# Smartworks Innovation

> Smartworks Innovation is a VC fund in Vienna backing Software and Car Sharing. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Austria
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 36%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://smartworks.at/

Smartworks Innovation is a VC fund in Vienna focused on Software and Car Sharing. Smartworks is the corporate venture capital fund of Wien Energie and Wiener Stadtwerke.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$4M |
| Series A | $1.6M–$8.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 45% |
| Car Sharing | 2 | 18% |
| Smart Cities | 2 | 18% |
| Transportation | 2 | 18% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 18% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 27% |
| Series A | 3 | 27% |
| Convertible Note | 2 | 18% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Austria | 6 | 55% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Necture | Ubiq is shaping the future of urban mobility by enabling mobility services to become profitable and sustainable. Experts in transforming raw urban data into actionable insights and valuable services, Ubiq enables better mobility decisions. Based in Vienna, Austria, Ubiq is shaping the future of mobility globally.Core services include: - Demandprediction - Demand fulfillment - Predictive charging - Policy compliance - Dynamic pricing | $6M | Series A | Mar 13, 2024 |  |
| Necture | NECTURE empowers businesses to unlock the full potential of fleets, seamlessly bridging the gap between mobility and energy. Combining human-driven information with data-driven intelligence, we provide tailored solutions that optimize operations, reduce costs, and achieve sustainability goals. Our AI-driven technology platform offers advanced dataanalytics, automation, and user experience for efficient fleet management. Going beyond mere intelligence, we translate data into real-world actions, minimizing environmental impact and driving a cleaner, greener future. NECTURE is building a world where electric fleets are not only possible, but thrive. | $6M | Series A | Mar 13, 2024 |  |
| Necture | Ubiq is shaping the future of urban mobility by enabling mobility services to become profitable and sustainable. Experts in transforming raw urban data into actionable insights and valuable services, Ubiq enables better mobility decisions. Based in Vienna, Austria, Ubiq is shaping the future of mobility globally.Core services include: - Demandprediction - Demand fulfillment - Predictive charging - Policy compliance - Dynamic pricing | $1.6M | Series A | Apr 06, 2023 |  |
| Necture | NECTURE empowers businesses to unlock the full potential of fleets, seamlessly bridging the gap between mobility and energy. Combining human-driven information with data-driven intelligence, we provide tailored solutions that optimize operations, reduce costs, and achieve sustainability goals. Our AI-driven technology platform offers advanced dataanalytics, automation, and user experience for efficient fleet management. Going beyond mere intelligence, we translate data into real-world actions, minimizing environmental impact and driving a cleaner, greener future. NECTURE is building a world where electric fleets are not only possible, but thrive. | $1.6M | Series A | Apr 04, 2023 |  |
| triply | We enable automated analyses and simulations of a company's commuter mobility, giving our corporate clients unprecedented insights into a complex ecosystem. Our product enables the clear presentation of concrete measures and facilitates the planning and implementation of suitable solutions. | $1M | Seed | Nov 28, 2022 |  |
| IONATE | IONATE is creating the hardware-software system for smart grids. Its Hybrid Intelligent Transformer (HIT) replaces traditional transformers with a smart version, integrating data and control of voltages, harmonics, and reactive power into one unit. The HIT helps stabilize power distribution across grids, power generation, industrial facilities, anddata centers, while also supporting real-time control nodes. | $4M | Seed | Aug 16, 2022 |  |
| Easelink | Easelink is developing and industrializing a highly efficient and powerful connection system to automate and accelerate electric vehicles'​ charging process and to kill users'​ pain of constantly plugging- in and out.The company industrializes MATRIX CHARGING®, the first automated conductive charging technology that has no moving partsoutside of the vehicle.It‘s stationary and it‘s scalable. MATRIX CHARGING® has been developed to foster smart living through outstanding charging technology | $8.3M | Series A | Jan 19, 2022 |  |
| Necture | Ubiq is shaping the future of urban mobility by enabling mobility services to become profitable and sustainable. Experts in transforming raw urban data into actionable insights and valuable services, Ubiq enables better mobility decisions. Based in Vienna, Austria, Ubiq is shaping the future of mobility globally.Core services include: - Demandprediction - Demand fulfillment - Predictive charging - Policy compliance - Dynamic pricing |  | Convertible Note | Jul 08, 2021 |  |
| Necture | NECTURE empowers businesses to unlock the full potential of fleets, seamlessly bridging the gap between mobility and energy. Combining human-driven information with data-driven intelligence, we provide tailored solutions that optimize operations, reduce costs, and achieve sustainability goals. Our AI-driven technology platform offers advanced dataanalytics, automation, and user experience for efficient fleet management. Going beyond mere intelligence, we translate data into real-world actions, minimizing environmental impact and driving a cleaner, greener future. NECTURE is building a world where electric fleets are not only possible, but thrive. |  | Convertible Note | Jul 08, 2021 |  |
| DIGGERS Research | Decentralized data furnace |  | Seed | May 14, 2020 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Energie360°](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/energie360) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Speedinvest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/speedinvest) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [SmartEnergy Innovation Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smartenergy-innovation-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [VERBUND](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/verbund-ag) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Verbund X Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/verbund-x-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cycle Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cycle-group-3570) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Smartworks Innovation invest in?

Smartworks Innovation invests primarily in Software, Car Sharing and Smart Cities startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Austria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Smartworks Innovation's check size?

Smartworks Innovation typically joins rounds of $1M–$4M at Seed and $1.6M–$8.3M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Smartworks Innovation participates in.

### When did Smartworks Innovation last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Smartworks Innovation closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 11 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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