We achieve a higher success rate in building scalable ventures by focusing on a selected vertical — powered by corporate assets, serial entrepreneurs and 12 years of venture building experience.
We bring 12 years of venture building experience in creating and scaling ventures with corporate partners, while growing our own equity portfolio.
built with our partners across multiple industries.
from international investors by the ventures we launched.
We built 6 portfolio ventures, reached ROI positive within 5 years, and realized our first exit while holding equity stakes in the businesses we created.
Investors contribute capital and strategic assets, while whataventure co-invests, ensuring real skin in the game.
The company creation fund builds and launches ventures within a focused vertical, leveraging shared knowledge, learning effects, synergies, and a deep network — designed for a higher success rate.
Investors receive equity via the fund. As the ventures grow, the fund sells shares and creates value for investors and partners.
We create measurable business innovations that drive real growth.
Fund ventures have an 84% survival rate after 4 years in comparison to 49% for traditional startups with VC investments.
(Big Venture Studio Research 2024)
Fund ventures are 2,2x faster to Series A in comparison to traditional startups.
(GSSN, 2020)
16% successful exits of fund ventures compared to only 8% for traditional startups after 5 years.
(Big Venture Studio Research 2024)
Enter markets beyond your core business with first-hand learnings from new ventures, unlocking new growth potential, and strategic opportunities.
One investment delivers diversification across multiple ventures, with each new venture accelerating growth through shared assets, deep networks, and learning effects.
Direct line to ventures with a strategic fit for acquisition, supported by our experience in integrating new ventures.
Through our powerful network, unique corporate assets, and an attractive governance setup, we attract entrepreneurial talent others struggle to reach.
Combining energy efficiency, digital convenience, and elderly living by integrating energy, access, parcel, and tenant services in mixed-use buildings. Making life more convenient while optimizing energy use and building efficiency.
Transforming waste and old products into value by enabling reuse, recycling, and trading from construction sites to consumer goods, powered by product passports, digital tools, and ESG compliance.
Developing the next-generation quantum solutions that go beyond classical limits to drive breakthroughs in logistics optimization, materials science, and secure communications.
The whataventure fund is the natural next step for whataventure after 12 years of building new business with corporates. With our infrastructure and expertise, we can now scale this approach through a dedicated fund that systematically creates high‑impact companies.
Matthias is an experienced venture builder with over ten years of experience in innovation, corporate strategy, and growing new business models. He combines an entrepreneurial drive with deep corporate expertise to guide ventures from idea stage to market entry. By building strong founding teams and leveraging corporate assets, he creates measurable value for clients and investors.
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Philippe is the CEO and Co-Founder of whataventure and a serial entrepreneur with extensive experience in launching and scaling ventures. Over the past decade, he has played a pivotal role in shaping the innovation landscape in Austria and Germany. Philippe has led the creation of more than 10 ventures and contributed to projects with over €100M in funding.
As CEO of whataventure, Stefan draws on 15+ years of international experience in strategy and innovation to advise corporates on setting up effective structures to systematically build new business. He brings an entrepreneurial mindset, a deep understanding of the corporate world, and broad cross-industry expertise - enabling him to effectively drive the validation and launch of new business.
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