Best Internet First Media Companies in Austria
The 38 best Internet First Media companies in Austria in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Updatemi.
- PQ Media
- Galal & Karawi Management Consulting
Ranked: Best Internet First Media companies in Austria
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Updatemi App-based digital news aggregating platform | $3M | 133 mo ago | Deadpooled | Andreas Schietz Founder | 2013 | — | — |
| 2 | Newsadoo Online platform aggregating multi-categories news | $3M | 70 mo ago | Seed | Anna Hauer Co-Founder | 2017 | Radix UITailwind CSSshadcn/ui+11 | — |
| 3 | PRIA Provider of robotics education and research advancement | $668K | 76 mo ago | Funding Raised | Munir Merdan Co-Founder | 2012 | VarnishTailwind CSSGitHub Pages+5 | — |
| 4 | FreibeuterFilm They produce and support films, achieving recognition at prestigious film festivals | $341K | 44 mo ago | Funding Raised | Oliver Neumann Founder & Managing Director | 2008 | — | — |
| 5 | Newsgrape Interest based news streams aggregators | $121K | 177 mo ago | Deadpooled | Leo Fasbender Co-Founder | 2010 | — | — |
| 6 | Weekend Online platform offering blogs on diverisified sectors | $112K | 82 mo ago | Funding Raised | Christian Lengauer Managing Director | 2004 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyApple iCloud Mail+22 | — |
| 7 | Eurozine Digital platform that aggregates and connects cultural journals and associates | — | 76 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 1998 | WordPressMySQLPHP+11 | — |
| 8 | YASSSU Personalized multimedia news | — | 212 mo ago | Deadpooled | Roland L. Mueller Founder & CEO | 2007 | — | — |
Top 8 Internet First Media companies in Austria
#1
Funding Raised · Vienna, Vienna · founded 2008$341.3Kraised▾
They produce and support films, achieving recognition at prestigious film festivals. The company's work has been showcased at Cannes, Berlinale, and Viennale, among others. They have received numerous awards for their films, including accolades for best film, directing, and screenwriting. Their productions span various genres and have garnered critical acclaim. They are involved in all aspects of filmmaking, from initial concept to final release.
- Jan 2023Grant (prize money)$273.5K
- Nov 2021Grant (prize money)$67.8K
#2
Seed · Linz, Upper Austria · founded 2017 · 12 employees$2.6Mraised▾
Online platform aggregating multi-categories news. It provides news on various categories such as politics, business, finance, entertainment, sports, lifestyle, and others from multiple sources. Its mobile app is available for iOS and Android devices.
- Nov 2020Seed$2.6M
- Sep 2018Grant (prize money)—
#3
Funding Raised · Vienna, Vienna · founded 2012$667.8Kraised▾
Provider of robotics education and research advancement. It prepares and motivates the next generation of researchers, engineers, and scientists in robotics, automation, and information and communications technology. The institute fosters research and innovation within these fields.
- May 2020Grant (prize money)$62.1K
- May 2020Grant (prize money)$62.1K
- May 2018Grant (prize money)$105.8K
- Apr 2016Grant (prize money)$175.2K
#4
Deadpooled · Linz, Upper Austria · founded 2013$2.8Mraised▾
App-based digital news aggregating platform. The platform that offers AI-based summarized news from various sources to users. Also allows users to follow people and organizations in media sectors. The app is available for Android and iOS users.
- Jul 2015Seed$552.4K
- 2014Seed—
#5
Funding Raised · Linz, Upper Austria · founded 2004 · 55 employees$111.6Kraised▾
Online platform offering blogs on diverisified sectors. It offers daily highlights on various content such as news, people, facts, and emotions in various categories such as lifestyle, travel, leisure, digital, autos, stars, and fashion. It offers both print and digital media.
- Oct 2019Grant (prize money)$55.6K
- May 2019Grant (prize money)$56K
#6
Deadpooled · Vienna, Vienna · founded 2010$121.1Kraised▾
Newsgrape is a social news reader that connects like-minded people by creating interactive news streams based on their interest. It analyzes over 250k articles per day from established media and ranks them according to their performance on Twitter and users personal interests and preferred sources. Newsgrape was never able to achieve profitability and was ultimately shut down.
- Dec 2011Seed$30K
- Sep 2011Seed$30K
- Jan 2011Seed$16.1K
- Nov 2010Seed$15K
#7
Funding Raised · Wien, Wien · founded 1998—raised▾
Digital platform that aggregates and connects cultural journals and associates
#8
Deadpooled · Vienna, Vienna · founded 2007—raised▾
YASSSU was a personalized and on-demand news aggregator which comprised of 5000 media channels with more than 2 million episodes. Allowed users to agree/disagree to a news and on the basis of which new items were shown. Also operated a podcasting portal in German-speaking countries.
- Jan 2009Angel—
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