Speedinvest
The 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.
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Portfolio
Grid View
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
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
www.adverity.com
Adverity
Adverity is an online marketing data analytics and reporting platform. Advertisers and marketing agencies use the platform to analyse real-time data from multiple popular marketing tools alongside offline data – such as Excel spreadsheets – to deliver insights into their marketing activities. Adverity efficiently compiles different data sources to help marketers take control of their marketing campaigns.
Their products are web-based marketing intelligence and advanced analytics platforms that fully integrate input from several marketing tools into one application. This creates a united data stack for more efficient reporting, better decision making and improved marketing performance.
Investment Manager:
Oliver Holle
Severin Zugmayer
Oliver Holle
Severin Zugmayer
Year invested:
2016
2016
Sector:
Deep Tech
Deep Tech
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
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
Hi.health is the contemporary approach to digitally organized personal healthcare.
https://hi.health
hi.health
hi.health offers people with private health insurance convenient and safe access to health care billing via app or web. Users can easily submit their invoices digitally and hi.health takes care of the further processing, billing and customer service providing a seamless user experience. With the integrated “library” users receive a transparent overview of relevant digital health products and services, that are (partially) covered by their insurance.
hi.health operates at the intersection of digital health, fintech and insurtech. While each of these rapidly growing markets are already exciting in themselves, their combination in one product is unique. The company was founded by Sebastian Gruber and Fredrik Debong in July 2019. Since hi.health launched in Germany at the end of 2019 several thousand users already use the independent billing app.
Investment Manager:
Markus Lang
Markus Lang
Year invested:
2019
2019
Sector:
Digital Health
Digital Health
www.fraugster.com
Fraugster
Fraugster is a German-Israeli anti-fraud company with the goal of eliminating payment fraud in ecommerce. The company has developed an artificial intelligence technology that predicts fraudulent transactions before they happen– giving them a distinct competitive advantage over every other player in the anti-fraud space.
Fraugster, led by two industry experts, has been operating across the globe since 2016 and is responsible for tens of billions of dollars for their clients. Their products are used and trusted internationally by leading payment companies such as Ingenico ePayments and Credorax.
Investment Manager:
Oliver Holle
Oliver Holle
Year invested:
2015
2015
Sector:
Deep Tech
Deep Tech
Platypus
Platypus is the HR tech solution that helps HR professionals measure what people value at every stage of the talent lifecycle, from attraction to management to retention. Its solution equips managers with the right data collected from every single employee in order to meet their needs and prepare themselves for future business challenges.
With its value-centric approach to company culture they have identified 12 work-related values, corresponding to 3 core areas of organizational culture, that provide unique insights into individuals’ needs and priorities while protecting their anonymity.
Investment Manager:
Frederik Hagenauer
Frederik Hagenauer
Year invested:
2020
2020
Sector:
PreSeed
SaaS
PreSeed
SaaS
Impala
Nearly all technology in a hotel must connect to the central property management system. The problem is there are thousands of these systems and connecting to each one takes months and is expensive.
Impala solves this by providing a single, standard API to access hotel data. They connect in advance to the property management systems and then allow companies to connect to the data they need in minutes.
Investment Manager:
Markus Lang
Markus Lang
Year invested:
2016
2016
Sector:
Deep Tech
Deep Tech
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 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
Zerolens
zerolens enables customers to easily do professional photoshoots in a web application, eliminating the need to pay a photographer.
As a result, zerolens is digitising a traditionally service-based industry.
Investment Manager:
Frederik Hagenauer
Frederik Hagenauer
Year invested:
2019
2019
Sector:
B2B SaaS
B2B SaaS
Craftsman and construction companies face a huge challenge managing their resources in a highly dynamic environment. Meisterwerk provides an easy to use SaaS solution, which makes planning and coordination processes between offices and construction sites more efficient. The software enables their customers to track the status and progress of their jobs and resources in real time, increase overall profitability, and unlock growth potential for their companies.
Investment Manager:
Frederik Hagenauer
Frederik Hagenauer
Year invested:
2019
2019
Sector:
Industrial Tech
Industrial Tech
www.candis.io
Candis
Candis makes workflows intelligent using an artificial intelligence tool that helps companies automate repetitive bookkeeping processes such as categorizing different invoices. The software can collect and handle invoices automatically and make sure everybody is paid on time, saving 80% of manual work. CANDIS also offers a special service for tax accountants facilitating the collaboration with clients and automating certain processes.
Candis was founded by after the team won a Hackaton in Frankfurt in 2015. Within less than a year, the company had received a 7-figure investment and scaled to over 20 employees and more than 500 customers.
Investment Manager:
Michael Schuster
Year invested:
2017
Michael Schuster
Year invested:
2017
Sector:
Fintech
Fintech
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
Bleep
Bleep is a social entertainment app that has secured $30B in TV network IP for its users. Bleep enables you to recreate and re-mix your favourite TV shows for channels we all know and love. Their vision: become the mobile TV network for Gen Z.
Investment Manager:
Arnaud Bakker
Arnaud Bakker
Year invested:
2020
Sector:
Consumer Tech
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
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
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
Legal OS
Legal OS makes legal content accessible and usable by providing a library of computable content. The library is structured from bite-sized chunks of legal content, enabling businesses and end-users to build an almost infinite variety of legally compliant agreements. Due to the computable nature of the content, businesses are able to connect the data from their agreements to their legacy ERP, HRMS, CMS, and email software. As well, the data can be leveraged to compile advanced analytics dashboards, enabling unprecedented clarity over the business’s legal ecosystem.
Investment Manager:
Markus Lang
Markus Lang
Year invested:
2018
2018
Sector:
Deep Tech
Deep Tech
http://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
https://www.actiondesk.io/
Action Desk
Action Desk is an automation tool that allows automatic importing of data, pre-defined calculation and manipulation of that data and eventually contingent data output or triggered actions. Its Zapier-integration allows access to thousands of services right away. Customers can import data from their database and favorite apps without requiring a code.
Investment Manager:
Arnaud Bakker
Arnaud Bakker
Year invested:
2018
2018
Sector:
Deep Tech
Deep Tech
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
Contentflow
Contentflow develops software for video-livestreaming your event in flawless quality to any mobile and stationary device available. Not only one platform but rather parallel live-streaming is possible. Contentflow distributes your signal to (several) Facebook-Account, Youtube Live and other social media platforms just as well as it offers an embeddable player for your own Website.
Investment Manager:
Severin Zugmayer
Severin Zugmayer
Year invested:
2018
2018
Sector:
Deep Tech
Deep Tech
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
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
Shapr3D
Shapr3D has created an app for the iPad Pro that makes 3D modelling easy as pie but still delivers professional models that can be refined in professional 3D CAD software or can be used directly for 3D printing. You only need to draw shapes, then transform them. You can use the freedom of surfacing, sketch on faces, and you can chamfer edges in seconds.
Investment Manager:
Markus Lang
Markus Lang
Year invested:
2016
2016
Sector:
Deep Tech
Deep Tech
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
Habitalix
Habitalix connects all property management tasks in one place to increase transparency for the owner while reducing inefficiencies in the back office. Habitalix basically transforms the work of the property manager by offering full-end-to-end property management, which unites technology and personal advice. Up to 80% of manual tasks can be reduced and the administrator’s efficiency increases by a multiple of 5.
Investment Manager:
Markus Lang
Markus Lang
Year invested:
2017
2017
Sector:
Deep Tech
Deep Tech
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
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
TalkJS
It takes an enormous effort to get custom messaging on a platform right. TalkJS solves this issues by introducing its one-line integration messaging service for any platform with peer-to-peer communication needs. Especially marketplaces and the gig economy can highly benefit from such an API, as direct messaging adds a 25% increase in engagement and retention to your website.
Investment Manager:
Markus Lang
Markus Lang
Year invested:
2017
2017
Sector:
Deep Tech
Deep Tech
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 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
prewave
Enterprises with complex supply chain networks face a multitude of disruption risks along their entire supply chain and transportation routes.
prewave analyzes social media data with advanced machine learning techniques to predict upcoming risk events in supply chain networks.
Investment Manager:
Arnaud Bakker
Arnaud Bakker
Year invested:
2018
2018
Sector:
Deep Tech
Deep Tech
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 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
Investory
The bigger your portfolio gets, the harder it is to manage it. On Investory’s platform you have your individual portfolio overview. It enables you to know how your portfolio is performing and who the responsible contact person is. So you never loose track of your investments.
Investment Manager:
Markus Lang
Markus Lang
Year invested:
2017
2017
Sector:
Deeptech
Deeptech
www.usersnap.com
Usersnap
Usersnap is a visual bug tracking and feedback tool. The software lets users screenshot and annotate their current browser view facilitating communication and the flow of feedback between developers, customers and everyone involved in a web project.
Usersnap integrates with existing project management tools, bug tracking systems as well as popular web platforms such as WordPress. The company has received multiple awards and recently graduated from the Salesforce Accelerator program in San Francisco. Among their customers are large technology companies including Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Netflix.
Investment Manager:
Michael Schuster
Michael Schuster
Year invested:
2013
2013
Sector:
Deep Tech
Deep Tech
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 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
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
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
www.metrilo.com
Metrilo
Metrilo is a suite of analytics and marketing tools for eCommerce websites. It helps merchants track key performance indicators (KPIs), analyse trends, and make data-driven decisions to increase retention, conversion and sales performance. Metrilo’s CRM platform also allows webshops to send highly targeted email campaigns and to measure its success rates.
The company’s software is easy to install and integrates with all major e-commerce platforms such as Woocommerce, Shopify, or Magento. As of January 2018 the company has hit over $100MM USD in total sales generated with their email automation and segmentation tools alone.
Investment Manager:
Michael Schuster
Michael Schuster
Year invested:
2015
2015
Sector:
Deep Tech
Deep Tech
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
www.dronamics.com
Dronamics
Dronamics is re-inventing the future of cargo shipping through drones. Their Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are considerably cheaper to build and operate than existing aircrafts and can carry up to 350 kg payloads across routes exceeding 2,000 km. Dronamics’ technology is particularly promising to impact logistics in the developing world. The company’s vision is to open up new trade routes, make same-day international delivery feasible, and serve the billions of people living outside the main trade centers.
Dronamics’s team consists of some of the leading aerospace engineers in the world and won the startup challenge at Pioneer’s Festival 2015.
Investment Manager:
Michael Schuster
Michael Schuster
Year invested:
2015
2015
Sector:
Deep Tech
Deep Tech
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
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. The company 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
www.flexkeeping.com
Flexkeeping
Flexkeeping (formerly called Facility) is a complete software solution for hotel housekeeping and operations helping hospitality professionals save time and work more efficiently. Processes that previously required manual work, multiple phone calls, and paper reports can now be managed from one simple application improving how hotel staff communicates, delegates tasks, and manages processes. The company’s software solution saves hotels hundreds of man-hours per month, drastically reduces inventory loss, and boosts productivity.
World-class hotels all over Europe like Le Meridien, Holiday Inn, and Radisson Blu have adopted Flexkeeping as their operations software of choice.
Investment Manager:
Werner ZahntYear invested:
2016Sector:
Deep Tech
Werner ZahntYear invested:
2016Sector:
Deep Tech
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
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
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
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
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
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
www.clausematch.com
ClauseMatch
ClauseMatch provides a software-as-a-service platform for smart document management. It helps teams in highly regulated industries such as compliance, legal, finance, operations and risk collaborate more effectively, saving time and resources, while significantly reducing risk and providing accountability. ClauseMatch works as a browser-based collaborative document editor containing in its core a detailed workflow where comments, approvals, and changes are a part of a full audit trail– providing full control of content. Every change and approval made in a document is tracked in an organised manner providing full audit trail and unprecedented reporting capabilities.
Investment Manager:
Michael Schuster
Michael Schuster
Year invested:
2017
2017
Sector:
Fintech
Fintech
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
List View
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
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
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
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
Hi.health is the contemporary approach to digitally organized personal healthcare.
https://hi.health
hi.health
hi.health offers people with private health insurance convenient and safe access to health care billing via app or web. Users can easily submit their invoices digitally and hi.health takes care of the further processing, billing and customer service providing a seamless user experience. With the integrated “library” users receive a transparent overview of relevant digital health products and services, that are (partially) covered by their insurance.
hi.health operates at the intersection of digital health, fintech and insurtech. While each of these rapidly growing markets are already exciting in themselves, their combination in one product is unique. The company was founded by Sebastian Gruber and Fredrik Debong in July 2019. Since hi.health launched in Germany at the end of 2019 several thousand users already use the independent billing app.
Investment Manager:
Markus Lang
Markus Lang
Year invested:
2019
2019
Sector:
Digital Health
Digital Health
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 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 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
Bleep
Bleep is a social entertainment app that has secured $30B in TV network IP for its users. Bleep enables you to recreate and re-mix your favourite TV shows for channels we all know and love. Their vision: become the mobile TV network for Gen Z.
Investment Manager:
Arnaud Bakker
Arnaud Bakker
Year invested:
2020
Sector:
Consumer Tech
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
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
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
http://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
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
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
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 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
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
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 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 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 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 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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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. The company 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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