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Symbia VC
Corporate VC · Imst, Austria · Europe
Symbia VC is a venture capital firm and corporate fund that invests in startups and companies along the value chain of wood and forestry. It began as a single LP fund owned by the Barbara Pfeifer private foundation and now operates independently, offering capital plus hands-on partnership to its portfolio companies.
Invests inIndustrial & ManufacturingSpace & Defense
In its own wordswood industryforestrydeeptechhardwareconstructionlogistics
Your fit with Symbia VC
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Or find every investor that fitsSymbia VC lists 9 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Industrial & Manufacturing (18%), Space & Defense (18%) and Education (12%). 43% of its companies are based in Austria. It invests most often alongside aws Gründerfonds, IFB Innovationsstarter and 212.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Symbia VC, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundSymbia VC does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 67% |
| Series A | 33% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 3 | 2 |
Investor profile
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| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 19th | 9 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 80th | 67% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 93th | 22% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 8th | 18% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 18% | 7% |
| Space & Defense | 18% | 3% |
| Education | 12% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 12% | 18% |
| Developer Tools | 12% | 0% |
| Climate & Energy | 6% | 1% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 6% | 6% |
| Fintech | 6% | 12% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| aws Gründerfonds | 3 |
| IFB Innovationsstarter | 2 |
| 212 | 1 |
| 212 NexT | 1 |
| Auxxo | 1 |
| Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund | 1 |
| Axel Carbon Capital | 1 |
| Blue Horizon | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers9100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with aws Gründerfonds
Compare Symbia VC head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Symbia VC| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Nov 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 10 Feb 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 19 Jan 2026 | Series A |
Round details for Symbia VC
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Symbia VC's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
9 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides a 3D room scanner app for creating CAD-ready 3D models and floor plans | Real Estate & ConstructionEnterprise Software | Nov 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| CrateDB is a European real-time analytics database for live operational data | Developer ToolsDeveloper Tools | Portfolio page | ||
| Modvion builds wind turbine towers made of wood. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| The company operates a platform that matches packaging requirements with suitable materials for brand owners and material suppliers. | Industrial & ManufacturingE-commerce & Marketplaces | Jan 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Pina Earth offers high-quality CO₂ certificates from local forests in Europe to support stable, species-rich, and climate-resilient ecosystems. | Climate & EnergySpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops communication systems for machine cabins to ensure clear and reliable communication in noisy environments | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Refinq turns locations into audit-ready risk intelligence for banks and corporates across Europe. | FintechSpace & Defense | Feb 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| The company develops and manufactures sustainable materials and structures using a biomimetic technology inspired by trees, creating alternatives to steel, concrete, and aluminum. | Industrial & ManufacturingSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Wingtra provides aerial survey data and solutions using drones and related software and services. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 7 Nov 2026- Site
- symbia-vc.com
- Last read
- 7 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 7 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 19 Jan 2026
- Companies checked
- 9
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