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Steep Ventures

Steep Ventures is an early-stage venture investment platform based in Vienna, Austria, focusing on tech founders from underserved European ecosystems. They provide hands-on support to pre-venture companies in sectors like SaaS, Marketplace, and Deep-Tech.

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Overview

What Steep Ventures does

What Steep Ventures is

Steep Ventures is an early-stage venture investment platform based in Vienna, Austria, focusing on tech founders from underserved European ecosystems. They provide hands-on support to pre-venture companies in sectors like SaaS, Marketplace, and Deep-Tech.

How it participates in the startup ecosystem

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Operational profile

Organization status and context

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Operational status
Active
Organization type
Venture Capital
Structured capabilities
Funder
Last reviewed
March 26, 2026

Official channels

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Capability profile

Steep Ventures as a funder

Investment thesis

Steep Ventures focuses on supporting pre-venture technology companies in peripheral European ecosystems, aiming to build global businesses through hands-on support and strategic guidance.

Focus narrative

Steep Ventures invests primarily in pre-venture companies across sectors such as SaaS, Marketplace, and Deep-Tech. The organization is sector agnostic but seeks projects that align with its values of openness and decentralization. Steep Ventures provides hands-on support in areas like go-to-market strategies, marketing, product development, human resources, finance, and legal matters, facilitating market access and follow-up funding.

Value beyond capital

Steep Ventures offers extensive hands-on support to its portfolio companies, assisting with go-to-market strategies, product development, and securing follow-up funding from venture capitalists. This operational involvement helps founders navigate the complexities of building a successful business.

Focus and fit

Stages
Friends and Family · Angel · Accelerator · Pre-seed

Availability

Currently deploying
Not published

Portfolio and track record

Recorded portfolio count
50
Recorded notable exits
Bitrise and SEON

Portfolio context

Notable portfolio companies include Bitrise, a mobile CI/CD platform that has become a significant player in the European tech landscape, and SEON, a fraud prevention company that raised $94M in a Series B round in 2022.

Common questions

What to know about Steep Ventures

Upseed classifies Steep Ventures under the Venture Capital organization type. Its current public profile includes funder capabilities.

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Source basis

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Last reviewed

March 26, 2026

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