Top 15 Music Startup Investors in Austria (October 2026)

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• Fretello — Made by guitarists, for guitarists, Fretello started as a simple app that our CEO, Florian, created as a companion to help him improve his skills. Seven years and many iterations later, we’re now the app of choice for guitar players of all levels who have a genuine thirst to improve.Driven by a belief that anyone can learn guitar, but noteveryone is taught well, we cut through the noise to give guitarists a comprehensive education that actually sticks. We know that proper learning takes time. We’re not here to simply teach you a few riffs and the odd song. We’re here to teach you how to really play your instrument. For us, the goal is mastery but with continual improvement. So, we’ve combined the insights of educational experts and professional musicians with advanced AI technology to create a truly innovative learning tool. That’s why we offer a structured Learn Path alongside tailored practice plans, daily guitar workouts, a large song library, and interactive jam sessions. We tackle playing guitar from every angle because that’s how confident, versatile guitarists are made. As passionate musicians, we count being able to express ourselves through music as one of life’s greatest joys. Whether with or without us, we hope you find a way to experience some of that too.
• Shopstory — Shopstory provides AI-based marketing software that makes online shops more profitable. Shopstory replaces marketing agencies, reduces costs, improves online store Google Ads & SEO performance, and automates keyword research. Shopstory aims to boost sales, cut costs, and save time.
• triply — Sustainable mobility made easy. We help companies and organizations design safe and sustainable mobility solutions.

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• Fretello — Made by guitarists, for guitarists, Fretello started as a simple app that our CEO, Florian, created as a companion to help him improve his skills. Seven years and many iterations later, we’re now the app of choice for guitar players of all levels who have a genuine thirst to improve.Driven by a belief that anyone can learn guitar, but noteveryone is taught well, we cut through the noise to give guitarists a comprehensive education that actually sticks. We know that proper learning takes time. We’re not here to simply teach you a few riffs and the odd song. We’re here to teach you how to really play your instrument. For us, the goal is mastery but with continual improvement. So, we’ve combined the insights of educational experts and professional musicians with advanced AI technology to create a truly innovative learning tool. That’s why we offer a structured Learn Path alongside tailored practice plans, daily guitar workouts, a large song library, and interactive jam sessions. We tackle playing guitar from every angle because that’s how confident, versatile guitarists are made. As passionate musicians, we count being able to express ourselves through music as one of life’s greatest joys. Whether with or without us, we hope you find a way to experience some of that too.
• Shopstory — Shopstory provides AI-based marketing software that makes online shops more profitable. Shopstory replaces marketing agencies, reduces costs, improves online store Google Ads & SEO performance, and automates keyword research. Shopstory aims to boost sales, cut costs, and save time.
• Mangomint — Mangomint is the highest rated scheduling software for hair salons, spas, nail salons, barbershops, tanning salons, massage studios, tattoo shops and more.

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• Findery — Find and leave notes anywhere in the world, discover local knowledge, hidden secrets, and exciting stories. Share your travel knowledge, geoblog, or local news!
• GAMINSIDE — GAMINSIDE revolutionizes your relationship with your customers. As European full service provider, we deliver the complete package with solutions, services and software for gamified loyalty that is tailor-made and unique to your products, brands and customers. Integrate the best ideas from gamification and customer loyalty in your business areato exceed your commercial targets with GAMINSIDE.
• Polaron — Material Design. Supercharged with AI.

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• refinq — refinq scores every one of your locations for physical climate, nature and transition risk under IPCC scenarios, then links exposure to financial impact and adaptation actions.
• profitize — profitize is an AI‑powered financial planning and analysis (FP&A) platform built specifically for hotels and other hospitality businesses.The platform uses AI to generate forecasts, highlight risks, and provide actionable insights, positioning itself as an “FP&A co‑pilot” for hotel profitability rather than just a reporting tool.
• Invisible-Light Labs — Invisible Light Labs uses Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and nanoelectromechanical sensing technologies to enable chemical analysis of materials and nanomaterials that are available in minuscule amounts in a variety of industries, from environmental monitoring to pharmaceuticals.

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• Record Bird — Record Bird offers an application that enables its users to find news and information about new releases of music. It enables its users to follow artists and obtain news and information about them. Record Bird was founded by Arnold Graf, Christoph Kregl, Alexander Baumann, Thomas Patterer, and Andreas Mahringer.

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• Monkee — Monkee is building the infrastructure for the next generation of commerce through Save Now Buy Later (SNBL) — an alternative to debt-based purchasing models like BNPL. The platform empowers consumers to save purposefully toward meaningful purchases, while enabling brands and retailers to engage the 1 in 3 consumers who want to buy, but refuse touse credit. With over 140,000 users, €230M+ in savings goals, and 600+ retail partners, Monkee turns early intent into action — driving loyalty, conversion, and incremental revenue without financial risk. After validating its model in B2C, Monkee is now scaling through embedded SNBL integrations at the point of intent across e-commerce and physical retail.Monkee aims to establish 'Save now Buy Later' as a responsible alternative to 'Buy now Pay later'.The company was founded in Austria. The app was launched in the kick-off markets Germany and Austria.
• sproof — Sproof is an online document signing solution that allows users to sign documents with a digital signature. The company is based in Puch Bei Hallein, Austria.
• ELOOP — With ELOOP Carsharing you can rent electric vehicles per minute, hour or day. Download our app and rent electric vehicles in Vienna.

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• Tiney — Tiney are on a mission to reimagine at-home childcare & unlock the potential of every child. For parents, this means easy access to an exceptional and affordable childcare community that’s built around busy modern lives. For children, this means high quality and thoughtful play-based learning in safe settings that goes beyond nationalrequirements for early education. For childcare providers, this means allowing them to focus on the children in their care, relieving the burden of running a small business and ensuring maximum job satisfaction.
• AUTOVIO — Autovio offers digital concepts for driving schools.
• Pandatron — With clients like SAP, Universal Pictures & Skanska, Pandatron is a startup that supports change management. We do it by scaling AI-driven coaching 1-on-1s to every employee, which also allows us to measure change.

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• Another Earth — Synthetic Earth observation data that trains AI models to simulate environmental change and predict risk before it happens. Vienna-based, founded 2024.
• Graph Therapeutics — Graph Therapeutics - precision immunology
• Epitome Therapeutics — Epitome Therapeutics is an early-stage biotechnology company developing CADENCE, a next-generation epigenome editing platform for precise, durable, and context-dependent control of gene expression without altering the underlying DNA sequence, with the aim of establishing a new therapeutic modality for diseases driven by dysregulated gene activity.

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• OKTAV — Your #1 platform for piano. Any level, every style. Play, learn & improve with sheet music you love.
• Codeversity — Codeversity is corporate education platform for digital competence development.

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• Record Bird — Record Bird offers an application that enables its users to find news and information about new releases of music. It enables its users to follow artists and obtain news and information about them. Record Bird was founded by Arnold Graf, Christoph Kregl, Alexander Baumann, Thomas Patterer, and Andreas Mahringer.

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• Music Traveler — Music Traveler is a marketplace that centralises spaces with musical instruments and equipment for the creative industry. Via gathering spaces for all levels of prices, types, sizes, and activities, the company’s platform expands its services by providing a booking system for the venues and spaces. The platform has earned the endorsement ofrenowned artists, partners, corporations and the community. Founded by Julia Rhee and Aleksey Igudesman, world-renowned ambassadors include Billy Joel, Hans Zimmer, Sean Lennon, Yuja Wang, Adrien Brody, and John Malkovich, to mention a few.

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• Record Bird — Record Bird offers an application that enables its users to find news and information about new releases of music. It enables its users to follow artists and obtain news and information about them. Record Bird was founded by Arnold Graf, Christoph Kregl, Alexander Baumann, Thomas Patterer, and Andreas Mahringer.

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• markta — Digital farmers market
• Refurbed — Refurbed operates as an online marketplace for refurbished products in the german-speaking world. It sells renewed phones, laptops and tablets which are up to 40% cheaper and 100% more environmentally friendly than their brand-new, store-bought counterparts. Refurbed devices are renewed through a 40-step process, making them look like new andfunction like new. On top of that, each device comes with at least a 12-month guarantee.The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.
• checkyeti — CheckYeti is the largest online platform to book activities in 1000+ mountain and beach destinations across Europe - including skiing & snowboarding, rafting & canyoning, mountain biking, paragliding & ballooning, diving & surfing, jet skiing, boat trips and many more. With 12 000+ offers in 16 countries, CheckYeti enablesholidaymakers and outdoor enthusiasts to experience summer and winter activities with their ideal guide.

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• Music Traveler — Music Traveler is a marketplace that centralises spaces with musical instruments and equipment for the creative industry. Via gathering spaces for all levels of prices, types, sizes, and activities, the company’s platform expands its services by providing a booking system for the venues and spaces. The platform has earned the endorsement ofrenowned artists, partners, corporations and the community. Founded by Julia Rhee and Aleksey Igudesman, world-renowned ambassadors include Billy Joel, Hans Zimmer, Sean Lennon, Yuja Wang, Adrien Brody, and John Malkovich, to mention a few.
• The Apollinaire Group (TAG) — Intelligent supply chain management company.
• SCARLETRED — SCARLETRED is an international Digital Health Scaleup revolutionising the global skin care market by the AI powered SCARLETRED®VISION platform system. The problem we solved is subjective skin assessment and lacking standardization in Dermatology. Our medical device certified platform is fully mobile, runs via mobile App on smartphones and connectsto our web platform, which enables to generate smart imaging data and novel AI decision support applications in Dermatology and Telemedicine. The multi award winning technology is supplied international via SaaS to Biopharma and Cosmetics Industry, Hospitals and Medical Experts. Protected via worldwide patents it facilitates standardized skin documentation and remote tracking of skin changes and therapeutic effects via mobile App. Images can be uploaded in a cloud based platform and objectively analysed for visual skin changes over time, such as for allergic reactions, pigmentation changes, acne, psoriasis, disease or wound healing. SCARLETRED provides services on a broad range of dermatologic conditions ranging from B2B to B2B2C applications.

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• Music Traveler — Music Traveler is a marketplace that centralises spaces with musical instruments and equipment for the creative industry. Via gathering spaces for all levels of prices, types, sizes, and activities, the company’s platform expands its services by providing a booking system for the venues and spaces. The platform has earned the endorsement ofrenowned artists, partners, corporations and the community. Founded by Julia Rhee and Aleksey Igudesman, world-renowned ambassadors include Billy Joel, Hans Zimmer, Sean Lennon, Yuja Wang, Adrien Brody, and John Malkovich, to mention a few.