home and FinTech/InsurTech as well as enabling technologies such as IoT, Blockchain, ML/AI.

## Lang & Schwarz
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Online Portals

The Lang & Schwarz Trade Center is considered the leading platform for OTC trading in Germany. Additional services range from traditional brokerage on advice and support in going and being public - including the IPO and Corporate Finance Advice - to the development of structured products. In addition, market-making belongs in securities andderivative financial instruments on our divisions, we work across the Group, with around 50 employees since 1996.We or our subsidiaries are listed on the Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Berlin, Stuttgart, Vienna (Austria) and approved on XETRA and EUREX to participate in trading, market makers are on Quotrix and have access to international markets.

## Volkswagen Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Wolfsburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Corporate Round, Series A
- Focus: Transportation, Automotive, Manufacturing

Volkswagen Group is an automotive company, it designs, manufactures, and distributes passenger and commercial vehicles, motorcycles, engines, and turbomachinery and offers related services including financing, leasing, and fleet management.

## aws Gründungsfonds
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

aws Gründerfonds is Austria's 70m venture capital fund. We invest as co-investor in Austrian high-growth start-ups in their later seed and (pre-)series-A stages.

## Calm/Storm Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Wellness, Software

Calm/Storm is an exclusive founder network and venture capital firm. We invest in purpose driven founders changing our life & health for the better. Headquartered in Vienna, Austria we invest in early-stage companies all over Europe and the US. We focus on the pre-seed and seed stages but also invest up to Series A.

## Joerg Floeck
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Michael Steiner
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Private Equity
- Focus: Fuel, Energy, Bitcoin

Dr. Michael Steiner, executive board member of porsche AG,

## Michael Grabner Media GmbH
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance

MGM - MIchael Grabner Media GmbH. Business Angel for Startups

## Frank Westermann
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Diego, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: iOS, News, Sports

- Co-Founder Co-CEO of 9am.Health
- Co-Founder & CEO of mySugr (acquired by Roche in 2017)
- Early stage investor with focus on digital health & fin-tech

## HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology

High-Tech Grunderfonds finances startups with growth potential. Its team of investment managers supports young companies with expertise, entrepreneurial spirit, and passion. The company focuses in the fields of digital tech, industrial tech, life sciences, chemistry, and related business areas. It also focuses on financial services in varioussectors.

## Ledger Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Huangpu, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin

Ledger Capital is a financial services and investment firm focused on digital assets and blockchain

## VENPACE
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Finance, Health Care, Financial Services

Rethinking insurance.
VENPACE develops digital business models for the insurance industry and invests in trailblazing ideas on the market. We support innovative solutions and help startup teams to grow.Through our unique ecosystem, we rethink insurance. We implement and support digital business models with know-how and passion - either asstrategic investor or as initiator.Company Building - 
Together with our partners and investors, we identify the insurance industry’s challenges and chances of tomorrow, develop innovative business models and found them as startups from scratch.Venture Investment - 
We look for passionate founding teams that create value through their creative ideas and digital solutions. Our investment sweet spot: pre-seed and seed.

## Lansdowne Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Biotechnology, Finance, Genetics

Fundamental Equity Investing, since 1998

## Michael Altrichter
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Internet

Michael Altrichter - Managing Director and Director @ Paysafecard

## Maciej Kranz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Saratoga, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Human Resources, Banking, FinTech

Maciej Kranz is the EVP and CTO, Member of the Executive Board at KONE Corporation . Maciej Kranz attended Texas Christian University.

## CCAP Investments & Advisory
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Finance, Leasing, Payments

CCAP Investments & Advisory is an investment firm.

## Wicklow Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Wicklow Capital, Inc. is a Chicago-based principal investment firm out of the family office of Dan Tierney, co-founder and board member of GETCO, Inc., once one of the world's leading market makers and financial innovators in financial and commodities markets.

## NYDIG
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Post-IPO Debt
- Focus: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

NYDIG is a technology and financial services firm dedicated to Bitcoin for institutions, private clients, and banks. The firm offers asset management, derivatives, financing, custody, and execution services. NYDIG's platform satisfies the highest regulatory, audit, and governance standards.

## Hardlymountain
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Baden, Niederosterreich, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Pet, SaaS, Bitcoin

Hardlymountain Capital invests venture capital in ambitious teams with scalable products and great growth potential.

## Anton Kittelberger
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: iOS, Sports, Android

Anton Kittelberger - Co-Founder & Co-CEO @ 9am.health

## Vito One
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Real Estate, Construction, Big Data

Die Digitalisierung stellt uns vor neue Herausforderungen, denen wir mutig begegnen. Mit VC/O gestalten wir die Zukunft mit und investieren in sie.

## Blockchain.com
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering, Series A
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Financial Services, Bitcoin

Blockchain.com is the most popular place to securely buy, store, and trade Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other top cryptocurrencies. 

## startup300
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Linz, Oberosterreich, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

startup300 operates as an angel investor network and business accelerator offering services to Austrian startups.

## Neulogy Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

We help entrepreneurs build great companies.

## Maxfield Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Mobile, SaaS

Venture fund investing in global information technology companies.

## Hevella Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Software

Hevella Capital is a principal investment firm.

## Rainer Diera
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Internet

Rainer Diera

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