Marc Reiner

AWS is a public sector entity whose mission is to promote the development of innovative companies and the commercialization of new technologies in Austria. The firm focuses on academic research likely to give rise to high-growth commercial startups. The Uni Venture fund is invested in dynamic early-stage businesses based on high-technology research in Austrian universities and research institutes. The fund holds investments related to information and communication technology, biotechnology, medical technology, multimedia, and other advanced technologies. AWS invests in the form of direct equity participations.

Lead Equities is an active, medium- to long-term manager which invests in later-stage, medium-sized companies in various sectors including automotive, engineering, electronics, health care and consumer. The firm focuses on investments in Austria and bordering EC countries, typically targeting Austrian mid-market 'old-economy' companies. They seek to invest in established companies with a successful management team, a strong market position and growth potential in situations where they can add substantial value, such as expansion and development, buy-and-build, successions, MBOs and MBIs. Lead Equities partners with their investee companies, usually assuming non-executive director positions and helping to support their strategic and operational challenges by providing a specialized know-how and experience including acquisition financing, M&A, IPOs and corporate restructuring. The firm's Management Team structures and executes their investments.