Gateway Ventures

Gateway Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Vienna, Austria, that specializes in financing startups operating across the financial technology, property technology, Industry 4.0, and cybersecurity sectors. The organization operates with a business model designed to make alternative asset classes and direct startup investments accessible to a broader base of individual investors. Rather than acting solely as a passive source of capital, the firm establishes long-term strategic partnerships with its portfolio companies to accelerate their commercial development. To facilitate this growth, the internal team actively handles various operational tasks, allowing entrepreneurs to focus entirely on product engineering and market expansion. The firm's daily investment operations and ongoing portfolio management initiatives are executed by key personnel including Christian Gerencser and Matthias Hofreiter. Gateway Ventures was officially established in 2015 and was founded by chief executive officer Markus Kainz.