AVCO internals

Aus zwei mach eins: aaia und AVCO werden invest.austria

Die Austrian Angels Investors Association (aaia) und die Austrian Private Equity & Venture Capital Organisation (AVCO) lösen sich auf und werden ab Mai als gemeinsamer Verein weiterarbeiten. ie als aaia

Member Interviews

Interview with Tim Lammar from Dealsuite

Dealsuite joined AVCO in March 2023. Learn more about the M&A deal platform from Tim Lammar (Team Lead DACH Region) with whom we had the talk… Can you briefly introduce

New Members

New AVCO Member: Doris Hofmeister

We are happy to welcome a new member! About Doris Hofmeister Doris Hofmeister is Partner at Mercuri Urval, a Swedish headquartered company focused on Executive Search and Talent Advisory. She

New Members

New AVCO Member: Dealsuite GmbH

We are happy to welcome a new member! About Dealsuite: Dealsuite was founded in 2017 in close co-operation with leading M&A advisors and investment firms in the Netherlands to make

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New AVCO Member: B&C Group

AVCO is happy to welcome a new member! About B&C Group Via the B&C Innovation Investments the B&C Group has invested in technology-based growth companies (scale-ups) since 2016. With an

AVCO internals

Annual Report 2022

In 2022 we … … gained 18 new members … held 4 Networking Breakfasts … held 3 VC/PE Meetups (networking format for GPs) … hosted 7 AVCO Deep Dives (webinars)

Member Interviews

Interview with Roman Ornik from Rivean Capital

Rivean Capital joined AVCO in October 2022. Learn more about the pan-European mid-market private equity investor from Roman Ornik, Investment Director, with whom we had a chat… Can you briefly introduce

New Members

New AVCO Member: Aon Austria GmbH

AVCO is happy to welcome a new member! About Aon: From removing deal-breaking risks from a merger or acquisition to covering a balance sheet reserve requirement, insurance capital has become

Member Interviews

Interview with Jasmina Popovska from EIT Manufacturing

EIT Manufacturing joined AVCO in September 2022. Learn more about the largest innovation network for the European manufacturing industry from Jasmina Popovska, Senior Business Creation Manager, with whom we had

New Members

New AVCO Member: Bellevue SME Advisors GmbH

AVCO is happy to welcome a new member! About Bellevue SME Advisors Bellevue SME Advisors GmbH – Accompanying companies through rocky waters! Bellevue partners are long-standing industrial entrepreneurs and corporate

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New AVCO Member: Stefan Fenz

AVCO is happy to welcome a new member! About Stefan Fenz Dr. Stefan Fenz and his team, work with private equity organizations and their portfolio companies to identify, plan, and

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New AVCO Member: Rivean Capital AG

AVCO is happy to welcome a new member! About Rivean Capital AG: Rivean Capital (“Rivean”) is one of Europe’s foremost mid-market private equity investors, with managed funds of c.€3bn. Rivean

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New AVCO Member: Advantage Family Office

AVCO is happy to welcome a new member! About Advantage Family Office: Advantage Family Office is an owner-managed consultancy firm, organizer of investor conferences and invests in selected companies and

New Members

New AVCO Member: EIT Manufacturing East GmbH

AVCO is happy to welcome a new member! About EIT Manufacturing East GmbH: EIT Manufacturing is one of the nine Knowledge and Innovation Communities of the European Institute of Innovation

New Members

New AVCO Member: Sophora Unternehmerkapital GmbH

AVCO is happy to welcome a new member! About Sophora Unternehmerkapital GmbH: Sophora Unternehmerkapital is an independent equity investment firm with a focus on medium-sized companies in the DACH region.

New Members

New AVCO Member: Marsh Austria GmbH

AVCO is happy to welcome a new member! About Marsh Austria GmbH: Marsh is the world’s leading insurance broker and risk advisor. We help clients quantify and manage risk. Over

Member Interviews

Interview with Philippe Thiltges from WhatAVenture

WhatAVenture joined AVCO in June 2022. Learn more about the corporate company builder from Philippe Thiltges, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, with whom we had the talk… Can you briefly introduce

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New AVCO Member: SMAPE Capital

AVCO is happy to welcome a new member! About SMAPE Capital: SMAPE Capital is a Germany-based crypto-native Web3 fund with extensive expertise in token design, token utility and token value accrual

New Members

New AVCO Member: WhatAVenture Beteiligungs GmbH

AVCO is happy to welcome a new member! About WhatAVenture Beteiligungs GmbH: WhatAVenture Beteiligungs GmbH is the investment vehicle of the Corporate Venture Builder WhatAVenture. WhatAVenture as the mother company

Member Interviews

Interview with Katerina Zenz from Mutares

„There are many hidden champions in Austria“ Katerina Zenz, Head of Austria & CEE July 2022: Mutares has joined AVCO mid 2022. Learn more about Mutares from Katerina Zenz, Head of Austria &

New Members

New AVCO Member: Mutares SE & Co. KGaA

AVCO is happy to welcome a new member! About Mutares SE & Co. KGaA: Mutares SE & Co. KGaA is a European private equity investor specialised in turnaround situations and

New Members

New AVCO Member: Calm/Storm Ventures

AVCO is happy to welcome a new member! About Calm/Storm: Calm/Storm Ventures is an exclusive founder network and boutique venture capital firm. We are a super-early-stage VC, investing in purpose-driven

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New AVCO Member: VÖIG

AVCO is happy to welcome a new member! About VÖIG: The Association of Austrian Investment Companies (Vereinigung Österreichischer Investmentgesellschaften, VÖIG) was founded on 20 January 1988, and is the umbrella

VC/PE Market

Studie zur Wertschöpfung von Startups in Österreich

Innovative Jungunternehmen spielen eine wichtige Rolle für die Entwicklung einer Volkswirtschaft. Gerade Startups sind für die Innovationskraft einer Volkswirtschaft von großer Bedeutung. In der Studie, die aaia zusammen mit AustrianStartups, Junge

VC/PE Market

Why Vienna is a natural hotspot for the whole CEE

To find out what makes Vienna special for international investors and early-stage businesses, The Recursive met with two investors:  Markus Lang, a Partner at Speedinvest, and Rudolf Kinsky, Board Member of AVCO –

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Interview mit Raffaela Ritter von Arthur D. Little

„Each and every industry must become greener and more sustainable“ Raffaela Ritter, Partner and Head of Financial Services Practice for DACH & Eastern April 2022: Arthur D. Little has joined AVCO in

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New AVCO Member: Digital Assets Association Austria (DAAA)

Die Digital Assets Association Austria (DAAA) ist eine, nicht auf Gewinn ausgerichtete, unabhängige Interessenvertretung, die den aktuellen Entwicklungen im Krypto- und Blockchainbereich durch die Erschaffung eines Ökosystems für digitale Vermögenswerte unabhängig und positiv begegnet.

Member Interviews

Interview mit Nina Müller von Butchershop®

„Our belief is that the opposite of failure isn’t success, it’s clarity“  Nina Müller, Global Program Director of Butchershop® Global Butchershop has joined AVCO in February 2022. Learn more about our

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New AVCO Member: AG Capital

AG Capital ist eine unabhängige Beteiligungsgesellschaft mit Sitz in Wien. Als unternehmerischer Partner stellt AG Capital Buy-out- und Wachstumskapital von bis zu 20 Millionen Euro pro Investment für innovative mittelständische Unternehmen in Österreich und angrenzenden Ländern zur Verfügung.

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New AVCO Member: Butchershop

Butchershop® Global is a growth and transformation company born and raised in Silicon Valley. As one of Butchershop’s five core product offerings, strategy and consulting draw on the company’s Beat Failure™ methodology to help companies steer through the challenges of…

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New AVCO Member: dieSaremas

„dieSaremas“ are a group of interim managers with many years of industrial management experience at C-level. We see ourselves as a „Value Creation Taskforce“…

AVCO internals

Annual Report 2021

In 2021 we … … gained 12 new members … held 4 workshops … hosted 6 AVCO Deep Dives … published 2 concepts … hosted 1 flagship event … yearly

2021 Recap

2021 has been an eventful year for AVCO with internal changes, new connections made and co-hosting the flagship event for the VC/PE community in Austria and beyond. This year was also AVCO’s 20th anniversary…

New Members

New AVCO Member: Moonfare

Moonfare is the leading private equity investment platform for high quality private market funds…

New Members

New AVCO Member: BlackPeak Capital

AVCO is very happy to welcome a new member! BlackPeak Capital is a Private Equity firm focused on investing growth equity in Southeast Europe…

AVCO Generalversammlung 2021

Am 16. Juni fand die AVCO Generalversammlung (erneut online) statt. Im Kreise der anwesenden AVCO Mitglieder berichteten die Vorstände und die Geschäftsführung über die Aktivitäten des vergangenen Arbeitsjahres sowie über

How Venture Capitalists Make Decisions – Harvard Business Review

For decades now, venture capitalists have played a crucial role in the economy by financing high-growth start-ups. While the companies they’ve backed—Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and more—are constantly in the headlines, very little is known about what VCs actually do and how they create value.

New Members

New AVCO Member: Arthur D. Little Austria GmbH

Arthur D. Little has been an innovation leader in the consulting industry since 1886. We are a recognized expert for companies seeking to combine strategy, innovation and…

AVCO Jahresbericht 2020

Wir freuen uns Ihnen unseren Jahresbericht 2020 präsentieren zu dürfen. Darin möchten wir einen Überblick über unsere Organisation geben und unsere wesentlichen Aktivitäten und Projekte 2020 sowie einen Ausblick…

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New AVCO Member: A.B.S. Factoring AG

A.B.S. Factoring AG is the largest private quality service provider for factoring in Austria. As an entrepreneur-managed institution, A.B.S. offers…

Investing In… Austria 2021 – Law & Practice and Trend & Developments

In this legal practice guide published by Chambers, Binder Grösswang gives a comprehensive overview of the legal framework for investors in Austria; particularly relevant for our community are the chapters 1-3 about foreign direct investments. The practice guide further provides the latest information on…

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New AVCO Member: Female Founders

Female Founders is Europe’s fastest-growing community of entrepreneurial women. The organization is solving two of the biggest problems in the European tech & innovation ecosystem…

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New AVCO Member: Weilburg Family Office

AVCO is very happy to welcome a new member! About Weilburg Family Office GmbH: The Weilburg Family Office is a traditional Austrian multi-family office. Although originally founded for the administration

New Members

New AVCO Member: AustrianStartups

AVCO is very happy to welcome a new member! About AustrianStartups: AustrianStartups is the leading non-profit platform and think tank for startups and forward-thinking entrepreneurship in Austria. Together with all

Road to Recovery – Wirtschaftskammer Österreich

AVCO unterstützt das Recovery Programm der Bundessparte Bank und Versicherung in der WKO als einen exzellenten Fahrplan und Beitrag der Finanzwirtschaft zur Bewältigung der Herausforderung, die aus der Pandemiekrise…

Rückblick: AVCO Annual Conference 2020 – Die Krise meistern

Am 8. Oktober fand die AVCO Annual Conference 2020 – die Jahrestagung der Austrian Private Equity and Venture Capital Organisation, kurz AVCO – erstmals und aufgrund er aktuellen Situation virtuell statt. Insgesamt 520 Interessierte nahmen an diesem Event teil…

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New AVCO Member: Theoros Capital Advisors GmbH

AVCO is very happy to welcome a new member! About Theoros Capital Advisors GmbH: Theoros Captial works with both qualified investors and entrepreneurs and their companies at all levels of

New Members

New AVCO Member: UNIQA Ventures GmbH

AVCO is very pleased to welcome a new member! About UNIQA Ventures GmbH: UNIQA Ventures is the corporate venture capital entity of UNIQA Insurance Group. With a focus on the

AVCO Generalversammlung 2020

Am 16. Juni fand die AVCO Generalversammlung statt. Aufgrund der COVID-19-Pandemie wurde sie dieses Jahr erstmals online per Zoom-Meeting durchgeführt. Im Kreise der AVCO Mitglieder berichtete Präsident Rudolf Kinsky über

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Neues AVCO Mitglied: Schönherr Rechtsanwälte GmbH

Die AVCO freut sich, ein neues Mitglied willkommen zu heißen! Über Schönherr Rechtsanwälte GmbH: Schönherr steht als eine der führenden Full Service-Wirtschaftsrechtskanzleien für punktgenaue Rechtsberatung auf höchstem Niveau. In 15

Startup-Hilfspaket: Sorge um intransparente Vergabe bei VC-Fonds?

“Neben dem bereits präsentierten Covid-Startup-Hilfsfonds kündigte die Regierung im Rahmen des Corona-Startup-Hilfspakets auch einen 50 Millionen Euro VC-Fonds an. Der österreichische Venture Capital-Verband AVCO fordert nun mehr Transparenz rund um…”

Politische Agenden der AVCO in Corona-Zeiten

Was für ein Monat! In der politischen Agenda der AVCO haben wir turbulente Wochen hinter uns. Bereits wenige Tage nach dem Lockdown wurde klar, dass die Existenzen vieler Startups durch

5th Annual Startup Report Austria 2019

“Crisis, already before COVID? The 5th Annual Startup Report delivers the most complete data-set. Will COVID stop invetrors from investing in 2020? More and more insiders say:…”

Neues AVCO Mitglied: PUSH Ventures

AVCO is delighted to welcome a new member! About PUSH Ventures: We are an early stage venture capital firm investing in outstanding teams with convincing products and high growth potential. Since 2012 we have been active as investors and entrepreneurs. We strongly believe in the megatrend of digitalisation and all kinds of technological…

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