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Latest Florian Gschwandtner News
Aug 24, 2022
How Runtastic came out flying without investors. Florian Gschwandtner is one of the most prominent founders and entrepreneurs in Austria. In 2009, he launched what would become one of the world’s most heavily used sports apps–Runtastic. In 2015, he landed a massive EUR 220m exit when Adidas came calling. He recently sat down with Philipp Westermeyer, Founder of OMR (Online Marketing Rockstars), for the OMR Podcast, to discuss why he decided to sell Runtastic to the German sports apparel brand, which levers Runtastic employed to generate 160,000 organic downloads in a single day and how it came to be that an Austrian farmer’s son became Austria’s most famous founder. Philipp made the trek to Vienna for a live podcast recording in front of a live The post “We rang in the digital age at Adidas,” Runtastic founder Florian Gschwandtner appeared first on Business of Apps.
Florian Gschwandtner Investments
16 Investments
Florian Gschwandtner has made 16 investments. Their latest investment was in Puck as part of their Angel on June 6, 2022.

Florian Gschwandtner Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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6/23/2022 | Angel | Puck | Yes | 1 | ||
6/2/2022 | Angel | Ohana | Yes | Florian Gschwandtner, and Undisclosed Angel Investors | 1 | |
4/12/2022 | Seed VC - III | Coinpanion | $4.02M | No | Andreas Kupke, Bernhard Niesner, Florian Gschwandtner, Gerald Resch, High-Tech Grunderfonds, Johannes Braith, Lucanus Polagnoli, Michael Hurnaus, Michael Poetscher, Moritz Thiele, Undisclosed Angel Investors, Wicklow Capital, and Wolfgang Reisinger | 2 |
1/24/2022 | Seed VC | |||||
12/13/2021 | Bridge |
Date | 6/23/2022 | 6/2/2022 | 4/12/2022 | 1/24/2022 | 12/13/2021 |
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Round | Angel | Angel | Seed VC - III | Seed VC | Bridge |
Company | Puck | Ohana | Coinpanion | ||
Amount | $4.02M | ||||
New? | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Co-Investors | Florian Gschwandtner, and Undisclosed Angel Investors | Andreas Kupke, Bernhard Niesner, Florian Gschwandtner, Gerald Resch, High-Tech Grunderfonds, Johannes Braith, Lucanus Polagnoli, Michael Hurnaus, Michael Poetscher, Moritz Thiele, Undisclosed Angel Investors, Wicklow Capital, and Wolfgang Reisinger | |||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Florian Gschwandtner Portfolio Exits
1 Portfolio Exit
Florian Gschwandtner has 1 portfolio exit. Their latest portfolio exit was Brutkasten on May 17, 2023.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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5/17/2023 | Corporate Majority | 2 |
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Sources | 2 |