# Top 15 Wellness Startup Investors in Austria in May 2026

## Johann "Hansi" Hansmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 6
- 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.

## Frank Westermann
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Diego, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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

## aws Gründerfonds (aws Founders Fund)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

aws Gründerfonds is Austria's 70m venture capital fund. We invest as co-investor in Austrian high-growth start-ups in their later seed and (pre-)series-A stages.

## PUSH Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Apps, Health Care

We are an early-stage Venture Capital Firm investing in outstanding teams with convincing products and high growth potential.

## Matthias Wilrich
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Delivery Service, Mobile Apps

Matthias Wilrich is the VP Vehicles and Supply Chain at TIER Mobility.

## XL Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hamilton, Hamilton, Bermuda
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Fitness, mHealth, Diabetes

XL Group, through its subsidiaries, creates extranets for management of communication and direct marketing campaigns. The company is based in Saint Etienne, France.

## Possible Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Biotechnology

Possible Ventures backs ambitious teams building frontier technology to positively impact society. We invest globally in the early stages, actively supporting founders via our collective of global entrepreneurs.

## XLHEALTH
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Fitness, mHealth, Diabetes

XLHEALTH is a Venture Capital investor in startups of the IT healthcare industry. Following the mission statement "Digital Health – Made in Germany" XLHEALTH invests in selected companies that make a sustainable impact to preserve and improve human health. XLHEALTH offers startups a network of mentors and access to 400,000 providers,organizations, industry partners and patented health technologies.

## Roche Venture Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics

The Roche Venture Fund is the name given to the corporate venture fund of the healthcare company Roche. Roche has allocated CHF 500 million to invest in and develop commercially successful innovative life science companies. Roche has been investing in early stage companies as part of collaborations since the early-1990s and independent ofcollaborations since 2002. All equity investments made by Roche in biotech and diagnostics companies (including collaboration investments) are negotiated and managed by the Roche Venture Fund. In the past 20 years, the Roche Venture Fund has invested in over 60 companies globally. Currently, Roche Venture Fund has a portfolio of around 30 companies located in 10 countries across Europe, North America and the Pacific Region. The fund is an evergreen fund with CHF 500 million available of which approximately 40% is currently invested.The Roche Venture Fund is a committed long-term stable investor with sufficient money reserved in their fund for follow-on financing rounds. As part of a multinational healthcare company, the Roche Venture Fund has access to considerable expertise both internally and externally. We co-invest with leading venture funds, including other corporate venture funds, on a regular basis.

## Reflex Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Doing business may resemble a jungle survival. You better be prepared and have the right reflexes! It's also useful to have someone with real experience around. We at Reflex Capital are entrepreneurs, just like you. We built our own companies, negotiated with investors, and took part in plenty of transactions.

## Anton Kittelberger
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: iOS, Sports, Android

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

## 10x Founders
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Human Resources

Cutting-edge venture capital firm supporting the early-stage entrepreneurs building global businesses.

## Speedinvest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Speedinvest is one of Europe’s most active early-stage investors, with more than €1bn AUM, 40 investors, and offices in Berlin, London, Munich, Paris, Vienna and San Francisco. Your success is our priority, so we don’t just send some money and "check in" at board meetings. Our mission is to empower you with game-changing support throughevery stage of your journey. Our focused investment teams know your industry inside and out. Their Deep Tech, Fintech, Industrial Tech, Network Effects, Digital Health and Subscriptions experience, know-how and deep networks are yours from day one. You also have full access to our in-house Platform+ team of operational experts who can provide tailored growth marketing, people (HR), US business development, and networking support throughout every stage of your journey.

## arie megre
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Wellness, Lifestyle, Health Care

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## iSeed Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Fitness

iSeed is an early-stage investment company. They focus on consumer mobile technology with a keen interest in healthcare. iSeed is committed to partnering with the next generation of technology startups to grow a lasting and impactful company.

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