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3TS Capital Partners
Founded in 2000, 3TS Capital Partners is a Vienna-based VC and growth equity firm investing EUR 5-20M at Series B and beyond in technology, media, and telecom companies across Central and Eastern Europe. The firm manages over EUR 500M and has completed 70+ investments with 30+ exits. Notable portfolio companies include SALESmanago (acquired by Bain Capital), Evrotrust, and Emarsys (acquired by SAP). 3TS focuses on profitable, scaling B2B software and digital media businesses in the DACH and CEE regions.
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3VC
Founded in 2017 as Capital300 and rebranded to 3VC, this Vienna-based firm invests EUR 1-10M at Series A in European tech challengers originating from DACH and CEE. The firm manages over EUR 250M and targets enterprise software, developer tools, and consumer internet companies with strong product-market fit. Portfolio includes GoStudent (edtech unicorn), Prewave (supply chain AI), and Storyblok (headless CMS). 3VC provides deep operational support through its network of 100+ tech executives across Europe.
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Agro Innovation Lab
Created 2016 by Raiffeisen Ware Austria and BayWa. Agritech accelerator offering mentoring, pilot opportunities on farms, industry networking, and hackathons; pilots can lead to strategic cooperation or investment with BayWa/RWA. Scope: International (Europe).
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aws Gruenderfonds
The aws Gruenderfonds is an Austrian venture capital fund managed within Austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws), the promotional bank of the Austrian federal government. It provides equity and equity-like financing to young, high-growth Austrian startups, typically at seed and early stages, to help them scale and attract follow-on private investment.
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Elevator Ventures
Elevator Ventures is the corporate venture capital unit of Raiffeisen Bank International, co-backed by Raiffeisen-Holding Niederösterreich-Wien and Raiffeisen-Landesbank Steiermark, managing funds of more than €100 million. The firm targets Series A and B fintech and beyond-banking companies, with a focus on the DACH and CEE regions, and has invested over €60 million in 21 companies, achieving seven exits. It originated from Elevator Lab, an RBI accelerator launched in 2017 to scout startup partners globally.
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Grow F by Female Founders
Grow F is an accelerator programme run by Female Founders, a Vienna-based organisation building one of Europe's leading communities and support networks for women entrepreneurs. Female Founders has backed 250+ startups and connects founders to a network of 500+ VCs, with roughly half of the startups it supports in deep tech. The Grow F programme supports female-led, high-growth startups with mentoring, investor access and a structured curriculum to help them raise funding and scale internationally, alongside sibling formats like the FF Bootcamp and FF Experience.
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Startup Tirol
Startup Tirol is the regional startup agency for Tyrol, informing, coaching, and connecting founders from first idea through to a growing company. It runs a portfolio of dedicated programmes, including Beyond [her] Lab (support for women founders), the INNC innovation-check programme, the Boost.Up! growth programme, and pioneer:impact for impact-driven ventures, alongside recurring community formats such as Founders Match on Campus and a Founders Breakfast Club. Startup Tirol is also the regional delivery partner for aws AplusB, Austria's national academic pre-incubation funding scheme.
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Uniqa Ventures
UNIQA Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of UNIQA Insurance Group, founded in 2016 and based in Vienna, with €150 million in investment capital. It invests at Series A and B stages in insurtech, digital health, mobility, and fintech companies, with a particular emphasis on CEE startups. The portfolio has grown to over 50 companies including unicorn Bitpanda, with eight acquisitions among its exits.
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Venionaire Capital
Venionaire Capital is a Vienna-based boutique venture capital and advisory firm founded in 2012 by Berthold Baurek-Karlic. The firm manages venture funds focused on DACH-region technology startups, investing at seed and Series A in fintech, IoT, and entertainment tech. Venionaire combines direct fund investments with corporate innovation advisory services, helping connect startups with strategic corporate partners. The firm also organizes the ViennaUP conference track and provides M&A advisory for tech companies, positioning itself as a bridge between the Austrian startup ecosystem and international capital markets.
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VentureCake
Launched in 2020, VentureCake is a Vienna-based early-stage accelerator providing a structured mentoring track, ecosystem access, and coworking space in central Vienna. The program supports pre-seed and seed startups across tech sectors with workshops on fundraising, product development, and go-to-market. Each cohort culminates in a Demo Day with a EUR 250K pitch prize. VentureCake connects founders with Austrian corporate partners and angel investors. Scope: Local (Vienna).
