Top 5 Hospitality Startup Investors in Austria in May 2026

tecnet equity is an Austrian venture capital fund investing in innovative high-tech companies with potential for significant growth.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Biotechnology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Austria

Portfolio highlights

Sipfront — Sipfront helps telecom operators to deliver better services by automating 24/7 active monitoring and by providing a test framework to simulate customer calls at scale
Orderlion — Streamline your wholesale business with Orderlion's ordering app. Automate orders, boost sales, and enhance customer loyalty. Find out more!
VALANX Biotech — VALANX Biotech is a site-specific protein conjugation platform to enable fast and cost efficient protein-drug-conjugates development.

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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.

Investment focus

Hospitality, Real Estate, Residential
Seed, Funding Round
Austria

Portfolio highlights

Keyone — Keyone is a tech-driven vacation rental management company assisting home owners in buying, managing, and selling their assets with ease.

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Pan-european early-stage deep-tech VC

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Electronics
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Germany, Switzerland, Sweden

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Q.ANT — Q.ANT develops photonic processors for AI and high-performance computing, utilizing light for information processing. The company also produces quantum sensors offering ultra-high magnetic field sensitivity in a compact form factor. These products aim to enable more intelligent and sustainable systems across various sectors like data centers,aerospace, and medical technology.
Zuriq — We are building a quantum computer with scalability at its heart. Trapped-ion qubits with freedom to move and connect.
Clock Bio — Clock Bio operates as a biotech company, that develops novel regenerative medicines.

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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.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Austria, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

OPTIMUSE — Optimuse provides an AI-based solution that supports the pre-design phase of building renovation. The platform converts building data into a digital twin to create accurate models for planning. It integrates data such as room types, thermal properties, and HVAC systems. The system runs energy simulations to calculate heating, cooling, lighting, andequipment needs. It helps design technical systems by defining the quantity, sizing, and configuration of components. The platform develops renovation plans by modeling financial, energy, and emissions outcomes. It also offers tools for cost calculation, performance monitoring, and collaboration across project teams.
Planted Green — Planted Green plants mixed forests to compensate for CO2 emissions.
HelloBello — HelloBello offers freshly cooked and cooled delivered human-grade food tailored to each dog’s nutritional needs. HelloBello is a PetTech company with a strong focus on the German speaking markets (for now). HelloBello’s personalized meals are free of any by-products and are portioned, packaged, and delivered directly to your door. By working with aspecialized veterinarian, HelloBello is able to derive each dog’s exact nutritional needs based on a proprietary algorithm. The recipes are made of natural sources like millet and seaweed, instead of heavy use of supplements, which makes it easier for the dog to absorb and get true nutritional benefits.Our credo in German is " ... Frisch. Individuell. Geliefert. - Frischfutter ist einfach besser ..."

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