OÖ HightechFonds
Upper Austrian venture fund — equity of up to EUR 1.5 million per company, from a EUR 9 million fund financed in equal thirds by the EU, the province and regional banks.
Vitality Radar
Pillar Analysis
Strategic Assessment
Strategic Vector
Regionally anchored venture capital fund focused on scaling Upper Austria high‑tech startups and tech‑oriented SME expansion, with fresh capitalization to deepen local seed and growth finance.
Efficiency Ratio
Lean core team appears to deploy a relatively large regional fund size and diversified portfolio, suggesting solid capital-to-output efficiency but limited evidence of heavy digital or thought‑leadership investment.
Evidence Signals
No dated public events found. The pillar scores above rest on the analyst assessment alone.
- About
- OÖ HightechFonds, founded 2011, at Bethlehemstraße 3 in Linz, with 2 to 10 staff. Tagline: we finance innovation. The Upper Austrian venture capital fund invests in startups and in technology-oriented expansion projects of SMEs from the province. It provides EQUITY OF UP TO EUR 1.5 MILLION as a participation, alongside commercial know-how and advisory support, with the aim of clearing the path for research work and market entry. FUND STRUCTURE: in its second funding period the fund is capitalised at EUR 9 MILLION in total, contributed in equal thirds by the EUROPEAN UNION, the province of Upper Austria and Upper Austrian banks. The partners' stated goal is to make Upper Austria more attractive as a location for high-technology innovative companies.
- Relevancy
- Upper Austria's venture fund, investing up to EUR 1.5 million per company from a total fund of EUR 9 million. The largest single cheque available to an Austrian technology startup on this map — which is itself the point: domestic growth capital runs out quickly.
- Tags
- #venturecapital #UpperAustria #hightech #regionalfund #EUcofunded #Linz