# Symbia VC

> Symbia VC is a VC fund in Innsbruck backing Automotive, Construction and Manufacturing. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Innsbruck, Austria
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/symbiavc/
- Website: https://www.symbia-vc.com/

Symbia VC is an energetic venture capital firm that serves as a sparring partner for innovative entrepreneurs and businesses. They invest in their sustainable and environmentally friendly core business throughout the wood and forestry value chain.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.3M–$5.4M |
| Series A | $3.2M–$16M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Automotive | 2 | 22% |
| Construction | 2 | 22% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 22% |
| Sustainability | 2 | 22% |
| Audio | 1 | 11% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 44% |
| Series A | 2 | 22% |
| Series B | 1 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 11% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Austria | 2 | 22% |
| Germany | 2 | 22% |
| Sweden | 1 | 11% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| One.Five | A biotech platform to scale applied material science. | $16.3M | Series A | Jan 19, 2026 |  |
| recalm | Recalm is a technology company that develops innovative acoustic devices for active noise reduction in vehicle cabins for construction and agricultural machinery such as excavators or maize choppers. The company reduces annoying and harmful noises for humans through targeted anti-sound in the frequency range <500 Hz. Their developed ANC softwarethen generates signals with opposite polarity to this source.Recalm algorithm selectively reduces annoying and damaging machine noises for humans. At the same time, acoustic signals remain audible, e.g. while driving backwards, instructions from the foreman, walkie-talkies, mobile phones and radio (selective). It offers the click-on solution for the headrest coming as original equipment or technical upgrade. | $3.2M | Series A | Mar 24, 2025 |  |
| One.Five | A biotech platform to scale applied material science. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2025 |  |
| Wingtra | Wingtra is a professional drone manufacturer based in Zurich, Switzerland. The company produces the VTOL WingtraOne drone, which collects high-precision aerial data for surveying and mapping applications. Since its market entry in 2017, Wingtra has partnered with more than 50 of the biggest surveying equipment dealers across the globe, such as RDOInc. and SITECH. |  | Series B | Aug 15, 2024 |  |
| Tree.ly | Tree.ly does climate protection through the projects in European forests through its SaaS platform and hyperlocal CO2-credits. | $5.4M | Seed | Jun 28, 2024 |  |
| Modvion | Modvion is a Swedish/ American Engineering and Industrial Design company developing modular designs in renewable engineered wood product materials to simplify and improve construction logistics.Their current area of focus is in wind tower technology. Modvion´s patented module technology enables significantly decreased cost, efficienttransportation and streamlined installation of towers exceeding 120 m. Ultimately, this results in increased cost efficiency in the harvesting of wind resources. | $6.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 04, 2024 |  |
| Strong by Form | Strong by Form bonds nature and technology to build a sustainable future. Our Woodflow technology allows to produce high-performance lightweight biocomposites that are strong enough to become an alternative to materials such as aluminum or fiber reinforced plastics on vehicles and steel and concrete used on buildings. Emulating trees’ structuralefficiency, we’ve developed a design-to fabrication technology that combines the latest optimization tools and AI with a proprietary additive manufacturing process. This allows us to create timberbased composites capable of matching the performance other structural materials at a fraction of their weight and environmental impact.We tackle the sustainable lightweight materials market. These enable vehicles to reach longer distances and buildings to use less raw material. We expect Woodflow’s combination of high-performance, sustainability and productivity to become a game changer for the new generation of sustainable construction and mobility. | $5.2M | Seed | Dec 05, 2023 |  |
| Modvion | Modvion is a Swedish/ American Engineering and Industrial Design company developing modular designs in renewable engineered wood product materials to simplify and improve construction logistics.Their current area of focus is in wind tower technology. Modvion´s patented module technology enables significantly decreased cost, efficienttransportation and streamlined installation of towers exceeding 120 m. Ultimately, this results in increased cost efficiency in the harvesting of wind resources. | $11.8M | Convertible Note | Feb 06, 2023 |  |
| refinq | Refinq develops a nature risk management platform that combines biodiversity and ecosystem data with physical climate risk scenarios. | $2.3M | Seed |  |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Symbia VC invest in?

Symbia VC invests primarily in Automotive, Construction and Manufacturing startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Austria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Symbia VC's check size?

Symbia VC typically joins rounds of $2.3M–$5.4M at Seed and $3.2M–$16M 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 Symbia VC participates in.

### When did Symbia VC last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Symbia VC closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 9 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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