Falkensteiner Ventures

Falkensteiner Ventures is an early-stage investor and mentor that supports selected founders in the hospitality, travel, leisure, and elderly care sectors. They provide targeted expertise, networking, capital, infrastructure, and mentoring to startups from the concept, pre-seed, or seed phase. Their geographical focus is on Europe, particularly Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Slovenia.

The firm offers a comprehensive range of services, including an innovation center for startups, mentoring and networking opportunities, seed funding up to €500,000 per case, and infrastructure support such as office space and access to their own hotel chain and tourism group. They are looking for founders and startups from concept to seed stage to support on their journey until they exit their business.

Falkensteiner Ventures has a strategic focus on various sectors, including hospitality, travel and mobility, elderly care, alternative accommodations and camping, and leisure and food. They are interested in scalable concept ideas and business models that match their strategic focus, with a resilient startup team and endurance. They are open to future tech, digital, B2B, SaaS, B2C, Web3, AI, as well as combinations at the interface of new and old economy, with a focus on Europe.