# austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws)

> austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws) is a VC fund backing Software. See 70 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Austria
- Total investments: 70
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last fund: Jan 2013
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/austria-wirtschaftsservice/about/
- Website: http://www.awsg.at
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/austriawirtschaftsservice/

austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws) is a VC fund in Vienna focused on Software and Information Technology. The Austrian Economic Service mbH (aws) is the promotional bank of the Federal Government.The aws SME fund is the largest Austrian Fund for silent corporate investments, but also providers of equity. Founded in late 2009 by the Austrian Economic Service mbH (aws) - the Development Bank of the Federal - he has a term until 31/12/2025.The fund is currently endowed with EUR 80 million and participates in medium-sized companies and brings with it a fresh capital to develop new products or processes, for sales development to international expansion.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $439k–$2.8M |
| Grant | $62k–$2.3M |
| Pre-Seed | $195k–$1.6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 15 | 21% |
| Information Technology | 9 | 13% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 9 | 13% |
| SaaS | 8 | 11% |
| Health Care | 7 | 10% |

101 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 20 | 29% |
| Grant | 17 | 24% |
| Pre-Seed | 11 | 16% |
| Series A | 6 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 4% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Austria | 48 | 69% |
| Belgium | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bernhard Sagmeister | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/di-bernhard-sagmeister |
| Elisabeth Hagen | Deputy Chairman, Board of Directors | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elisabeth-hagen |
| Johann Fussenegger | Head- Loans \| grants GFL | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/johann-fussenegger |
| Kambis Kohansal Vajargah | Startup Mentor | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kambis-kohansal-vajargah |
| Katrin Pacholet | Assistant to the Management | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katrin-pacholet |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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. | $2.3M | Grant | Jun 30, 2026 |  |
| Graph Therapeutics | Graph is a precision immunology techbio that leverages perturbation modeling from primary patient cell samples combined with multi-omics data to deliver transformative targeted therapies and biomarkers for immune-driven diseases. Graph believes that due to an incomplete understanding of complex immune-mediated diseases, millions of people are leftwithout adequate treatment options - and AI trained with complex disease data can solve this. |  | Grant | Jun 22, 2026 |  |
| Repentium | Repentium serves industrial manufacturers seeking reproducible, cost-efficient 3D printing and engineering-grade plastic parts. |  | Seed | Apr 22, 2026 |  |
| 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. | $4M | Seed | Mar 11, 2026 |  |
| OMV | OMV is a supplier of fuels, chemicals, and materials with a focus on circular economy solutions. They provide circular polyolefin solutions and specialize in base chemicals, fertilizers, and plastic recycling. They produce and market fuels and feedstock for the chemical industry. | $143.8M | Grant | Jan 07, 2026 |  |
| Digicust | Digicust assists in providing a higher-quality service. They are developing Digital Customs, an AI-based web app that integrates virtual customs robots, provides the filling out of smart customs declarations (Dexter IDP), the examination and request of smart customs documents (Neo), machine customs code classification (Taric), simple, green, safesemi- and/or fully automated, explainable (customs clearance & machine) processes, digital data work without paper consumption and manual data entry, and serves as the foundation for the Int. | $2.7M | Seed | Dec 04, 2025 |  |
| revitalyze | revitalyze is an award-winning greentech platform that enables a circular construction industry through a unique approach to the reuse of building elements. |  | Seed | Oct 16, 2025 |  |
| Costvise | Costvise is the AI-powered Decision Intelligence Platform for organizations in health and social care, enabling data-driven workforce and resource decisions.Today, many critical decisions are still based on outdated guidelines, fragmented systems, and manual processes, despite determining an organization's largest cost driver: its workforce.Most organizations lack a clear, real-time understanding of how staffing, occupancy, and costs actually interact.Costvise closes this gap for the first time by connecting operational data across systems and translating it into forward-looking decision intelligence. The financial impact of every decision becomes visible before it is executed, enabling a new level of decision-making that was previously unavailable.This allows leaders to manage their workforce economically and in compliance with regulations, identify risks before they emerge, and take informed action.What starts in health and social care is becoming the decision foundation for workforce-intensive organizations, with a clear mission: making data-driven decisions the new standard. | $60.5K | Grant | Oct 01, 2025 |  |
| 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. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Jun 01, 2025 |  |
| Cycuria Therapeutics | Cycuria Therapeutics develops novel biologics targeting both tumour cells and tumour stem cells, while preserving healthy new blood cells. |  | Grant | Apr 28, 2025 |  |

10 of 70 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [The Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/theaustrian-researchpromotion-agency-ffg) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [Austria Wirtschaftsservice (AWS)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/austria-wirtschaftsservice-aws) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Raiffeisen Startup eGen](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/raiffeisen-startup-egen) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [ASKUR Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/askur-invest) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BayWa Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baywa-venture) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [European Investment Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/european-investment-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws) invest in?

austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws) invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Grant stage. Most of the 70 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Austria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws)'s check size?

austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws) typically joins rounds of $439k–$2.8M at Seed, $62k–$2.3M at Grant and $195k–$1.6M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws) participates in.

### How do I contact austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws)?

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### Who are the partners at austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws)?

The team at austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws) includes Bernhard Sagmeister (Managing Director), Elisabeth Hagen (Deputy Chairman, Board of Directors) and Johann Fussenegger (Head- Loans | grants GFL), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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