# Top 50 SaaS Angel Investors in Austria in May 2026

## Johann "Hansi" Hansmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 33
- 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.

## Hermann Hauser
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 9
- 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.

## Patrick Poschl
- Type: Angel
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Consulting

Patrick spent over 8 years in the financial service industry based in Vienna and London. Most recently before Scalable at Goldman Sachs in London, he was working in the team responsible for structuring of financial products and developments of electronic trading platforms. Patrick studied international business at the Vienna University of Economicsand Business. Additionally, during his studies, he was self-employed as an IT-specialist.

## Bernhard Niesner
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Apps, Energy Management

Bernhard Niesner is the CEO and Co-Founder of busuu – the world´s largest social network for language learning with more than 35m users. busuu provides language courses in 12 different languages combined with direct interaction with native speakers from the community. The London-based start-up received several awards and was named “Best EducationStart-Up in 2011” by TechCrunch. busuu is backed by renown business angels like Martin Varsavsky and received investment from PRO-Founders Capital.Before founding busuu, Bernhard worked at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. In addition to busuu, he is Associated Professor at IE Business School in the area of online marketing.Bernhard graduated summa cum laude in International Business from the University of Vienna and holds an MBA (with honors) from IE Business School. In 2009 he was awarded “Entrepreneur of the year” in Austria.

## Klaus Hofbauer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Linz, Oberosterreich, Austria
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Marketplace, Apps, Music

Klaus Hofbauer - Owner @ karriere.at

## Markus Ertler
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Parking, Software, Sensor

Markus Ertler - Investor @ Ubiq.ai

## Frank Westermann
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Diego, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: iOS, Wellness, Wealth Management

- Co-Founder Co-CEO of 9am.Health
- Co-Founder & CEO of mySugr (acquired by Roche in 2017)
- Early stage investor with focus on digital health & fin-tech

## Alfred Luger
- Type: Angel
- Location: Austria, Pangasinan, Philippines
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Apps, Information Technology

Alfred Luger - Co-Founder, CFO & COO @ Runtastic

## 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

## Michael Altrichter
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Internet

Michael Altrichter - Managing Director and Director @ Paysafecard

## Christian Kaar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Austria, Pangasinan, Philippines
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Software, Information Technology

Christian Kaar

## Nikolaus Futter
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Sensor, Parking

Nikolaus Futter - Chairman @ PSI Alliance

## 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.

## Michael Brehm
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, Machine Learning

Michael Brehm is one of the biggest names in the German startup scene. Having sold companies to Google and eBay, taken one company public, and starting an investment company, Brehm has had the right instinct for future trends and has built multiple businesses to disrupt the status quo.During the early 2000’s, he was Executive Director andInvestor at the social network startup VZ-Netzwerke, as well as co-founder of Rebate Networks, which became one of the two largest global e-commerce platforms, positioning Brehm as an expert at not only seeing, but also driving a business, during significant global market transitions.One of his more recent ventures is i2x. Since 2017, Brehm has been the Founder and Managing Director of i2x, an artificial intelligence startup based in Berlin. Together with his team, Brehm is working on solving a problem that he repeatedly faced in his career: ensuring quality and delivering unprecedented customer satisfaction during every sales and service call.
i2x helps companies deliver actionable insights from every customer phone call in real-time using its custom developed voice recognition technology and AI algorithms. i2x automatically generates personalized coaching for the user that is tailored to both their speaking style, as well as their business priorities to drive immediate results in sales and service conversations.After spending two years in stealth mode, i2x secured a €5 million seed round of financing in 2018. In 2019, i2x received €10 million as fresh capital in a Series A funding. The Berlin-based start-up is now entering additional markets and further innovating their speech analysis solution to optimize human communication and transform every customer-company relationship.

## Joerg Floeck
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Series A
- Focus: Apps, SaaS, Travel

Joerg Floeck - Managing Partner @ Speedinvest

## Reinhard Manzl
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Navigation

Reinhard Manzl

## Niki Stadler
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Navigation

Niki Stadler

## Ferdinand Dietrich
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet

Ferdinand Dietrich - CCO & Co-founder @ Storebox

## Ibrahim Imam
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, CRM

Ibrahim had already founded two companies during his studies at the Vienna University of Technology. After completing his studies, he worked with Sander to launch several other startups in the IT sector and has considerable experience in B2B sales. At PlanRadar, he’s primarily responsible for Marketing & Sales.

## Dr. Cornelius Boersch
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Roderik van Kessenich
- Type: Angel
- Location: Villach, Karnten, Austria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Billing, Payments

Roderik van Kessenich

## Rene Giretzlehner
- Type: Angel
- Location: Austria, Pangasinan, Philippines
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: Software, Apps, Dating

Rene Giretzlehner

## Carsten Maschmeyer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hanover, Niedersachsen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence

Carsten Maschmeyer is a successful entrepreneur, consultant and financial investor. He was born on May 8, 1959 in Bremen and grew up in Hildesheim. After his graduation in 1978 Maschmeyer completed military service before he began to study medicine in Hannover. To finance his studies, he worked part-time in sales of investment advice to it in 1982completely dedicated financial advice. More about Carsten Masch Meyers consultant. In 1988 Carsten Maschmeyer to AWD financial group, which was successfully launched on the stock market in 2000 and rise to the MDAX and expanded in 11 countries. Was sold in 2007 Carsten Maschmeyer all his shares in the company at the insurance group Swiss Life, who renamed the AWD in AWD Holding. Maschmeyer has today different occupational focuses, inter alia, as entrepreneur, investor and consultant. His experience Carsten Maschmeyer a sought-after speaker on the subject of success. Motivated by the desire expressed by many listeners to learn more about his secret of success, Carsten Maschmeyer published in the spring of 2012 his book "Self Made - performance live richly". In it he describes the basis of his own exciting path and the celebrities strategies for professional, financial and personal success.

## 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.

## 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).

## Anton Kittelberger
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: iOS, Sports, Android

Anton Kittelberger - Co-Founder & Co-CEO @ 9am.health

## Peter Schicho
- Type: Angel
- Location: Villach, Karnten, Austria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Billing, Payments

Peter Schicho

## Peter Steinberger
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 2

Founder of PSPDFKit

## Rene Schneider
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Medical, Analytics, Health Diagnostics

Rene Schneider

## Dieter Rappold
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Video

Dieter Rappold is the current CEO of tubics. He previously worked at Virtual Identity as a Founder. Dieter Rappold attended WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business).

## Jürgen Rauch
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Sales, Software

Jürgen Rauch

## Chris Adelsbach
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software

Chris Adelsbach - Founding Partner @ Outrun Ventures

## Gunther Birkner
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Information Services

Günther Birkner was appointed President, Food & Beverage Worldwide in November of 2011, broadening his scope as President of the Healthcare & Specialty Business in March of 2016.Birkner was one of the founding partners of Pachem AG, Austria building a successful business focused on the food and beverage markets entering into a jointventure with CCL in 2003 before the outright acquisition of Pachem in 2005.

## Ariel Luedi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Enterprise Software, SaaS

Ariel Luedi is a Founder at Hammer Team - Growth Accelerator. He attended the ETH Zurich.

## Bernhard Lehner
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Internet, Software, Training

Bernhard Lehner is a communication professional through and through. His work with and for the media has always been the centre of his professional life. During his communication studies in Vienna he gathered work experiences as a journalist for print and online media. By the End of the 90ies he had changed the site and worked successfully as a PRadvisor for agencies but also for in house relations. His references from the last few years include Apple, Samsung, Motorola, Ikea and Cisco. i5invest appreciates Bernhard’s expertise for strategic communication development measurements and their realisation for old and new media with a focus on Europe.

## Alexander Kirchgasser
- Type: Angel
- Location: Radstadt, Salzburg, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Video, Software

Alexander Kirchgasser - Managing Partner @ has.to.be

## Ralph Harreiter
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Video, Software

Ralph Harreiter

## Djurre Hoogeveen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, Analytics, Accounting

technology investor

## Ming You See
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, Analytics, Accounting

director

## Franz Fuchsberger
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Railroad, Software, Education

Co-Founder at Tricentis - the "Disruptor" in Software Test Management & -Automation.

## Rolf Adam
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Facility Management

Rolf Adam

## Eric Demuth
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: B2B, FinTech, Financial Services

Co-founder & Co-CEO of Bitpanda

## Alexander Igelsböck
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: CRM, Software, Social CRM

Data based efficiency has driven every stage of my career. From the creation, growth and successful exit strategy applied to the multiple companies I have been involved with, to my latest role as co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of intelligence platform Adverity, powering smarter decisions with accurate analysis has remained a keypassion.Finding better ways to use and share knowledge also forms a key element of my current responsibilities. Adverity’s integration and data visualisation capabilities are designed to make insight not only more manageable, but also accessible. As CEO, it’s part of my job to assist our ever-expanding client list of global brands and agencies in mastering its capabilities. Drawing on a personal pool of 10 years experience in computer software and our teams’ extensive collective expertise, we are constantly searching for new avenues of potential innovation. For me, persistent development is both what keeps my role interesting and sets Adverity apart in a competitive market.

## Sander van de Rijdt
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Software, Analytics, Construction

After studying at the Vienna University of Technology and Vienna University of Economics, Sander worked for an international consulting group. From 2006, he has launched several IT companies in partnership with Ibrahim. At PlanRadar, he’s mainly responsible for management and finance.

## 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.

## Michael Hurnaus
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Pet, Wellness, Veterinary

Michael Hurnaus is a Co-Founder & CEO at Tractive.

## Ralf Reichert
- Type: Angel
- Location: Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Video Streaming, Music, Video

Ralf Reichert is the Co-CEO, Founder, and Chairman at ESL FACEIT Group. Ralf Reichert attended the University of Duisburg-Essen.

## Nikolaus Bauer-Harnoncourt
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Marketplace, Service Industry

Nikolaus Bauer-Harnoncourt is the Purchasing & Accounting at AGATEX Feinchemie GmbH. Nikolaus Bauer-Harnoncourt attended WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)

## Ralf Dummel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Product Design

Ralf Dummel, born on 02.12.1966 in Bad Segeberg in Germany, started his career on 01.04.1988 at DS Produkte as a sales assistant to the then founder. Over the years he learned the business from the ground and took full responsibility for purchases and sales after only a year. He vastly participated in the establishment of the company and has been apartner since 1996. Today, the group has an annual turnover of ca. € 250 000 000, 400 employees, and more than 4 000 products in its portfolio. He often travels the world to visit suppliers and customers, and to find inspiration in new innovative products. Dümmel knows Asia inside out, but Northern Germany is the place he calls home. Since 2016 he takes part in the TV program “Die Höhle der Löwen” (literally: The Lions’ Cave, German version of Dragons’ Den on German TV channel VOX ) where he plays one of the “lions”, looking for young entrepreneurs with brilliant products.Ralf Dummel is very convincing with his genuine and appreciative style. From day one, Ralf Dümmel brightened up the surroundings, thanks to his enthusiasm for business and for new products. He has a unique sense for trends and products; he can market them with more success than hardly anyone else. He proudly claims that there hardly is any household without a “DS product” in Germany. Dümmel is often on the road for professional reasons, and when he sees that a customer adds a DS product in their shopping cart, he feels the same tingle of joy after 28 years that he felt in the early days. The 400 employees are Dümmels’s most important asset. They actively take part in the company, invest themselves in it, and help it develop further. Dummel is very proud that the DS products are the result of such a varied cast of people and skill sets. These are people with different personalities and talents that complement each other in a cooperation shaping always innovative business and product ideas.

## Don Hoang
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Analytics, B2B, Social

Don Hoang is the Partner of Atomico. He previously worked at Revolut as a Vice President of Global Business. Don Hoang attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

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