Capital Partners
We are a female-led company, investing angel tickets in (preferably female-led) European startups in all industries.
The Team
Christiane Holzinger
CEO & Lead Investor
Christiane Holzinger is a certified tax consultant and managing director of the Klagenfurt and Vienna tax consulting firm 360° Business Planner GmbH. She is also the co-founder and managing director of the startup company Start-up Stars GmbH. She is an expert in the field of contemporary corporate finance from classic to crowdfunding, start-up topics and Grants.
Christiane supports visionaries, founders and game changers in the positioning and the market entry of their ideas.
Natascha Fürst
Advisor
Natascha Fürst is an expert on gender and climate justice. True to the motto "action inspires action", she campaigns for the visibility of women and their potential for economy, society, science and the environment.
Together with 13 other women, she sailed across the Atlantic to conduct microplastic research.
Natascha is the author of various articles on the topics: “XX economy”, plastic pollution as well as gender bias in law.
Marlene Gratzer
Advisor
Marlene is an architect and creative problem solver. She has advised numerous companies and start-ups on the design of their office spaces. In addition to her consulting work, she has created new work environments and gained insight into how these various companies work on a daily basis. Her interdisciplinary approach on and for people focuses on the impact of design, its relationship and connection with users. In doing so, she questions how spaces should be designed to encourage and challenge creative ideas.
Lena Köninger
Advisor
Lena has been part of the Austrian Startup ecosystem for many years. She has experience in venture building, startup operations and financing. Currently, she is experiencing the corporate world as part of the strategy team at Austrian Railways. At her previous position at at Female Founders she was conceptualizing and operating one of Europe's top 8 accelerators for diverse founding teams. Lena is also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Hub in Vienna.