# Top 50 FinTech Startup Investors in Austria in June 2026 ## Speedinvest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 15 - 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: 7 - 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. ## European Super Angels Club - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology This is a Page excerpt. It will be displayed for search results ## Calm/Storm VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 7 - 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. ## Andreas Treichl - Type: Angel - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: FinTech, Big Data, Database Andreas Treichl ## aws Gründungsfonds - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## UNIQA Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws) - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS The Austrian Economic Service mbH (aws) is the promotional bank of the Federal Government.The aws SME fund is the largest Austrian Fund for silent corporate investments, but also providers of equity. Founded in late 2009 by the Austrian Economic Service mbH (aws) - the Development Bank of the Federal - he has a term until 31/12/2025.The fund is currently endowed with EUR 80 million and participates in medium-sized companies and brings with it a fresh capital to develop new products or processes, for sales development to international expansion. ## DvH Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Financial Services, FinTech Investing early in Europe's most passionate founders. ## The Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Medical The Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) is the national funding agency for industrial research and development in Austria. As a "one-stop shop" offering a diversified and targeted programme portfolio, the FFG gives Austrian businesses and research facilities quick and uncomplicated access to research funding.The FFG was foundedon 1 September 2004 (pursuant to the FFG Act on establishing a research promotion agency, Federal Law Gazette I No. 73/2004). The FFG is wholly owned by the Republic of Austria, represented by the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (bmvit) and the Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW). As a provider of funding services, however, the FFG also works for other national and international institutions. ## Presidio Invest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Mobile Apps, Personal Finance From our global headquarters in Dubai, we have a strong network spanning across the Middle East, Africa, Europe and North America. Our team encompasses technical, business administration and finance experts who can evaluate an idea and investment from both a technological as well as business point of view. ## tokentus investment AG - Type: VC Fund - Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services tokentus is a venture capital company investing in blockchain based business models. The tokentus network includes leading industry experts supporting portfolio companies with additional expertise, an institutional network to Banking and Financial Services, funding and market access in Germany and Switzerland. The ultimate goal is to createsynergies and acceleration for the portfolio companies within the ecosystem. ## Invisible Hand Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Hospitality, Real Estate, Residential Nature has its own ways which we are only able to understand and control to a marginal extent. We believe that working in balance with our environment (both natural and societal) will yield the most continuous returns while automatically benefiting our first- and second-tier stakeholders. Therefore, we investment in sustainable business, cultureand anything that may have a positive effect on our communities and our environment. ## Fin Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Founded in 2018, Fin Capital is a global asset manager focused on full lifecycle investing in B2B Fintech Software companies. Fin Capital is passionate about rolling up its sleeves and partnering with repeat entrepreneurs that have deep financial services experience, differentiated products, and a global mindset. Fin is headquartered in SanFrancisco, with offices in Los Angeles, London, Miami, and New York. To learn more, visit www.fin.capital. ## Peter Schicho - Type: Angel - Location: Villach, Karnten, Austria - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Billing, Payments Peter Schicho ## APEX Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care APEX Ventures is a deep-tech and medical-focused venture capital firm. ## 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. ## Eric Demuth - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: B2B, FinTech, Financial Services Co-founder & Co-CEO of Bitpanda ## Onsight Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Electronics Pan-european early-stage deep-tech VC ## Roderik van Kessenich - Type: Angel - Location: Villach, Karnten, Austria - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Billing, Payments Roderik van Kessenich ## Zaid Al-Aifari - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Education, Mobile Apps, Audio Zaid Al-Aifari ## Haymaker Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software We invest in companies that invent the future. ## 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 ## Kinled Holding - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software Kinled was founded in 1980 to retain the investment assets of the Aisher family.In 1990, the investment focus shifted to a portfolio of early stage investments applying Kinled’s company development experience alongside the endurance and passion of family owned investments together with the strategic focus of venture capitalists.Since then,Kinled has taken 8 companies to public markets and many more to successful trade sales at significant multiples. ## Draper Associates - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Mateo, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology Draper Associates, founded in 1985, is a seed-stage venture capital firm that helps entrepreneurs to drive their businesses to greatness. We understand that a great company takes time to build and we'd like to ensure that entrepreneurs are in for the long haul. ## Alan Morgan - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Alan co-founded MMC Ventures in 2000. As an active business angel investor he saw the opportunity for a more structured strategic and due diligence approach to venture investing. Alan is a member of the Investment Committee and leads MMC's financial services focus. He has lead responsibility for Small World. ## Tioga Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Headquartered in Belgium, we provide our investors with exposure to the growing European blockchain ecosystem, with a focus on early-stage opportunities. ## CommerzVentures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, InsurTech Venture capital investor in early stage FinTech and InsurTech companies starting at Series A in Europe, Israel and the USA. ## IRIS - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series C - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS Iris Capital is a European VC specialized in digital, fueling entrepreneurs from early stage to growth since 1986. From Paris, Berlin, San Francisco, Tel Aviv, Tokyo and Dubai, Iris Capital supports start-ups and scale-ups in their global expansion with the unique support on its multi corporate partners, including Orange, Publicis, Valeo andBRED.Iris Capital invests in various industries, from platforms to Saas, AdTech, IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, IoT, robotics and mobile services, and is always looking for ambitious industry disrupters led by unique entrepreneurs across the world. ## startup300 - Type: VC Fund - Location: Linz, Oberosterreich, Austria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS startup300 operates as an angel investor network and business accelerator offering services to Austrian startups. ## Spacecadet Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology We join forces to ignite great leaps forward. ## Market One Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Information Technology, E-Commerce Market One Capital | Seed fund empowering marketplaces and network effects platforms across Europe ## 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. ## Farid Sigari Madj - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Asset Management, Wealth Management Farid Sigari Madj ## Zeta Alpha - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Mobile Apps, Personal Finance We invest in high-potential startup companies and offer strategic advice to entrepreneurs. ## Xiao-Xiao J. Zhu - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: B2B, Analytics, Accounting operating partner ## Middlegame Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Middlegame Ventures is a fintech​ venture capital firm investing in early-stage growth businesses focused on Financial Innovation. The firm is seeking great entrepreneurial teams who are focusing on rearchitecting financial services infrastructure. ## Maximilian Tayenthal - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Maximilian Tayenthal is co-founder and co-CEO of N26. Together with his business partner and friend Valentin Stalf, he built one of the first and now fastest-growing mobile banks in Europe. Their vision was to create a retail bank that's flexible, transparent and speaks to today's digital lifestyles. Previously, Max worked in a varietyof consulting and financial roles at leading professional services firms, including CMS and Booz & Company. Max holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics and business administration from the University of Vienna. He also has a master’s degree in economics from the Community of European Management Schools, as well as a law degree form the University of Vienna. Max is a CFA charterholder. While Max is based in Berlin, he always makes time for his passion outside of personal finance: skiing in the mountains of Austria and Switzerland. ## Valar Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Banking Valar Ventures is a venture capital firm backed by Peter Thiel. Valar partners with entrepreneurs globally and believes that an increasing number of transformative technology companies will be started outside of Silicon Valley, and that the founders of those companies will benefit from having a partner that understands their unique challenges andopportunities. ## 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 ## Joerg Floeck - Type: Angel - 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. ## Emerald Technology Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A - Focus: Manufacturing, Software, Energy Emerald Technology Ventures specializes in clean technology venture capital. Emerald focuses on the areas of energy, water, and materials. , Emerald manages several venture capital funds and venture capital portfolio mandates. ## Manta Ray Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology Manta Ray Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund backing mission-driven founders that provides flexible and patient capital, leveraging time, resources, and networks resources and networks as far as possible to support its portfolio companies. ## 360 Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology As an early-stage European VC, we invest from pre-seed to Series B in Deep Tech, Climate Tech, and Digital-First solutions. Embrace sustainable technological progress with us. Stay updated on the latest tech trends and portfolio news. We invest in the future now. ## Fabian Wesemann - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Privacy Fabian is the Co-Founder and Group CFO of wefox group. wefox Group operates two businesses across Europe: Wefox is a platform that connects insurance companies to brokers that manage and consult their customers completely digital. Wefox currently features more than 300 insurance companies on the marketplace and serves more than 1'000 brokeragents and 250.000 consumers. ONE: Fully digital European insurance company. The vision is to create a single protection for all risks in life in real time based on actually exposed risk. ONE is fully integrated in the wefox platform. wefox group has raised >€50m to date. This investment is the largest sum invested in an Insurtech company in Europe to date. Before wefox, Fabian founded EMPAUA Gmbh and worked as an investment banker for Deutsche Bank in London. ## Helen Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Renewable Energy, SaaS, Energy Helen has signed a service agreement, through which the management of CVC portfolio companies will be transferred to Redstone Nordics starting from June 1, 2025. As part of this change, the Helen Ventures team will join Redstone's expert organization. ## Venionaire Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech Venionaire Capital is an Entrepreneurial Partner for Investors, Entrepreneurs and Corporates in Private Equity and Venture Capital Investments. ## Ming You See - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: B2B, Analytics, Accounting director ## Don Hoang - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Analytics, B2B Don Hoang is the Partner of Atomico. He previously worked at Revolut as a Vice President of Global Business. Don Hoang attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business. ## Wicklow Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Cryptocurrency 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.