ATAI

ATAI Life Sciences is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company aiming to revolutionise current solutions to mental health care. The company is best known for exploring the use of psychedelics, such as the chemical compound psilocybin found in ‘magic mushrooms’, in clinical treatments for mental illness. 

Their portfolio companies include COMPASS Pathways, Perception Neuroscience, DemeRx, Innoplexus, GABA Therapeutics, EntheogeniX Biosciences, Neuronasal.  

QC·Ventures is a proud investor from the Series A round in 2018 to the highly successful IPO in June 2021.  

re.Mind Capital

re.Mind Capital is the mental health VC arm of serial entrepreneur and investor Christian Angermayer and his family office Apeiron Investment Group. They seek out companies with innovative and highly impactful solutions to our global mental health crisis. 

Rejuveron

Rejuveron Life Sciences AG is a fully integrated biotechnology platform company that invests into people and ideas that develop therapies and technologies to improve healthy aging and prolong lifespan. 

Rejuveron is comprised of a dynamic team of experienced drug discovery and development experts, currently building a new Incubator lab space at the Bio-Technopark in Schlieren (Zurich). They provide start-up coaching and funding to entrepreneurial scientists to co-create therapies that benefit our aging population. 

Greenspark

Greenspark is a climate tech start up that seamlessly enables companies to integrate social and environmental action into their core business. Through Greenspark’s Impact-as-a-Service platform, companies can leverage impact creation to engage users, nudge behavior, increase conversion and drive revenue.  QC·Venture’s Investment Manager, Madeline Petrow, is a founding member of the Company and current chair of the Board of Directors.  

EVERY

Clara Foods rebranded to The EVERY Company in 2021 to better convey their vision of bringing animal-free proteins to everyone, everywhere. They are on a mission to accelerate the world’s transition to animal-free protein, by decoupling proteins from the animals that make them. They launched the first animal-free egg protein product, EVERY ClearEgg, in 2021.

BlueNalu

BlueNalu is on a mission is to create great tasting, healthy, safe, and trusted cell-based seafood products, providing a sustainable alternative to traditional fish sources and ultimately re-defining traditional food supplies. 

In doing so, BlueNalu support the sustainability and diversity of our ocean and is aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for our planet. 

JCT Analysetechnik

JCT Analysentechnik is one of the leading companies worldwide designing and manufacturing cutting-edge equipment for sample gas conditioning, emission- and process control used in industries spanning from Energy to Pharma. 

With more than 20 years of experience in the industry, the company is selling their products to customers worldwide.  

TriLite

TriLite Technologies is an image display company developing patented phototonic technologies such as ultra-small RGB laser beam scanners to be used in AR/VR/MR Head-Mounted-Devices, Head-Up-Displays, and other projections. In doing so, the Trixel® 3 sets a new benchmark for laser-based display technologies, currently offering the world’s smallest projection displays.  

QC·Ventures particpated in this investment alongside a group of well-known deep tech investors including Apex Ventures, Hermann Hauser Investment and i5invest.  

Anyline

Anyline is defining the future of mobile data capture. By combining the power of neural networks and artificial intelligence, the company is creating the most accurate and versatile mobile data capture solutions on the market. 

QC·Ventures participated in this investment alongside well known deep tech investor Hermann Hauser Investment. 

Olsam

As an e-commerce aggregator, Olsam creates value through the acquisition, optimization and scale of third-party businesses with significant organic growth potential.  Once acquired, Olsam leverages its in house expertise in operations, logistics, brand building, marketing and more in order to drive value creation. While there are a number of ‘roll up’ competitors in the market, Olsam has an exceptional management team with 20+ years combined experience working with Amazon’s marketplace team and FBA brands, offering unrivaled insight and knowledge and allowing them to identify stand out acquisition targets.

WorkHeld

WorkHeld is a software platform that increases the efficiency and clarity of industrial assembly, service and maintenance processes. It is the first software of its kind with an intelligent voice assistant – a Siri for industrial technicians. 

In 2021, WorkHeld aquired digital assistant systems platform Evolaris from KapschBusinessCom AG, improving their ability to provide real-time virtual assistance through smartphones, tablets and new innovative smart glasses.  

Speedinvest

Speedinvest is one of Europe’s most active early-stage investors with €450m AUM and 40 investors based in Berlin, London, Munich, Paris, Vienna and San Francisco. Acting as a bridge between Europe and Silicon Valley, the company manages several funds focusing on the CEE region in the fields of FinTech/InsurTech, DeepTech and ConsumerTech.  

In 2015, QC·Ventures invested in the second flagship fund with a fund size of EUR 90mn that includes prominent portfolio companies such as WeFox, TIER Mobility, Curve and GoStudent. 

APEX Ventures

APEX Ventures is a European technology focused VC fund, run by founders with complimentary backgrounds driven by the same mission: Build the next generation of the world’s leading companies. 

The company manages dedicated funds in the spaces of Deeptech and Medtech, and notable investments in TriLite, kiutra, and IB Lab.  

Urban Food & Beverage

The Urban Brand Accelerator is a marketing platform for the most innovative food & beverage brands in Europe. The programme supports its brands in all areas critical to their success including marketing, sales, financing and distribution. Through this service, brand partners are best positioned for scale and success. Highlights of the Urban Brand Accelerator include Brooklyn Gin, Pablo Skull and Organic Human.  

Brooklyn Gin

Brooklyn Gin is an award-winning craft spirit made in New York with fresh citrus peels and hand-cracked juniper. They use hand-cracked juniper berries & fresh citrus peels to make a superb distilled gin with floral & citrus notes. 

McWin

McWin primarily invests in what we call “Unstoppable Trends”, which are: Food Tech, Life Sciences, Space, Mobility, Clean Tech, E-commerce Digital Platforms, Fintech, and Rise of Asia. These trends will continue their transformational impact well into the post-pandemic era. They implement their strategy by investing primarily in private markets, with a small complementary portfolio of public market assets. Within the private markets, they invest both directly and through funds.

I.E.C.T. Hermann Hauser

I.E.C.T. (Institute for Entrepreneurship Cambridge – Tirol) Hermann Hauser is a private institution with the aim to foster and support entrepreneurs and start-ups to achieve permanent economic success.

Schütz Family Office

Schütz Family Office (SFO) is the family office of Alexander Schütz. He is founder and CEO of Vienna based C-Quadrat Investment Group (CQ), a serial entrepreneur and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Cyan AG. CQ is the largest independent asset manager in Austria with over EUR 8 billion AuM and active in over 20 countries in Europe and Asia with offices in Paris, Geneva, Zurich, Madrid and Yerevan.

Vedra Partners

Vedra Partners is a multi-family investment partnership created to meet the long term sustainable goals of its families while protecting their wealth.

Apeiron Investment Group

Apeiron Investment Group is the family office and asset management business of entrepreneur and investor Christian Angermayer. Our areas of focus are Life Sciences, FinTech/InsurTech/PropTech & Crypto and DeepTech (e.g. SpaceTech, AI, etc.). In these sectors, we have deep experience and a proven track record of more than 20 years.

ITHUBA Capital

Ithuba Capital is a technology driven investment and advisory firm focusing on the financial industry. The team’s superior knowledge of capital markets coupled with strong quantitative analytical skills, a state-of-the-art systems infrastructure and broad international network gives Ithuba Capital an edge in servicing financial institutions.

APEX Ventures

APEX Ventures is a European technology focused VC fund, run by founders with complimentary backgrounds driven by the same mission: Build the next generation of the world’s leading companies. 

The company manages dedicated funds in the spaces of Deeptech and Medtech, and notable investments in TriLite, kiutra, and IB Lab.  

Speedinvest

Speedinvest is one of Europe’s most active early-stage investors with €450m AUM and 40 investors based in Berlin, London, Munich, Paris, Vienna and San Francisco. Acting as a bridge between Europe and Silicon Valley, the company manages several funds focusing on the CEE region in the fields of FinTech/InsurTech, DeepTech and ConsumerTech.  

Co-investments include Cyberwrite which provides cutting-edge technology to quantify, benchmark, and mitigate the financial impact of cyber-attacks on businesses across industries. 

Elevat3 VC

Elevat3 VC is the venture capital arm of serial entrepreneur and investor Christian Angermayer and his family office Apeiron Investment Group.  Elevat3 is largely focused on opportunities within European and German-speaking countries, and provides value to its portfolio companies via access to high-profile leads, advisers, and network.  

In 2020 high-profile investor and PayPal co-founder, Peter Theil, joined as a strategic partner.  

Matterling

MATTERLING is an independent specialized M&A advisory boutique based in Frankfurt that has a dedicated focus on the European food and beverage sector. The firm provides its clients with the full range of corporate finance services, ranging from sell-side and buy-side advisory roles to assignments involving capital raisings.

Gateway Ventures

Gateway Ventures is Austria’s biggest network of startup investors with currently over 1,000 active investors, including the likes of high-profile business angels such as Johannes Siller, Markus Ertler and Heinrich Prokop. The platform supports the growth and development ofthe Austrian and European startup eco-system by connecting high intent investors and compelling startups. 

The startup portfolio covers FinTech, CleanTech, HeathTech, IT & Software, Big Data & Social Impact. 

XTI

XTI Aircraft is an innovative clean aviation company looking to re-define point to point mobility. They are currently developing the TriFan 600, an impressive fixed-wing hybrid electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing airplane combining the ease of helicopter with the comfort of a business jet, all while emitting 40% less carbon emissions than comparable transportation. 

Anyline

Anyline is defining the future of mobile data capture. By combining the power of neural networks and artificial intelligence, the company is creating the most accurate and versatile mobile data capture solutions on the market. 

QC·Ventures participated in this investment alongside well known deep tech investor Hermann Hauser Investment. 

Vapiano

Vapiano is a German restaurant franchise specialising in Italian cuisine. The chain is built upon the fast-casual dining principal and is one of the few German gastronomy concepts to celebrate worldwide success with nearly 200 locations around the world.    

After the IPO in 2017, it later became insolvent in 2020 and a well-known consortium of investors successfully purchased major parts of the Vapiano business to drive strategic restructuring. The group of investors, led by Mario C. Bauer (Former Board member Vapiano), includes a vast wealth of restaurant experience from investors such as Henry McGovern (Founder and Ex-CEO of AmRest), Sinclair Beecham (Co-Founder Pret), Family van der Valk (Vapiano Netherlands and Belgium), and Gregor Gerlach (Founder of Vapiano).  

Speedinvest

Speedinvest is one of Europe’s most active early-stage investors with €450m AUM and 40 investors based in Berlin, London, Munich, Paris, Vienna and San Francisco. Acting as a bridge between Europe and Silicon Valley, the company manages several funds focusing on the CEE region in the fields of FinTech/InsurTech, DeepTech and ConsumerTech.  

In 2015, QC·Ventures invested in the second flagship fund with a fund size of EUR 90mn that includes prominent portfolio companies such as WeFox, TIER Mobility, Curve and GoStudent. 

SignD

SignD in a unified, all-in-one platform for all identity, risk, signature and payment needs. The information technology company streamlines the entire customer journey from KYC through to secured transactions providing an efficient, painless process for both customers and users.

ATAI

ATAI Life Sciences is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company aiming to revolutionise current solutions to mental health care. The company is best known for exploring the use of psychedelics, such as the chemical compound psilocybin found in ‘magic mushrooms’, in clinical treatments for mental illness. 

Their portfolio companies include COMPASS Pathways, Perception Neuroscience, DemeRx, Innoplexus, GABA Therapeutics, EntheogeniX Biosciences, Neuronasal.  

QC·Ventures is a proud investor from the Series A round in 2018 to the highly successful IPO in June 2021.  

Stresscoach

Stresscoach is a digital coach that helps people cope with anxiety and stress. Based on Cognitive Behavorial Therapies, Stresscoach provides a virtual mental health assistant that guides its users through short conversations and exercises to learn and practice anxiety management.