Speedinvest Heroes to raise €1.5 million from angel investors and FFG.

Speedinvest Heroes, a Vienna, Austria-based HR company, announced completing a funding round of about €1.5 million ($1.8M).

The money was raised from local investors from Switzerland and Austria.

The company was spunoff from the Austrian VC Speedinvest in 2019 by CEO Maria Baumgartner and Lukas Rippitsch as it aimed to focus on the startups from their portfolio. The company also operates a job platform launched in 2021, and is backed by investors including Henrik Herr.