# Top 50 Marketplace Angel Investors in Austria in June 2026

## 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.

## Patrick Poschl
- Type: Angel
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Consulting

Patrick spent over 8 years in the financial service industry based in Vienna and London. Most recently before Scalable at Goldman Sachs in London, he was working in the team responsible for structuring of financial products and developments of electronic trading platforms. Patrick studied international business at the Vienna University of Economicsand Business. Additionally, during his studies, he was self-employed as an IT-specialist.

## Schnidar Harald
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: mHealth, Software, Biopharma

Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Scientist and Inventor

## Michael Brehm
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, Finance, Education

Michael Brehm is one of the biggest names in the German startup scene. Having sold companies to Google and eBay, taken one company public, and started an investment company (Redstone), Brehm has had the right instinct for future trends and has built multiple businesses to disrupt the status quo.During the early 2000s, he was Executive Directorand Investor at the social network startup VZ-Netzwerke, as well as co-founder of Rebate Networks, which became one of the two largest global e-commerce platforms, positioning Brehm as an expert at not only seeing but also driving a business, during significant global market transitions.One of his more recent ventures is i2x. Since 2017, Brehm has been the Founder and Managing Director of i2x, an artificial intelligence startup based in Berlin. Together with his team, Brehm is working on solving a problem that he repeatedly faced in his career: ensuring quality and delivering unprecedented customer satisfaction during every sales and service call. 
i2x helps companies deliver actionable insights from every customer phone call in real-time using its custom-developed voice recognition technology and AI algorithms. i2x automatically generates personalized coaching for the user that is tailored to both their speaking style and their business priorities to drive immediate results in sales and service conversations.After spending two years in stealth mode, i2x secured a €5 million seed round of financing in 2018. In 2019, i2x received €10 million as fresh capital in a Series A funding. The Berlin-based start-up is now entering additional markets and further innovating their speech analysis solution to optimize human communication and transform every customer-company relationship.Currently, Michael Brehm is back in his role as Founding Partner at Redstone, one of the most active early-stage investors in Europe.

## Hanno Lippitsch
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Marketplace, Manufacturing

Hanno Lippitsch Founder and CEO at Eversport.

## Ariel Luedi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Augmented Reality, Enterprise Software

Ariel Luedi is a Founder at Hammer Team - Growth Accelerator. He attended the ETH Zurich.

## Peter Schicho
- Type: Angel
- Location: Villach, Karnten, Austria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Billing, Payments

Peter Schicho

## Johannes Braith
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Pet, SaaS, Internet

Startup entrepreneur & enthusiastic leader building the world's largest completely digital self-storage solution, solving the problems of urbanisation & the struggles of last mile logistics. Storebox is the first completely digital self-storage solution in Europe. Instant - smart - 24/7. With +130 outlets in +35 cities Storebox isone of the fastest growing tech companies & franchise-systems in Europe tackling the problems of urbanisation & the struggles of last mile logistics.
www.yourstorebox.com

## Ingo Drexler
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce

Early-stage VC investor since 2005, fund advisor and active business angel with holdings in more than 25 technology companies. Ingo founded Next Level VC in 2019 to bundle his angel and advisor activities. Before, as CIO of Mountain Partners, Ingo reshaped and implemented the direct investment strategy of the group, which led to significant exitsand value creation. In parallel, he initiated and set up the group’s company building activities (Rheingau Founders). As an investment partner at Scail Capital he built up its retail-related investment operations. Ingo is also a co-founder and acted as a chairman of the board of Montredo, a leading online platform for new luxury watches that has recently been sold to Les Ambassadeurs Group. Before joining the VC industry, he served as COO at MovingImage and studied at Technical University of Ilmenau and UFSC in Brazil.

## Suvi Haimi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Software, E-Commerce

Suvi Haimi is the founder and CEO Sulapac, a company that develops fully biodegradable packaging material innovation made out of wood. Most recently, he was an adjunct professor at the University of Helsinki (Clinicum, Faculty of Medicine).

## Nikolaus Bauer-Harnoncourt
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Marketplace, Service Industry

Nikolaus Bauer-Harnoncourt is the Purchasing & Accounting at AGATEX Feinchemie GmbH. Nikolaus Bauer-Harnoncourt attended WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)

## Klaus Hofbauer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Linz, Oberosterreich, Austria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Marketplace, Apps, Music

Klaus Hofbauer - Owner @ karriere.at

## Roderik van Kessenich
- Type: Angel
- Location: Villach, Karnten, Austria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Billing, Payments

Roderik van Kessenich

## Carsten Maschmeyer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hanover, Niedersachsen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Carsten Maschmeyer is a successful entrepreneur, consultant and financial investor. He was born on May 8, 1959 in Bremen and grew up in Hildesheim. After his graduation in 1978 Maschmeyer completed military service before he began to study medicine in Hannover. To finance his studies, he worked part-time in sales of investment advice to it in 1982completely dedicated financial advice. More about Carsten Masch Meyers consultant. In 1988 Carsten Maschmeyer to AWD financial group, which was successfully launched on the stock market in 2000 and rise to the MDAX and expanded in 11 countries. Was sold in 2007 Carsten Maschmeyer all his shares in the company at the insurance group Swiss Life, who renamed the AWD in AWD Holding. Maschmeyer has today different occupational focuses, inter alia, as entrepreneur, investor and consultant. His experience Carsten Maschmeyer a sought-after speaker on the subject of success. Motivated by the desire expressed by many listeners to learn more about his secret of success, Carsten Maschmeyer published in the spring of 2012 his book "Self Made - performance live richly". In it he describes the basis of his own exciting path and the celebrities strategies for professional, financial and personal success.

## Hermann Hauser
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology

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.

## Bas Godska
- Type: Angel
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence

Founder Acrobator Ventures, Tech Investment Fund. 
Founder Acrobator.com, growth hack and marketing advisory firm.  
Co-Founder Netherlands for Ukraine Foundation (NL4UA.org) supporting Ukrainians affected by the war since 2022.
Digital Dutchman, entrepreneur-turned-investor. eCommerce expert, growth hacker and marketeer since 2000.
Assisted 100+companies worldwide as CMO, MD, board advisor, consultant. Ranked #1 Foreign Angel Investor in Russia (EWDN); Top 10 Angel Investor (Firrma.ru/SLON), Crunchbase: #1 Dutch (2019) & Top 50 EU angel investor. Techcrunch / Crunchbase: "Bas Godska is one of the most prolific Western investors in Eastern Europe." Bas' Angel Fund (>EUR 100mn AUM) ranked by PitchBook as #2 in success by IRR (2021).  Top 50 SuperAngel worldwide (Arete Index, 2024-25)Roles Europe/Russia/CIS (2003-2019):
CMO lastminute.com ; Country Manager Sportingbet ; CMO Europe Ebookers.com / Orbitz.com ; MD Gogol Media.
CMO / dep. CEO Ozon.ru ; VP Marketing Gloria Jeans ; CMO Lamoda.ru (Rocket Internet) ; CMO Digital KupiVIP.ru ; eCommerce Director a.i. Enter | Svyaznoi ; MD myThings.com ; Guest Lecturer Digital Marketing at Skolkovo MSM MBA (2013), Guest lecturer Stanford IGC Exec MBAAngel investor in decacorn Miro, Harver (exit to Rubicon PE), Chocofamily, Piano.
Bas' angel investments (~50) have helped founders raise over $1 billion from investors like Iconiq, Accel, Insight, Salesforce, Google, YC, and Techstars. The combined market cap of these companies, based on their latest funding rounds, is ~$20 billion.
As a VC/LP Bas invested in 400+ companies including 20+ unicorns.

## Michael Kamleitner
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Video

Michael Kamleitner is the Founder of Swat.io. He attended WU Vienna.

## Emir Selimovic
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Sporting Goods

Emir Selimovic

## Ralf Dummel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Product Design

Ralf Dummel, born on 02.12.1966 in Bad Segeberg in Germany, started his career on 01.04.1988 at DS Produkte as a sales assistant to the then founder. Over the years he learned the business from the ground and took full responsibility for purchases and sales after only a year. He vastly participated in the establishment of the company and has been apartner since 1996. Today, the group has an annual turnover of ca. € 250 000 000, 400 employees, and more than 4 000 products in its portfolio. He often travels the world to visit suppliers and customers, and to find inspiration in new innovative products. Dümmel knows Asia inside out, but Northern Germany is the place he calls home. Since 2016 he takes part in the TV program “Die Höhle der Löwen” (literally: The Lions’ Cave, German version of Dragons’ Den on German TV channel VOX ) where he plays one of the “lions”, looking for young entrepreneurs with brilliant products.Ralf Dummel is very convincing with his genuine and appreciative style. From day one, Ralf Dümmel brightened up the surroundings, thanks to his enthusiasm for business and for new products. He has a unique sense for trends and products; he can market them with more success than hardly anyone else. He proudly claims that there hardly is any household without a “DS product” in Germany. Dümmel is often on the road for professional reasons, and when he sees that a customer adds a DS product in their shopping cart, he feels the same tingle of joy after 28 years that he felt in the early days. The 400 employees are Dümmels’s most important asset. They actively take part in the company, invest themselves in it, and help it develop further. Dummel is very proud that the DS products are the result of such a varied cast of people and skill sets. These are people with different personalities and talents that complement each other in a cooperation shaping always innovative business and product ideas.

## Thomas Bittinger
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Retail, Analytics, Internet of Things

Thomas Bittinger

## Henrik Piroth
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Manufacturing, Consumer Goods, Home Appliances

Henrik Piroth is the Co-founder & COO at heycater. Attended WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management.

## Ignaz Forstmeier
- Type: Angel
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Apps

Ignaz Forstmeier - Co-Founder @ Personio

## Peter Steinberger
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Art

Founder of PSPDFKit

## Michael Innerebner
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, E-Commerce, Marketing Automation

Michael Innerebner is an individual investor.

## Benjamin Ruschin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Recruiting, Human Resources

Benjamin Ruschin is Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Founders in Europe, the early-stage accelerator for tech startups in Europe. He is also Founding Partner and former CEO of WeAreDevelopers, the leading career platform for software developers in Europe. Forbes Magazine has recognized Ben as one of the “Forbes 30 Under 30” most successfulyoung leaders in Austria. He was elected a "Digital Leader" by the World Economic Forum. Ben is Advisory Board Member of several startups, associations and governmental organizations. Ben has a strong network of decision makers in the public and private sector in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

## Joerg Floeck
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- 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.

## Axel Kühner
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Retail, Machine Learning

Axel Kühner is the CEO of Greiner. He attended VWA Stuttgart | Academy of Administration and Economics.

## Jakob Kattner
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Art, E-Commerce, Augmented Reality

Jakob Kattner

## Gernot Singer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Retail

Gernot Singer is a business angel

## Albert Schmidbauer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Marketplace, Food Processing, Food and Beverage

Albert Schmidbauer is the Founder and Owner of Biogena Group.

## Markus Ertler
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: SaaS, Big Data, Logistics

Markus Ertler is an angel investor from Austria, and uses Ertler Holding for making investments.

## Florian Ristl
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Art, E-Commerce, Augmented Reality

Florian Ristl

## Eugen Prosquill
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Art, E-Commerce, Augmented Reality

Eugen Prosquill is the CEO and Founder of Warda Network. He previously worked at Formfinder Software GmbH as a Trainee. Eugen Prosquill attended Federal Technical College for IT and Mechatronics, Vienna 3.

## Philipp Kinsky
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Audio, Sales

Philipp Kinsky

## Michael Pötscher
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Marketplace, Computer Vision, Sharing Economy

Michael Pötscher

## Georg Bauer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Edt Bei Lambach, Oberosterreich, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Art, E-Commerce, Augmented Reality

Georg Bauer ist Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter der AGATEX Feinchemie GmbH und hat sich durch Beteiligungen an weiteren Firmen in der Chemischen Industrie einen Namen gemacht.

## Kai Hesselmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, E-Commerce, Marketing Automation

Kai Hesselmann

## Sebastian Becker
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Legal, Education, E-Learning

Sebastian Becker is a Partner at Redalpine.

## Fiona Macintyre
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Manufacturing, Consumer Goods, Home Appliances

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.

## Felix Porsche
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, CleanTech, GreenTech

Felix Porsche

## Daniel W Dippold
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence

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.

## Kambis Kohansal Vajargah
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Parking, Software

Kambis Kohansal Vajargah is the Head of Startup-Services at the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber.
Entrepreneur | Company Builder | Startup Mentor | 
CMO & COO primeCROWDBelieve. Execute. Learn.
I want to inspire people. I want someone to look at me and say "because of you I didn't give up". European Digital Leader at theWorld Economic Forum.CMO & COO at primeCROWD, Austria's biggest network for startup investors – matching high-profile investors with selected startups. Founding Partner Freebiebox, an e-commerce startup offering a box of high quality giveaways that no one wants to throw away. Founding Partner Carployee, a MobilityTech startup that offers businesses a white-label carpooling platform for employees.Founding Partner Saturo, a FoodTech startup that offers Europe’s first meal replacement product in a bottle.Co-Founder, former CMO & Biz Guy at whatchado.
Primarily responsible for business development, strategic cooperations, content distribution and user acquisition. Initiator of whatchaSKOOL, HR BarCamp Vienna (www.hrbarcamp.at) and Refugee Stories (http://refugeestories.eu/)Management Consultant in Digital marketing / Corporate development / LeadershipStartup Mentor at Vienna University of Economics and Business / Austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws) / Creative Region Linz & Upper Austria / Creative Pre-Incubator / StartupLeitner – advising early-stage startups.Speaker and panelist at various startup, education and HR conferences.Officially European Youth Award Ambassador & Austrian ambassador for integration, nominated by Sebastian Kurz, Austrian minister of foreign affairs.Elected under the top Vienna University of Economics and Business Alumni Entrepreneurs in 2014 & 2015.Speaker and panelist appearances: UN World Summit Award, European Youth Award, European Diversity, Business & Inclusion Congress, AIESEC National Days & Youth to Business Forum, FuckUp Nights Vienna, Hochschulbarcamp Germany, LHH & DBM Austria, Online-Karrieretag Wien, TU Darmstadt, Vienna University of Economics and Business, University of Vienna, Technical University of Vienna and Technical University of GrazCorporate awards won: HR Excellence Awards, Digital Communication Award, Startup Rockstar Austria, Personalmarketing Innovation des Jahres, European Youth Award, UN World Summit Award, UN World Summit Youth Award Runners-up, HR Innovation Slam Award DACH, TRIGOS Award Social Entrepreneurship, Deutscher Preis für Onlinekommunikation, Mingo Award Wachstumsorientierte Kleinunternehmen, Staatspreis für Multimedia und eBusiness, Content Award

## Matthias Heimbeck
- Type: Angel
- Location: Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Marketplace, Computer Vision, Sharing Economy

Matthias Heimbeck is the Founder and CEO of Findologic.

## Laura Warnier
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Manufacturing, Consumer Goods, Home Appliances

Laura Warnier is an individual invstor at GoStudent

## Jürgen Habichler
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Toys, Children, Robotics

Jürgen Habichler

## Daniel Marwan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Marketplace, Internet of Things

Daniel Marwan

## Stefan Lemcke
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Manufacturing, Bakery, Cosmetics

Stefan Lemcke

## Zaid Al-Aifari
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Education, Mobile Apps, Audio

Zaid Al-Aifari

## Markus Weiss
- Type: Angel
- Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce

Markus Weiss is the Chief Financial Officer of Degussa Goldhandel. He previously worked at Porsche Automobil Holding and attended the University of Mannheim.

## Hansi Hansmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Health Care, Apps, Cooking

Hansi Hansmann