Top 20 Life Science Startup Investors in Austria (June 2026)

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• subdron — subdron turns the seabed from a blind spot into a monitored domain.
• infrared.city — Redefine environmental simulations. Our bespoke AI models revolutionise performative design, slashing time, cost, and complexity. Access cutting-edge services effortlessly because innovation should be for everyone
• 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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• nista.io — gnista.io is a no code data clearing tool for energy managers.
• contextflow — contextflow revolutionizes the medical information search process with the help of deep learning: our 3D image-based search engine for radiologists looks for regions of interest within images (currently 18+ patterns in lung CTs); when a suspicious pattern is detected, we immediately find visually similar cases, descriptions and relevant referenceinformation, affording doctors easy access to knowledge currently hidden in large medical image data and their associated reports...all within seconds. No more paging through books, guessing the right keyword or consulting various text-based reference search engines. In addition, our software can be configured to allow for prioritization of cases where patterns of interest are detected.contextflow is a spin-off of the Medical University of Vienna (MUW), Technical University of Vienna (TU) and European research project KHRESMOI. Founded by a team of AI and engineering experts in July 2016, the company was awarded the distinction of Most Promising Startup by the BCS Search Industry, received the Digital Innovation Award by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research and was selected as one of 19 startups out of over 700 applications to participate in the Philips HealthWorks accelerator program. It is currently testing its 3D image-based software with six partners, expanding internationally to other locations later this year.
• G.ST Antivirals — G.ST Antivirals focuses on the development of antiviral drugs. G.ST Antivirals utilizes the viral dependency on the host cell metabolism and exploits this to design specific interventions counteracting viral nutrient supply.

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• Healx — At Healx we use AI drug discovery to develop new treatments for rare diseases. We bring treatments from prediction to patient.
• Stamp Free — stampfree.ai Digital Shipping Solutions enables customers to send parcels and returns with just a phone conveniently and securely.
• WiseWorks — AI-Powered Communications Intelligence for Financial Institutions

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• Rivia — Integrated Clinical Trial Intelligence. Drive therapeutic evaluation and trial management with real-time insights.
• io Health — Io Health Technologies LLC provides AI-driven tools for home health documentation and workflow automation in healthcare.
• Sober Sidekick — Gamified peer to peer support

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• Quibim — Quibim builds AI tools that turn MRI, CT and PET data into actionable predictions for hospitals and biopharma. Trusted in 230+ centers worldwide.
• GEMESYS — Gemesys creates a chip that functions similarly to the human brain in order to overcome processing constraints and empower AI with the hardware it needs to complete its destiny
• OroraTech — From safeguarding forests and ecosystems to protecting communities and critical assets, OroraTech's advanced technology and reliable insights address challenges, mitigate risks, and drive meaningful impact.

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• Whytics — DAGI: higher-level causal models from spatiotemporal coarse‑graining Whytics builds tools to reveal and validate macro‑causal structure—the stable, higher-level variables that appear when many parts of a system interact across space and time.
• Klothea Bio — Klothea Bio is a protein well known for its powerful anti-aging capabilities, such as tumor suppression, neuroprotection, and antioxidative actions. As people age, their klotho levels drop to harmful levels. The metabolic disease syndrome will be the focus of the first investigations, while later studies will try to extend therapeutic applicationsto cancer, Alzheimer's disease, obesity, and other age-related diseases.
• Yuva Biosciences — Using cutting edge mitochondrial science to develop cosmeceuticals and pharmaceuticals.

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• 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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• Sarcura — Sarcura GmbH is an Austrian deep-tech startup developing an instrument platform for the industrial manufacturing of advanced cell therapies. Our platform combines silicon chip technology and microfluidic processing to enable real-time process control and manipulation on a cellular level, enabling a fully automated and modular manufacturing system..
• WorkNode — Worknode is shaping the future of work. With modern technology and a deep understanding of labor market dynamics, we make flexible work safe, simple, and sustainable for both individuals and companies.For individuals, Worknode enables earning and getting paid like an employee without starting a company. For businesses, we provide a digitalemployer-of-record service that streamlines the management of external talent with full compliance, transparency, and efficiency.By building the digital infrastructure for a more flexible workforce, Worknode creates new opportunities for people to shape their careers and for companies to scale with the right skills at the right time. More than a platform, Worknode is a partner in driving a modern, dynamic, and inclusive way of working.

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• ISAAC — ISAAC is an innovative tech company at the forefront of enhancing structural resilience through advanced active mass damper systems. Specializing in seismic and wind protection, ISAAC's solutions dynamically improve the stability of existing buildings and infrastructure. Utilizing non-invasive retrofitting techniques, our active mass dampersenhance the safety and comfort of structures under dynamic loads without altering their original aesthetics. This approach not only safeguards buildings during natural events but also contributes to greener construction practices by avoiding extensive reconstruction, aligning with sustainable development goals in urban environments.
• EarlySight — EarlySight start-up company is founded in order to accelerate the development and to bring the technology to clinics.
• Magentiq Eye Ltd — AI assisted colonoscopy by MAGENTIQ EYE set a new standard of , recognized by the gastroenterology community for its superior performance.

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• Cellbyte — AI Agents for Pricing and Market Access Teams in the Pharmaceutical Industry.
• Ternary Therapeutics — Ternary Therapeutics is a biotechnology research center that specializes in bioinformatics and medicinal chemistry services.
• ChemFinity Technologies — ChemFinity Technologies is a chemical company that offers critical metal recovery, water purification, and gas separation services.

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• Chiral — Next-generation electronics with nanomaterials
• Norbert Health — Norbert Health develops a home medical pod that monitors the health of families using contactless sensors. Their product senses key vital signs including heart rate, breathing rate, and temperature, providing a real-time and historical view of the user's health. It was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.
• Renaissance Fusion — Renaissance Fusion is a high-temperature superconductor and stellarator company.

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• Chatlyn — Automated, AI-enhancend guest engagement, where your clients are most comfortable.
• 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.
• Another Earth — Another Earth is building an AI-powered simulation and synthetic data platform for Earth Observation. As our planet changes, AI models need scalable, high-quality training data to keep pace. Another Earth provides synthetic data, scenario simulations and predictions required to accelerate AI development, and enable faster, smarterdecision-making—enabling smarter decisions for a more resilient world.

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• Pilzling — Bio-Pilze direkt aus deiner Stadt.
• hypt — hypt is a Swiss based SaaS marketing solution that empowers companies to digitalize word-of-mouth. By using our word-of-mouth manager companies are able to activate 40% of their customers to send out a personal recommendation to their peers increasing sales through word-of-mouth by 4 times. Our solution empowers our ICP customers in the finance andinsurance segments to strategically use and optimize the most authentic and cost effective advertising channel – word-of-mouth – and makes it an accessible asset of every marketing mix.
• LipoCheck — LipoCheck is a healthtech startup that focuses on improving the diagnosis and treatment of lipedema, a condition that affects millions of women. The company offers a digital platform that serves as a support system for patients and treating physicians. LipoCheck's services include helping patients recognize lipedema and providing assistance inbecoming symptom-free. The platform was developed with the experiences of practicing doctors, product managers, and software developers. In addition to its digital services, LipoCheck also offers a range of merchandise including hoodies and shirts.

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• Icomasoft — Icomasoft ag is a Swiss pioneer of agent-less software solutions providing unprecedented transparency across your virtual and physical IT infrastructure in heterogeneous datacenters.IcomasoftÂ:registered: software solutions collect essential information for mission-critical and business-critical decisions and provide simplified, automated tasksthat support administrators, IT managers and Executives to easily and confidently analyze, plan and optimize their IT capacity. icomasoftÂ:registered: software solutions are vital for your datacenter clarity.
• Henn GmbH & Co KG — Henn GmbH & Co KG develops and commercializes rapid connecting systems for hoses in automotive engine blocks.
• CNSystems Medizintechnik — CNSystems Medizintechnik sells, manufactures, and develops equipment for non-invasive, continuous monitoring of blood pressure and other essential vital parameters. The company was founded in May 1998 as a spin-off from the Medical University and University of Technology Graz, Austria.

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• Galecto — Damora Therapeutics is working to fundamentally redefine care for people with blood disorders by bringing forward optimized therapies that dramatically improve patient outcomes.
• Insilico Medicine — Artificial Intelligence for Drug Discovery and Aging Research
• Star Therapeutics — Star Therapeutics mission is to develop therapies for as many diseases as possible for millions of patients.

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• Sarcura — Sarcura GmbH is an Austrian deep-tech startup developing an instrument platform for the industrial manufacturing of advanced cell therapies. Our platform combines silicon chip technology and microfluidic processing to enable real-time process control and manipulation on a cellular level, enabling a fully automated and modular manufacturing system..

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• Iskra — Iskra offers web3 gaming opportunities using blockchain and rewards its stakeholders based on their participation.
• On Vacation — On Vacation is a chat-based concierge service where customers may get help making reservations and getting personalized and optimal tours from travel specialists.
• NextChapter — NextChapter is a digital commerce platform that acquires and operates Coupang and Naver-based online native brands in Korea. NextChapter is backed by BlueRun Ventures/BRV Capital Management, Goodwater Capital, Klim Ventures, Fast Ventures and Sandbox Network.NextChapter was founded in 2021 by Joshua Kwon and Jay Chung and is headquarteredin Seoul, Korea.

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• MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
• unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
• Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.

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• Livara Health — The SpineZone solution works with the body's inherent ability to heal back and joint pain without surgery, injection, or opioids.
• Thirty Madison — Thirty Madison is a human-first healthcare company, powering access to affordable specialized healthcare through brands like Keeps and Cove.
• Hydra Biosciences — Hydra Biosciences is a biopharmaceutical company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, develops novel drugs to treat pain, inflammation, cardiovascular and other diseases using its expertise in novel ion channels. Hydra's proprietary high throughput screening platforms enable the company to identify and develop drug candidates that addresssignificant unmet medical needs.Hydra's ion channel drug discovery program is currently focused on channels implicated in pain, inflammation, and cardiovascular disease. Hydra's intellectual property portfolio, significant ion channel expertise, and flexible screening systems set it apart from other biopharmaceutical companies. Unlike classical sodium, calcium, or potassium voltage-gated channels Hydra's novel ion channels provide the potential to develop selective and safer ion channel drugs.Hydra has raised significant financing from blue-chip investors since its inception. This prominent group of investors includes Abingworth Ventures, Advanced Technology Ventures, Polaris Ventures, Lilly Bio Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, BioVentures Investors, Biogen Idec, Boston Medical Investors, and MedImmune Ventures.

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• NEOH USA — NEOH USA is a fast growing new food brand from Kirkland, WA and the leader in Crossbars. It satisfies your sweet tooth without the guilt. Crossbars taste as great as a candy bars but are protein bars.
• Saturo — Eine Flasche Saturo = eine vollwertige Mahlzeit mit 36 g Protein und 26 Vitaminen & Mineralstoffen. Ohne zugesetzten Zucker. Jetzt probieren.
• Luminous Labs GmbH — Welcome to Luminous Labs - we are one of the leading photobiomodulation and red light therapy companies in Europe. With a strong focus on research and development we are expanding the human health-span with our non-invasive technology. One photon at a time, starting with female fertility and longevity.