# Vienna Business Agency

> Vienna Business Agency is a VC fund backing Information Technology. See 27 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Austria
- Total investments: 27
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 41%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vienna-business-agency/
- Website: https://viennabusinessagency.at/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WirtschaftsagenturWien

Vienna Business Agency is a VC fund in Vienna focused on Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence. The Vienna Business Agency is the first point of contact for national and international companies. It offers financial support, real estate and urban development incentives as well as free service and advice.The objective is to strengthen Viennese companies and their innovative force. As a result, developing and sustaining the businesslocation and strengthening the position in international competition.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 8 | 30% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 8 | 30% |
| Software | 7 | 26% |
| Machine Learning | 7 | 26% |
| Health Care | 4 | 15% |

66 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 10 | 37% |
| Seed | 7 | 26% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 19% |
| Angel | 1 | 4% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gerhard Hirczi | Management | 0 | — |
| Ioana Varga | International Marketing Specialist and Storyteller | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Minimist | The OS for effortless second-hand selling |  | Grant | Mar 25, 2026 |  |
| Howie | Howie is an AI tool designed to assist architects and engineers by automating tasks, optimizing designs, and enhancing workflow efficiency. It acts as a digital copilot, leveraging AI to streamline professional processes. | $629.1K | Pre-Seed | Mar 03, 2025 |  |
| Howie | Howie is an AI tool designed to assist architects and engineers by automating tasks, optimizing designs, and enhancing workflow efficiency. It acts as a digital copilot, leveraging AI to streamline professional processes. | $629.1K | Seed | Mar 03, 2025 |  |
| Minimist | The OS for effortless second-hand selling | $367.8K | Pre-Seed | Dec 15, 2024 |  |
| Cloud NYNE | Our AI converts real world buildings effortlessly into BIM. | $120.4K | Grant | Apr 01, 2024 |  |
| Oxigen Reverse Ageing Center | Let’s not beat around the bush: in the startup game, everyone's seeking that game-changing invention. But here's a provocative truth — the real disruptors? We don’t always invent. Sometimes, we just execute flawlessly on what’s already been discovered.Enter our game plan: harnessing the latest in Oxygen Therapy (Hyperbaric) research.It's the cutting-edge, but not of our making. The magic is in how we bring it to the masses. We've transformed late scientific findings into a thriving, tangible service, addressing issues from cognitive decline to long COVID.Why is this our pitch to you, an investor? Because scalability and execution are where many startups falter, but it's precisely where we shine. Our operational center in Vienna stands as a testament. And now, with a strong execution team at the helm, we're poised to replicate our success, quickly and efficiently, across Europe.This isn’t just about a longer life for customers; it’s about a robust, scalable, and lucrative life for investments. A venture that doesn’t bleed capital on R&D, but instead funnels it into growth and rapid deployment? That's the kind of low-risk, high-reward proposition savvy investors dream of.In the quest to reimagine aging, we're not just adding years to life – we're adding serious ROI potential to your portfolio. | $845.5K | Pre-Seed | Feb 01, 2022 |  |
| notarity | notarity is the most user-friendly platform for fully digital collaboration with notaries. Notarize documents online from anywhere at anytime. | $189.7K |  | Jun 30, 2021 |  |
| Revo Foods | Revo Foods produces seafood products made of plants that is better for your health AND the environment. | $1.8M | Seed | Apr 12, 2021 |  |
| Inoqo | In a world of over, mis- or blurred information, inoqo wants to provide consumers with scientific-based data on the environmental, social and biodiversity impact of familiar grocery products. Our mission is to help all of us aligning our daily purchasing decisions to our key concerns so that we can actively contribute to a sustainableproduction-consumption cycle.The app uses a specific innovative technology that can passively and smartly track the user’s grocery basket for informing them about -for example- the CO2 impact of their purchase and how aligned it is to their environmental priorities or social valuesThe solution will actively recommend alternative products of lower impact and encourage them through personalized content, gamification and community challenges to further pursue a sustainable lifestyle.We strongly believe that our daily habits can change the world. Our vision is to enable millions of consumers around the globe to learn why and how their consumption decisions impact biodiversity, climate and their own well-being. We want to accelerate the change towards sustainable production: as users consume more responsibly, they create healthy competition between companies who start to produce responsibly.We have ten years left to cut our CO2 emissions by half. From now on, every action counts. Join inoqo. |  | Seed | Apr 06, 2021 |  |
| Inoqo | In a world of over, mis- or blurred information, inoqo wants to provide consumers with scientific-based data on the environmental, social and biodiversity impact of familiar grocery products. Our mission is to help all of us aligning our daily purchasing decisions to our key concerns so that we can actively contribute to a sustainableproduction-consumption cycle.The app uses a specific innovative technology that can passively and smartly track the user’s grocery basket for informing them about -for example- the CO2 impact of their purchase and how aligned it is to their environmental priorities or social valuesThe solution will actively recommend alternative products of lower impact and encourage them through personalized content, gamification and community challenges to further pursue a sustainable lifestyle.We strongly believe that our daily habits can change the world. Our vision is to enable millions of consumers around the globe to learn why and how their consumption decisions impact biodiversity, climate and their own well-being. We want to accelerate the change towards sustainable production: as users consume more responsibly, they create healthy competition between companies who start to produce responsibly.We have ten years left to cut our CO2 emissions by half. From now on, every action counts. Join inoqo. |  | Pre-Seed | Apr 06, 2021 |  |

10 of 27 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [The Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/theaustrian-researchpromotion-agency-ffg) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Austria Wirtschaftsservice (AWS)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/austria-wirtschaftsservice-aws) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AWS Double Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aws-double-equity) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Pi Labs — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [aws Gründungsfonds](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aws-grnderfonds) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Die Wirtschaftskammer](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/die-wirtschaftskammer) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Vienna Business Agency invest in?

Vienna Business Agency invests primarily in Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Software startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 27 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Austria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Vienna Business Agency?

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### Who are the partners at Vienna Business Agency?

The team at Vienna Business Agency includes Gerhard Hirczi (Management) and Ioana Varga (International Marketing Specialist and Storyteller). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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