Top 15 Manufacturing Angel Investors in Austria in January 2026
A list of 15 angel investors that invest in Manufacturing startups based in Austria. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Manufacturing companies from Austria. We update this investor list every month.Top 15 Manufacturing Angel Investors in Austria in January 2026
| Investor | Manufacturing Austria investments |
|---|---|
| Johann "Hansi" Hansmann | 5 |
| Bernhard Niesner | 2 |
| Hermann Hauser | 2 |
| Stefan Lemcke | 1 |
| Hanno Lippitsch | 1 |
| Sebastian Becker | 1 |
| Ignaz Forstmeier | 1 |
| Fiona Macintyre | 1 |
| Henry Murray | 1 |
| Alexander Weber | 1 |
| Henrik Piroth | 1 |
| Anne Lemcke | 1 |
| Laura Warnier | 1 |
| Yoobin Jung | 1 |
| Daniel W Dippold | 1 |
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Fitness
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Austria, United Kingdom, Spain
Portfolio highlights
- fynk — Create, edit, negotiate and sign contracts quickly with fynk. Give your team back valuable time. Test it now for free!
- Balun — Balun is a machine learning platform that forecasts electricity generation with unrivaled precision by analyzing multiple meteorological and energy market inputs, allowing renewable energy producers to optimize production, reduce penalties, and assure a stable, efficient grid.
- Newsrooms.ai — Newsrooms.ai is an AI-powered content production and management platform that enables businesses and news organizations to automate their whole content pipeline—from research and content generation to publishing across many digital channels.
Bernhard Niesner is the CEO and Co-Founder of busuu – the world´s largest social network for language learning with more than 35m users. busuu provides language courses in 12 different languages combined with direct interaction with native speakers from the community. The London-based start-up received several awards and was named “Best EducationStart-Up in 2011” by TechCrunch. busuu is backed by renown business angels like Martin Varsavsky and received investment from PRO-Founders Capital.Before founding busuu, Bernhard worked at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. In addition to busuu, he is Associated Professor at IE Business School in the area of online marketing.Bernhard graduated summa cum laude in International Business from the University of Vienna and holds an MBA (with honors) from IE Business School. In 2009 he was awarded “Entrepreneur of the year” in Austria.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Learning, Apps
- Seed, Angel
- Austria, Germany, United Kingdom
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- Paired — Paired is your guide to improve your relationship via fun daily questions, couple quizzes, couple games and relationship advice. Try the Paired couples app free now.
- Anyline — Accurate, secure & integrated mobile data capture: Enhance business processes, speed up workflows and improve efficiency with mobile scanning
- Mimo — Mimo is an app that teaches the computer science in a fun and interactive way. Mimo’s lessons are fun and interactive, fit into people’s everyday lives, and lead them to make a habit of self-improvement. Getting through to more than 1.5 million people and achieving completion numbers far above the industry average, Mimo is well on its way tobecoming the one-stop shop for education and entertainment on the go.
Hermann Hauser is the Co-founder, Director, and Venture Partner of Amadeus Capital Partners. He previously worked at IXI as a Founder. Hermann Hauser attended the University of Vienna.
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- Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, Austria, Italy
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- Cogna — Cogna offers an AI-powered SaaS platform that streamlines the integration of data across several business domains.
- NXRT — Driving simulations for sales and training
- Fractile — Fractile is designing AI compute systems that will enable the next generation of AI scaling: frontier model inference, 25x faster, at 1/10th the cost.
Stefan Lemcke
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- Manufacturing, Bakery, Cosmetics
- Angel
- Austria, Germany
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- Holy Pit — Holy Pit is a manufacturer of natural cosmetic deodorant and other health and beauty products.
- Veggie Crumbz — Veggie Crumbz is a manufacturer of vegan, gluten free, vegetables based bread, snacks and other food products.
Hanno Lippitsch Founder and CEO at Eversport.
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- Health Care, Marketplace, Manufacturing
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Austria
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- Heizma — Heizma make climate-neutral heating possible and easy for every family. It offers complete solutions that include not only heating systems, but also photovoltaic systems, power storage, e-charging stations, and intelligent energy management systems.
- Minimist — Minimist makes second-hand selling effortless
- Wictory.AI — Wictory.AI focus is on intelligent training for your best performance.
Sebastian Becker is a Partner at Redalpine.
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- Legal, Education, E-Learning
- Seed, Series A
- Germany, Belgium
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- Heizma — Heizma make climate-neutral heating possible and easy for every family. It offers complete solutions that include not only heating systems, but also photovoltaic systems, power storage, e-charging stations, and intelligent energy management systems.
- Knowunity — Knowunity is the digital learning platform with summaries, study notes, presentations, answers, and more in one app.
- Lyceum — Introducing the smartest way to train your models in the cloud. The electricity socket for your infrastructure needs.
Ignaz Forstmeier - Co-Founder @ Personio
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- Information Technology, Software, Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Germany, Austria
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- fynk — Create, edit, negotiate and sign contracts quickly with fynk. Give your team back valuable time. Test it now for free!
- Heizma — Heizma make climate-neutral heating possible and easy for every family. It offers complete solutions that include not only heating systems, but also photovoltaic systems, power storage, e-charging stations, and intelligent energy management systems.
- Equipme — The platform for modern IT departments that want to transparently manage all company resources, digitize processes, and automate workflows.
Fiona Macintyre is the Founder and CEO of Forming Impact and a thought leader in sustainable development and strategic partnerships. She leads a network of CEOs, entrepreneurs, creatives and investors, together driving solutions to the challenges of our lifetimes. With flagship initiatives and events such as Necker Island and the United NationsSustainable Development Goal Week, Macintyre is an expert in bringing global players from the private sector to the impact world, consulting for ventures in sectors including investment, innovation and tech.
She is a respected investor focusing on the sustainable impact sector.
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- Manufacturing, Consumer Goods, Home Appliances
- Seed
- Austria
Portfolio highlights
- Heizma — Heizma make climate-neutral heating possible and easy for every family. It offers complete solutions that include not only heating systems, but also photovoltaic systems, power storage, e-charging stations, and intelligent energy management systems.
Henry Murray
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- Robotics, Software, Manufacturing
- Seed
- Austria
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- silana — Technology to revolutionize fashion - economical, ecological and social
Alexander WEber is the Chief Growth Officer at N26.
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- Robotics, Software, Manufacturing
- Seed
- Austria
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- silana — Technology to revolutionize fashion - economical, ecological and social
Henrik Piroth is the Co-founder & COO at heycater. Attended WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management.
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Investment focus
- Manufacturing, Consumer Goods, Home Appliances
- Seed
- Austria
Portfolio highlights
- Heizma — Heizma make climate-neutral heating possible and easy for every family. It offers complete solutions that include not only heating systems, but also photovoltaic systems, power storage, e-charging stations, and intelligent energy management systems.
Anne Lemcke
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Investment focus
- Personal Health, Manufacturing, Bakery
- Angel, Pre-Seed
- Germany, Austria
Portfolio highlights
- Holy Pit — Holy Pit is a manufacturer of natural cosmetic deodorant and other health and beauty products.
- Veggie Crumbz — Veggie Crumbz is a manufacturer of vegan, gluten free, vegetables based bread, snacks and other food products.
- Dr. Vivien Karl — Dr. Vivien Karl relies on a cream for moisturizing care against vulva dryness.
Laura Warnier is an individual invstor at GoStudent
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Investment focus
- Manufacturing, Consumer Goods, Home Appliances
- Seed
- Austria
Portfolio highlights
- Heizma — Heizma make climate-neutral heating possible and easy for every family. It offers complete solutions that include not only heating systems, but also photovoltaic systems, power storage, e-charging stations, and intelligent energy management systems.
Yoobin Jung
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Investment focus
- Robotics, Software, Manufacturing
- Seed
- Austria
Portfolio highlights
- silana — Technology to revolutionize fashion - economical, ecological and social
Daniel W. Dippold is the Co-Founder and Partner of Newnow. He previously worked at Emoti as a Co-Founder. Daniel W. Dippold attended the University of Cambridge.
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Germany, United Kingdom, Sweden
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- Datagon AI — Optimize your production process with our manufacturing optimization agents. Trusted by BMW, Audi, Siemens, Stellantis, BSH, Henkel, and more. Schedule a demo today!
- Magic — Teaching AI to act in its natural environment, the computer.
- Deep Tech Momentum — Deep Tech Momentum is a marketplace designed to accelerate deep tech startups by connecting with investors, corporations, and customers.
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