Michael Grabner Media
Vienna investment company of media manager Michael Grabner; early-stage startup investments in the DACH region plus succession capital and consulting for media companies.
USEFUL FOR Fund managers raising capital · Founders · Co-investors
Family & background
- FAMILY
- Grabner
- HEADQUARTERS
- Vienna, Austria
- FOUNDED
- 2007
- OUTSIDE CAPITAL
- No — own capital only
Investment approach
- GEOGRAPHY
- AustriaGermanySwitzerland
- STAGES
- Seed
- ROUTES
- Direct investments · Funds (as LP)
- LATEST DEAL
- Everleaf · Feb 2024
Overview
Michael Grabner Media Ges.m.b.H. (MGM, Handelsgericht Wien, FN 301662x) is a Vienna company whose stated purpose is holding stakes in online and offline media companies, operational support and consulting. It provides early-stage capital to startups in the DACH region and capital, know-how and operational help for succession at media and communication companies. Its site lists about 19 current holdings, including stakes in Speedinvest and DvH Ventures, and more than 20 exits such as Runtastic and windeln.de. Michael Grabner also sits on boards of media groups including Dieter von Holtzbrinck Medien and Mediaprint.
Investment thesis
Helps companies grow sustainably with capital and know-how: early-stage investments for DACH startups, and capital plus operational support for succession at media and communication companies.
Holdings & investments (31)
- Food & Agriculture · since 2024
- Media & Entertainment
- Consumer & E-commerce
- Software & SaaS
- Media & Entertainment
- Fintech
- Artificial Intelligence
- Media & Entertainment
- Fintech
- Media & Entertainment
- Industrial & Manufacturing
- Industrial & Manufacturing
- Artificial Intelligence
- Fintech
- Software & SaaS
- Software & SaaS · Exited
- Media & Entertainment · Exited
- Consumer & E-commerce · Exited
- Fintech · Exited
- Fintech · Exited
- Fintech · Exited
- Software & SaaS · Exited
- Consumer & E-commerce · Exited
- Fintech · Exited
- Software & SaaS · Exited
- Education · Exited
- Consumer & E-commerce · Exited
People
Classification
Single Family Office. Manages one family's own capital, with no outside investors. The family bears every loss. How family capital is classified →
FAQ
Michael Grabner Media is a single family office based in Vienna, Austria, founded in 2007.
Michael Grabner Media invests on behalf of the Grabner family.
Michael Grabner Media invests directly in companies and in third-party funds as an LP.
Michael Grabner Media invests at Seed stage in Media & Entertainment, Fintech, Artificial Intelligence, Software & SaaS and Food & Agriculture.
Key people at Michael Grabner Media include Michael Grabner (Shareholder / Managing Director), Zissa (Franziska) Grabner (Shareholder / Managing Director), Gabriel Grabner (Shareholder / Managing Director) and Florian Bernhard (Prokurist / Investment Director).
Michael Grabner Media's holdings and investments include AH Capital Partners, Baublatt, CheckYeti, Codara, Content Garden, Credi2, DeepTable and DvH Ventures, among others.
The most recent publicly reported investment by Michael Grabner Media is Everleaf, announced in Feb 2024.
No. Michael Grabner Media invests its own capital and does not raise money from outside investors.