Our Team
Experienced team with diverse background
Managing Director
Managing Director
Managing Director
Investment Manager
Investment Manager
Investment Manager
Investment Associate
Associate
Investment Associate
Investment Analyst
Assistant to the Management | Risk Controller
Business Manager Marketing
Patrik Cesky
Managing Director
Patrik Cesky has been Managing Director of aws Fondsmanagement GmbH, aws Gründungsfonds and aws Gründerfonds since January 2024. He has been active in various roles in investment management and corporate leadership since 2010.
Most recently, he helped establish a venture capital initiative focused on growth financing in the DACH and CEE regions at ERSTE Private Capital GmbH. From 2018 to 2021, he served as Managing Director of the biotechnology company EUCODIS Bioscience, where he successfully implemented a restructuring that ultimately led to the sale of the company. Prior to that, as a Senior Investment Manager at ARAX Capital Partners, he oversaw investments in numerous deep tech companies, actively supporting their management and providing strategic input as an advisory board member. He played a key role in preparing and executing multiple exits through company sales and IPOs on European and American stock exchanges.
Patrik Cesky holds a Master's degree in Financial Management and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration.
Nina Dohrau
Managing Director
Nina Dohrau has been the Managing Director of aws Fondsmanagement GmbH, aws Gründungsfonds, and aws Gründerfonds since 2019. Previously, she worked for many years at Investkredit Bank AG and the Österreichische Volksbanken AG group. During this time, she distinguished herself as Head of the Corporate Finance Department, where she was responsible for fund and investment management, and held several supervisory board and executive roles in investment and fund management companies. Before that, she worked in International Corporate Banking at Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG and Raiffeisen Zentralbank AG in Prague and Vienna.
She graduated with a degree in Business Sciences from the Vienna University of Economics and Business and completed a postgraduate Finance MBA & MSc program at the University of British Columbia in Canada, in collaboration with Danube University Krems. Since 2013, Nina Dohrau has also been a lecturer on "Financial Restructuring Instruments" at the Kufstein University of Applied Sciences.
Markus Jandrinitsch
Managing Director
Markus Jandrinitsch has been the Managing Director of aws Fondsmanagement GmbH, aws Gründungsfonds and aws Gründerfonds since December 2023.
- He has been with the aws Gründerfonds since 2017. Before that, he worked for two years as a Consultant in Deals Advisory at PwC in Vienna.
- He studied Finance and Accounting at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) and gained experience in management consulting and auditing alongside his studies.
Peter Mühlbauer
Investment Manager
Peter Mühlbauer has been working as an Investment Manager since January 2024.
Previously, he founded and sold his own startup, "FRYNX," and subsequently worked for over five years as an Investment Manager at Peak Pride (the family office of the Haselsteiner Family Private Foundation, specializing in venture capital). He holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and a Master's degree in Strategy, Innovation & Management Control from the Vienna University of Economics and Business. During his studies, he completed semesters abroad at Bentley University in Boston and the Copenhagen Business School in Copenhagen.
Christian Pany
Investment Manager
Christian Pany has been working as an Investment Manager since March 2024.
In recent years, he helped establish the direct investments arm of the Flick Family Office and previously worked in investment banking. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, and Taxation from Vienna and a Master's degree in Finance from the University of Vaasa in Finland.
Lukas Punzet
Investment Manager
Lukas Punzet has been working in our investment team since 2021.
Previously, he worked as an Innovation Analyst at the Vienna-based innovation hub weXelerate, primarily focusing on corporate innovation and corporate-startup collaborations.
He studied Business Administration at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and earned his Master's degree in International Business with a focus on Strategy & Innovation from the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics.
Riju Roy
Investment Associate
Since October 2023, he has been working as an Investment Associate, building on several years of experience in corporate finance, particularly in transaction and restructuring advisory.
In addition to his education at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, he holds certifications in financial modeling and business valuation. His interests span from M&A, investment management, project finance and risk management.
Driven by a passion for startup funding and venture capital, he aims to catalyze positive changes and strengthen the Austrian startup landscape.
Anna Schauppenlehner
Associate
Anna Schauppenlehner has been with aws Fondsmanagement GmbH since 2019.
She completed her Master's degree in Financial Management and Controlling at the University of Applied Sciences for Management & Communication (FH Wien) of the Vienna Chamber of Commerce. During her studies, she worked for two years in risk controlling at Masterinvest Kapitalanlage GmbH.
Prior to that, she was employed at btov Partners AG in fund controlling and at KPMG in auditing at the Luxembourg office.
Dominik Kukovec
Investment Associate
Dominik Kukovec joined our investment team in July 2023.
Before that, he spent three years at PwC in auditing in Vienna. He began his career in banking at Volksbank and gained additional experience in M&A at OMV AG.
He completed his Bachelor's degree in Economics at the University of Graz and his Master's degree in Accounting and Finance at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. During his academic studies, he discovered his passion for the stock and crypto markets, as well as his interest in startups and venture capital.
Daniel Staufer
Investment Analyst
Daniel Staufer has been working as an Investment Analyst since May 2024.
Before this role, he worked at UniCredit Bank Austria AG in the areas of Planning & Controlling and Human Resources. After completing his Bachelor's degree in Management & Entrepreneurship at the University of Applied Sciences for Management & Communication (FH Wien), Daniel is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Strategy, Innovation, and Management Control at the Vienna University of Economics and Business.
Anna Paeck
Assistant to the Management | Risk Controller
Anna Paeck has been with aws Fondsmanagement GmbH since 2015, supporting the management in organizational matters as well as reporting and controlling activities.
Before and during her studies, she gained experience in various assistant roles. She studied Business Education at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), specializing in Human Resource Management.
Anna Gertner
Business Manager Marketing
Anna Gertner has been supporting us in Marketing & Communications as well as Investor Relations since December 2024.
Previously, she worked at a media agency and brings extensive experience in digital marketing. She completed her master's degree in Marketing and Consumer Research at FH Wiener Neustadt, Campus Wieselburg.