The fresh issue of Startup Report Austria is in the starting blocks. Serial entrepreneur and startup expert Florian Kandler will present his evaluation of the Austrian startup year in Vienna and speak at the event with some of the biggest deal makers among the local founders.
Top 10 have made more money than all together in the past year
According to Kandler’s Startup Report, 133 million euros were invested in domestic startups in 2017. In 2018, investments should have increased significantly. “Only the top 10 this year have made more money than all together last year,” says the fundraising expert GetFunding.how. The three time founder including Ulmon, Accomenda has been collecting data on the Austrian startup scene for almost four years.
“I find it particularly exciting that a large number of deals in the report that were previously not visible or known to the general public.” Kandler wanted to make young founders aware of how many startups make it every year for their startup In Austria he gets the necessary capital, he explains trending topics. “The trend is going up steeply.” In 2018, at least 160 million euros were invested in Austrian startups.
Founders ask questions from the community
In addition, established founders will provide insights into their work in the 2018 Startup Report. “In the Founder Q & A in the report this year again instructive answers of the founders to new, exciting questions, which were to a large extent from the community, crowd-sourced.” Sitting on the high-profile panel:
- Travis Pittman, CEO TourRadar. 2018 Funding: € 42,500,000
- Chris Müller, CTO bitmovin. 2018 Funding: € 30,000,000
- Christian Pirkner, CEO bluecode. 2018 Funding: € 11,200,000
- Hanno Lippitsch, CEO Eversports. 2018 Funding: over € 5,000,000
- Lorenz Gräff, CEO bsurance. 2018 Funding: € 4,000,000
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