Top 10 Life Science Startup Investors in Austria (May 2026)

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• Prewave — Supplier monitoring for purchasing, supply chain management and sustainability managers.
• subdron — subdron focuses on data processing in underwater inspections and autonomous underwater navigation.
• ReCatalyst — REvolutionizing the way we make fuel cell CATALYSTs

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• SiPhox Health — SiPhox offers a handheld testing device with RNA/DNA and protein testing for point-of-care and At-Home solutions. The company's kit is made by multiplexing RNA, antibody, and antigen tests on a single silicon photonic chip which is amplified by plasmon resonance and silicon photonic resonator readout, enabling users to undertake tests fordisease safely and in a disposable point-of-care and at-home manner.SiPhox was founded in 2020 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
• Cosmica Biosciences — Cosmica.bio - Rewiring molecular resilience for longevity & space exploration
• Rejuvenation Technologies — Rejuvenation Technologies is a biotechnology company that developed nucleoside-modified TERT mRNA to safely and rapidly extend telomeres. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

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• sewts — Founded in 2019 and based in Munich, sewts GmbH provides cutting-edge perception software, pushing the boundaries of robotics in processing of easily deformable materials. sewts has developed and demonstrated a unique technology that uses high-precision finite element method (FEM) simulations to efficiently train machine learning algorithms. Theintelligent software solution enables countless applications in industrial automation like the handling of textiles in industrial laundries or the manufacturing of garment. sewts is backed by APEX Ventures, Bayern Kapital, High-Tech Gründerfonds, UnternehmerTUM Initiative for Industrial Innovators and a couple of highly experienced business angels.
• Zetta Genomics — Zetta Genomics unleashes the power of genomic data to improve health outcomes for millions of patients around the world - and realise the potential of
• Refined Laser Systems — Refined Laser Systems is a dynamic biophotonics company.It specialises in creating innovative laser systems for SRS-microscopy and quantum technology.

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• Silveray — Silveray develop affordable large-area direct conversion detectors for the X-ray imaging market.
• KetoSwiss — KetoSwiss is a Swiss-based BioTech startup that strives to bring ketone bodies back into the modern world to combat diseases. It develops and clinically tests a novel nutraceutical/medical food for the dietary preventive therapy of higher-frequency migraines and possibly other related neurological diseases characterized by a metabolicdysfunction (such as Alzheimer's disease). KetoSwiss is headquartered at the Technologie Park Basel, in Basel Switzerland, where it is part of a dynamic scientific and entrepreneurial community composed of world-leading academic research laboratories, flourishing life sciences spin-offs and s world-leading biotech-startup-ecosystem.
• WiseWorks — AI-Powered Communications Intelligence for Financial Institutions

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• basys.ai — Basys.ai automates the process of prior authorization and utilization management to improve costs and timeliness for health plans/payers using an AI-based platform. The proprietary platform automates the process of encoding/digitizing the payer policies using machine learning, thus reducing the piloting timeline by up to 9 months.
• Lillian Care — Lillian is building a nationwide network of health facilities in Germany.
• ALFIE — AI software platform that provides consistent and automated measurements from radiographic images used to assess spinal disorders.

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• Circly — Determining tomorrow's needs through sales figures is one of Circly's core competencies, but we go one step further:Circly develops interactive AI construction modules for retailers. Thanks to our modular concept, our users can choose the influencing factors themselves and weight them differently, so that the AI can be adapted to thecompany at any time.With Circly, the supply chain and warehouse utilization can be brought to the next level. We are about to pilot the system and are looking for retailers who are interested in case studies.Description: Machine Learning based Prediction System for the retail sector to forecast the demand in order to avoid food waste, out of stocks and overstock. Other benefits include insights into customer segments and groups, product trends, the possibility of dynamic pricing and marketing!
• Sarcura — Sarcura develops a machine platform for the large scale, GMP manufacturing of personalized cell therapies. Our target is to scale global manufacturing capacity for these life saving, patient specific cancer treatments, cost effective and safe for a all patients. We will transform existing manufacturing paradigms by using semiconductor technologyto bring bioprocess control to cellular level.
• Shopstory — boomerank is a SaaS that helps eCommerce companies grow automatically with help of a powerful AI and the creation of an immense data hub.

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• Iskra — Iskra offers web3 gaming opportunities using blockchain and rewards its stakeholders based on their participation.
• On Vacation — On Vacation is a chat-based concierge service where customers may get help making reservations and getting personalized and optimal tours from travel specialists.
• NextChapter — NextChapter is a digital commerce platform that acquires and operates Coupang and Naver-based online native brands in Korea. NextChapter is backed by BlueRun Ventures/BRV Capital Management, Goodwater Capital, Klim Ventures, Fast Ventures and Sandbox Network.NextChapter was founded in 2021 by Joshua Kwon and Jay Chung and is headquarteredin Seoul, Korea.

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• Evozyne — We have a new way of thinking about proteins. We've uncovered Nature's hidden rules to build Natural Machines. With our partners, we are changing the world.
• Adela — Adela is focused on the detection of cancer and other high-morbidity, high-mortality conditions through a blood test.
• Iambic Therapeutics — Iambic has created a cutting-edge AI-driven platform to tackle the most challenging design problems in drug discovery and address unmet patient need.

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• Antaris — The Antaris Open Space platform simplifies the design, simulation, manufacturing and operation of satellites.
• Orakl Oncology — Cultivated with love by the Orakl team.
• Renaissance Fusion — Renaissance Fusion is a high-temperature superconductor and stellarator company.

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• Tausight — Tausight is specifically designed to help Healthcare ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of ePHI.
• Candesant Biomedical — Candesant Biomedical develops treatment for excessive sweating and hyperhidrosis. It offers a technology that is based on the principle that alkali metals in contact with water generate energy. The insight was that when the amounts of metal and water are controlled, the result is targeted delivery of energy exactly at the site of the water. Itsdevice is designed to target and inactivate the most active sweat glands.The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
• Crossbow Therapeutics — Crossbow Therapeutics is a seed-stage, stealth-mode oncology startup company. The company develops antibody engineering for intracellular cancer targets.