Speedinvest is one of Europe's most active early-stage venture capital firms, founded in 2011 by Oliver Holle and headquartered in Vienna, Austria, with additional offices in Berlin, London, Munich, and Paris across EMEA. The firm invests from pre-seed and seed through selective growth stages, writing typical early-stage checks of roughly EUR 500K to EUR 3M (and up to around $10M in later rounds), and manages more than EUR 1.2 billion in assets under management. Speedinvest runs a specialist model built around dedicated sector teams rather than generalists: AI & Infra, Climate Tech & Industrial Tech, Deep Tech, Fintech & DeFi, Health & Bio, Marketplaces & Consumer, Growth, and Middle East, Africa & Beyond. Its "many move more" thesis pairs early capital with hands-on operational support, talent, customer introductions, and a global follow-on network. The firm backs technical founders across Europe and beyond, with a portfolio of 400+ companies including Bitpanda, Tide, GoStudent, Wayflyer, Curve, Adverity, Bitmovin, CoachHub, and Prewave.
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Speedinvest is one of Europe's most active early-stage venture capital firms, founded in 2011 by
Oliver Holle and headquartered in Vienna, Austria, with additional offices in Berlin, London, Munich,
and Paris across EMEA. The firm invests from pre-seed and seed through selective growth stages, writing
typical early-stage checks of roughly EUR 500K to EUR 3M (and up to around $10M in later rounds), and
manages more than EUR 1.2 billion in assets under management. Speedinvest runs a specialist model built
around dedicated sector teams rather than generalists: AI & Infra, Climate Tech & Industrial Tech,
Deep Tech, Fintech & DeFi, Health & Bio, Marketplaces & Consumer, Growth, and Middle East, Africa &
Beyond. Its "many move more" thesis pairs early capital with hands-on operational support, talent,
customer introductions, and a global follow-on network. The firm backs technical founders across Europe
and beyond, with a portfolio of 400+ companies including Bitpanda, Tide, GoStudent, Wayflyer, Curve,
Adverity, Bitmovin, CoachHub, and Prewave.
image: https://www.speedinvest.com/favicon.ico
x-type: venture-capital
x-category: Venture Capital
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
tags:
- Venture Capital
- Pre-Seed
- Seed
- Series A
- Growth Equity
- Fintech
- Deep Tech
- Climate Tech
- Health & Bio
- Marketplaces & Consumer
- Artificial Intelligence
- Infrastructure
- Europe
- Vienna
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common:
- type: Website
url: https://www.speedinvest.com/
- type: Portfolio
url: https://www.speedinvest.com/portfolio
- type: Portfolio
url: portfolio/speedinvest-portfolio.yml
- type: InvestmentThesis
url: https://www.speedinvest.com/how-we-work
- type: Blog
url: https://www.speedinvest.com/blog
- type: Jobs
url: https://careers.speedinvest.com/jobs
- type: Crunchbase
url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/speedinvest
- type: LinkedIn
url: https://at.linkedin.com/company/speedinvest
- type: Twitter
url: https://twitter.com/speedinvest
- type: Features
data:
- "Stage: Pre-seed, Seed, selective Growth"
- "Typical check: EUR 500K-EUR 3M early stage (up to ~$10M later)"
- "Sectors: AI & Infra, Climate Tech & Industrial Tech, Deep Tech, Fintech & DeFi, Health & Bio, Marketplaces & Consumer"
- "Geography: Europe / EMEA, plus Middle East, Africa & Beyond"
- "AUM: EUR 1.2B+ (self-reported)"
- "Portfolio: 400+ companies"
- "Founded: 2011"
- "HQ: Vienna, Austria (offices in Berlin, London, Munich, Paris)"
sources:
- https://www.speedinvest.com/
- https://www.speedinvest.com/how-we-work
- https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/speedinvest
updated: '2026-07-17'
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