Investors in Health

Fielmann Ventures invests in startups worldwide (Seed – Series B) providing innovative products and digital solutions in the areas of vision and hearing with strategic relevance for the Fielmann Group, a leading optical retailer in Europe. We shape the future of vision and hearing by anticipating developments, creating strategies, and enabling solutions. Fielmann Ventures is at the heart of Fielmann’s vision to digitise the eyewear industry to the benefit of consumers without compromising quality.

UNIQA Ventures is the Venture Capital arm of UNIQA Insurance Group AG, a leading insurance carrier in Central & Eastern Europe and a pioneer in Corporate-backed Venture Capital in Austria and CEE. Based in Vienna, Austria, the firm is investing in outstanding business models driven by strong teams and a clear vision to shape the future of key industries. Investment areas are the future of Health, Mobility, Intelligent Home and FinTech/InsurTech as well as enabling technologies such as IoT, Blockchain, ML/AI.

Aevis Victoria invests in services to people, healthcare, hospitality, life sciences and lifestyle. The company operates through Hospitals, Hospitality, Telemedicine, and Real Estate segments. It operates 15 hospitals, one affiliated hospital, and 1 clinic with 1,081 beds; manages 5 luxury hotels; and owns and rents 44 healthcare and hospitality related real estate properties with a total rentable surface of 193’880 sqm. The company also provides ambulance services and integrated out-patient healthcare services. In addition, it engages in the aesthetic hospital, patient hotel, real estate management, stem cells, cosmetics, and publishing businesses, as well as organizes seminars.

Mueller Investment is dedicated to providing capital, guidance, and a robust network to tech startups throughout Europe. Their mission is to collaborate closely with visionary tech businesses, offering support to help them achieve success. They focus on industries such as Software, Healthcare, and Consumer Goods on a global scale, investing primarily in Seed and Series A stages with an average check size of €100K+. Mueller Investment operates on guiding principles that emphasize the importance of relationships, aiming to leverage their experience and network of trusted investors for mutual benefit. They prioritize meaningful partnerships, committing to projects where they can significantly contribute, akin to an incubator experience. Their approach also emphasizes sustainable scaling, assisting startups in building effective teams within budgetary constraints.

MASV invests in innovative, high-growth startups and seeks driven entrepreneurs to join their growing portfolio. They combine investment and financial acumen with marketing and communications support. They are an entrepreneur-led investment company on a mission to enable founders to reach a global scale with a collaborative investment model.

Striving to nurture entrepreneurs, April Ventures typically invests early in a company's life, seeking outstanding individuals and companies with the potential to become industry leaders. Emphasizing large market sizes, the firm aims to build big companies, whether disruptive in existing markets or innovative in new ones. Engaging with startups as trusted advisors, they provide additional resources to founding teams. Focus sectors include technology-leveraged startups, Web3, and blockchain projects, with a particular interest in fintech, Web3, and infrastructure innovation.

Fortech Investments is an investment fund and strategic partner for early-stage start-ups in Energy, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Automotive, and FinTech. Fortech Investments focuses on early-stage startups, offering funding tickets ranging from €100,000 to €500,000 in pre-seed and seed rounds. Beyond financial support, they provide smart money and strategic assistance to their portfolio companies. As a strategic investor and partner, Fortech Investments leverages its technical and business expertise to help founders make better and quicker decisions.

Pilulka Lab is a business acceleration and ventures funding company focused on investing in startups operating in the e-health industry. Pilulka is one of the leading European e-commerce companies changing the old habit of buying medicines and associated products. Time can be spent more valuably. With a huge product catalogue, a wide range of innovative services and professional customer care we aim to offer an excellent consumer experience in all five markets we operate today.

Aescuvest’s mission is to facilitate and enable impactful investments into medical breakthrough innovation to disrupt and improve healthcare delivery models, products, and services. Aescuvest enables its investors to build their very individual portfolio of healthcare start-ups - according to their personal investment focus.

YZR is a long-term oriented investment company based in Munich, which focuses on the added value of synergistic expertise in the investment team and sector focus. For this purpose, YZR combines a professional investor culture with entrepreneurial experience and profound sector know-how. With the newly launched Fund I, YZR supports European health tech founders on their way to becoming global technology leaders and aims to contribute to strengthening the European health tech ecosystem.

Arve Capital is the venture capital arm of a German single family office with an investment focus on European early-stage technology companies in the area of health and well-being. Based on the entrepreneurial roots in the healthcare sector, Arve Capital is a dedicated long-term partner for passionate founders on their mission to ensure and promotehealthy lives.

Startup Lighthouse is committed to developing cross border connections within and beyond Europe. The project lights the way for startups within Europe by organising 8 Deep Dive Weeks in 4 ecosystems, meeting over 1,600 different ecosystem players in specific themes and culminating with a Lighthouse Award each year. Startup Lighthouse is a Startup Europe initiative.