Advantage Austria Pitch Days in London: Austrian Startups meet UK Investors (16. – 17.10.2014)

Around 50 guests followed the invitation of the Austrian Trade Commission (AWO) on Thursday 16, October in the London, near Hyde Park for the first “Austrian Pitch Days” in Britan. 20 carefully selected companies, have been invited to present their business models and products to top-tier UK Business Angels.

“Our startups did well,” said Bernd Litzka of the i2 business angels, right after the competitive Pitch Event. Jenny Tooth (Managing Director of UK Business Angels) announced two winning startups, which got the best feedback from the crowd. zizooboats.com and www.courseticket.com convinced most of the attending investors at the venue to have a promising business case. Blitab – a project idea for an iPad for visually handicapped people – received the social award of this event.

Markus Kainz of courseticket stressed that his team was ready to expand his business into UK, if investors are willing to support this step. “The energy in London is simply fantastic” the young entrepreneur said with a big smile. The UK market is the most exciting in Europe for courseticket.com – the #1 marketplace for Education in Austria with more than 10.000 listed courses.

Events, like this one – supported by the Austrian Trade Commission – are very important to build trust and a strong network, both crucial to enter a new market. “Startups need international stakeholders to support them in the process of growth and new market entries”, Berthold Baurek-Karlic (Managing Partner, Venionaire Capital) explained to the press.

Martin Steininger

Martin Steininger is Senior Partner at Venionaire Capital and Managing Partner at Venionaire Investment. This blog post consists of a

  • short description of his career in German and English
  • his CV in German and English
  • media reports
  • and pictures of Martin Steininger.

 

ENGLISH

Martin Steininger is Senior Partner at Venionaire Capital and Managing Partner at Venionaire Investment. As a private equity expert, Martin has developed an excellent network within the financial sector. He has already restructured and divested a vast number of companies.

Prior to joining Venionaire in January 2015, Martin was part of the managing board of the Mezzanin Finanzierungs AG, Austria’s first specialized Bank for equity near mezzanine capital. In this position, he managed a 100 Million Euro Mezzanine Fund on behalf of the UniCredit Bank Austria (as cornerstone investor) and other institutional investors. Additionally, he served as CEO of the Mezzanin Corporate Finance Unternehmensberatung GmbH, where he analysed, structured and negotiated complex mezzanine projects for UniCredit Bank Austria. Previously, he gained in depth know-how in the fields of due diligence, tax law and company restructuring while working for two consulting and auditing firms.

Martin holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Vienna University of Economics and Business and an Executive MBA from IMADEC University Vienna.

His Curriculum Vitae is available on Xing and LinkedIn.

 

DEUTSCH
Martin Steininger ist Senior Partner bei Venionaire Capital und Managing Partner bei Venionaire Investment. Der Private Equity Experte verfügt über ein exzellentes Netzwerk in der Finanzbranche und hat bereits zahlreiche Unternehmen erfolgreich restrukturiert und veräußert.

Bevor er im Jänner 2015 zu Venionaire wechselte, war Martin als Vorstand der Mezzanin Finanzierungs AG tätig, der ersten Spezialbank Österreichs für individuelles Mezzaninkapital. In dieser Funktion managte er einen 100 Millionen Euro Mezzanine Fund im Auftrag der UniCredit Bank Austria (als Hauptinvestor) und weiteren institutionellen Investoren. Zudem analysierte, strukturierte und verhandelte er als Geschäftsführer der Mezzanin Corporate Finance Unternehmensberatung GmbH zahlreiche komplexe Finanzierungsprojekte für die UniCredit Bank Austria. Davor erwarb er sich umfangreiches Know-how in Due Diligence, Steuerrecht und Restrukturierungen bei zwei Unternehmen in der Wirtschaftsprüfung und Unternehmensberatung.

Er absolvierte das BWL-Studium an der Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien und hält den Titel „Executive MBA“ der IMADEC University Vienna.

Der vollständige Lebenslauf ist auf Xing und LinkedIn abrufbar.

 

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Martin Steininger. © Foto Wilke

Martin Steininger. © Foto Wilke

 

Martin Steininger. © Fabian Greiler

Martin Steininger. © Fabian Greiler

 

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