Motec Ventures

Motec Ventures is an Austrian smart-mobility venture capital firm founded in 2018 and headquartered in Vienna, with offices in Berlin and Munich and an international network across the United States, China, and South Korea. The fund was formed as a joint venture between German automotive management consultancy e&Co. AG and Austrian VC firm Venionaire Capital. Managing Directors Geza Brugger and Berthold Baurek-Karlic lead the firm, with automotive design icon and EV pioneer Henrik Fisker serving on the advisory board. Motec's mission is to invest in technology, process, and service solutions that drive the future of mobility, scaling high-tech and deep-tech startups globally in close partnership with leading automotive companies. The firm focuses on seed-stage startups in automotive, autonomous vehicles, AI, drones, and smart mobility, with check sizes typically between $500,000 and $3 million. As of 2023 Motec had invested in approximately seven companies. Portfolio names include RFISee, an Israeli 4D-imaging-radar startup; FDTech, a German autonomous-driving-algorithmics firm; Autobahn, an Estonian automotive sales platform; Butleroy, an AI scheduling platform from Austria; Firstbird, an Austrian employee-referral platform; Unmanned Life, a defense and drone platform; and B2B auto-sales venture CarFellows. YodelTalk (Yodel.io), a UK voice-computing company, was acquired by Brevo in September 2022 — representing one of the fund's notable exits. Motec maintains co-investment agreements with partners such as Hahn Group, an EUR 2.8 billion AUM asset manager, and draws on the European Super Angels Club network for deal flow and co-investment capacity. The firm's dual Austrian-German management structure and direct automotive industry relationships give portfolio companies a credible entry point into European OEM commercial partnerships.