Andreas Schwarzenbrunner
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Andreas Schwarzenbrunner (Speedinvest) on Pan-European Pre-Seed
Speedinvest GP Andreas Schwarzenbrunner traces the firm from a Vienna angel club 14 years ago to a pan-European pre-seed/seed fund with offices in Munich, Berlin, London and Paris, six specialist sector teams and a growth fund. He flags defense tech, AI x bio/health and sector-specific AI applications as their busiest areas, and explains why specialized knowledge, customer networks and boots on the ground beat generalist investors in a crowded market. On Europe, he argues the problem isn't capital or talent but fear of change and skepticism toward markets, noting European LP money sits in US funds, so reallocating it would mean a massive inflow.