# Top 15 Hardware Angel Investors in Austria in May 2026

## Hermann Hauser
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence

Hermann Hauser co-founded Amadeus Capital Partners in 1997 with Anne Glover and Peter Wynn. In his long and successful history as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Hermann has founded or co-founded companies in a wide range of technology sectors. These include Acorn Computers (where he helped spin out ARM), Active Book Company,Virata, Net Products, NetChannel and Cambridge Network Limited. He was a founder director of IQ (Bio), IXI Limited, Vocalis, SynGenix, Advanced Displays Limited (acquired by Cambridge Display Technology), Electronic Share Information Limited, E*Trade UK and has supported many other start-ups.Hermann’s successes at Amadeus include: CSR plc (LON: CSR); Entropic Research Laboratory (acquired by Microsoft in 1999); Solexa (acquired by Illumina in 2007); and Icera (acquired by Nvidia in 2011). He is currently a non-executive director of XMOS, a company that is revolutionising re-configurable silicon chips; Intune Networks, a pioneer in the field of Optical Packet Switch & Transport; Tobii, the world leader in eye tracking and gaze detection; Plastic Logic, the first company to commercialize flexible plastic transistors (currently used in computer displays); and Cambridge Broadband Networks, a leader in point-to-multipoint wireless backhaul products.Hermann holds an MA in Physics from Vienna University and a PhD in Physics from the University of Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and an Honorary Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. Hermann holds honorary doctorates from the Universities of Bath, Loughborough and from Anglia Ruskin University and was awarded an Honorary CBE for ‘innovative service to the UK enterprise sector’ in 2001. In 2004, he was made a member of the Government’s Council for Science & Technology. In 2012 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society in recognition of his contribution to the translation of science into business, and in 2013 a Distinguished Fellow of BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.Austrian by birth, Hermann speaks German, English and conversational Italian and French.

## Johann "Hansi" Hansmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Fitness, Software

Dr. Johann ‘Hansi’ Hansmann was born in Austria and studied economics in Vienna. He spent the major part of his professional life working as an executive in the pharmaceutical industry in Austria, Germany, UK and Spain. He gathered several years of entrepreneurial experience running successfully his own pharmaceutical company in Spain afterconducting a management buy-out of a big pharmaceutical plant, making an exit in 2003. Since this time he is active as investor and business angel. He currently holds investments with a geographical focus on Austria, Germany, UK and Spain both internet and in the health industry. He led Runtastic, shpock, mysugr and just recently durchblicker and Busuu to extraordinary exits. He was president of the ‘Austrian Angels Investors Association’ until 2021, was awarded 'Best European Early Stage Investor' in 2016 by eban.org and is now based in Vienna and tries to find spare time to ride his mountain bike.

## Schnidar Harald
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: mHealth, Software, Biopharma

Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Scientist and Inventor

## Ingo Drexler
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce

Early-stage VC investor since 2005, fund advisor and active business angel with holdings in more than 25 technology companies. Ingo founded Next Level VC in 2019 to bundle his angel and advisor activities. Before, as CIO of Mountain Partners, Ingo reshaped and implemented the direct investment strategy of the group, which led to significant exitsand value creation. In parallel, he initiated and set up the group’s company building activities (Rheingau Founders). As an investment partner at Scail Capital he built up its retail-related investment operations. Ingo is also a co-founder and acted as a chairman of the board of Montredo, a leading online platform for new luxury watches that has recently been sold to Les Ambassadeurs Group. Before joining the VC industry, he served as COO at MovingImage and studied at Technical University of Ilmenau and UFSC in Brazil.

## Nikolaus Futter
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Sensor, Parking

Nikolaus Futter - Chairman @ PSI Alliance

## Markus Ertler
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Parking, Software, Sensor

Markus Ertler - Investor @ Ubiq.ai

## Suvi Haimi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Software, E-Commerce

Suvi Haimi is the founder and CEO Sulapac, a company that develops fully biodegradable packaging material innovation made out of wood. Most recently, he was an adjunct professor at the University of Helsinki (Clinicum, Faculty of Medicine).

## Michael Ströck
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Health Care, Medical, Information Technology

Founding partner and investor at Calm/Storm Ventures. Previously founded companies in consumer e-commerce (KochAbo; exit to Marley Spoon in 2015) and enterprise SaaS (Gustav; YC S17). Launched and grew successful open source projects (Vienna RSS; over 10 million downloads), as well as various community and charity projects (FounderTalks.org,Chancen:reich).I‘m especially passionate about the very early stages of company-building and have a track-record of early stage investments in my own companies, as well as healthcare and health-tech startups like Mediclass, hi.health and Probably Genetic (YC W19). Other notable investments include Flaviar (YC S14), Joblocal.de (Exit 2015), Kiko, Biloba and an investment as one of the first limited partners in Austrian venture fund Speedinvest.

## Harold Primat
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Sports, Nutrition

Investor and former professional racing driver. Currently, he is a president of the Primland estate.

## Qasar Younis
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Transportation, Health Care

Mr. Qasar Younis is the Founder of Talkbin. Mr. Younis serves as a Partner and Chief Operating Officer of Y Combinator. He is responsible to manage all Y Combinator events, operations, finance and legal functions, as well as advise startups. Previously, he served as a Part-Time Partner at the firm.

## Klaus Hofbauer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Linz, Oberosterreich, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Marketplace, Apps, Music

Klaus Hofbauer - Owner @ karriere.at

## Florian Gschwandtner
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Software, Dating

Florian Gschwandtner is the Founder of Leaders21.

## Jürgen Habichler
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Toys, Children, Robotics

Jürgen Habichler

## Christian Passet
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Computer, Software, Smart Home

Christian Passet - System Developer and Co-Founder @ Flatout Technologies

## Dr. Cornelius Boersch
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, FinTech

Dr. Cornelius (“Conny”) Boersch is an entrepreneur, business angel and founder of numerous technology companies. Conny is considered one of the bestconnected networkers in the tech and start-up scene. He is the founder of the global company builder Mountain Partners as well as the global co-investment company Conny & Co. Conny initiated theEntrepreneurs Day at the Tegernsee, one of the most exclusive conferences in Europe and regularly holds speeches at universities or tech events all over the world. As a business angel, he has invested in more than 300 companies since 1995 and was voted “European Business Angel of the Year” in 2009. He is a European Investment Fund (EIF) - certified super angel, which means that, subject to certain restrictions, the EIF matches all of his startup investments 1 to 1.As an entrepreneur, Conny previously founded the stock-listed RFID-based companies ACG, Smartrac and Identiv as well as the cashless payment systems provider Sandpiper. For his activities he was named “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2000. Politically, Conny acted as advisor to Dr. Guido Westerwelle, former president of the German Liberal Party, FDP, Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister of Germany from 2009 to 2012.He studied at the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Essen with a thesis on venture capital and investing. He later also acted as honorary professor and held lectures at the University of Essen.

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