Sebastian Kurz invests in his first start-up
Anna-Lena Malter
| 12.08.2022
Austria's ex-chancellor is embarking on a new career as an investor. His first target: a medtech.
Austria's former chancellor Sebastian Kurz has made his first startup investment, according to a report by Profil. According to the report, the former chancellor bought shares in Medaia GmbH, an Austrian medtech company founded in 2019 and headquartered in Graz.
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Kurz joined Thiel Capital, Peter Thiel's firm, in February 2022. He is a co-founder of PayPal and a self-described Trump supporter. However, there had already been hints of Kurz's own investment ambitions. The Kurier, for example, had first reported in July 2022 that Kurz intended to work with former Deutsche Bank supervisory board member and Austrian investor Alexander Schütz via AS2K Beteiligungs GmbH.
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