Speedinvest
About Speedinvest
Speedinvest was founded in 2011 in Vienna as a micro fund of about 10 million euros. Its flagship early-stage funds have grown since: Speedinvest II was about 90 million euros (2015), Speedinvest III about 190 million euros (2020), and Speedinvest 4 closed at 350 million euros in January 2024, lifting assets under management above 1 billion euros. Crunchbase lists Daniel Keiper-Knorr, Erik Bovee, Michael Schuster and Werner Zahnt as founders. The firm has offices in Vienna, Berlin, London, Munich and Paris. Its AI & Infra team includes Markus Lang (General Partner), Florian Obst (Partner), Frederik Hagenauer (Partner) and Daria Gherghelas (Principal).
Speedinvest runs a sector team called AI & Infra, which lists its portfolio on the firm site with companies such as Gigs, Runware, Ona, Sona, Nomos, Prewave, Fifth Dimension and Shapr3D. Earlier AI-related deals include Actiondesk, invested in 2018 and later acquired by Datadog in 2023, and Alinia AI, invested in 2024. Recent rounds include Blocks, a Berlin company that uses AI to reduce AWS cloud bills, where Speedinvest led a pre-seed round in April 2026, and Bindbridge, an AI-driven agtech company that raised a 3.8 million dollar pre-seed in March 2026. The firm also backed Tower, a Python platform for building vertical AI services, in a seed round in March 2026.
The firm concentrates on pre-seed and seed rounds, and its growth arm writes 5 million to 30 million euro checks from Series B to pre-IPO. Speedinvest does not publish seed check sizes on its own site. Third-party directories give different ranges: Capboard lists 200,000 to 3 million, vestbee lists 500,000 to 3 million euros, and one vc-mapping profile cites first checks of 700,000 to 1.3 million euros.
- Blocks: Berlin AI startup that helps users reduce AWS cloud bills; pre-seed, April 2026, about 6 million dollars, led by Speedinvest
- Tower: Python-native platform for building vertical AI services and SaaS; seed, March 2026, about 6.4 million dollars
- Bindbridge: applies AI to design molecular glues for crop protection; pre-seed, March 2026, about 3.8 million dollars
- Actiondesk: cloud spreadsheet connected to live data sources; invested 2018, acquired by Datadog in 2023
- speedinvest.com/ai-and-infra
- speedinvest.com/growth-stage-funding
- speedinvest.com/team
- tech.eu/2022/12/13/speedinvest-brings-a-fresh-eur500-million-to-the-pr
- trendingtopics.eu/speedinvest-iv-e500-million-for-european-startups
- eu-startups.com/2024/01/speedinvest-closes-massive-e350-million-fourth
- crunchbase.com/organization/speedinvest
- capboard.io/en/investor/speedinvest
Investing activity
Speedinvest appears in 6 AI deals tracked by the AI Lounge deals desk, rounds totalling $33M, and led 5 of them. The rounds are mostly Seed, Pre-seed and Series A, with a median round size of $4M and the largest at $20M. The most recent are Vocca (Series A, $20M, Oct 2026), Abwab.ai (Seed, $4M, Sep 2026) and Gyre Energy (Pre-seed, $1.3M, Jul 2026).
Speedinvest most often invests alongside Norrsken VC, Firstminute Capital, Heal Capital and Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP), and the companies it backs on AI Lounge are mostly in AI and Voice AI / healthcare.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Speedinvest
When was Speedinvest founded and where is it based?
Speedinvest was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria, with offices in Berlin, London, Munich and Paris.
How large are Speedinvest's funds?
Speedinvest 4 closed at 350 million euros in January 2024, and the firm reports more than 1 billion euros in assets under management. Its earlier funds were roughly 10 million euros (2011), 90 million euros (2015) and 190 million euros (2020).
Which Speedinvest partners lead AI investing?
The firm's AI & Infra team lists Markus Lang as General Partner, Florian Obst and Frederik Hagenauer as Partners, and Daria Gherghelas as Principal.
What check size does Speedinvest write for AI startups?
Speedinvest does not publish AI check sizes. Third-party directories list ranges from about 200,000 to 3 million for early-stage deals, and the firm's growth arm writes 5 million to 30 million euro checks.
Which AI startups has Speedinvest backed recently?
Recent AI-related investments include Blocks, which Speedinvest led in April 2026, Tower, a seed round in March 2026, and Bindbridge, a pre-seed round in March 2026.
What AI companies has Speedinvest invested in?
Speedinvest's AI investments include Vocca, Abwab.ai, Gyre Energy, Seltz, Kyrok and Diligent AI. The 6 rounds on AI Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
Where is Speedinvest based?
Speedinvest is based in Vienna, State of Vienna, Austria.
What stage does Speedinvest invest at?
In the rounds tracked on AI Lounge, Speedinvest has invested at Seed, Pre-seed and Series A, with a median round of $4M. Speedinvest led 5 of those rounds.
Who does Speedinvest co-invest with?
Speedinvest's most frequent co-investors on AI Lounge are Norrsken VC (1 deal), Firstminute Capital (1 deal), Heal Capital (1 deal), Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) (1 deal) and Middle East Venture Partners (1 deal).
How can founders reach Speedinvest?
Founders on AI Lounge can see Speedinvest's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with the firm under Warm Paths, and add Speedinvest to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.