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330 people in our graph share verified history with Markus — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
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About
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.
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Invests in
Climate TechDeep TechFintechHardwareHealthtechSaaS
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Lang founded and led a venture-backed logistics startup before joining Speedinvest.
- Education
- Studied at Johannes Kepler Universität Linz Studied at WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
- Communities
- Lang co-founded an initiative to promote diversity in leadership teams. Lang advises government institutions and NPOs.
- Hobbies
- Lang is an outdoorsman who enjoys hiking the Alps in summer and skiing in winter.
From published sources — common ground for a warm intro.
Experience
- SpeedinvestGeneral Partnercurrent2015 — presentVienna | Berlin | London | Paris | Munich
- ContextSDKInvestor & Board Membercurrent2024 — presentVienna, Austria
- Sona (getsona.com)Investor & Board Membercurrent2021 — presentLondon
- Vienna University of TechnologyLecturercurrent2020 — presentVienna, Austria
- OpalInvestorcurrent2020 — presentParis, Île-de-France, France
- Second NatureInvestor & Board Observercurrent2019 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
- PrewaveInvestor & Board Observercurrent2018 — present
- Legal OSInvestorcurrent2018 — presentBerlin, Germany
- UpvestInvestorcurrent2017 — presentBerlin, Germany
- refurbedInvestor & Board Observercurrent2017 — presentVienna, Austria
- ImpalaInvestorcurrent2017 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
- Shapr3DInvestorcurrent2016 — presentBudapest, Hungary
- GoStudentInvestor (and former Board Member)current2016 — presentVienna, Austria
- Pioneers VenturesManaging Director2015 — 2018Vienna | San Francisco
- checkrobin GmbHManaging Director / COO2012 — 2015Vienna
- ACTS GroupProject Manager & Digital Lead2010 — 2012Vienna / Klagenfurt
Skills & more
Entrepreneurship42Business Strategy40Venture Capital21Project Management39Social Media36Teamwork22Unternehmensstrategie20Unternehmertum18Strategy15Event Management11
Languages English · French · German
- WU Top League — Top League Alumni Club
From Markus's professional profile.
Investments
Board seats
Per curated public sources.
Colleagues at Speedinvest
Alex Davis
Investor at Speedinvest
Alexander Gruber
Senior Legal Counsel at Speedinvest
Aliénor Bossé
Portfolio Success Lead at Speedinvest
Alvaro Perezcano
Principal at Speedinvest
Anastasiia Grushina
Fund Reporting Manager at Speedinvest
Andrea Zitna
Partner at Speedinvest
Andreas Schwarzenbrunner
General Partner at Speedinvest
Artem Zhuravlev
Communications Manager at Speedinvest
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Markus Lang?
- 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.
- Where does Markus Lang work?
- Markus Lang is General Partner at Speedinvest.
- What does Markus Lang invest in?
- Markus Lang invests in Climate Tech, Deep Tech, Fintech, Hardware, Healthtech, SaaS.
- What boards does Markus Lang sit on?
- Markus Lang holds tracked board seats at Blocktorch, Sona.
- What companies has Markus Lang invested in?
- Investments tracked here include GoStudent, Impala, Legal OS, Opal, Prewave, Refurbed, Second Nature, Shapr3D, Upvest.
- Where did Markus Lang go to school?
- Markus Lang studied at Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (Law); WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) (Business Administration & Business Law).
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Shared employers
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