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.
Latest event found: 23 Sep 2026 · 24 days ago
Vitality Radar
Pillar Analysis
Strategic Assessment
Strategic Vector
OÖ HightechFonds is maintaining a focused regional early-stage venture-capital role, backing Upper Austrian technology companies and connecting them with private and international co-investors. Recent evidence indicates continued participation in deep-tech financing, but limited public disclosure of portfolio-level performance or operational expansion.
Efficiency Ratio
A very small team appears to convert public and regional capital into a broad startup-investment and support network, indicating high resource-to-output efficiency, although the available evidence does not quantify financial returns.
Evidence Signals
OÖ HightechFonds participated with SOSV and Material V in a €1.5 million financing round for a HAX-affiliated automation company.
- 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