Loom Ventures

Austria

Seed

About Loom Ventures

CVC launched by STRABAG (€19B annual output). €100M for European InfraTech at Seed and Series A. €1M–€5M initial tickets. Positioned as purely financial investor with no strategic mandate. Housed in independent STRABAG Venture Capital GmbH.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionAustria

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

AI/ML

Built Environment

Infrastructure Tech

Robotics & Automation

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

European InfraTech founder at Seed/Series A, hardware-software welcome

InfraTech

construction-tech

sensing→enterprise AI

secure compute

Europe Seed/Series A

Bullish Signals

€100M committed, independent GmbH structureblog

Career CVC MD hire, not corporate rotationblog

No strategic mandate — rare for CVCblog

STRABAG €19B footprint as optional assetblog

Ilja ex-Merck M Ventures €1B+ CVC armexternal

PhD semiconductor physicist, founder, deep-tech operatorexternal

Contrarian Signals

No portfolio named at launchblog

CVC structure risks investment committee driftblog

Two-MD structure — alignment untestedblog

Founder Do's

Build in European InfraTech or construction-tech

Plan for 8–12 week diligence process

Use STRABAG access optionally, not as core pitch

Show deployment path in Tier 1 contractor environments

Come at Seed or Series A stage

Founder Don'ts

Expect generalist speed — domain diligence is deep

Avoid if STRABAG as customer is a competitive risk

Don't pitch outside Europe or pre-Seed

Key GPs & Partners

Ilja Aizenberg

Managing Director

PhD semiconductor physicistex-M Venturesdeep-tech operator

Toba Spiegel

Managing Director

hands-onthesis-drivenpatient-capital

Ervin Smajic

Senior Associate

hands-on

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Fund Overview

Fund Size€100M

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Website

Key People

Ilja Aizenberg, Toba Spiegel

Ilja AizenbergManaging Director

Toba SpiegelManaging Director

Ervin SmajicSenior Associate

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