Financing the next generation of Deep Tech
Our Focus: IP-heavy startups emerging from universities and research institutions.
Our Role: Closing the Funding Gap between science and business.
Our Goal: Sparking innovation in the Austrian spinoff ecosystem.
(Your) Research Can Change Tomorrow! Let’s Make It Happen!
Austrian research produces excellent results – and this is mostly due to amazing researchers and university staff working on cutting edge topics in research institutions and universities all across the country.
Noctua Science Ventures helps to turn some of this research into deep-tech companies by providing early-stage funding to academic startups that have been developed at universities or research institutes in Austria.
Think of us as the counselling owl on a sciencepreneur’s shoulder—guiding spinoffs through critical stages, from team building to intellectual property strategy and business scaling.
As a joint venture between Speedinvest and the TU Vienna, we leverage a deep relationship with universities and research institutions as well as a Europe-wide investors network.
If It Works in the Lab, It Can Work in the World!
Are you a scientist or student leading a research project that might be the next big thing? Are you in need of a strong partner for funding and counseling to guide your idea into a marketable product?
We are focused on deep-tech pioneers across five key verticals.
- Software & AI
- Deep Tech
- Climate & Industrial Tech
- SynBio & BioTech
- HealthTech
Our Secret Sauce: Academic excellence + Venture capital
What makes Noctua Science Ventures special is the unique interlude between one of the largest seed investors in Europe and one of the best-placed research universities in the world. The combination of Speedinvest’s extensive experience in early-stage investing with TU Vienna’s high-potential research expertise/network is our superpower.