# Top 50 Transportation Startup Investors in Austria in June 2026

## Speedinvest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 15
- 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: 5
- 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.

## Smartworks Innovation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Corporate Round
- Focus: Software, Energy, Mobile

Enabling Visions. Today. Tomorrow. Together.

## eQventure
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Graz, Steiermark, Austria
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs

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

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

## austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## xista science ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Klosterneuburg, Niederosterreich, Austria
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## 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

## Johann "Hansi" Hansmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## Markus Ertler
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Parking, Software, Sensor

Markus Ertler - Investor @ Necture

## Hermann Hauser
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning

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.

## seed + speed Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

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.

## XISTA Science Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Klosterneuburg, Niederosterreich, Austria
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## aws Gründungsfonds
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## Hardlymountain
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Baden, Niederosterreich, Austria
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## SmartEnergy Innovation Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Battery

Smart Energy Innovation Fund is a venture capital fund managed by Smart Energy Innovation Fonds. The company invests in the energy equipment and cleantech industries.

## FJ Labs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services

FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.

## 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.

## Companion Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Pet, Health Care, Veterinary

DV Investments provides venture capital to early-stage companies across life sciences, health technology & services, and animal health with the goal of supporting our portfolio companies throughout their development.

## Segnalita
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Wattens, Tirol, Austria
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Nikolaus Futter
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Car Sharing, Smart Cities

Nikolaus Futter is based out of Vienna, Wien, and is the Co-Founder of Angels United. Nikolaus previously worked at Austrian Angel Investors Association as a Board Member. Nikolaus Futter attended WU Vienna.

## Hansmen Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Lifestyle, Pet

The hansmengroup is a bunch of startups, that share common values, similar goals and the same Business Angel. A group with an incredible performance.

## Hornet Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Pet, E-Commerce, Marketplace

Hornet Ventures invest in seed-stage companies.

## VERBUND
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Sensor, Parking, Internet

Austria's largest electricity provider

## WhatAVenture
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Robotics, Logistics, Transportation

We build the corporate ventures of tomorrow. Our team of hands-on entrepreneurs join forces with industry leaders to create successful ventures and new revenue streams.

## AltaIR Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

We foster innovation and work together to find and grow breakthroughs all over the world

## Point72 Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech

Backed by Steven A. Cohen, our venture capital investing firm backs fintech, artificial intelligence and enterprise startups from seed stage to IPO.

## UNIQA Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Insurance, Health Care, FinTech

UNIQA Ventures GmbH is the Venture Capital arm of UNIQA Insurance Group AG, a leading insurance carrier in Central & Eastern Europe and a pioneer in Corporate-backed Venture Capital in Austria and CEE. Based in Vienna, Austria, the firm is investing in outstanding business models driven by strong teams and a clear vision to shape the future ofkey industries. Investment areas are the future of Health, Mobility, Intelligent Home and FinTech/InsurTech as well as enabling technologies such as IoT, Blockchain, ML/AI.

## Elevator Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: FinTech, SaaS, Information Technology

Elevator Ventures is the Corporate Venture Capital Entity of Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI). Its focus is on early stage and growth investments in fintechs, enabling technologies in Central/Eastern Europe. Discover more!

## Statkraft Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Renewable Energy, Energy, Big Data

Statkraft Ventures is a long-term partner for entrepreneurs disrupting the energy sector. 

## M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

M12 is Microsoft's venture capital fund. We invest in early-stage technology companies disrupting the enterprise.

## Verbund X Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Energy, Car Sharing

Verbund X Ventures is a venture capital firm

## European Super Angels Club
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology

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## Working Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Redwood City, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Supply Chain Management, Software, Machine Learning

Working Capital process is supply chain intervention, philanthropic sidecar, and theory of change. They invests in scalable innovations to meet the growing corporate demand for more transparent and ethical supply chains addressing the urgent need to protect vulnerable workers and source responsibly.

## KOMPAS VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Construction, Software, Information Technology

KOMPAS is an early-stage venture capital firm with offices in Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen and Tel Aviv. We fund breakthrough innovations that accelerate the digital transformation and decarbonisation of the building and manufacturing industries. KOMPAS invests €1.0 – 5.0 million in Seed and Series A rounds with continued support throughout thecompany’s entire lifecycle.
We partner with exceptional founders who disrupt the way buildings are designed, built and managed. We strive to eliminate emissions from building and manufacturing activity, reduce energy consumption, promote sustainable building materials, eliminate waste and support a circular economy. We invest in digital technology and automation to make industrial processes from procurement to manufacturing more efficient. We operate with purpose whilst delivering strong financial returns to our investors.

## floud ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Logistics, Robotics, Software

Investment company specializing in pre-seed and seed investements in the areas of SaaS & hardware.

## KK Incube Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Logistics, E-Commerce

KK Incube Invest is a team of professionals focused on investment management.

## Square One Foods
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Linz, Oberosterreich, Austria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Pet, Food Delivery

Square One Foods supports founders in building tomorrow's food brands and food tech startups...

## SET Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Energy, Software, Renewable Energy

SET propels founders from early growth to European scale. We invest in and grow the solutions powering the digital energy economy.

## Wolfgang Platz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Railroad, Education

Wolfgang Platz is currently working at VIPASO, Katharo Ventures, and eQventure.

## Safran Corporate Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Aerospace, Manufacturing

Established in 2015, Safran Corporate Ventures is the Group's corporate venture capital arm. It funds startups that have developed breakthrough or disruptive technologies or business models which will help Safran to address the challenges of the aerospace, defense or security markets. Safran Corporate Ventures will help agile,innovation-driven companies by funding their growth. These companies will also benefit from: • Access to an international network of leading technology experts in Safran's business sectors.• The global commercial and industrial reach of Safran companies.• Commercial and development agreements to be implemented between such startups and Safran's own entities.

## Niki Stadler
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Navigation

Niki Stadler

## Maxar Technologies
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Geospatial, Government, Simulation

Integrated space infrastructure and Earth intelligence capabilities that make global change visible, information actionable and space accessible.

## ROBO Global
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dallas, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series C, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Software

ROBO Global is the creator of the first benchmark index series tracking the robotics & AI revolution for investors. ROBO Global is dedicated to providing innovation to investors with a sole focus on robotics, automation, and AI.

## OurCrowd
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

Access exclusive venture capital angel investment deals in pre-vetted startup companies. Create your free OurCrowd investor account today!

## Sofia Angels Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sofia, Grad Sofiya, Bulgaria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology

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

CEO

## aws Preseed
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Retail, Machine Learning

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## Gerhard Kornfeld
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Procurement

Gerhard Kornfeld

## Max Schnoedl
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Corporate Round
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Art

Max Schnoedl is an independent board director, advisor and investor.He currently serves as Chairman emeritus of Springbrook. Previously, Max was President/CEO of Springbrook and COO, CFO and CSO of Accela. In addition, he also served as Board Chair of BRZ, Deputy Board Chair of Österreichische Post and Investment Committee Member ofÖsterreichische Beteiligungs AG. Prior to that, Max served as the Vice President of Deutsche Bank in San Francisco and New York, and previously held positions in Moscow, Russia and Frankfurt, Germany. Max holds an MBA from Harvard University and a PhD from the University of Vienna, Austria.

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