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Sparring Capital Partners

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About Sparring Capital Partners

Investor type

VC firm

First check

$1M to $5M

Lead

Always

Themes

wearables
identity
military
machine learning
industrial revolution
AI
machine vision
fashion
wind
renewables
defensetech
LLM
genAI
clean energy
oil
dual use
robotics
data
3d printing
security
IIoT
smart clothes
smart manufacturing
renewable
dual-use
clothing
smartgrid
privacy
defence
industrial IoT
artificial intelligence
weapons
batteries
cybersecurity
cyber-security
computer vision
defense
gas
army
IoT
cyber security
additive manufacturing
battery
grid
industry 4
3d-printing
smart factory
smart grid
deep learning
advanced manufacturing
industrial
ML
generative AI
clothes
solar
data science
smart grids
agents
photovoltaic
smartgrids
big data energy industry 4.0
neural network
manufacturing
utilities
authentication
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Funding Stages

2. Prototype3. Early Revenue4. Scaling5. Growth

Countries of investment

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Who we are

Vienna-based growth investor. European resilience through transformative technologies. Defence, Cybersecurity, Advanced Manufacturing, AI & Data Science, Energy. Pre-Series-A. Co-entrepreneurship, not asset management. Deal-by-deal, no blind pool.

Funding Requirements

We invest in fast-growing, pre-Series-A tech companies in Defence & Cybersecurity, Advanced Manufacturing, AI & Data Science, and Energy. Our co-entrepreneurship model means senior operators take hands-on roles in a concentrated portfolio. Deal-by-deal, no blind pool, >10% GP co-investment, 3–5-year horizon.

Value add

We apply a co-entrepreneurship model: ultra hands-on value creation led by senior operators in a focused, high-conviction portfolio. Our deal-by-deal structure, meaningful GP commitment, and 3–5-year horizon are designed for speed, focus, and alignment.

Locations

Stubenring 24/9, 1010 Vienna, Austria HQ

Sparring Capital Partners Team

Dominic Nowotny

Dominic Nowotny

Partner

"Vienna-based growth investor. European resilience through transformative technologies. Defence, Cybersecurity, Advanced Manufacturing, AI & Data Science, Energy. Pre-Series-A. Co-entrepreneurship, not asset management."

Marc Hoffmann

Marc Hoffmann

Analyst

"Sparring Capital brings together entrepreneurs, family offices and industry professionals to back European tech businesses — acting as operational sparring partners to help management teams execute faster and more reliably."

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