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ITS Cube is a venture capital firm that invests in deep tech startups and academic spin-offs.

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01.12.2017

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The firm provides tailored support for entrepreneurs, including individual coaching and mentoring, access to advanced lab infrastructure and office space, and expertise in technology commercialization, IP strategy, fundraising, and public grants. IST cube leads investment rounds in pre-seed and seed stages and has the ability for follow-on investments in later rounds, with a simple and easily understandable term sheet to help founders thrive.
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Markus Wanko
Markus Wanko

Markus Wanko

After a successful fifteen-year career in investments and strategy consulting, Markus started TWIST, IST’s tech transfer organisation, and has been driving the development of IST PARK, the technology park adjacent to IST Austria. His background is in venture capital investing with Safeguard Scientifics and the European Investment Fund, strategy consulting with the Boston Consulting Group, and principal investment with QIA, the state fund of Qatar. He has supported several startups in the process, energy and tech industries, is a member of IST’s tech transfer committee, is the panel head for Science Foundation Ireland‘s Technology Innovation Award, and is a member of the investment committee of Accent, a local incubation program. He has an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School, an MSc from TU Vienna, and an MIM from WU Vienna and HEC Paris.

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Valentina Caradonio

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Kavita Surana

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Florian Resch

Florian Resch

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Ingrid Kelly

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Alexander Schwartz

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Alexander Fischl

Alexander Fischl

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Bernhard Petermeier

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Markus Wanko

Markus Wanko

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