Speedinvest

Andrea Zitna is an operator-turned-investor who scaled Elvie from pre-revenue to nearly $100M revenue, helped raise over $100M, with Oxford Physics and Harvard MBA and strong CEE connectivity.

Former politician and public-policy adviser on economic and technology affairs, Andreas Schwarzenbrunner brings a thesis-driven, policy-aware link between EU industrial strategy and founders building deep-tech, climate, and regulated industrial giants.

Deepali Nangia applies an immigrant-founder perspective—moving from Kolkata to London—with a ~30-company, predominantly female-founded angel portfolio, co-founding Alma Angels and focusing on diaspora-led fintech in emerging markets.

Jeroen Arts specializes in early-stage online marketplaces and consumer platforms, speaks at marketplace conferences, co-authors research on European consumer trends, and prioritizes rapid execution and structured hiring in portfolio companies.

Marie-Helene Ametsreiter combines a 16-year telecom career—CEO of a Croatian mobile operator—and sustainability leadership at OMV to back climate and industrial tech, co-leading an €80M fund, appearing on Austria’s Shark Tank.

Markus Lang focuses on capital-intensive hardware and climate-tech, stresses physics-based moats overlooked by software-first VCs, and is a hands-on partner advising founder-led sales, value-based pricing, and user-vs-buyer value in AI.

Olga Shikhantsova is Head of Product Strategy at Finom, a fintech company serving small and medium enterprises. She previously worked as a venture capital investor focused on fintech companies and was recognized as a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree.

Oliver Holle, who founded and exited SMS.at, bootstrapped a VC from a small fund into a multi‑hundred‑million platform, champions Europe’s tech independence and treats VC as cultural, artistic collaboration.

Rana Abdel Latif, a Senior Executive Officer regulated by ADGM who leads Emerging Markets, led expansion into Qatar and the Gulf, forging ties with sovereign investors like Qatar Investment Authority.

Sameer Singh specializes in network-effect marketplaces, applies a four-step framework he teaches at Reforge, built his reputation via deep-dive Breadcrumb.vc writing, and is sought for disciplined views on token incentives.

Former payments operator Stefan Klestil held senior roles at First Data and led CLICK&BUY into a Deutsche Telekom exit, investing in EMEA fintech ecosystems focused on underpenetrated Turkey and Pakistan.

Tom Filip Lesche focuses on growth-stage European fintech, combining fintech expertise and early institutional DeFi/crypto backing to support teams building embedded, programmable digital financial rails executing with speed and precision.

Will Wells is a founder-turned-VC who built and exited an applied computer-vision AI for agriculture, now leading Deep Tech strategy and advocating large, infrastructure-scale funding for long-horizon deep tech.

Principal who built the Middle East, Africa & Beyond team and specializes in fintech in growth markets outside core Western Europe; ex-edtech founder, engineer and frequent African fintech speaker.

Estelle Botbol combines microbiology and biotech expertise with founder experience in antimicrobial nanomaterials and board-observer roles across life-science companies from preclinical to IPO, focusing on trial data and workflow systems.

Florian Obst focuses on foundational AI infrastructure, developer tools and data plumbing, co-authored the deep-dive From Hype to High-Impact and builds tooling for systematized sourcing and research.

Frederik Hagenauer, partner on AI & Infra and ex‑Skive co‑founder/qLearning COO, backs AI-native B2B and developer tools across Europe's industrial/infrastructure ecosystems with ~$55K–$2.5M, advising B2B SaaS on the AI shift.

Namratha Kothapalli, a software engineer for over a decade at Intel, Dell and Hewlett Packard, leads climate-tech investing focused on grids, energy markets and agritech, stressing cost and performance parity.

Wissam Nasreddine, a growth principal focused on SaaS, with late-stage and public-markets experience, invests in London, San Francisco and New York and co-authors a thesis on funding European industrial giants.

Daniela Caserotto-Leibert is Head of US Ecosystem at Cathay Innovation, a venture capital firm investing in digital health, energy, mobility, consumer, fintech, and AI sectors. She brings over 17 years of experience in international business strategy, operations, and scaling startups, including early-stage work at Area1 Security (acquired by Cloudflare in 2022) and a tenure at early-stage European VC Speedinvest where she advised companies on US market entry. Caserotto-Leibert serves as a mentor at Intel, German Accelerator, and GACC West, focusing on market entry strategy, fundraising, and go-to-market development for technology startups.

Heinrich Gröller combines industrial founder experience—running a wooden pallet plant and an Austrian tech company—with a Venture Partner role and leadership of family platform Allholding, uniting VC and family-office investors.

Philipp Stangl leads a team that specializes in commercializing university and research spin‑offs, leveraging his Rebel Meat founder experience to tackle practical tech‑transfer and governance challenges and build spin‑off pipelines.

Robert Lang is a multi-time founder who built, scaled and exited firms across digital infrastructure, connectivity, mobile and SaaS, chairs Runa, and has CEO P&L responsibility with international scaling experience.

Alex Davis is an investor at Speedinvest. He previously founded Trading Desk, which was acquired by RESPONSIBLE, and worked in equity research covering technology and industrials sectors at Rothschild & Co.

Aliénor Bossé leads the Portfolio Success Team at Speedinvest, where she works with pre-seed and seed-stage founders on partnerships, fundraising, and scaling strategy. She focuses on facilitating introductions between founders and potential partners, customers, and hires, and on bridging communication between startups, venture investors, operators, and corporate entities.

Augustine Groebacher Chen is a Finance Manager at Speedinvest in Vienna, where he oversees financial operations across multiple international entities. He has prior experience in accounting and controlling at a SaaS scale-up and holds a Master's degree in Business from the University of Applied Sciences for Management & Communication. His work focuses on financial accuracy, compliance, and reporting infrastructure within the venture capital sector.

Derek Schwung is an Investor Relations Manager at Speedinvest in Vienna, Austria. He holds dual degrees in Business Administration and Law from IE University, completed in 2018. Schwung has lived in seven countries across three continents, providing experience in international environments.

Florian Gschwandtner is an Austrian serial entrepreneur and investor based in Linz and Vienna. He co-founded Runtastic in 2009, serving as CEO until its acquisition by adidas in 2015, and subsequently held the position of Chief Growth Officer at Tractive, a GPS tracking platform for pets that generates over 100 million euros in revenue. Through his investment vehicles 8eyes.io and Foxyflo, he has backed more than 40 early-stage startups and several funds, while also founding Leaders21, a skills development platform, and Foxyfitness, an AI-powered fitness application.

Dr. Johann "Hansi" Hansmann is an Austrian business angel and former pharmaceutical executive who exited his own pharma company in Spain in 2003 and has since led over 100 direct investments across European early-stage companies. He served as President of the Austrian Angel Investors Association until 2021 and received a lifetime achievement award for his contributions to the startup ecosystem. Through the Hansmann Family Office based in Vienna, he maintains stakes in more than 50 active companies and over 20 venture capital funds, with a portfolio including notable exits such as Runtastic, Shpock, MySugr, and Busuu, while also engaging in philanthropic initiatives focused on entrepreneurship, climate change, and gender equality.

Hugues Le Maire is CEO of LM Invest France. He has experience as a founding partner in financial services, with expertise in investment management, global macro, hedge funds, and asset management. He holds a degree in asset management from Université Paris Dauphine.

Srinidhii Sreeram is Chief of Staff at Allica Bank, a VC-backed SaaS startup, where she collaborates with the CEO on growth strategy, market expansion, pricing, and fundraising. She previously worked in early-stage venture capital, evaluating startups and supporting portfolio company growth and capital access. She holds a degree from London Business School.