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Greiner Innoventures

At Greiner Innoventures, we are convinced that there are no wrong ideas when it comes to innovation. That is why we look to where the future is already happening today and consistently implement these future topics in an entrepreneurial manner. As a strategic investor, we support start-ups in taking their business idea to the next level.

Freedom to innovate instead of rigid mindsets

Innovative start-ups and established industry can benefit enormously from each other if the ideas complement each other well, thus creating new opportunities. Detached from classic research and development in the company, we work in a supportive manner and try to give people with ideas a platform for their development that operates according to the laws of a start-up. We not only have the freedom, but also the duty of addressing issues that cannot be solved in our three divisions or even go beyond them.

By investing in start-ups in the circular economy, we promote and support sustainable business ideas and innovative solutions with a clear focus on enabling a closed loop in the sense of reduce, reuse, recycle. Our aim is to develop new buidling blocks of the Greiner portfolio from investments and spin-offs.

€100k to €500k
Initial investment volume
Circular Economy as an investment focus
Europe as a geographical focus
25%
Initial limit of the shareholding
Highly motivated, experienced founders & team players
Greiner Innoventures

Our portfolio

More than ever, innovations are the game changer. We need to rethink our products and their use, from disposable to reusable, from linear to circular. By investing in start-ups in the circular economy, we promote and support sustainable business ideas and innovative solutions with a clear focus on enabling a closed loop in the sense of reduce, reuse, recycle.

Start-up Portfolio
Greiner Zeroplast

Our subsidiary Greiner Zeroplast pursues the goal of creating alternatives to current thermoplastics for everyday use. Greiner Zeroplast develops globally unique bio-based and mineral-based materials for industrial injection molding series production.

Managing Director: Philipp Kranewitter
Founded: as Greiner Zeroplast September 2022

Start-up Portfolio
MATR

MATR is the first all-in-one mattress solution for hotels based on the principles of circular economy and characterized by a premium mattress made of only two high-quality materials, uncomplicated digital mattress management and flexible financing.

Founders: Verena Judmayer, Michaela Stephen
Foundation: July 2022

Start-up Portfolio
Hempstatic

Hempstatic processes high-quality agricultural residues of industrial hemp to make insulating materials. The hemp hurds are used to produce building materials that offer excellent thermal and noise insulation properties. The insulation materials are CO2-neutral and can either be reused or recycled at the end of their useful life. 

Founders: Elena Yaneva, Igor Fekete
Foundation: January 2022

Start-up Portfolio
Temprify

Temprify’s reusable transport solution enables the delivery of temperature-sensitive goods entirely without dry ice and recurrent packaging waste. Compared with existing cooling solutions, temprify offers a climate-friendly and cost-effective alternative.

Founder: Moriz Lanzerstorfer
Foundation: January 2018

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We look forward to exchanging ideas

Do you have a promising idea, are you part of an innovative start-up or looking for an investor? 

Our manifesto

Continuity requires a spirit of innovation.

Greiner has been around for more than 155 years and is here to stay. Innovation is needed in order to remain successful.

Transformation requires courage and agility. 

Our team of experts for corporate foresight and corporate venture investments ensures this.

Agility lies within a strategic framework.

The Greiner Group sets the strategic course for investments and development priorities within Greiner Innoventures.

Courage is needed to take new paths.

We not only observe trends but also search for new ideas and identify forward-looking, innovative technologies and business models. We also assess their suitability, create the material and organizational conditions for their application and ensure their subsequent commercial exploitation. This reflects not only our daily activities but also our mission.

Our team

The people behind Greiner Innoventures

Our interdisciplinary team at Greiner Innoventures makes sure that no ideas are bad ideas when it comes to innovation. While we bring a colorful mix of backgrounds and experiences to the table, we have something essential in common: We don’t just accept things because they’ve always been that way. We support our start-ups in the circular economy in implementing sustainable business ideas and innovative solutions.

Roland Riepl
Managing Director
Lukas Seemann
Senior Expert Innovation Manager
María José Molina Bravo
Senior Expert Innovation Manager
Philipp Kranewitter
Senior Expert Innovation Manager
Jürgen Kurz
Senior Venture & Business Model Manager
Christoph Zipko
Senior Venture & Business Model Manager
Roland Riepl
Managing Director
Lukas Seemann
Senior Expert Innovation Manager
María José Molina Bravo
Senior Expert Innovation Manager
Philipp Kranewitter
Senior Expert Innovation Manager
Jürgen Kurz
Senior Venture & Business Model Manager
Christoph Zipko
Senior Venture & Business Model Manager
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