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November 28, 2024

Austrian VC Speedinvest announces management shakeup

The VC business is tougher than ever — and firms that want to survive need to innovate fast, says CEO Oliver Holle

Austrian VC Speedinvest is today announcing a new five-person management team composed of CEO and managing partner Oliver Holle, GP Marie-Helene Ametsreiter — who has been with the firm for more than 10 years — and newly promoted GPs Markus Lang and Andreas Schwarzenbrunner. Nora Frizberg, the firm’s operating partner and general counsel, will also join the management team as COO.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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