Schütz Family Office

Schütz Family Office

Schütz Family Office was established in 2005 by Alexander Schütz, an Austrian entrepreneur whose wealth originates from co-founding and scaling C-Quadrat Investment Group alongside Thomas Rieß. C-Quadrat grew into a publicly traded asset manager on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange before Schütz and his partners, including Cristobal Mendez de Vigo, executed a buy-back transaction that eventually led to the company's sale to Haron Holding. That liquidity event forms the foundational capital base for the family office. Schütz operates from Vienna, where he also maintains notable personal assets including the historic Schloss Neuwaldegg estate and a residential property in the Hietzing district. The office pursues a multi-asset strategy with a concentrated tilt toward direct, early-stage investments. Venture capital allocations target seed and startup rounds across fintech, digital health, life sciences, and cybersecurity — sectors where Schütz brings operator fluency from financial services rather than passive check-writing. The real estate book spans commercial hospitality assets in Southern Europe, including Aethos-branded properties in Ericeira, Portugal and Mallorca, Spain. Beyond traditional alternatives, the office holds disclosed exposure to Bitcoin and Ethereum, natural resources, and a direct commitment to XTI Aircraft's TriFan 600 hybrid-electric VTOL development program. Co-investment partners have included Christian Angermayer — the two collaborate through Limestone Capital and the Schütz Angermayer Afrika Stiftung, a philanthropic vehicle focused on sub-Saharan Africa. Schütz's professional ecosystem extends beyond investing. He serves as a Counsellor for the Sovereign Order of Malta's Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations and acts as President of the Österreich-Vereinigte Arabische Emirate Gesellschaft, reflecting a longstanding interest in Austro-Emirati diplomatic and commercial ties. The office maintains several Austrian private foundations — the Alex Schütz Familienstiftung and the San Gabriel Privatstiftung — which formalize wealth governance and philanthropic commitments. The family office blurs the line between single-family capital and networked deal-making. Schütz has structured ventures like AS2K Beteiligungs GmbH in partnership with former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, creating a vehicle that blends political connectivity with private investment. This co-investor model — pairing family capital with high-profile operating partners on a deal-by-deal basis — distinguishes the office from institutions that outsource allocation decisions to external managers. The result is a lean, opportunistic structure where portfolio construction reflects the principal's own relationships and thesis convictions rather than committee-driven mandates.