Onsight Ventures

What Onsight Ventures does

Onsight Ventures Management GmbH is an Innsbruck-based, pan-European early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2021 as a spin-off from the Hermann Hauser Family Office. The firm describes itself as the first VC in Tyrol with pan-European reach and focuses exclusively on deep tech sectors — New Compute (semiconductors, photonic, quantum), Quantum Technology, AI & Data Science, and TechBio & Synthetic Biology. It is registered as an EuVECA-licensed Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) with the Austrian Financial Market Authority, charging management fees on committed capital and earning carried interest from exits under a standard European VC fund structure.

The portfolio comprises 18+ active companies including Black Semiconductor (€254.4M Series A), Q.ANT (€62M Series A), Plumerai ($8.7M Series A), Synthara ($11M), Kipu Quantum, Quantum Diamonds, TeraSi, Synteny Biotechnology, Cellevate, Xolo, Lidrotec, Refined Laser Systems, and zerothird. The firm pursues proprietary deal flow through a small core team of two General Partners (Jasmin Güngör and Klaus Grössinger) plus an Investment Manager, IR/Fund Management, back office, and program management staff, and is differentiated by an advisory board that includes Hermann Hauser (co-founder of Acorn/ARM, 120+ Amadeus Capital investments) and Christoph Huber (BioNTech co-founder).

The firm reaches deep tech founders and LPs through direct outreach, a Typeform pitch portal, an "Onsight Insights" podcast distributed on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts, a newsletter, LinkedIn, and a news/blog, and operates a single headquarters at Exlgasse 24, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. Anchor LP relationships include BTV Vier Länder Bank, Hermann Hauser Investment GmbH, and Round2 Capital; the firm formally opted out of Article 4 SFDR adverse-impact considerations under EU Disclosure Regulation.

Name

Onsight Ventures

Legal name

Onsight Ventures Management GmbH

Website

https://onsight.vc

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Onsight Ventures is an Innsbruck-based, EuVECA-registered pan-European early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2021, investing in deep tech startups across quantum, photonic, semiconductor, AI, and synthetic biology verticals from proprietary deal flow generated by its Hauser- and Huber-affiliated advisory board.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital / Deep Tech Investment Fund

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (525)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Sector-Focused Venture Capital (Vertical Specialists) (FSANAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Accelerators & Incubators (Investor-Operated) (FSANAAAM)

Keywords

• Venture capital fund
• Deep tech investing
• Early-stage startups
• Quantum computing investment
• Techbio funding

Headquarters

HQ city

Innsbruck

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Management Fees: VC fund management fees charged on committed capital under EuVECA regulation framework as a European Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) registered with the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA).
2. Carried Interest: Performance-based carried interest from successful portfolio company exits, typical VC fund structure.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Onsight Ventures is a pan-European early-stage deep tech venture capital fund based in Innsbruck, Austria. The firm invests in technology-driven startups with global scaling potential across quantum computing, AI/data science, semiconductors/photonic computing, and techbio/synthetic biology sectors. It provides capital, strategic guidance, and network access, leveraging proprietary deal flow and backing from advisors including Hermann Hauser (Acorn/ARM co-founder) and Christoph Huber (BioNTech co-founder).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Deep Tech Investment Fund Pan-European early-stage venture capital fund that invests in deep tech startups with global scaling potential across New Compute, Quantum Technology, AI & Data Science, and TechBio & Synthetic Biology sectors. Targets founders with capital, strategic guidance, and network access for international scaling.

Named customers8 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Institute for Microelectronics Stuttgart (IMS CHIPS)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2025Q.ANT portfolio company partners with IMS CHIPS for Thin-Film Lithium Niobate (TFLN) chip pilot line, ensuring full-stack innovation from hardware design to system integration.
• Standortagentur TirolcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Tyrol location development agency that co-founded Onsight Ventures as part of Alpine Tech Hub ecosystem at Werkstätte Wattens location, supporting regional technology ecosystem development.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Project A Ventures: Berlin-based European tech VC with deep tech exposure and operational support model. Co-investor alongside Onsight in Black Semiconductor's Series A (2024), indicating overlapping portfolio and stage thesis.
• Plural: London-based early-stage European VC co-founded by Wise/Klarna alumni investing in deep tech, fintech, and frontier software. Comparable in pan-European early-stage mandate and operator-led thesis.
• Vsquared Ventures: Munich-based early-stage deep-tech VC investing across new compute, photonics, quantum, and biotech across Europe and the US. Most direct competitor to Onsight's deep-tech vertical specialist strategy and regional DACH positioning.
• Air Street Capital: London-based early-stage deep-tech and AI-focused VC backing European founders. Highly comparable in vertical focus (AI, quantum, frontier tech) and stage, with similar pan-European deal sourcing and a founder-led team profile.
• HV Capital: Cologne-headquartered European tech VC investing from seed to growth across deep tech, software, and consumer. Comparable stage and sector breadth with an established European LP base and follow-on capacity.
• Earlybird Venture Capital: Berlin-based pan-European early-stage tech VC with explicit deep-tech and industrial-tech strategies. Comparable in stage, geographic mandate, and portfolio overlap (semis, photonics, biotech), though materially larger and more established.
• Apex Ventures: Munich/Berlin-based early-stage European tech VC with deep-tech and industrial-tech focus. Co-investor alongside Onsight in Refined Laser Systems (2023), sharing a similar stage and regional mandate.
• Atlantic Labs: Berlin-based early-stage deep-tech VC backing European science and engineering founders in robotics, compute, biotech, and climate. Directly comparable in stage, sector, and European deep-tech specialism.
• Speedinvest: Vienna-headquartered pan-European early-stage tech VC with deep tech and industrial tech sub-funds. Comparable in pan-European reach, deep-tech orientation, and Alpine/HQ proximity to Onsight's Innsbruck base.

Broad incumbents

• Atomico: London-headquartered European tech VC founded by Skype's Niklas Zennstrom, investing across consumer, enterprise, and frontier/deep tech. A broader incumbent in the same European venture ecosystem as Onsight.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@OnsightVentures
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/onsight-ventures

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments18 records

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