Business Angel · Impact Investor · Entrepreneur

DISRUPTION
+ SCALING

INVENTIO is a product developer, incubator and investment partner for technologies that are still underestimated – from decentralised energy generation to ceramic 3D printing.

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We find technologies
that are underestimated.
We build them up –
with capital, engineering and network.
Until no one
can overlook them.
About me & INVENTIO

From founder to business angel & impact investor

In 1998 I founded INDAT and spent two decades building it into Austria’s leading company for prototyping and special-purpose machinery. Since its successful exit in 2019, I have been working with my team as a business angel and impact investor.

We currently hold stakes in several companies across Austria, Germany and the UK. Our focus: businesses with strong growth potential that also make a lasting, positive contribution to our environment.

We are not passive investors. We help shape our companies – technically, strategically, and with a network that has grown over 30 years.

To balance it all, I spend as much time as possible with my wife Sabine and our twins Annalisa and Alexander.

Porträt Dr. Markus G. Leopold, MBA
Dr. Markus G. Leopold, MBAInvestor and CEO of INVENTIO
What we do

Three pillars – one standard: substance

Product development, incubation and investment go hand in hand at INVENTIO. All of it with heart and soul.

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Product development

Our core business for 30 years: new products across all industries – from first sketch to series production. Plus product extensions that make existing things measurably better.

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Incubator

We work intensively with start-ups – technically and financially. With direct lines to funding bodies such as FFG, AWS, the EU and the State of Lower Austria, as well as investor groups.

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Active investment

When the chemistry is right, we invest – bringing network, experience and execution discipline. After 30 years, we know the right people for every job.

83
product developments – from sketch to series production
28
start-ups supported – technically and financially
8
active investments across AT · DE · UK
4
successful exits
EXIT.
Track record

Exits are no accident – they are the result of years of consistent company building.

“Coming together was a beginning, working together was the success – what remains are friendships for life. Thank you for the years we shared: plenty of hard work, and even more joy.”

Markus Leopold
INDAT GmbH

INDAT GmbH

Exit
INDAT Hoch- und Tiefbau GmbH

INDAT Hoch- & Tiefbau

Exit
m-pokertainment

m-pokertainment

Exit
Watt Analytics

Watt Analytics

Exit
For founders & co-investors

What we bring to the table

Capital is one thing. What makes the difference is technical depth, funding expertise and a network grown over 30 years.

Technical depth

Manufacturing methods, technical model making, mould making, milling, 3D printing – practice over theory. We understand what we finance.

Funding expertise

Years of experience with FFG, AWS, EU programmes and the State of Lower Austria – from application to compliant final report.

Network & capital

Personal contacts to funding bodies, investor groups and makers across Austria – and the willingness to roll up our sleeves.

What a pitch needs to bring

  • Technology with substance – a real product or process, not just a business-model construct
  • Positive impact – measurable benefit for the environment or society
  • Scaling potential – from prototype to market, not a workshop forever
  • Founders with character – honesty about challenges beats glossy slides
  • Region – focus on Austria, Germany and the UK; proximity is optional, chemistry is not
Contact

Let’s talk.

INVENTIO GmbH

Dammweg 1
A-3163 Rohrbach an der Gölsen
Austria

Commercial register FN 519784 p · Regional Court St. Pölten
VAT ID: ATU75118105

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