Primary Job Title Founder and Managing Partner Primary Organization XISTA Science Ventures
Location Austria, Europe Regions European Union (EU), Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
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After a successful fifteen-year career in investments and strategy consulting, Markus started TWIST, IST’s tech transfer organisation, and has been driving the development of IST PARK, the technology park adjacent to IST Austria. His background is in venture capital investing with Safeguard Scientifics and the European Investment Fund, strategy
consulting with the Boston Consulting Group, and principal investment with QIA, the state fund of Qatar. He has supported several startups in the process, energy and tech industries, is a member of IST’s tech transfer committee, is the panel head for Science Foundation Ireland‘s Technology Innovation Award, and is a member of the investment committee of Accent, a local incubation program. He has an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School, an MSc from TU Vienna, and an MIM from WU Vienna and HEC Paris.
