With more than 15 years of entrepreneurial experience in the mobile and internet industries and 14 years as co-founder of Speedinvest, Oliver Holle is a leading expert in Europe’s technology startup scene.

In 1997, he founded one of the first European internet startups. After two successful mergers, 3united was sold for €55M to US giant VeriSign in 2006, and Oliver worked for the company in Silicon Valley for several years, overseeing their mobile business and more than 600 employees.

In 2011, he returned to Austria and secured €10M from private investors to found Speedinvest. As of 2025, the early-stage venture capital fund has more than €1B in AuM, +350 portfolio companies, five offices across Europe, and is routinely ranked as one of Europe’s most successful and most active early-stage venture capital funds.