ROI Ventures

The firm’s four principals — Marco Raggl, Julian Sachs, Laura Modre, and Patrick Funke — evaluate opportunities through a rapid process that typically delivers a decision within two weeks of a first call. They describe themselves as rational, probability-driven investors comfortable making early bets on people, not pitch decks. Their own website states they are decisive and will give a clear answer even when they pass.

ROI Ventures insists it is 'not a VC fund' — it deploys its own capital only. The firm has no disclosed limited partners or pooled institutional vehicle. This family-office structure allows it to act quickly on handshake terms and avoid the reporting and capital-deployment timelines that constrain traditional venture funds.

The firm does not publish an explicit exclusion list, but its stated mandate and portfolio reveal concentration in technology-driven B2B startups and selective consumer goods brands. It does not mention exposure to hardware-centric DeepTech, life sciences, climate hardware, real estate technology, or fintech outside of enterprise SaaS — suggesting a deliberate focus on software and digital consumer products.

For SaaS and DeepTech companies, ROI Ventures writes tickets up to €100,000 about ten times per year. For consumer goods brands, it can deploy up to €300,000, completing one or two such deals annually. The firm exclusively targets first rounds — angel, pre-seed and seed — and does not lead later-stage rounds.

The firm’s website references a circle of co-investors across the Austrian and German angel and venture capital ecosystem, but it does not name specific funds or individuals. Marco Raggl’s previous role as Managing Director of the Austrian Angel Investors Association suggests deep ties to the region’s early-stage network, though ROI Ventures does not operate a formal syndicate or club.