Fund profile / Austria

Fund F (I)

Geography: Austria
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: €28M
Focus: AI/ML, Climate & Sustainability and Digital Health
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Fund F (I)

Fund F (I) is a venture capital firm based in Austria, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, Climate & Sustainability, Digital Health, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionAustria

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

AI/ML

Climate & Sustainability

Digital Health

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Diverse-led deep-tech founders, Europe, early commercial stage

diverse-led founders

impact investing

early-stage Europe

underrepresented founders

founder empathy

deep-tech

climate-tech

food-tech

bioprocessing

clean-label

Bullish Signals

Part of 50 Diverse Impact Startups initiativeexternal

Actively nominating portfolio cos for visibilityexternal

Partner: Impact Shakers & 4P Capitallinkedin

7,407 LinkedIn followers, growing engagementlinkedin

Open nominations — community-driven deal flowlinkedin

26+ portfolio companies, €28M fund, activelinkedin

Carina Roth promoted to Partner—team scalinglinkedin

Portfolio: Blue Box, Uplift360, Heim, AI-BOB, Ferm Labslinkedin

Partners emphasize founder clarity, conviction, empathylinkedin

Recent Ferm Labs €3M seed—deep-tech + commercial tractionlinkedin

Co-invested with CDP Venture, Redstone, Loackerlinkedin

Backing category-defining companies solving €B+ problemslinkedin

Ferm Labs already commercializing, clients expand usagelinkedin

€45B clean-label ingredient market—massive TAMlinkedin

Founding team: serial entrepreneurs, deep biotech expertiselinkedin

Contrarian Signals

Niche focus may limit deal flowexternal

Founder Do's

Be a diverse/underrepresented founder

Build solutions to complex challenges

Operate in Europe

Apply to 50 Diverse Impact Startups initiative

Connect with hands-on, empathetic partners

Show early commercial traction

Solve €B+ market problems

Demonstrate repeat client expansion

Founder Don'ts

Don't pitch if not diverse-led

Don't expect passive LP-style investors

Don't bring early-stage lab plays without commercialization

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size€28M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Lisa Marie Fassl, Nina Wöss

Carina RothPartner

Lisa-Marie FasslPartner

Nina WössPartner

Lucy Izquierdo GreenePartner

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