Top 5 Organic Food Startup Investors in Austria in May 2026

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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Tet Ventures is one of the most active global food-tech investors. We work with and invest in technology that can improve the food system.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Afterlife Ag — Eliminate organic waste from going into landfills. Peat upcycles your food waste into fresh, sustainable, and delicious mushrooms.
FORAY bioscience — FORAY bioscience is a biotechnology company that uses biomanufacturing techniques to produce wood products.
Prolific Machines — Difficult protein production made simple. A next-generation expression system for next-generation therapeutics.

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Investing in the ReGeneration

Investment focus

Agriculture, Biotechnology, Farming
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Austria, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Anthrogen — Anthrogen is a Biotechnology Research firm using bacteria and enzymes for reducing carbon in the air by transforming it into chemicals.
Asterix Foods — Asterix Foods is a biotechnology company designed to build protein production using plant-cell culture techniques. The company's platform is developing and growing bioactive proteins for food that are scalable, functional, and complex, enabling users with plant cell-cultured and animal-free proteins.It was founded in 2022 and is located inTel Aviv, Israel.
Differential Bio — Differential Bio is integrating scale-down experiments with AI-based modeling to optimize how industry-relevant microbes grow ("biomass fermentation") and produce ("precision fermentation"). By optimizing bioprocesses and growth conditions, the company is not only increasing their clients' R&D efficiency but alsodramatically improving bioproduction outcomes such as yield, cost efficiency, and product quality.

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Synthesis Capital is an investment manager transforming our food system through food technology.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Organic Food
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Israel, Austria

Portfolio highlights

Triplebar — Triplebar provides sustainability, biotechnology, and synthetic biology research.
Savor — Savor makes delightfully rich foods without animals, farmland, fertilizers, hormones, or antibiotics.
Hyfé — Hyfé Foods is a biotech company producing ingredients by leveraging fungal fermentation to upcycle water byproducts from food manufacturers.

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