Erste Forward

Profile, fund size and portfolio

Parent Erste GroupHQ Vienna, Austria

Erste Forward is the corporate venture arm of Erste Group, a financial services company. It is based in Vienna, Austria. It invests from pre-seed to Series B. Sectors it names: fintech.

Fund sizeS1: EUR 50M+

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Pre-seed to Series B

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Data behind this graphic
Item	Value
Stage range	Pre-seed to Series B
Sectors	Fintech
Geography	Europe
Offices	Vienna, Austria

Sources: S1 Erste Forward home page.

Scale and capital allocated

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Data behind this graphic
Measure	Value	Unit	Kind	Source
Headline size	EUR 50M+	Fund size	Stated by the firm or its parent	S1
Companies on the firm's portfolio page	21	companies	Counted from the firm's own list	S1

Sources: S1 Erste Forward home page.

Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters: Vienna, Austria
Offices: Vienna, Austria

Investment regionsS1

Europe

LeadersS1

Teresa WeisStrategic LeadFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Francesco MarzanoAnalystFind on LinkedIn Firm page

Erste Forward on LinkedIn

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	Erste Group (VIE: EBS)	Single source	S1
Parent industry	Banking and financial services	Single source	S1
Headquarters	Vienna, Austria	Single source	S2
Status	Active	Single source	S1
Capital source	Parent company only	Single source	S1
Headline size	EUR 50M+ (Fund size)	Single source	S1
Stages	Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B	Single source	S1

For founders

Item	What the firm says	Source
Stages	Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B	S1
Check size	EUR 100,000 to EUR 5M	S1

Portfolio

The firm's portfolio page lists 21 companies.S1

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

1 companies on the Erste Forward portfolio page also appear on the portfolio page of at least one other firm in this directory. Matched by company website, or by name where no website is published.

Firm	Shared	Companies in common
BCR Seed Starter	1	FieldOS

Companies backed by the most corporate VCs

Every company on the Erste Forward list

21 companies, as listed on the firm's own website.S1 Read the firm's list.

ALvie
Beit
Blockmate
bornDigital
crowdberry
Dateio
eatster
encall
Fieldos
intellcree
investown
Pointee
prfluo
Rekenber
Resitech
Signi.com
SmartHead
Travelperk
Valutico
Vestberry
Wflow

About Erste Group

Item	Detail	Source
Listed as	VIE: EBS	S1
Headquarters	Austria	S1

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website www.ersteforward.com/en/home

Sources

S1Erste Forward home pageFirm
S2Wikipedia: Erste Group (headquarters in Vienna)Press

Disclaimer and corrections

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