Gateway Ventures

Alexander Schuetz and Bernhard Petermeier serve as Managing Partner and Partner, respectively, and jointly lead investment decisions. Both are involved in sourcing, diligence, and portfolio support. The firm operates without a large investment committee, typical for a partnership of its size.

Gateway targets Seed and early-stage companies, typically leading or co-leading rounds with initial checks between €500,000 and €2 million. The firm reserves capital for follow-on investments in breakout portfolio companies. It does not participate in growth-stage or pre-IPO rounds.

The firm concentrates on B2B software, with a stated emphasis on enterprise SaaS, developer tools, and applied artificial intelligence. Known investments include Storyblok, a headless CMS platform, reflecting a preference for technical-founder teams building product-led growth companies.

Gateway sources primarily from the DACH region and broader Central and Eastern Europe, leveraging the founders' local networks in Austria, the Czech Republic, and Poland. The firm then connects portfolio companies to US-based co-investors and customers, a model designed to compensate for the smaller domestic exit market.

Gateway Ventures operates as an independent venture capital firm, not a family office. It raises capital from external limited partners, though specific LP identities have not been publicly disclosed. The firm is partner-owned and managed by its founding team.