Speedinvest
TIER MobilityThe Digital Health and Consumer Tech team is based across Europe and is constantly looking for upcoming trends and category leaders across two broad fields:
Consumer Tech: As new generations of consumers enter the market and current consumer habits and expectations evolve, the only constant is change. We back founders who want to improve our daily lives and achieve impact at scale by developing a deep understanding of their target groups and engaging with them in new, unique and effective ways.
Digital Health: The digital revolution came to healthcare late, which means there are boundless opportunities for great companies that want to solve pressing challenges in health. We’re particularly excited by approaches that either empower patients directly or give healthcare players new superpowers in their day-to-day business operations.
Ticket Size
€100k-1m
We invest in Pre-Seed and Seed startups. We like being your first investor!
Follow-on Funding
€100m
We’ve set aside €100m in follow-on capital to support our companies as they grow.
SECTOR
Agnostic
We especially like B2B SaaS, Consumer and Digital Health
While our main focus is Digital Health and Consumer Tech, we are always looking for great opportunities across a broad range of sectors. That’s why we continue to invest in B2B Saas. We simply can’t ignore it! Software is (still) eating the world, SaaS is eating software, and consumerization is eating SaaS. The cloud revolution is here to stay and the best B2B companies will win by building and scaling software that looks and feels like a consumer product.
Building a revolutionary tech startup we should know about? Let us know!
Portfolio
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TIER Mobility
TIER Mobility provides electric scooters that can be rented for city exploration.TIER Mobility
TIER is here to change urban mobility for good! TIER Mobility provides electric scooters that can be rented on demand to travel the last mile in cities. With this new form of mobility, TIER introduces an independent, fun and conscious way of urban commuting. Our goal is to fight the current status quo of polluted cities, smog and ineffective, inconvenient and overpriced transportation modes together!
Investment Manager:
Mathias Ockenfels
Mathias Ockenfels
Year invested:
2018
2018
Sector:
Network Effects
Network Effects
tourradar
TourRadar is an online marketplace for multi-day tours– counting on an inventory exceeding 1MM tour departures and 20,000 tours in over 200 countries.www.tourradar.com
Tourradar
TourRadar is an online marketplace for travellers to compare and book multi-day tours. The company works with over 500 tour and river cruise operators including: Avalon, Contiki, G Adventures, Globus, Intrepid Travel and Topdeck.
Since launching in 2010, TourRadar has grown to list over 1MM tour departures to fit the diverse needs of travelers. It is the hub of over 50,000 real traveller reviews for customers to sift through and learn from.
With travel styles from marine to cultural to festivals to luxury and more the company caters to every demographic. TourRadar also founded the annual Guide of the Year and Tour of the Year awards, recognizing the industry’s top rated guides and tours.
Investment Manager:
Michael Schuster
Michael Schuster
Year invested:
2013
2013
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Flaviar
Flaviar is a direct-to-consumer spirits club dedicated to providing education, discovery, and access to the world of fine spirits.www.flaviar.com
Flaviar
Born out of frustration of how inaccessible fine spirits are today, Flaviar offers its members unparalleled access, be it in the form of information on spirits and personalized recommendations, or in the liquid form, through their Tasting Boxes, private labels, exclusive bottlings, and live experiences.
Investment Manager:
Michael Schuster
Severin Zugmayer
Year invested:
2015
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Michael Schuster
Severin Zugmayer
Year invested:
2015
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Inkitt
Inkitt is a digital publishing platform that uses a unique algorithm to predict book success and connects popular manuscripts with publishers. Inkitt is a digital publishing platform that uses a unique algorithm to predict book success and connects popular manuscripts with publishers.www.inkitt.com
Inkitt
Inkitt is the world’s first data-powered book publisher. The platform’s purpose is to find stories that have the potential to become future bestsellers and get them published through one of the platforms’ partners. Inkitt has developed an algorithm that can predict future book success by analyzing the behavior of early readers that get access to pre-published novels on the platform.
Inkitt has grown its platform to over 50,000 authors and over 1 million readers in less than three years. In 2017, out of the 37 books the platform has published, 24 have become Amazon Bestsellers with 20 making the Amazon top 100; a 65% hit rate that most publishers can only dream of.
Investment Manager:
Oliver Holle
Severin Zugmayer
Oliver Holle
Severin Zugmayer
Year invested:
2015
Sector:
Deep Tech
2015
Sector:
Deep Tech
Second Nature
Second Nature is inspiring and supporting to live free of any lifestyle disease.
Second Nature
Second Nature is a digital health programme, proven to help people change their behaviours and reduce their risk to type 2 diabetes. It solves this issue by introducing a 6-week behavioural change programme delivered digitally and supported by mentors and health tracking. Users receive a Second Nature smart scale and an activity tracker to track their health and outcomes. Additionally, they will be matched with a full-time coach, who will guide them through the prevention programme and they learn how to prevent diabetes through Second Nature’s online education courses.
Investment Manager:
Markus Lang
Markus Lang
Year invested:
2017
2017
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
TaxScouts
TaxScouts is personal income tax on autopilot through simplicity, automation, speed and convenience.Taxscouts
TaxScouts was founded in late 2017 to simplify the experience of tax assessment and filing. With an increasing amount of people experiencing non-standard income and with late fines in the UK amounting to billions in one tax season alone, TaxScouts is seeking to redefine the experience of preparing and filing personal income tax to make it seamless for everyone.
TaxScouts is building the layer of automation required to be able to calculate, assess and reliably file personal income tax for non-standard incomes including professional freelancers, landlords, high earners and more.
Investment Manager:
Anthony Danon
Anthony Danon
Year invested:
2018
2018
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
Motley LondonMotley offers exceptional jewellery design by the world’s best designers – affordably priced.Motley London
Let’s start a jewellery revolution. Motley is a pioneering new jewellery brand on a mission to democratise jewellery design. By integrating the supply side and working with different, independent designers on a regular basis, Motley is able to offer exclusive design jewelry pieces at an attractive price point.
Investment Manager:
Philip Specht
Philip Specht
Year invested:
2019
2019
Sector:
Network Effects
Network Effects
Elephant Healthcare
Elephant.healthcare is a health platform based on blockchain targeted at refugee camps and governments.Elephant.healthcare
Elephant.healthcare is a digital, easily scalable health platform based on blockchain aimed for immigrants at refugee camps and later on governments and HC providers in low-income countries. They are building a new generation of digital health infrastructure using decentralised technology. This open and secure platform allows to connect existing services and to create new connectable health applications for clinicians and patients.
Investment Manager:
Arnaud Bakker
Dawid Rylski
Year invested:
2018
Arnaud Bakker
Dawid Rylski
Year invested:
2018
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
Wuggl
Wegfinder, a transportation route planner, is the first product built by iMobility, a joint venture between the Austrian railways ÖBB and Speedinvest.https://wegfinder.at/
Wegfinder
A joint venture between the Austrian railways ÖBB and Speedinvest, iMobility aims to make travelling from one place to the next simpler.
Wegfinder is the first app in the iMobility family. Wegfinder helps people plan transportation routes across Austria more effectively by aggregating information from various different providers like public transportation, bus, train, subway, and car sharing all in one place. For example, ÖBB, CAT, Westbahn, Flixbus, Car2Go, Taxi 40100, Uber as well as Citybike are all integrated into the app. Wegfinder also lets users purchase tickets directly through the app.
Investment Manager:
Marie-Helene Ametsreiter
Marie-Helene Ametsreiter
Year acquired:
2018
Year invested:
2015
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Fortunes
ForTunes is a mobile music data analytics app for self-published / DIY artists and smaller music labels / managers.https://www.fortunes.io/
ForTunes
ForTunes is a team of music and tech enthusiasts based in Vienna. They put comprehensive Music Data Analytics at the fingertips of a new generation of music creators by collecting, fetching, and visualizing data and providing custumers with insights that help them understand who is playlisting & uploading their music and how their audience is growing.
Investment Manager:
Markus Lang Arnaud Bakker
Markus Lang Arnaud Bakker
Year invested:
2018
2018
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
Bloom Diagnostics
Bloom Diagnostics develops innovative technology to track, maintain, and improve your well-beinghttp://bloomdiagnostics.com/
Bloom Diagnostics
Bloom Diagnostics empowers you to take control of your own health. We are currently developing innovative technology and personalised data insights that make it easier to track, maintain, and improve your well-being.
Together, let’s shift the paradigm towards true preventive, proactive healthcare.
Investment Manager:
Markus Lang
Year invested:
2016
Markus Lang
Year invested:
2016
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
secretcitytrails
Discover cities in a playful way.
https://www.secretcitytrails.com/
Secretcitytrails
With Secretcitytrails you can search for answers to riddles on charming streets, hidden courtyards, beautiful alleys, unknown galleries and even lovely shops and cafes. Users can enjoy interactive tours throughout a city without a physical guide being involved.
Investment Manager:
Markus Lang
Markus Lang
Year invested:
2018
2018
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
CodeBerryCodeBerry is the largest non-English speaking programming school in the world.
CodeBerry
There is a huge demand for developers in the world. Non-native English speakers prefer to learn how to code in their mother tongue, but most education material is currently in English. CodeBerry Programming School is an online school that helps young adults learn programming in their own language, and get an IT job.
Investment Manager:
Markus Lang
Markus Lang
Year invested:
2018
2018
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
Fleksy
Fleksy offers a 3rd party mobile keyboard with integrated social & productivity features.www.fleksy.com
Fleksy
Fleksy integrates a multitude of productivity, eCommerce and entertainment services directly into the keyboard. Since most users spend a lot of time in messaging apps, switching from application to application and can now use their time more efficiently. Fleksy lets you attach documents, photos, to-dos, create events, and even more while messaging – all within your keyboard.
Fleksy as brand incl. existing user base was acquired from a previous startup and the brand was kept after both technologies have merged (the startup was previously called ThingThing).
Investment Manager:
Arnaud Bakker
Arnaud Bakker
Year invested:
2016
2016
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
Medicus
Medicus helps you understand your medical reports.
Medicus
Medicus converts health data with its cryptic numbers and medical language into a visual experience with easy-to-understand health insights and actionable recommendations. The users simply have to scan their (blood) test reports, answer some questions about their current health status and finally they will receive personalized insights and recommendations. The personal data of users is a 100% private and safely stored (only) on their devices.
Investment Manager:
Arnaud Bakker
Arnaud Bakker
Year invested:
2017
2017
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
Blub Blub
BlubBlub updates speech therapy.
BlubBlub
Therapists still assign homework on sheets of paper as the speech therapy industry has not yet been properly digitalized. BlubBlub did this by introducing its video app, which triggers sounds and words from children and helps them to practice for their specific language or speed problem. They connect children, therapists and parents on one platform and make sure that everyone keeps up-to-date on the kids’ progress.
Investment Manager:
Arnaud Bakker
Arnaud Bakker
Year invested:
2017
2017
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
Refurbed
Refurbed is a marketplace for refurbished electronics.
Refurbed
Online consumer marketplace for specialized traders of refurbished electronic goods, like phones, PCs, and many more product categories in the future. So far, they target their customers with prices 10-40 % lower than new products, a 1-year-warranty and a 30-day trial period.
Investment Manager:
Markus Lang
Markus Lang
Year invested:
2017
2017
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
IOMED
IOMED helps understand free text in clinical environments to provide big data analysis.
IOMED
IOMED is a solution that helps understand free text from EHRs, letters, etc. to provide better ICD-10 coding and big data insights for hospitals. It uses sophisticated medical NLP and is seamlessly integrated into the existing IT landscape.
Investment Manager:
Arnaud Bakker
Arnaud Bakker
Year invested:
2018
2018
Sector:
Deep Tech
Deep Tech
ThinkSono
ThinkSono is an advanced Ultrasound Diagnosis in the Palm of your Hand.
ThinkSono
ThinkSono has created the world’s first software to diagnose ‘deep vein thrombosis’ (DVT) at the point of care. DVT is caused by a blood clot in the leg and is responsible for 800,000 deaths in Europe and the USA. ThinkSono’s solution can diagnose DVT within one step at 30 times cheaper and 10 times faster than current solutions on the market.
Investment Manager:
Pierre-Francois Marteau
Pierre-Francois Marteau
Year invested:
2018
2018
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
Doctorly
Doctorly offers a practice management software for doctors.
Doctorly
Doctorly is built upon the Salesforce platform to deliver to most powerful yet easy to use Software-as-a-Service for doctors. Combined with a cloud storage for electronic health records and a consumer app to communicate with the doctor and access other health-related features, it’s a powerful digital health solution.
Investment Manager:
Arnaud Bakker
Arnaud Bakker
Year invested:
2018
2018
Sector:
Deep Tech
Deep Tech
HiMoment
hiMoment is your Digital Happiness Guru.
HiMoment
hiMoment helps its users to focus on what matters in their lives. It helps them enjoy their precious memories and shifts their awareness to develop almost any skill or mindset. And it makes them grateful and happy. Based on concepts of positive psychology, it combines technology, design, and entertainment.
Investment Manager:
Arnaud Bakker
Arnaud Bakker
Year invested:
2017
2017
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
Tripmakery
Tripmakery is a booking platform for group travel allowing users to book a bigger number of rooms at accommodation providers.www.tripmakery.com
Tripmakery
Tripmakery is a booking platform for group travel. The company’s platform aggregates over 65,000 accommodation providers across Europe and helps groups upwards of 10 participants such as (sports) clubs, bachelor parties, or school classes get multiple quotes from different accommodation providers, tap into group discounts, and book their stay through Tripmakery. Since its launch in 2015 the company has completed over 10,000 bookings for groups averaging 35 participants.
Tripmakery has received broad support from investors such as Pioneers Ventures, Push Ventures, and Speedinvest and is known from the Puls4 TV show 2Min2Mio.
Investment Manager:
Michael Schuster
Michael Schuster
Year invested:
2017
2017
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
Timeular
Timeular helps knowledge workers to track, understand and improve how they spend their time at work.
Timeular
Timeular empowers people to improve their time management to create more value for themselves and the people around them. Their patented 8-sided device enables knowledge workers to accurately measure time spent on different tasks with a simple flip. The complimentary Timeular software and mobile app aggregates all data and gives users insights into how they spend their time and suggests actionable advice how to boost productivity.
The device blew past its €75,000 goal on Kickstarter, going on to raise €313,637 from over 3,000 backers. After beating Kickstarter the company rapidly grew to more than 30,000 units sold and raised funds from Speedinvest and Ruvento.
Investment Manager:
Markus Lang
Year invested:
2017
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Markus Lang
Year invested:
2017
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Storyclash
Storyclash helps customers optimize marketing campaigns by monitoring the impact of content on social media in real time.https://www.storyclash.com/
Storyclash
Storyclash is a social media monitoring tool for publishers, giving them a real-time view of what kind of content is trending on the Internet by analyzing social media interactions like shares, comments, likes and other reactions. Publishers, brands and agencies are able to discover viral articles, watch competitors in real-time, and make data-driven decisions with Storyclash to get more website traffic, higher engagement, and optimize their marketing campaigns. Among the company’s customers are major brands, agencies and publishers such as Heute, EXPRESS, KURIER, Heftig, Vice, and SALZBURG 24.
Investment Manager:
Daniel Keiper-Knorr
Severin Zugmayer
Daniel Keiper-Knorr
Severin Zugmayer
Year invested:
2016
2016
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
Kochabo
KochAbo (acquired by Marley Spoon) is an e-commerce food delivery service providing recipes and all the corresponding ingredients for home cooking.www.kochabo.at
Kochabo
Food delivery startup Kochabo was acquired by its competitor Marley Spoon in 2015. KochAbo delivered a weekly KochAbo-Box with delicious recipes and all the ingredients needed for the meal to customers that signed up for the startup’s subscription service. Orders were placed online through their platform. The KochAbo service gave customers access to healthy and balanced nutrition while getting rid of everyday chores associated with cooking and food shopping. Marley Spoon was founded in Germany in 2014 and has since expanded to the UK, Belgium, The Netherlands, the US, Australia and entered the Austrian market by acquiring Kochabo.
Investment Manager:
Werner Zahnt
Year invested:
2012
Werner Zahnt
Year invested:
2012
Year acquired:
2015
Sector:
Consumer Tech
2015
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Gronda
Gronda is a career platform for the hospitality and gastronomy sector as well as a knowledge platform for the community.www.gronda.eu
Gronda
Gronda is an industry blog and community platform designed to facilitate recruitment, transparency and knowledge exchange in the hospitality and gastronomy industries. The platform helps industry professionals showcase their expertise as well as connecting and applying to open positions. For companies, this is a one-stop-shop platform to recruit talent, build their emplyer brand, and solve their industry’s persistent labor shortage.
What started as a blog in 2015 rapidly became the largest hospitality community in the German-speaking market. By now Gronda has grown to over 40,000 active users and attracted over 250+ paying corporate partners as well as investors including Karriere.at.
Investment Manager:
Marie-Helene Ametsreiter
Marie-Helene Ametsreiter
Year invested:
2017
2017
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
Playbrush
Playbrush turns any toothbrush into a game controller gamifying children’s teeth brushing routine with fun games.www.playbrush.com
Playbrush
Playbrush is a venture-backed, London and Vienna-based technology company that digitalises Oral Care for children.
With Playbrush, boring brushing routines suddenly become an exciting adventure. The colourful smart toothbrush attachment fits onto the handle of any manual toothbrush so kids control planes, paint masterpieces and win dance battles via their brushing movements. Personalised feedback, statistics and brushing rewards mean brushing is now not only fun, but also effective. The Playbrush comes with a variety of games, a data monitoring application for parents and regular toothbrush and toothpaste supplies.
Investment Manager:
Markus Lang
Severin Zugmayer
Year invested:
2015
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Markus Lang
Severin Zugmayer
Year invested:
2015
Sector:
Consumer Tech
mikme
Mikme is a smartphone Bluetooth microphone accessory that records audio in studio quality and syncs it in real-time with a smartphone camera.www.mikme.com
Mikme
Mikme is the world’s first fully wireless recording microphone that captures studio-grade audio at the push of one button.
Mikme helps musicians, filmmakers, journalists, gamers and creators to capture content quickly and in excellent quality through a mobile device. Equipped with a built-in flash drive, Mikme stores up to 360 hours of raw audio. Features like up to 8 track recording, sound adjustment, effect adding, video integration, online sharing and many more make the Mikme mobile app a competitive professional tool. Mikme first attracted broad public interest in 2015 after it raised over 400,000 € through the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo.
Investment Manager:
Oliver Holle
Oliver Holle
Year invested:
2016
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
Shpock
Shpock is a C2C selling and buying marketplace. It is one of Europe’s most popular shopping apps with more than 10 million users.www.shpock.com
Shpock
Shpock is a mobile marketplace that brings millions of private buyers and sellers together. The categories range from electronics and fashion to cars and property.
Since its founding in September 2012, the app now has grown to 10 million active users exceeding 2 billion total views per month.
Regular #1 rankings in the App & Google Play Store in six countries make Shpock one of Europe’s most popular shopping apps. Recently, Shpock has received two accolades from tech industry leaders: The “Best of 2017 – Sustainability” from Apple and the “Android Excellence App of 2018” in the Google Play Store.
The team is currently composed of +150 highly motivated people representing 30 nations.
Investment Manager:
Oliver Holle
Oliver Holle
Year acquired:
2014
Year invested:
2011
Sector:
Consumer Tech
joblocal
Joblocal (acquired by Funke Mediengruppe, 2014) is the first network of regional online job marketplaces in Germany and Austria.www.joblocal.de
Joblocal
Joblocal (acquired by Funke Mediengruppe, 2014) is the first network of regional online job marketplaces in Germany and Austria. Unlike large national online job sites, joblocal connects potential candidates with relevant positions in their area. Joblocal’s marketplaces aim at covering the entire job market in a region across all levels from managers to temporary workers and interns. So far, the company has built 34 local job marketplaces including jobs.sh, bglandJOBS.de, or MünchnerJOBS.de. Corporate customers recruiting talent on Joblocal’s marketplaces include companies like Marc O’Polo, Sixt, Ikea, and Intel.
Investment Manager:
Daniel Keiper-Knorr
Daniel Keiper-Knorr
Year acquired:
2014
Year invested:
2012
Sector:
Consumer Tech
GoStudent
GoStudent is an online tutoring platform that gives students free chat access to a community of experts as well as paid live video sessions.www.gostudent.org
GoStudent
GoStudent helps students aged from 10 to 20 get access to on-demand homework tutoring through a free, anonymous 24/7 chat platform or paid live video tutoring. The tutors are qualified experts as well as other students who sign up to help with common problems such as homework assignments, exam preparation, or presentations across different subjects. Tutors get paid on a per-answer basis for the chat-service and on a per-lesson basis for live tutoring sessions.
GoStudent is available on Android, iOS and Facebook Messenger and has grown to over 150k monthly active students in Germany and Austria in less than two years.
Investment Manager:
Markus Lang
Severin Zugmayer
Markus Lang
Severin Zugmayer
Year invested:
2016
2016
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
Diagnosia
Diagnosia helps health professionals make better decisions by providing a search engine of drug information.www.diagnosia.com
Diagnosia
Diagnosia’s core product is a mobile and web-based app, which helps doctors and other healthcare professionals make the right medication decision. Additionally, the platform serves as a highly-targeted marketing channel for pharmaceutical companies interested in advertising on the platform.
Diagnosia was founded in 2011 by a group of medical doctors, software engineers, and entrepreneurs. Over the years the company has established itself as the market leader for clinical drug information software in Austria with more than 5,000 health professionals and over 50 healthcare facilities using their app.
Investment Manager:
Andreas Schwarzenbrunner
Andreas Schwarzenbrunner
Year invested:
2017
2017
Sector:
Deep Tech
Deep Tech
Gustav
Gustav helps mid-sized enterprises recruit and manage contractors and contingent workers at scale through their full concierge VMS.www.hellogustav.com
Gustav
Gustav is a technology company that helps mid-sized enterprises recruit and manage their contingent workforce. Their service gives the mid market access to benefits usually only enjoyed by large corporations with more sophisticated contingent workforce programs.
Their full concierge software helps companies manage the complete process from selecting staffing vendors, submitting requisitions, managing an exterexternal workforce, to paying contractors and temporary staff.
Ever since the company’s foundation in 2016 Gustav has received major support from organizations and investors such as Y Combinator, Speedinvest, Lightspeed Ventures, Beenext, 10x Group and Youtube co-founder Jawed Karim.
Investment Manager:
Markus Lang
Markus Lang
Year invested:
2017
2017
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
Bikemap
Bikemap provides a platform where bike enthusiasts around the world create, upload and share their favorite cycle routes.www.bikemap.net
Bikemap
Bikemap is a platform where bike enthusiasts around the world create, upload and share their favorite cycle routes. The Bikemap app lets users record routes on the go, add their own photos or notes and share it all on social media.
Over the years Bikemap has evolved to become the largest bike route collection in the world– with active users in more than 80 countries sharing their cycling experiences from all around the world. More than 1,500 new routes are created by Bikemap users on a every day; enriched with information such as route length and interactive elevation profile for every cycling route. Altogether, users have access to over 3.1 million different routes.
Investment Manager:
Pierre-Francois Marteau
Pierre-Francois Marteau
Year invested:
2016
2016
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
Greetzly
Greetzly is an online platform that allows fans to request personal video messages from celebrities while collecting money for different charities.www.greetzly.com
Greetzly
Greetzly is an online platform and app that lets fans request personal video messages from their idols while collecting money for a good cause. Users set the price they are willing to pay for a video message which gets paid out if the celebrity accepts. A portion of this money gets donated to a charity that both the user and celebrity support.
For celebrities, this provides a way to build intimate relationships with their fans while giving back and creating a positive impact for causes they believe in.
Greetzly has attracted the interest of major celebrities like Sebastian Prödl, Gerald Melzer, and Verena Böhnisch as well as some of the most-renowned charities like The Red Cross.
Investment Manager:
Marie-Helene Ametsreiter
Marie-Helene Ametsreiter
Year invested:
2016
2016
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
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TIER MobilityTIER Mobility provides electric scooters that can be rented for city exploration.TIER Mobility
TIER is here to change urban mobility for good! TIER Mobility provides electric scooters that can be rented on demand to travel the last mile in cities. With this new form of mobility, TIER introduces an independent, fun and conscious way of urban commuting. Our goal is to fight the current status quo of polluted cities, smog and ineffective, inconvenient and overpriced transportation modes together!
Investment Manager:
Mathias Ockenfels
Mathias Ockenfels
Year invested:
2018
2018
Sector:
Network Effects
Network Effects
tourradarTourRadar is an online marketplace for multi-day tours– counting on an inventory exceeding 1MM tour departures and 20,000 tours in over 200 countries.www.tourradar.com
Tourradar
TourRadar is an online marketplace for travellers to compare and book multi-day tours. The company works with over 500 tour and river cruise operators including: Avalon, Contiki, G Adventures, Globus, Intrepid Travel and Topdeck.
Since launching in 2010, TourRadar has grown to list over 1MM tour departures to fit the diverse needs of travelers. It is the hub of over 50,000 real traveller reviews for customers to sift through and learn from.
With travel styles from marine to cultural to festivals to luxury and more the company caters to every demographic. TourRadar also founded the annual Guide of the Year and Tour of the Year awards, recognizing the industry’s top rated guides and tours.
Investment Manager:
Michael Schuster
Michael Schuster
Year invested:
2013
2013
Sector:
Consumer Tech
FlaviarFlaviar is a direct-to-consumer spirits club dedicated to providing education, discovery, and access to the world of fine spirits.www.flaviar.com
Flaviar
Born out of frustration of how inaccessible fine spirits are today, Flaviar offers its members unparalleled access, be it in the form of information on spirits and personalized recommendations, or in the liquid form, through their Tasting Boxes, private labels, exclusive bottlings, and live experiences.
Investment Manager:
Michael Schuster
Severin Zugmayer
Year invested:
2015
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Michael Schuster
Severin Zugmayer
Year invested:
2015
Sector:
Consumer Tech
InkittInkitt is a digital publishing platform that uses a unique algorithm to predict book success and connects popular manuscripts with publishers. Inkitt is a digital publishing platform that uses a unique algorithm to predict book success and connects popular manuscripts with publishers.www.inkitt.com
Inkitt
Inkitt is the world’s first data-powered book publisher. The platform’s purpose is to find stories that have the potential to become future bestsellers and get them published through one of the platforms’ partners. Inkitt has developed an algorithm that can predict future book success by analyzing the behavior of early readers that get access to pre-published novels on the platform.
Inkitt has grown its platform to over 50,000 authors and over 1 million readers in less than three years. In 2017, out of the 37 books the platform has published, 24 have become Amazon Bestsellers with 20 making the Amazon top 100; a 65% hit rate that most publishers can only dream of.
Investment Manager:
Oliver Holle
Severin Zugmayer
Oliver Holle
Severin Zugmayer
Year invested:
2015
Sector:
Deep Tech
2015
Sector:
Deep Tech
Second NatureSecond Nature is inspiring and supporting to live free of any lifestyle disease.
Second Nature
Second Nature is a digital health programme, proven to help people change their behaviours and reduce their risk to type 2 diabetes. It solves this issue by introducing a 6-week behavioural change programme delivered digitally and supported by mentors and health tracking. Users receive a Second Nature smart scale and an activity tracker to track their health and outcomes. Additionally, they will be matched with a full-time coach, who will guide them through the prevention programme and they learn how to prevent diabetes through Second Nature’s online education courses.
Investment Manager:
Markus Lang
Markus Lang
Year invested:
2017
2017
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
TaxScoutsTaxScouts is personal income tax on autopilot through simplicity, automation, speed and convenience.Taxscouts
TaxScouts was founded in late 2017 to simplify the experience of tax assessment and filing. With an increasing amount of people experiencing non-standard income and with late fines in the UK amounting to billions in one tax season alone, TaxScouts is seeking to redefine the experience of preparing and filing personal income tax to make it seamless for everyone.
TaxScouts is building the layer of automation required to be able to calculate, assess and reliably file personal income tax for non-standard incomes including professional freelancers, landlords, high earners and more.
Investment Manager:
Anthony Danon
Anthony Danon
Year invested:
2018
2018
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
Motley LondonMotley offers exceptional jewellery design by the world’s best designers – affordably priced.Motley London
Let’s start a jewellery revolution. Motley is a pioneering new jewellery brand on a mission to democratise jewellery design. By integrating the supply side and working with different, independent designers on a regular basis, Motley is able to offer exclusive design jewelry pieces at an attractive price point.
Investment Manager:
Philip Specht
Philip Specht
Year invested:
2019
2019
Sector:
Network Effects
Network Effects
Elephant HealthcareElephant.healthcare is a health platform based on blockchain targeted at refugee camps and governments.Elephant.healthcare
Elephant.healthcare is a digital, easily scalable health platform based on blockchain aimed for immigrants at refugee camps and later on governments and HC providers in low-income countries. They are building a new generation of digital health infrastructure using decentralised technology. This open and secure platform allows to connect existing services and to create new connectable health applications for clinicians and patients.
Investment Manager:
Arnaud Bakker
Dawid Rylski
Year invested:
2018
Arnaud Bakker
Dawid Rylski
Year invested:
2018
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
WugglWegfinder, a transportation route planner, is the first product built by iMobility, a joint venture between the Austrian railways ÖBB and Speedinvest.https://wegfinder.at/
Wegfinder
A joint venture between the Austrian railways ÖBB and Speedinvest, iMobility aims to make travelling from one place to the next simpler.
Wegfinder is the first app in the iMobility family. Wegfinder helps people plan transportation routes across Austria more effectively by aggregating information from various different providers like public transportation, bus, train, subway, and car sharing all in one place. For example, ÖBB, CAT, Westbahn, Flixbus, Car2Go, Taxi 40100, Uber as well as Citybike are all integrated into the app. Wegfinder also lets users purchase tickets directly through the app.
Investment Manager:
Marie-Helene Ametsreiter
Marie-Helene Ametsreiter
Year acquired:
2018
Year invested:
2015
Sector:
Consumer Tech
FortunesForTunes is a mobile music data analytics app for self-published / DIY artists and smaller music labels / managers.https://www.fortunes.io/
ForTunes
ForTunes is a team of music and tech enthusiasts based in Vienna. They put comprehensive Music Data Analytics at the fingertips of a new generation of music creators by collecting, fetching, and visualizing data and providing custumers with insights that help them understand who is playlisting & uploading their music and how their audience is growing.
Investment Manager:
Markus Lang Arnaud Bakker
Markus Lang Arnaud Bakker
Year invested:
2018
2018
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
Bloom DiagnosticsBloom Diagnostics develops innovative technology to track, maintain, and improve your well-beinghttp://bloomdiagnostics.com/
Bloom Diagnostics
Bloom Diagnostics empowers you to take control of your own health. We are currently developing innovative technology and personalised data insights that make it easier to track, maintain, and improve your well-being.
Together, let’s shift the paradigm towards true preventive, proactive healthcare.
Investment Manager:
Markus Lang
Year invested:
2016
Markus Lang
Year invested:
2016
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
secretcitytrails
Discover cities in a playful way.
https://www.secretcitytrails.com/
Secretcitytrails
With Secretcitytrails you can search for answers to riddles on charming streets, hidden courtyards, beautiful alleys, unknown galleries and even lovely shops and cafes. Users can enjoy interactive tours throughout a city without a physical guide being involved.
Investment Manager:
Markus Lang
Markus Lang
Year invested:
2018
2018
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
CodeBerryCodeBerry is the largest non-English speaking programming school in the world.
CodeBerry
There is a huge demand for developers in the world. Non-native English speakers prefer to learn how to code in their mother tongue, but most education material is currently in English. CodeBerry Programming School is an online school that helps young adults learn programming in their own language, and get an IT job.
Investment Manager:
Markus Lang
Markus Lang
Year invested:
2018
2018
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
FleksyFleksy offers a 3rd party mobile keyboard with integrated social & productivity features.www.fleksy.com
Fleksy
Fleksy integrates a multitude of productivity, eCommerce and entertainment services directly into the keyboard. Since most users spend a lot of time in messaging apps, switching from application to application and can now use their time more efficiently. Fleksy lets you attach documents, photos, to-dos, create events, and even more while messaging – all within your keyboard.
Fleksy as brand incl. existing user base was acquired from a previous startup and the brand was kept after both technologies have merged (the startup was previously called ThingThing).
Investment Manager:
Arnaud Bakker
Arnaud Bakker
Year invested:
2016
2016
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
MedicusMedicus helps you understand your medical reports.
Medicus
Medicus converts health data with its cryptic numbers and medical language into a visual experience with easy-to-understand health insights and actionable recommendations. The users simply have to scan their (blood) test reports, answer some questions about their current health status and finally they will receive personalized insights and recommendations. The personal data of users is a 100% private and safely stored (only) on their devices.
Investment Manager:
Arnaud Bakker
Arnaud Bakker
Year invested:
2017
2017
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
Blub BlubBlubBlub updates speech therapy.
BlubBlub
Therapists still assign homework on sheets of paper as the speech therapy industry has not yet been properly digitalized. BlubBlub did this by introducing its video app, which triggers sounds and words from children and helps them to practice for their specific language or speed problem. They connect children, therapists and parents on one platform and make sure that everyone keeps up-to-date on the kids’ progress.
Investment Manager:
Arnaud Bakker
Arnaud Bakker
Year invested:
2017
2017
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
RefurbedRefurbed is a marketplace for refurbished electronics.
Refurbed
Online consumer marketplace for specialized traders of refurbished electronic goods, like phones, PCs, and many more product categories in the future. So far, they target their customers with prices 10-40 % lower than new products, a 1-year-warranty and a 30-day trial period.
Investment Manager:
Markus Lang
Markus Lang
Year invested:
2017
2017
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
IOMEDIOMED helps understand free text in clinical environments to provide big data analysis.
IOMED
IOMED is a solution that helps understand free text from EHRs, letters, etc. to provide better ICD-10 coding and big data insights for hospitals. It uses sophisticated medical NLP and is seamlessly integrated into the existing IT landscape.
Investment Manager:
Arnaud Bakker
Arnaud Bakker
Year invested:
2018
2018
Sector:
Deep Tech
Deep Tech
ThinkSonoThinkSono is an advanced Ultrasound Diagnosis in the Palm of your Hand.
ThinkSono
ThinkSono has created the world’s first software to diagnose ‘deep vein thrombosis’ (DVT) at the point of care. DVT is caused by a blood clot in the leg and is responsible for 800,000 deaths in Europe and the USA. ThinkSono’s solution can diagnose DVT within one step at 30 times cheaper and 10 times faster than current solutions on the market.
Investment Manager:
Pierre-Francois Marteau
Pierre-Francois Marteau
Year invested:
2018
2018
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
DoctorlyDoctorly offers a practice management software for doctors.
Doctorly
Doctorly is built upon the Salesforce platform to deliver to most powerful yet easy to use Software-as-a-Service for doctors. Combined with a cloud storage for electronic health records and a consumer app to communicate with the doctor and access other health-related features, it’s a powerful digital health solution.
Investment Manager:
Arnaud Bakker
Arnaud Bakker
Year invested:
2018
2018
Sector:
Deep Tech
Deep Tech
HiMomenthiMoment is your Digital Happiness Guru.
HiMoment
hiMoment helps its users to focus on what matters in their lives. It helps them enjoy their precious memories and shifts their awareness to develop almost any skill or mindset. And it makes them grateful and happy. Based on concepts of positive psychology, it combines technology, design, and entertainment.
Investment Manager:
Arnaud Bakker
Arnaud Bakker
Year invested:
2017
2017
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
TripmakeryTripmakery is a booking platform for group travel allowing users to book a bigger number of rooms at accommodation providers.www.tripmakery.com
Tripmakery
Tripmakery is a booking platform for group travel. The company’s platform aggregates over 65,000 accommodation providers across Europe and helps groups upwards of 10 participants such as (sports) clubs, bachelor parties, or school classes get multiple quotes from different accommodation providers, tap into group discounts, and book their stay through Tripmakery. Since its launch in 2015 the company has completed over 10,000 bookings for groups averaging 35 participants.
Tripmakery has received broad support from investors such as Pioneers Ventures, Push Ventures, and Speedinvest and is known from the Puls4 TV show 2Min2Mio.
Investment Manager:
Michael Schuster
Michael Schuster
Year invested:
2017
2017
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
TimeularTimeular helps knowledge workers to track, understand and improve how they spend their time at work.
Timeular
Timeular empowers people to improve their time management to create more value for themselves and the people around them. Their patented 8-sided device enables knowledge workers to accurately measure time spent on different tasks with a simple flip. The complimentary Timeular software and mobile app aggregates all data and gives users insights into how they spend their time and suggests actionable advice how to boost productivity.
The device blew past its €75,000 goal on Kickstarter, going on to raise €313,637 from over 3,000 backers. After beating Kickstarter the company rapidly grew to more than 30,000 units sold and raised funds from Speedinvest and Ruvento.
Investment Manager:
Markus Lang
Year invested:
2017
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Markus Lang
Year invested:
2017
Sector:
Consumer Tech
StoryclashStoryclash helps customers optimize marketing campaigns by monitoring the impact of content on social media in real time.https://www.storyclash.com/
Storyclash
Storyclash is a social media monitoring tool for publishers, giving them a real-time view of what kind of content is trending on the Internet by analyzing social media interactions like shares, comments, likes and other reactions. Publishers, brands and agencies are able to discover viral articles, watch competitors in real-time, and make data-driven decisions with Storyclash to get more website traffic, higher engagement, and optimize their marketing campaigns. Among the company’s customers are major brands, agencies and publishers such as Heute, EXPRESS, KURIER, Heftig, Vice, and SALZBURG 24.
Investment Manager:
Daniel Keiper-Knorr
Severin Zugmayer
Daniel Keiper-Knorr
Severin Zugmayer
Year invested:
2016
2016
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
KochaboKochAbo (acquired by Marley Spoon) is an e-commerce food delivery service providing recipes and all the corresponding ingredients for home cooking.www.kochabo.at
Kochabo
Food delivery startup Kochabo was acquired by its competitor Marley Spoon in 2015. KochAbo delivered a weekly KochAbo-Box with delicious recipes and all the ingredients needed for the meal to customers that signed up for the startup’s subscription service. Orders were placed online through their platform. The KochAbo service gave customers access to healthy and balanced nutrition while getting rid of everyday chores associated with cooking and food shopping. Marley Spoon was founded in Germany in 2014 and has since expanded to the UK, Belgium, The Netherlands, the US, Australia and entered the Austrian market by acquiring Kochabo.
Investment Manager:
Werner Zahnt
Year invested:
2012
Werner Zahnt
Year invested:
2012
Year acquired:
2015
Sector:
Consumer Tech
2015
Sector:
Consumer Tech
GrondaGronda is a career platform for the hospitality and gastronomy sector as well as a knowledge platform for the community.www.gronda.eu
Gronda
Gronda is an industry blog and community platform designed to facilitate recruitment, transparency and knowledge exchange in the hospitality and gastronomy industries. The platform helps industry professionals showcase their expertise as well as connecting and applying to open positions. For companies, this is a one-stop-shop platform to recruit talent, build their emplyer brand, and solve their industry’s persistent labor shortage.
What started as a blog in 2015 rapidly became the largest hospitality community in the German-speaking market. By now Gronda has grown to over 40,000 active users and attracted over 250+ paying corporate partners as well as investors including Karriere.at.
Investment Manager:
Marie-Helene Ametsreiter
Marie-Helene Ametsreiter
Year invested:
2017
2017
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
PlaybrushPlaybrush turns any toothbrush into a game controller gamifying children’s teeth brushing routine with fun games.www.playbrush.com
Playbrush
Playbrush is a venture-backed, London and Vienna-based technology company that digitalises Oral Care for children.
With Playbrush, boring brushing routines suddenly become an exciting adventure. The colourful smart toothbrush attachment fits onto the handle of any manual toothbrush so kids control planes, paint masterpieces and win dance battles via their brushing movements. Personalised feedback, statistics and brushing rewards mean brushing is now not only fun, but also effective. The Playbrush comes with a variety of games, a data monitoring application for parents and regular toothbrush and toothpaste supplies.
Investment Manager:
Markus Lang
Severin Zugmayer
Year invested:
2015
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Markus Lang
Severin Zugmayer
Year invested:
2015
Sector:
Consumer Tech
mikmeMikme is a smartphone Bluetooth microphone accessory that records audio in studio quality and syncs it in real-time with a smartphone camera.www.mikme.com
Mikme
Mikme is the world’s first fully wireless recording microphone that captures studio-grade audio at the push of one button.
Mikme helps musicians, filmmakers, journalists, gamers and creators to capture content quickly and in excellent quality through a mobile device. Equipped with a built-in flash drive, Mikme stores up to 360 hours of raw audio. Features like up to 8 track recording, sound adjustment, effect adding, video integration, online sharing and many more make the Mikme mobile app a competitive professional tool. Mikme first attracted broad public interest in 2015 after it raised over 400,000 € through the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo.
Investment Manager:
Oliver Holle
Oliver Holle
Year invested:
2016
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
ShpockShpock is a C2C selling and buying marketplace. It is one of Europe’s most popular shopping apps with more than 10 million users.www.shpock.com
Shpock
Shpock is a mobile marketplace that brings millions of private buyers and sellers together. The categories range from electronics and fashion to cars and property.
Since its founding in September 2012, the app now has grown to 10 million active users exceeding 2 billion total views per month.
Regular #1 rankings in the App & Google Play Store in six countries make Shpock one of Europe’s most popular shopping apps. Recently, Shpock has received two accolades from tech industry leaders: The “Best of 2017 – Sustainability” from Apple and the “Android Excellence App of 2018” in the Google Play Store.
The team is currently composed of +150 highly motivated people representing 30 nations.
Investment Manager:
Oliver Holle
Oliver Holle
Year acquired:
2014
Year invested:
2011
Sector:
Consumer Tech
joblocalJoblocal (acquired by Funke Mediengruppe, 2014) is the first network of regional online job marketplaces in Germany and Austria.www.joblocal.de
Joblocal
Joblocal (acquired by Funke Mediengruppe, 2014) is the first network of regional online job marketplaces in Germany and Austria. Unlike large national online job sites, joblocal connects potential candidates with relevant positions in their area. Joblocal’s marketplaces aim at covering the entire job market in a region across all levels from managers to temporary workers and interns. So far, the company has built 34 local job marketplaces including jobs.sh, bglandJOBS.de, or MünchnerJOBS.de. Corporate customers recruiting talent on Joblocal’s marketplaces include companies like Marc O’Polo, Sixt, Ikea, and Intel.
Investment Manager:
Daniel Keiper-Knorr
Daniel Keiper-Knorr
Year acquired:
2014
Year invested:
2012
Sector:
Consumer Tech
GoStudentGoStudent is an online tutoring platform that gives students free chat access to a community of experts as well as paid live video sessions.www.gostudent.org
GoStudent
GoStudent helps students aged from 10 to 20 get access to on-demand homework tutoring through a free, anonymous 24/7 chat platform or paid live video tutoring. The tutors are qualified experts as well as other students who sign up to help with common problems such as homework assignments, exam preparation, or presentations across different subjects. Tutors get paid on a per-answer basis for the chat-service and on a per-lesson basis for live tutoring sessions.
GoStudent is available on Android, iOS and Facebook Messenger and has grown to over 150k monthly active students in Germany and Austria in less than two years.
Investment Manager:
Markus Lang
Severin Zugmayer
Markus Lang
Severin Zugmayer
Year invested:
2016
2016
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
DiagnosiaDiagnosia helps health professionals make better decisions by providing a search engine of drug information.www.diagnosia.com
Diagnosia
Diagnosia’s core product is a mobile and web-based app, which helps doctors and other healthcare professionals make the right medication decision. Additionally, the platform serves as a highly-targeted marketing channel for pharmaceutical companies interested in advertising on the platform.
Diagnosia was founded in 2011 by a group of medical doctors, software engineers, and entrepreneurs. Over the years the company has established itself as the market leader for clinical drug information software in Austria with more than 5,000 health professionals and over 50 healthcare facilities using their app.
Investment Manager:
Andreas Schwarzenbrunner
Andreas Schwarzenbrunner
Year invested:
2017
2017
Sector:
Deep Tech
Deep Tech
GustavGustav helps mid-sized enterprises recruit and manage contractors and contingent workers at scale through their full concierge VMS.www.hellogustav.com
Gustav
Gustav is a technology company that helps mid-sized enterprises recruit and manage their contingent workforce. Their service gives the mid market access to benefits usually only enjoyed by large corporations with more sophisticated contingent workforce programs.
Their full concierge software helps companies manage the complete process from selecting staffing vendors, submitting requisitions, managing an exterexternal workforce, to paying contractors and temporary staff.
Ever since the company’s foundation in 2016 Gustav has received major support from organizations and investors such as Y Combinator, Speedinvest, Lightspeed Ventures, Beenext, 10x Group and Youtube co-founder Jawed Karim.
Investment Manager:
Markus Lang
Markus Lang
Year invested:
2017
2017
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
BikemapBikemap provides a platform where bike enthusiasts around the world create, upload and share their favorite cycle routes.www.bikemap.net
Bikemap
Bikemap is a platform where bike enthusiasts around the world create, upload and share their favorite cycle routes. The Bikemap app lets users record routes on the go, add their own photos or notes and share it all on social media.
Over the years Bikemap has evolved to become the largest bike route collection in the world– with active users in more than 80 countries sharing their cycling experiences from all around the world. More than 1,500 new routes are created by Bikemap users on a every day; enriched with information such as route length and interactive elevation profile for every cycling route. Altogether, users have access to over 3.1 million different routes.
Investment Manager:
Pierre-Francois Marteau
Pierre-Francois Marteau
Year invested:
2016
2016
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
GreetzlyGreetzly is an online platform that allows fans to request personal video messages from celebrities while collecting money for different charities.www.greetzly.com
Greetzly
Greetzly is an online platform and app that lets fans request personal video messages from their idols while collecting money for a good cause. Users set the price they are willing to pay for a video message which gets paid out if the celebrity accepts. A portion of this money gets donated to a charity that both the user and celebrity support.
For celebrities, this provides a way to build intimate relationships with their fans while giving back and creating a positive impact for causes they believe in.
Greetzly has attracted the interest of major celebrities like Sebastian Prödl, Gerald Melzer, and Verena Böhnisch as well as some of the most-renowned charities like The Red Cross.
Investment Manager:
Marie-Helene Ametsreiter
Marie-Helene Ametsreiter
Year invested:
2016
2016
Sector:
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
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