Speedinvest

Speedinvest is a venture capital firm based in Vienna, with offices in Berlin, Paris, London, Munich, and San Francisco, that focuses on early-stage technology investments across Europe, including Central and Eastern Europe. The firm backs seed to early growth rounds in areas including deep tech, fintech, health, industrial tech, marketplaces, consumer tech, software-as-a-service, and network effects, with a platform philosophy and hands-on support via an in-house Platform+ team that provides growth marketing, human resources, US business development, and networking assistance from day one. Typical investments range from a few hundred thousand euros up to about three million euros, with a preference for minority stakes up to around 20% and for taking co-entrepreneurial operational roles for six months to a year. Speedinvest was founded in 2011 and is known for combining capital with hands-on operational support to help portfolio companies scale.

Marie-Hélène Ametsreiter

General Partner, Portfolio Success

Jeroen Arts

Partner

Charlie Boles

Senior Associate

Eric Bovee

General Partner

Daniela Caserotto-Leibert

Venture Partner

Stephen Croome

Principal

Sophia Escheu

Associate

Sophia Escheu

Associate

Frederik Hagenauer

Principal

Audrey Handem

Associate

Rick Hao

Partner

Jingchun Hao

Partner

oliver holle

CEO, Managing Partner and Managing Director

Victor Huerbe

Principal

Lawrence Kilian

Principal, Corporate Development and M&A

Stefan Klestil

General Partner Sif

Markus Krainz

Venture Partner

Markus Lang

Partner

Tom Filip Lesche

Partner

Alexis Majos

Fintech and Software Investor

Enrique Martínez-Hausmann

Principal

Klaus Matzka

Partner

Wissam Nadreddine

Principal

Wissam Nasreddine

Principal

Florian Obst

Principal

Mathias Ockenfels

General Partner

Mariya Osadchaya-Isa

Principal

Alvaro Perezcano

Senior Associate

Konstantin Schmeisser

Associate

Leonard Schmid

Senior Associate

Andreas Schwarzenbrunner

Partner

Olga Shikhantsova

Partner

Michael Sieghart

CFO, Managing Partner and Managing Director

Evgeny Slavin

Senior Associate

Katharine Spooner

Principal

Katharine Spooner

Senior Associate

Philipp Stangl

Investment Manager

Yang Tran

Principal

Jürgen Wahl

Venture Partner

Maximilian Wilhelm

Senior Associate

Werner Zahnt

Founding Partner, Corporate Development

Andrea Zitna

Partner

Marcel van der Heijden

General Partner

Past deals in Southwestern Europe

Revyze

Seed Round in 2024
Revyze is an AI-powered platform that facilitates peer-to-peer learning through short videos and quizzes. It offers personalized educational content, gamified learning experiences, and SAT prep materials to help high school students enhance their academic performance and college readiness.

One Trading

Venture Round in 2024
One Trading is an institutional-grade spot exchange for digital assets, recognized for its robust platform designed for both retail and institutional investors. The company holds a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license in Italy and is in the process of applying for a MiFID II license to expand its offerings to include regulated crypto derivatives. Leveraging a partnership with Amazon Web Services, One Trading boasts the distinction of being one of the fastest digital asset trading venues available. Its platform provides essential features such as market data, charting tools, and efficient order execution, facilitating effective trading for its users.

Apiday

Venture Round in 2024
Apiday is a Paris-based company founded in 2021 that specializes in providing a data collection platform aimed at simplifying sustainability for businesses. The platform allows organizations to gather all environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data in a centralized location, facilitating the automation of ESG reporting and certification processes. Additionally, Apiday enables collaboration with third-party ESG consultants to enhance ESG scores and implement specific improvements. By leveraging artificial intelligence, the platform streamlines the management of extra-financial data and simplifies access to specialist advice, making sustainability efforts more measurable and affordable for companies.

Flowdesk

Series B in 2024
Flowdesk is a regulated digital asset trading firm specializing in market making, OTC services, and treasury management. It offers a compliant trading platform connecting blockchains, custodians, and service providers with deep liquidity and real-time analytics.

Fairlyne

Seed Round in 2023
Fairlyne is a software company that specializes in resale software-as-a-service for travel brands. Founded in 2021 and based in Paris, France, it develops a resale platform for the travel industry that integrates ticket resale directly onto distribution channels. The platform is designed for revenue managers to convert empty seats into revenue while enhancing passenger satisfaction, helping clients improve profitability margins and strengthen brand loyalty and customer retention.

Apiday

Seed Round in 2023
Apiday is a Paris-based company founded in 2021 that specializes in providing a data collection platform aimed at simplifying sustainability for businesses. The platform allows organizations to gather all environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data in a centralized location, facilitating the automation of ESG reporting and certification processes. Additionally, Apiday enables collaboration with third-party ESG consultants to enhance ESG scores and implement specific improvements. By leveraging artificial intelligence, the platform streamlines the management of extra-financial data and simplifies access to specialist advice, making sustainability efforts more measurable and affordable for companies.

One Trading

Series A in 2023
One Trading is an institutional-grade spot exchange for digital assets, recognized for its robust platform designed for both retail and institutional investors. The company holds a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license in Italy and is in the process of applying for a MiFID II license to expand its offerings to include regulated crypto derivatives. Leveraging a partnership with Amazon Web Services, One Trading boasts the distinction of being one of the fastest digital asset trading venues available. Its platform provides essential features such as market data, charting tools, and efficient order execution, facilitating effective trading for its users.

Cobee

Series B in 2022
Founded in 2018, Cobee is a Madrid-based company specializing in employee benefits management. Its online platform automates and simplifies benefits administration, offering flexible compensation options to enhance employee satisfaction while reducing costs for companies.

Toqio

Series A in 2022
Toqio is a technology company founded in 2019 by Eduardo Martinez and Michael Galvin, with offices in London, Madrid, and Nairobi. It specializes in providing a platform that enables organizations to develop customized fintech solutions, either as mobile applications or web-based services. Toqio offers software integration tools tailored for the financial industry, facilitating various functions such as digital banking, onboarding, transaction monitoring, and the distribution of financial products and services. Its platform includes a marketplace of partners and supports configuration and customization, allowing companies to rapidly deploy data-driven financial propositions to their customers.

Flowdesk

Series A in 2022
Flowdesk is a regulated digital asset trading firm specializing in market making, OTC services, and treasury management. It offers a compliant trading platform connecting blockchains, custodians, and service providers with deep liquidity and real-time analytics.

Actiondesk

Seed Round in 2022
ActionDesk is a French software company based in Asnières-sur-Seine. It specializes in developing data management solutions that enable users to import, refresh, and synchronize data from various applications such as SQL, Stripe, Salesforce, and HubSpot directly into spreadsheets. The platform allows for automatic data importing, calculation, and manipulation, making it accessible for non-technical teams to build workflow automation using familiar spreadsheet tools.

Apiday

Seed Round in 2022
Apiday is a Paris-based company founded in 2021 that specializes in providing a data collection platform aimed at simplifying sustainability for businesses. The platform allows organizations to gather all environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data in a centralized location, facilitating the automation of ESG reporting and certification processes. Additionally, Apiday enables collaboration with third-party ESG consultants to enhance ESG scores and implement specific improvements. By leveraging artificial intelligence, the platform streamlines the management of extra-financial data and simplifies access to specialist advice, making sustainability efforts more measurable and affordable for companies.

Qovery

Seed Round in 2021
Qovery is a Paris-based company that provides a container as a service platform for developing and deploying applications. The platform automates cloud infrastructure provisioning, offers self-service capabilities for developers, and integrates with existing tools while enforcing governance and security policies and cost optimization. By enabling teams to provision infrastructure with minimal manual management, Qovery aims to accelerate development cycles, improve engineering efficiency, and reduce infrastructure overhead. Founded in 2019, Qovery focuses on streamlining software development and deployment processes through automation and scalable cloud infrastructure management.

Cobee

Series A in 2021
Founded in 2018, Cobee is a Madrid-based company specializing in employee benefits management. Its online platform automates and simplifies benefits administration, offering flexible compensation options to enhance employee satisfaction while reducing costs for companies.

Toqio

Seed Round in 2021
Toqio is a technology company founded in 2019 by Eduardo Martinez and Michael Galvin, with offices in London, Madrid, and Nairobi. It specializes in providing a platform that enables organizations to develop customized fintech solutions, either as mobile applications or web-based services. Toqio offers software integration tools tailored for the financial industry, facilitating various functions such as digital banking, onboarding, transaction monitoring, and the distribution of financial products and services. Its platform includes a marketplace of partners and supports configuration and customization, allowing companies to rapidly deploy data-driven financial propositions to their customers.

FairMoney

Series B in 2021
FairMoney is a mobile banking platform founded in 2017, operating from Paris, France, and Lagos, Nigeria. The platform specializes in providing credit to private and business borrowers, particularly targeting underbanked populations in emerging markets. By leveraging smartphone data, FairMoney develops an instant credit score for users, facilitating access to various loan types, including personal, business, medical, and car loans. The company has disbursed over 350,000 loans and aims to make financial services more accessible and affordable for millions in Africa and South-East Asia. With a team of 45 professionals and backing from European and American investors, FairMoney is committed to transforming the financial landscape for underserved communities.

IOMED

Venture Round in 2020
IOMED Medical Solutions is a technology company based in Barcelona, Catalonia, founded in 2016 by Alvaro Abella, Gabriel de Maeztu, and Javier Oca. The company specializes in medical record management software that utilizes artificial intelligence and Natural Language Processing to structure clinical data. By extracting insights from clinical notes, IOMED's software helps hospitals save costs and allocate resources more effectively. The platform enhances data structuring, integration, and interoperability, enabling clinicians to access organized and visualized medical information. This technology ultimately supports healthcare professionals in making informed decisions, improving efficiency and operational savings within medical environments.

Bnext

Series A in 2020
Bnext is a Madrid-based fintech platform that operates as a digital banking platform and marketplace for financial products. It enables users to open a current account quickly and connect external bank accounts and other financial information within a single app. Through a curated marketplace, users can access a range of financial and insurance products from selected fintechs and banks, compare offers, and purchase or manage products without leaving the app. The company emphasizes collaboration with its partners to provide competitive, well-matched options, including offerings across real estate investment, mutual funds, loans, crowdlending, and microloans. By aggregating accounts and products, Bnext aims to simplify personal finance and expand access to diverse financial services.

Cobee

Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2018, Cobee is a Madrid-based company specializing in employee benefits management. Its online platform automates and simplifies benefits administration, offering flexible compensation options to enhance employee satisfaction while reducing costs for companies.

Gronda

Venture Round in 2020
Gronda is a platform and mobile app that connects professionals in gastronomy, hospitality, and catering to share, organize, and monetize culinary knowledge. Originating in 2015 and based in Wattens, Austria, the company operates across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy. It serves chefs, waiters, baristas, and other industry practitioners by providing features such as chef portfolios and recipe sharing, enabling users to publish creations, build their presence, and connect with clients or collaborators. By fostering a global online community, Gronda aims to preserve culinary knowledge, encourage creativity, and drive innovation in the culinary world, appealing to both industry professionals and food enthusiasts who explore, learn from, and be inspired by professional recipes and expertise.

Bnext

Series A in 2019
Bnext is a Madrid-based fintech platform that operates as a digital banking platform and marketplace for financial products. It enables users to open a current account quickly and connect external bank accounts and other financial information within a single app. Through a curated marketplace, users can access a range of financial and insurance products from selected fintechs and banks, compare offers, and purchase or manage products without leaving the app. The company emphasizes collaboration with its partners to provide competitive, well-matched options, including offerings across real estate investment, mutual funds, loans, crowdlending, and microloans. By aggregating accounts and products, Bnext aims to simplify personal finance and expand access to diverse financial services.

FairMoney

Series A in 2019
FairMoney is a mobile banking platform founded in 2017, operating from Paris, France, and Lagos, Nigeria. The platform specializes in providing credit to private and business borrowers, particularly targeting underbanked populations in emerging markets. By leveraging smartphone data, FairMoney develops an instant credit score for users, facilitating access to various loan types, including personal, business, medical, and car loans. The company has disbursed over 350,000 loans and aims to make financial services more accessible and affordable for millions in Africa and South-East Asia. With a team of 45 professionals and backing from European and American investors, FairMoney is committed to transforming the financial landscape for underserved communities.

Rive

Series A in 2019
Rive is redefining how people buy, sell, and rent homes. Rive brings simplicity to switching homes by providing liquidity to sellers and fully renovated, move-in-ready homes for buyers while providing real estate agents with a unique combination of tech tools and products to give superior service to their customers. As a result, our customers have access to everything they need for a successful real estate transaction, from cutting-edge real-time market insights to renovation services delivered by local real estate professionals who guide them at every step. ‘Rive’ means leading edge and groundbreaking, just like the idea Rive was founded on: that selling homes should be simple and stress-free. To make this a reality, the Rive platform brings together all the different solutions that you need to change your life and property. Since we started in 2017, we have grown from a local iBuyer into a team of more than 300 real estate professionals in Finland, Spain, and Poland, and expanded our offering into a full-service real estate platform that provides a range of solutions for selling, buying, renovating, and financing your home. Rive is headquartered in Helsinki and is operating in all the major cities in Finland as well as Warsaw, Poland, and Madrid and Barcelona, Spain. Rive service concept is developed by Homerun Technologies Ltd. You can find more about us: www.rivehomes.com

Actiondesk

Pre Seed Round in 2018
ActionDesk is a French software company based in Asnières-sur-Seine. It specializes in developing data management solutions that enable users to import, refresh, and synchronize data from various applications such as SQL, Stripe, Salesforce, and HubSpot directly into spreadsheets. The platform allows for automatic data importing, calculation, and manipulation, making it accessible for non-technical teams to build workflow automation using familiar spreadsheet tools.

Rive

Seed Round in 2018
Rive is redefining how people buy, sell, and rent homes. Rive brings simplicity to switching homes by providing liquidity to sellers and fully renovated, move-in-ready homes for buyers while providing real estate agents with a unique combination of tech tools and products to give superior service to their customers. As a result, our customers have access to everything they need for a successful real estate transaction, from cutting-edge real-time market insights to renovation services delivered by local real estate professionals who guide them at every step. ‘Rive’ means leading edge and groundbreaking, just like the idea Rive was founded on: that selling homes should be simple and stress-free. To make this a reality, the Rive platform brings together all the different solutions that you need to change your life and property. Since we started in 2017, we have grown from a local iBuyer into a team of more than 300 real estate professionals in Finland, Spain, and Poland, and expanded our offering into a full-service real estate platform that provides a range of solutions for selling, buying, renovating, and financing your home. Rive is headquartered in Helsinki and is operating in all the major cities in Finland as well as Warsaw, Poland, and Madrid and Barcelona, Spain. Rive service concept is developed by Homerun Technologies Ltd. You can find more about us: www.rivehomes.com

Lemonway

Venture Round in 2018
Lemonway is a pan-European payment institution specializing in secure payment processing for marketplaces (B2B, B2C, C2C) and alternative finance platforms. It offers wallet management, third-party payments, anti-money laundering (AML), and customer verification (KYC) services. Lemonway is authorized by the ACPR and operates across 28 European countries.

IOMED

Seed Round in 2018
IOMED Medical Solutions is a technology company based in Barcelona, Catalonia, founded in 2016 by Alvaro Abella, Gabriel de Maeztu, and Javier Oca. The company specializes in medical record management software that utilizes artificial intelligence and Natural Language Processing to structure clinical data. By extracting insights from clinical notes, IOMED's software helps hospitals save costs and allocate resources more effectively. The platform enhances data structuring, integration, and interoperability, enabling clinicians to access organized and visualized medical information. This technology ultimately supports healthcare professionals in making informed decisions, improving efficiency and operational savings within medical environments.

FairMoney

Seed Round in 2018
FairMoney is a mobile banking platform founded in 2017, operating from Paris, France, and Lagos, Nigeria. The platform specializes in providing credit to private and business borrowers, particularly targeting underbanked populations in emerging markets. By leveraging smartphone data, FairMoney develops an instant credit score for users, facilitating access to various loan types, including personal, business, medical, and car loans. The company has disbursed over 350,000 loans and aims to make financial services more accessible and affordable for millions in Africa and South-East Asia. With a team of 45 professionals and backing from European and American investors, FairMoney is committed to transforming the financial landscape for underserved communities.

Tripmakery

Venture Round in 2018
Founded in Vienna in 2015 by Robert Sasse and Ajmal Said, Tripmakery is a leading online platform for group accommodation bookings across Europe. With a database of over 60,000 group hotels, it simplifies large group bookings, whether for 10 people in Berlin or 50 in Barcelona.

Rive

Angel Round in 2017
Rive is redefining how people buy, sell, and rent homes. Rive brings simplicity to switching homes by providing liquidity to sellers and fully renovated, move-in-ready homes for buyers while providing real estate agents with a unique combination of tech tools and products to give superior service to their customers. As a result, our customers have access to everything they need for a successful real estate transaction, from cutting-edge real-time market insights to renovation services delivered by local real estate professionals who guide them at every step. ‘Rive’ means leading edge and groundbreaking, just like the idea Rive was founded on: that selling homes should be simple and stress-free. To make this a reality, the Rive platform brings together all the different solutions that you need to change your life and property. Since we started in 2017, we have grown from a local iBuyer into a team of more than 300 real estate professionals in Finland, Spain, and Poland, and expanded our offering into a full-service real estate platform that provides a range of solutions for selling, buying, renovating, and financing your home. Rive is headquartered in Helsinki and is operating in all the major cities in Finland as well as Warsaw, Poland, and Madrid and Barcelona, Spain. Rive service concept is developed by Homerun Technologies Ltd. You can find more about us: www.rivehomes.com

Tripmakery

Seed Round in 2017
Founded in Vienna in 2015 by Robert Sasse and Ajmal Said, Tripmakery is a leading online platform for group accommodation bookings across Europe. With a database of over 60,000 group hotels, it simplifies large group bookings, whether for 10 people in Berlin or 50 in Barcelona.

Tripmakery

Seed Round in 2016
Founded in Vienna in 2015 by Robert Sasse and Ajmal Said, Tripmakery is a leading online platform for group accommodation bookings across Europe. With a database of over 60,000 group hotels, it simplifies large group bookings, whether for 10 people in Berlin or 50 in Barcelona.
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