# Top 15 Publishing Startup Investors in Austria in June 2026

## AD Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Graz, Steiermark, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Education, Publishing

AD Ventures is an investment firm.

## European Social Innovation and Impact Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Education, Publishing

European Social Innovation and Impact Fund is an investment firm.

## Johannes Woithon
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Education, Publishing

Johannes Woithon is the Founder & Managing Director at orgavision GmbH.

## Philipp Kinsky
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Audio, Sales

Philipp Kinsky

## SQUER
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cooking, Recipes, E-Commerce

Experts in Technology Boost, Realizing Agile, Sustainable Delivery, and Upskilling.

## Rene Giretzlehner
- Type: Angel
- Location: Austria, Pangasinan, Philippines
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: Software, Apps, Dating

Rene Giretzlehner

## Stephan Zöchling
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cooking, Recipes, E-Commerce

CEO

## Christian Kaar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Austria, Pangasinan, Philippines
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Software, Information Technology

Christian Kaar is the VP of Finance and Business Analytics at Leaders21com. Christian Kaar attended University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria.

## Erste Social Finance
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Belvédère, Tunis, Tunisia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Education, Publishing

Erste Social Finance operates as a social finance investor and intermediary in Central and Eastern Europe.

## FASE Finanzierungsagentur für Social Entrepreneurship
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Education, Recycling, Publishing

FASE Finanzierungsagentur für Social Entrepreneurship offers growth of social innovations, finding investors, and funding.

## Michael Grabner
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, AgTech, Internet

Michael Grabner - Partner & Managing Director @ Michael Grabner Media GmbH

## Michael Kamleitner
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Video

Michael Kamleitner is the Founder of Swat.io. He attended WU Vienna.

## Bernhard Lehner
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Internet, Software, Training

Bernhard Lehner is a communication professional through and through. His work with and for the media has always been the centre of his professional life. During his communication studies in Vienna he gathered work experiences as a journalist for print and online media. By the End of the 90ies he had changed the site and worked successfully as a PRadvisor for agencies but also for in house relations. His references from the last few years include Apple, Samsung, Motorola, Ikea and Cisco. i5invest appreciates Bernhard’s expertise for strategic communication development measurements and their realisation for old and new media with a focus on Europe.

## Alfred Luger
- Type: Angel
- Location: Austria, Pangasinan, Philippines
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Apps, E-Learning

Alfred Luger

## Gabriel Grabner
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Internet, Software, Marketing

Gabriel Grabner - Venture Partner @ DvH Ventures

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