Christian B.

Entrepreneur, Investor, Board Member & Advisor

📍 Austria🔄 Updated September 2026💼 5 investments📅 15 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2021
Operator-angel🌍 Austria
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Advisory Board Member & Investor
Aug 2021
Findustrial - Pay-per-Use and As-a-Service Solutions The world is changing. "Use instead of buy!" is the (sustainability) motto of our time. 🚩 Our journey with Findustrial aims to create a digital ecosystem for flexible machine financing and enable sustainability through innovative business models. 🚀 We start our journey with the certainty that the circular economy will not only become a part, but instead the basis of our society in the future. ✔ As a strong partner in the implementation of pay-per-use solutions, we strengthen you in your daily business with consulting expertise and decades of experience in the industrial sector. As a manufacturer of machinery and equipment, we support you in developing usage-based and future-oriented business models. Together, we build the foundations to master the transformation from one-off sales to recurring revenues. With the Findustrial platform as your central administration system, we enable the implementation of pay-per-use solutions and flexible financing. 💡 Together we create value for you and your customers! OUR MISSION. YOUR ADDED VALUE. YOUR BUSINESS MODEL.
Investor & Advisor
Mar 2017
CheckYeti was founded in 2014 in Austria and Switzerland by two young entrepreneurs from Salzburg, Stefan Pinggera and Georg Reich. Their vision: To develop an online platform that allows you to search for, compare and book winter and summer activities across Europe. The unique platform has quickly grown to become the European market leader. Today, CheckYeti enables holidaymakers and outdoor enthusiasts from more than 137 countries to book over 12,000 activities across Europe – including skiing & snowboarding, rafting & canyoning, mountain biking, paragliding & ballooning, diving & surfing, jet skiing, boat trips and many more. CheckYeti is active in 16 countries and 1,500+ mountain and beach destinations. The website is available in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch. Find the best holiday activity tips on our blog: www.checkyeti.com/blog
Investor & Advisor
Mar 2017
Credi2 is the leading specialist for white label solutions in the field of pay later payments. The fintech enables banks and issuers to offer modern credit and debit based financing products in an end-to-end approach through its awarded BNPL-as-a-Service platform. Clients include Volkswagen Bank, Raiffeisen Bank International, Deutsche Bank, Apple, Cyberport, and VISA. Together with them, credi2 launched and operates innovative and responsible payment solutions in a short period of time. The Vienna based scale-up was founded in 2015 by Daniel Strieder, Michael Handler and Jörg Skornschek. Credi2 is a rapidly growing fintech with currently nearly 50 employees from all over Europe.
Founding Investor (Acquired by Visa)
2012
Payworks is the provider of a next generation Point of Sale payment gateway technology. Developers of Point of Sale solutions for merchants can quickly and cost-efficiently integrate card payment functionality into their applications, and securely process EMV, contactless and mobile wallet transactions at the Point of Sale. With headquarters in Germany and offices in the UK, the US and Poland, Payworks provides its technology to leading acquirers and payment providers globally. Please visit www.payworks.com for more information. Privacy policy: https://payworks.com/social-media-privacy-policy
Entrepreneur, Investor & Advisor
Nov 2011
We are a privately held investment company that provides founders and entrepreneurs with the resources they need to bring their innovative ideas to life. Our advisory and capital services are designed to help them create the companies of tomorrow. Trust and strong relationships are the foundation of sustainable growth and success that stands the test of time. Nurturing these connections is paramount.
Experience · 9 entries
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2021
Advisory Board Member & Investor
Aug 2021
Findustrial - Pay-per-Use and As-a-Service Solutions The world is changing. "Use instead of buy!" is the (sustainability) motto of our time. 🚩 Our journey with Findustrial aims to create a digital ecosystem for flexible machine financing and enable sustainability through innovative business models. 🚀 We start our journey with the certainty that the circular economy will not only become a part, but instead the basis of our society in the future. ✔ As a strong partner in the implementation of pay-per-use solutions, we strengthen you in your daily business with consulting expertise and decades of experience in the industrial sector. As a manufacturer of machinery and equipment, we support you in developing usage-based and future-oriented business models. Together, we build the foundations to master the transformation from one-off sales to recurring revenues. With the Findustrial platform as your central administration system, we enable the implementation of pay-per-use solutions and flexible financing. 💡 Together we create value for you and your customers! OUR MISSION. YOUR ADDED VALUE. YOUR BUSINESS MODEL.
2017
Co-Owner & Advisor (Management Buy-Out and rebranding to yuutel in 2020)
Sep 2017
Seit der Gründung im Jahr 2001 steht bei atms eines im Mittelpunkt: der perfekte Kundendialog. Ob Telefon, SMS oder WhatsApp - Mit unseren individuellen Dialog- und Kommunikationslösungen unterstützen wir Unternehmen jeder Größe und Branche technisch dabei, mit Kunden und Geschäftspartnern über das Smartphone zu kommunizieren. Dabei setzen wir zu 100% auf die Cloud und unser erfahrenes Team aus Kundendialog-Spezialisten. Wir sind der einzige österreichische Netzbetreiber, der sich ausschließlich auf ITK-basierte Dialoglösungen für Geschäftskunden spezialisiert. Dank dieser Fokussierung zählt atms heute zu den wirtschaftlich erfolgreichsten Netzbetreibern im deutschsprachigen Raum. Alle unsere Lösungen werden in Rechenzentren in Österreich und Deutschland gehostet und unterliegen damit höchsten EU-Sicherheitsstandards. An den beiden Firmenstandorten Wien und Graz arbeiten 47 Mitarbeiter/innen für die Zufriedenheit von rund 5.000 nationalen und internationalen Geschäftskunden. Wir leben eine sehr offene Firmenkultur und agieren 100% kundenorientiert. Die Entwicklung unserer Produkte wird zur Gänze an den Kundenbedürfnissen ausgerichtet; persönlicher und individueller Kundenservice liegt uns besonders am Herzen.
Co-Owner & Advisor (Acquired by Link Mobility Group in 2020)
Sep 2017
websms is the leading premium provider of mobile messaging services in the German-speaking area. With SMS and instant messaging websms develops high-quality mobile messaging services for marketing, customer care and productivity and thereby facilitate companies​ personal communication with customers and employees.
Investor & Advisor
Mar 2017
CheckYeti was founded in 2014 in Austria and Switzerland by two young entrepreneurs from Salzburg, Stefan Pinggera and Georg Reich. Their vision: To develop an online platform that allows you to search for, compare and book winter and summer activities across Europe. The unique platform has quickly grown to become the European market leader. Today, CheckYeti enables holidaymakers and outdoor enthusiasts from more than 137 countries to book over 12,000 activities across Europe – including skiing & snowboarding, rafting & canyoning, mountain biking, paragliding & ballooning, diving & surfing, jet skiing, boat trips and many more. CheckYeti is active in 16 countries and 1,500+ mountain and beach destinations. The website is available in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch. Find the best holiday activity tips on our blog: www.checkyeti.com/blog
Investor & Advisor
Mar 2017
Credi2 is the leading specialist for white label solutions in the field of pay later payments. The fintech enables banks and issuers to offer modern credit and debit based financing products in an end-to-end approach through its awarded BNPL-as-a-Service platform. Clients include Volkswagen Bank, Raiffeisen Bank International, Deutsche Bank, Apple, Cyberport, and VISA. Together with them, credi2 launched and operates innovative and responsible payment solutions in a short period of time. The Vienna based scale-up was founded in 2015 by Daniel Strieder, Michael Handler and Jörg Skornschek. Credi2 is a rapidly growing fintech with currently nearly 50 employees from all over Europe.
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