# Danube Angels

> Danube Angels is a VC fund in Vienna backing Travel, Tourism and Banking. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Austria
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Dec 2020
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/danube-angels/about/
- Website: http://www.danubeangels.com/en/

Danube Angels is a VC fund in Vienna focused on Travel and Tourism. Shared Entrepreneurial Equity Investments in the DACH- and CEE-region starting from EUR 1.000

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $444k–$1.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travel | 2 | 67% |
| Tourism | 2 | 67% |
| Banking | 1 | 33% |
| Content | 1 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 1 | 33% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 33% |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fintune | Financial skills are fundamental in life and should be offered to everyone. Digital technologies will help to fight unfair distribution of skills and wealth by spreading financial literacy. We utilize smart home, mobile, cloud, and our experience in Be a financial superhero. With HelloFinny, the smart biggy bank, you enable your entire family totalk about money in a fun and easy way. With the Finny apps, we offer many tools for parents to encourage children to delay their gratification, set goals, earn and save their first own money, and keep an overview of how much money is available digitaly and physically.HelloFinny can be connected to a bank account via Open Banking (PSD2) and to our Finny apps. Never forget to pay pocket money, track your children's houshold tasks, or keep an eye on the wishes and goals of your children. Get inspiration from a wealth of finacial literacy challengen that you can do with your children: What is the difference between needs and wants? What is a PIN? Why does a pizza cost more in a restaurant than when made at home? What is a blockchain? And many more.We are bank-independent. Families choose with which bank they want to hold an account and link this account to the HelloFinny piggy bank. | $443.8K | Seed | Dec 15, 2020 | https://x.com/fintune1/ |
| Motourismo | Motourismo offers the ability to find, compare, and book motorcycle travel, motorcycle training, and motorcycle shipping services. | $1.1M | Seed | May 14, 2020 | https://www.motourismo.com/ |
| SmartGuide | SmartGuide is a global digital guide platform, powered by AI with a human touch, that transforms every phone into a personal travel guide. It operates on a pioneering B2B SaaS model, offering a self-service Content Management System that enables tourism boards, attractions, and tour operators to publish official guides in hours without costly appdevelopment. This provides ready-made technology and advanced guiding features. For travelers, the SmartGuide app delivers self-guided audio tours, personalized AI recommendations, offline maps, engaging stories, and 3D Augmented Reality experiences in over 30 languages. It guides users at their own pace, outside of crowds, fostering engaging and sustainable tourism by helping disperse visitors to less-known areas. SmartGuide boasts significant traction, with over 2 million organic users across 1,600+ destinations, and is trusted by leading travel brands such as Switzerland Tourism, Salzburg Region, Bratislava, and Pilsner Brewery Its unique B2B2C model allows for efficient user acquisition, as partners promote the platform to their visitors. The company recently underwent a strategic restructuring to laser-focus on recurring B2B SaaS revenues, aiming for sustainable, profitable growth after ambitious multi-party platform efforts proved unsustainable. This pivot leverages SmartGuide's proven product, extensive content, user base, and strong customer relationships. The team is led by accomplished professionals, including Harvard Business School and McKinsey & Company alums, with deep expertise in technology and travel. | $61.7K | Pre-Seed | Jul 02, 2018 | https://smart-guide.org |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ADVrider](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advrider) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DEPO Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/depo-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Funderbeam](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/funderbeam) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [IFB Innovationsstarter](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ifb-innovationsstarter-gmbh) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [REV'IT!](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rev-it-sport-international) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Danube Angels invest in?

Danube Angels invests primarily in Travel, Tourism and Banking startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Danube Angels's check size?

Danube Angels typically joins rounds of $444k–$1.1M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Danube Angels participates in.

### When did Danube Angels last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Danube Angels closed in Dec 2020. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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