# Top 50 Software Startup Investors in Austria in June 2026

## Speedinvest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 34
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Speedinvest is a globally active European venture capital firm built on a simple belief: many move more.
From six offices across EMEA, our sector-focused investment teams back relentless founders from pre–Seed to Growth with long-term conviction, providing day-one access to our global network of corporate customers, experts, industry leaders, andtop-tier follow-on investors to scale smarter and faster.
Building lasting companies like Bitpanda (Austria), Moove (Nigeria), Gigs (U.S.), Tide (UK), ARX Robotics (Germany), Wayflyer (Ireland), GoStudent (Austria), Seqera Labs (Spain), and Cylib (Germany) — together.
Big ideas may start with one. But scaling and winning take The Power of More.

## tecnet equity
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sankt Polten, Niederosterreich, Austria
- Relevant deals: 32
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Biotechnology

tecnet equity is an Austrian venture capital fund investing in innovative high-tech companies with potential for significant growth.

## Johann "Hansi" Hansmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 31
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Fitness

Dr. Johann ‘Hansi’ Hansmann was born in Austria and studied economics in Vienna. He spent the major part of his professional life working as an executive in the pharmaceutical industry in Austria, Germany, UK and Spain. He gathered several years of entrepreneurial experience running successfully his own pharmaceutical company in Spain afterconducting a management buy-out of a big pharmaceutical plant, making an exit in 2003. Since this time he is active as investor and business angel. He currently holds investments with a geographical focus on Austria, Germany, UK and Spain both internet and in the health industry. He led Runtastic, shpock, mysugr and just recently durchblicker and Busuu to extraordinary exits. He was president of the ‘Austrian Angels Investors Association’ until 2021, was awarded 'Best European Early Stage Investor' in 2016 by eban.org and is now based in Vienna and tries to find spare time to ride his mountain bike.

## aws Gründungsfonds
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 30
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

aws Gründerfonds is Austria's 70m venture capital fund. We invest as co-investor in Austrian high-growth start-ups in their later seed and (pre-)series-A stages.

## austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 24
- Stages: Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

The Austrian Economic Service mbH (aws) is the promotional bank of the Federal Government.The aws SME fund is the largest Austrian Fund for silent corporate investments, but also providers of equity. Founded in late 2009 by the Austrian Economic Service mbH (aws) - the Development Bank of the Federal - he has a term until 31/12/2025.The fund is currently endowed with EUR 80 million and participates in medium-sized companies and brings with it a fresh capital to develop new products or processes, for sales development to international expansion.

## eQventure
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Graz, Steiermark, Austria
- Relevant deals: 21
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs

## The Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 15
- Stages: Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Medical

The Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) is the national funding agency for industrial research and development in Austria. As a "one-stop shop" offering a diversified and targeted programme portfolio, the FFG gives Austrian businesses and research facilities quick and uncomplicated access to research funding.The FFG was foundedon 1 September 2004 (pursuant to the FFG Act on establishing a research promotion agency, Federal Law Gazette I No. 73/2004). The FFG is wholly owned by the Republic of Austria, represented by the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (bmvit) and the Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW). As a provider of funding services, however, the FFG also works for other national and international institutions.

## Calm/Storm VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 11
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Wellness, Software

Calm/Storm is an exclusive founder network and venture capital firm. We invest in purpose driven founders changing our life & health for the better. Headquartered in Vienna, Austria we invest in early-stage companies all over Europe and the US. We focus on the pre-seed and seed stages but also invest up to Series A.

## PUSH VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 11
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Apps, Health Care

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## XISTA Science Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Klosterneuburg, Niederosterreich, Austria
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Medical, Software

We invest in deep tech startups and academic spin-offs with a strong innovation based on science, engineering and technology. We invest as lead investor in pre-seed and seed stages and have the ability to follow on in later rounds. We understand the needs of science and tech based startups and offer tailored support for entrepreneurs. We areembedded in the venture capital scene, yet understand the language of science and the world of research. Thanks to our diverse team, our expertise and experience in technology, entrepreneurship, finance, legal, IP, and strategic consulting will support your startup right from the start.

## xista science ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Klosterneuburg, Niederosterreich, Austria
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Medical, Software

We invest in deep tech startups and academic spin-offs with a strong innovation based on science, engineering and technology. We invest as lead investor in pre-seed and seed stages and have the ability to follow on in later rounds. We understand the needs of science and tech based startups and offer tailored support for entrepreneurs. We areembedded in the venture capital scene, yet understand the language of science and the world of research. Thanks to our diverse team, our expertise and experience in technology, entrepreneurship, finance, legal, IP, and strategic consulting will support your startup right from the start.

## APEX Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care

APEX Ventures is a deep-tech and medical-focused venture capital firm.

## European Super Angels Club
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology

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## Hermann Hauser
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology

Hermann Hauser is the Co-founder, Director, and Venture Partner of Amadeus Capital Partners. He previously worked at IXI as a Founder. Hermann Hauser attended the University of Vienna.

## Gamma Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology

gcp gamma capital partners is an independent Venture Capital investment firm, focused on financing dynamic technology companies in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and CEE countries.They seek to achieve superior returns by finding assets with substantial potential in their regional and sectoral focus areas, before they appear on the radar screenof mainstream players in terms of stage and/or initial investment size.

## seed + speed Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Food and Beverage

Empowering visionary founders with pre-seed and seed funding for B2B software innovation. Partner with us to turn your aspirations into thriving businesses. Our expert support ensures your journey to success.

## startup300
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Linz, Oberosterreich, Austria
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

startup300 operates as an angel investor network and business accelerator offering services to Austrian startups.

## Matterwave Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

We empower early-stage hardware and software companies to reshape industrial value chains and become global leaders.

## Pioneers Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Linz, Oberosterreich, Austria
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Apps, Music

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## Alfred Luger
- Type: Angel
- Location: Austria, Pangasinan, Philippines
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Apps, E-Learning

Alfred Luger

## Segnalita
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Wattens, Tirol, Austria
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Information Technology

Segnalita is very proud of working together with passionate entrepreneurs and promising companies. With a focus on the future and the ongoing expansion of their portfolio they are continuously looking for enthusiastic founders and their ideas.

## Smartworks Innovation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Corporate Round
- Focus: Software, Energy, Mobile

Enabling Visions. Today. Tomorrow. Together.

## Patrick Poschl
- Type: Angel
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Consulting

Patrick spent over 8 years in the financial service industry based in Vienna and London. Most recently before Scalable at Goldman Sachs in London, he was working in the team responsible for structuring of financial products and developments of electronic trading platforms. Patrick studied international business at the Vienna University of Economicsand Business. Additionally, during his studies, he was self-employed as an IT-specialist.

## Markus Ertler
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Parking, Software, Sensor

Markus Ertler - Investor @ Necture

## Christian Kaar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Austria, Pangasinan, Philippines
- Relevant deals: 5
- 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.

## 42CAP
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

We are peers amongst entrepreneurs helping the brave to build game-changing companies, just like we have done ourselves.

## Hardlymountain
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Baden, Niederosterreich, Austria
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Pet, SaaS, Bitcoin

Hardlymountain Capital invests venture capital in ambitious teams with scalable products and great growth potential.

## Peter Steinberger
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Art

Founder of PSPDFKit

## Venionaire Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech

Venionaire Capital is an Entrepreneurial Partner for Investors, Entrepreneurs and Corporates in Private Equity and Venture Capital Investments.

## CNB Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Information Technology

CNB Capital believes in the power of technology-driven entrepreneurship. We understand real innovation creates moat and defensibility. We provide long-term commitment, building an enduring partnership without the usual exit pressure.

## 3VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

3VC is a European venture capital fund that invests in carefully selected tech startups with global ambition, starting from Series A. Together with our extensive network, our entrepreneurial team provides dedicated support to our portfolio companies.

## Michael Kamleitner
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Video

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

## Peak Pride
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Medical, Health Diagnostics

Multi family office investing in proptech, digital health & sustainability

## Energie360°
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series B, Seed
- Focus: Energy, Energy Storage, Battery

One of Switzerland's largest gas distribution and energy services companies

## Nikolaus Futter
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Sensor, Parking

Nikolaus Futter - Chairman @ PSI Alliance

## Gernot Singer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Retail

Gernot Singer is a business angel

## Johannes Braith
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Pet, SaaS, Internet

Startup entrepreneur & enthusiastic leader building the world's largest completely digital self-storage solution, solving the problems of urbanisation & the struggles of last mile logistics. Storebox is the first completely digital self-storage solution in Europe. Instant - smart - 24/7. With +130 outlets in +35 cities Storebox isone of the fastest growing tech companies & franchise-systems in Europe tackling the problems of urbanisation & the struggles of last mile logistics.
www.yourstorebox.com

## Zaid Al-Aifari
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Education, Mobile Apps, Audio

Zaid Al-Aifari

## Christopher Mueller
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Consulting, Information Technology

Christopher Mueller is CEO and Co-founder of bitmovin and Head of Technology. He received his M.Sc (Dipl. Ing.) in Computer Science from the Aplen-Adria University Klagenfurt with distinction. He gained practical expertise in various companies, notably Infineon Semiconductors and Dolby Laboratories Inc. Los Angeles, USA. His main researchinterests are multimedia streaming, networking, and multimedia adaptation. In his position as an Assistant Professor (Univ. Ass.) at the Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt, Institute of Information Technology (ITEC), Multimedia Communication Group (MMC) he has published more than 20 papers in these areas and currently holds 2 U.S. patents. He participated in the MPEG-DASH standardization and is the author of the MPEG-DASH reference software libdash. He contributed several open source tools, notably MPEG-DASH VLC plugin and libdash, worked in various EC-funded projects, e.g., ALICANTE and SocialSensor, and he is the supervisor and main contributor of the MPEG-DASH ITEC blog (dash.itec.aau.at) with more than 100k views per year.

## Fil Rouge Capital (FRC)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Fil Rouge Capital (FRC) is an investment fund manager whose funds focus on early-stage businesses from pre-seed, seed, and Series A rounds of investment.

## Bernhard Niesner
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, E-Learning, Apps

Bernhard Niesner is the CEO and Co-Founder of busuu – the world´s largest social network for language learning with more than 35m users. busuu provides language courses in 12 different languages combined with direct interaction with native speakers from the community. The London-based start-up received several awards and was named “Best EducationStart-Up in 2011” by TechCrunch. busuu is backed by renown business angels like Martin Varsavsky and received investment from PRO-Founders Capital.Before founding busuu, Bernhard worked at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. In addition to busuu, he is Associated Professor at IE Business School in the area of online marketing.Bernhard graduated summa cum laude in International Business from the University of Vienna and holds an MBA (with honors) from IE Business School. In 2009 he was awarded “Entrepreneur of the year” in Austria.

## Redstone.VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

The Redstone team is an international and diverse group of serial entrepreneurs, investors, investment professionals, tech analysts and data scientists.

## Michael Grabner Media GmbH
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance

MGM - MIchael Grabner Media GmbH. Business Angel for Startups

## b2venture
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Saint Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

B2venture is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in digital and industrial technology companies. B2venture invests EUR 100m+ per year in high-growth companies with ticket sizes from EUR 0.25m to 3.5m.

## Ventech
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

On-the-ground expert investors in early-stage digital. Ready to meet you, wherever you are.

## Frank Westermann
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Diego, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: iOS, News, Sports

- Co-Founder Co-CEO of 9am.Health
- Co-Founder & CEO of mySugr (acquired by Roche in 2017)
- Early stage investor with focus on digital health & fin-tech

## Inventure Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile, Apps

Inventure Partners is an innovative investment fund focused on funding disruptive technology startups. The fund looks for teams with a novel approach to business models, and companies that are able to solve real problems and remove inefficiencies in the market. Inventure Partners backs a wide range of ventures across the technology industry, andthe fund’s portfolio currently includes on-demand service Gett (GetTaxi), leader in US telehealth American Well, long-distance bus tickets platform Busfor, and others.

## 10x Founders
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Cutting-edge venture capital firm supporting the early-stage entrepreneurs building global businesses.

## QC·VENTURES
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing

QC·VENTURES is a Venture Capital investment platform of Q·ADVISERS that builds ad hoc investor syndicates around ideas and around a core team of experienced corporate finance professionals. We invest in companies that have potential for growth, disruption and ambition to scale internationally. Our focus is general tech and consumer products.

## Schnidar Harald
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: mHealth, Software, Biopharma

Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Scientist and Inventor