Elevator Ventures
Corporate VCVienna · Series A–Series B · 17 people tracked
Investment thesis
Elevator Ventures invests in fintech and 'beyond banking' companies at the Series A and B stages, with initial ticket sizes ranging from EUR 1-3 million. Its focus is on startups located in the DACH region and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). As the corporate venture arm backed by Raiffeisen banking institutions, it seeks companies in financial services and adjacent sectors.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 17 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 18 of 26 portfolio companiesFintech ×10SaaS ×10AI & Machine Learning ×5Cybersecurity ×4Enterprise Software ×4Crypto & Web3 ×2Data & Infrastructure ×2Logistics & Supply Chain ×2
HQs:Germany×2United States×2Austria×1Switzerland×1Estonia×1European Union×1
Investments · 26 tracked
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Kompany is a compliance and third-party risk management solutions provider that was acquired by Moody's in March 2022, offering entity verification, screening, and risk solutions.
Enterprise SoftwareFintech
Platform for all-round ecommerce marketplace management
exnaton offers a modular, API-integrated SaaS platform that lets energy utilities launch time-series-based, data-driven electricity products such as dynamic tariffs, smart EV charging, prosumer tariffs, energy sharing, and PPAs without replacing existing ERP or billing systems.
Climate TechEnergySaaS
Wunder Mobility provides carsharing, bikesharing, and micromobility software for fleet operators running hundreds to tens of thousands of vehicles, supporting free-floating, station-based, and corporate/B2B models.
Logistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationSaaS
Pisano offers an experience management (XM) platform that unifies structured, unstructured, behavioral, and indirect signals from customers, employees, and B2B stakeholders into a single intelligence layer, using agentic AI and automated workflows to analyze feedback and close the loop.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
QuoIntelligence provides "Threat Intelligence as-a-Service," offering tactical, operational, and strategic threat and risk intelligence, on-demand analyst support, domain take-downs, and maturity assessments to help organizations detect cyber threats and comply with European frameworks like NIS2, DORA, and TIBER-EU.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS
Raiffeisen Bank International is a leading business bank in Austria and Central and Eastern Europe, providing banking services to corporate and institutional clients across the region.
FintechVienna, AT
vestr is a Swiss fintech offering a software platform for investment product issuers such as banks and SPVs, supporting management of actively managed products across their lifecycle, portfolio and order handling, NAV calculation, fee tracking, reporting, and compliance controls.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio360kompanyacq. by Moody's
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesTangany · eu-startups.com · Sep 2, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Elevator Ventures invest at?
- Elevator Ventures invests at the Series A, Series B stages.
- What is Elevator Ventures's typical check size?
- Elevator Ventures typically writes checks of $1.1M – $3.3M.
- What sectors does Elevator Ventures focus on?
- Elevator Ventures focuses on Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Fintech.
- Where is Elevator Ventures located?
- Elevator Ventures is headquartered in Vienna, AT.
- Does Elevator Ventures lead rounds?
- Elevator Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamThomas Muchar, Elevator Ventures: Runda inwestycyjna serii B dla Autenti [SUBTITLES]
Autenti · Thomas Muchar
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