# Top 40 Gaming Startup Investors in Austria in June 2026 ## 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. ## Peak Pride - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Medical, Health Diagnostics Multi family office investing in proptech, digital health & sustainability ## Hardlymountain - Type: VC Fund - Location: Baden, Niederosterreich, Austria - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Hansmen Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Lifestyle, Artificial Intelligence The hansmengroup is a bunch of startups, that share common values, similar goals and the same Business Angel. A group with an incredible performance. ## Speedinvest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## tecnet equity - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sankt Polten, Niederosterreich, Austria - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Biotechnology tecnet equity is an Austrian venture capital fund investing in innovative high-tech companies with potential for significant growth. ## 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. ## Companion Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Pet, Health Care, Veterinary DV Investments provides venture capital to early-stage companies across life sciences, health technology & services, and animal health with the goal of supporting our portfolio companies throughout their development. ## AltaIR Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence We foster innovation and work together to find and grow breakthroughs all over the world ## KaPa Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Video, E-Commerce, Employment KaPa Ventures offers venture capital to businesses. ## Square One Foods - Type: VC Fund - Location: Linz, Oberosterreich, Austria - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Pet, Food Delivery Square One Foods supports founders in building tomorrow's food brands and food tech startups... ## Hornet Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Pet, E-Commerce, Marketplace Hornet Ventures invest in seed-stage companies. ## Hazelpond Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Health Care, Food and Beverage Hazelpond Capital is an investment company. ## Wargaming - Type: VC Fund - Location: Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Pre-Seed - Focus: Gaming, Apps, Video Streaming A catalogue of games produced by the leading game developer in the CIS. Legendary and new games from Wargaming for PC, iOS, Android, Xbox and Playstation. ## Eva Sommer - Type: Angel - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, FinTech, Education Eva Sommer Advising, BA Investments & 🦄 in progress. ## Friends2Grow - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Health Care, Food and Beverage Friends2Grow is a venture investment firm. It invests in seed and early growth. ## Steep Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Food Processing, Waste Management, Food and Beverage Steep Ventures is an investment platform that helps tech founders to start building global businesses. ## Falkensteiner Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vahr, Bremen, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Hospitality, SaaS, Travel We support selected founders in hotel, lodging, leisure and elderly care from the concept-, early stage-, pre-seed or seed-phase with specific know how, professional network, investment and infrastructure. Our geographical focus for traction in the first acceleration phase is German speaking Europe - and where you are. ## HackCapital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Food Processing Join FoodTech focused investors looking to back impact-driven founders shaping our food system ## austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws) - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## SOSV - Type: VC Fund - Location: Princeton, New Jersey, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates. HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment. ## Jens Schumann - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Analytics Jens Schumann, born on 6 June 1973, was appointed Chairman of the Supervisory Board of LOTTO24 AG on 19 June 2020. Before that, since 2 May 2012, he was already Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board. He is one of the two founders of today's ZEAL Network SE (former Tipp24 SE) and was Managing Director and a Management Board member of Tipp24SE from 1999 to 2009. Jens Schumann has been a member of the Supervisory Board of ZEAL Network SE since July 2011. From 1998 to the formation of Tipp24 SE, he worked as a business consultant at Icon Medialab AG. Schumann studied law at the University of Münster from 1993 to 1998 and finished his studies with the first State Exam. ## Ralf Reichert - Type: Angel - Location: Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Education, Video Streaming, SaaS Ralf Reichert is the Co-CEO, Founder, and Chairman at ESL FACEIT Group. Ralf Reichert attended the University of Duisburg-Essen. ## EIC Fund - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology start-ups, SMEs, technology, co-investment ## Visionplus - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet WE HELP YOU TO GROW FASTER! ## Bootstrapped Debt Financing - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Apps Bootstrapped Debt Financing ## 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. ## Tet Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Software Tet Ventures is one of the most active global food-tech investors. We work with and invest in technology that can improve the food system. ## Hansi Hansmann - Type: Angel - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Health Care, Apps, Cooking Hansi Hansmann ## RKP InnoInvest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hartberg, Steiermark, Austria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Food and Beverage RKP InnoInvest provides Investment capital and strategic services support progressive and dynamic start-ups and companies. ## SQUER - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Cooking, Recipes, E-Commerce Experts in Technology Boost, Realizing Agile, Sustainable Delivery, and Upskilling. ## Stephan Zöchling - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Cooking, Recipes, E-Commerce CEO ## ICL Planet Startup Hub - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Agriculture, Organic Food ICL Startup Accelerator focuses on foodtech and crop nutrition startups, innovative products, and accelerates their market penetration ## Philipp Kinsky - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Audio, Sales Philipp Kinsky ## Fiedler Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Mobile Apps We are a first check investor helping overlooked founders from peripheral European ecosystems defy the odds and create breakout companies. ## Primwest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Pet, Food Delivery, Subscription Service Switzerland-based single family office ## Bloomhaus Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Zug, Zug, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS We are a pioneering Swiss venture capital firm dedicated to empowering game-changing tech startups in Central Europe. ## The Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## ReGen Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Agriculture, Farming Investing in the ReGeneration ## Biogena - Type: VC Fund - Location: Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Fitness, Health Care Biogena develops, produces & markets high-quality dietary supplements. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co