BRANDL TALOS advised KOMPAS on its Series A investment in prewave

Press release • Venture Capital & Start Ups from Adrian Zuschmann, Roman Rericha, Raphael Toman

Prewave just announced its 11m Series A funding round. It was co-led by KOMPAS, a Danish based venture capital firm focusing on businesses that accelerate the digital transformation and industrial automation across the built environment, and Ventech.

Further, pre-wave’s early-stage investors aws Gründerfonds, IST cube, seed + speed, Segnalita, Speedinvest and Working Capital Fund participated in the round. Prewave is a spin-off from Vienna University of Technology and was founded in 2017 by Dr. Lisa Smith and Harald Nitschinger. The company uses an AI-powered platform to analyse millions of online sources in more than fifty languages to find, categorise and directly address the risks that might impact supply chains.

A team from BRANDL TALOS led by Roman Rericha with the support of Adrian Zuschmann, Elena Ciresa and Raphael Toman advised lead-investor KOMPAS in relation to the transaction. Ventech has been advised by Herbst Kinsky (Philipp Kinsky and Angelika Kurz) and Prewave by WMWP Rechtsanwälte (Paul Koppenwallner).

The team

Adrian Zuschmann

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Partner / Corporate Law & Transactions, Venture Capital & Start Ups

Adrian specializes in corporate transactions, advising institutional and strategic investors, founders, and growth companies.
His practice centers on navigating clients through complex financing rounds, M&A and private equity transactions, portfolio investments, and exit strategies.

JUVE Verlag has recognized Adrian as a "rising star" in M&A for two consecutive years and included him in its inaugural "14 under 40" ranking for Austria.

Queen Mary University of London (MSc Law & Finance 2020)
University of Vienna, Faculty of Law (Magister iuris 2015)

Roman Rericha

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Roman advises on complex cross-border M&A and private equity transactions. He also regularly supports foreign and Austrian venture capital funds with investments in Austria as well as start-ups in large-scale financing rounds.

University of Vienna, Faculty of Law (Mag. iur. 2005),
Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics, (Mag. rer.soc.oec. 2007)

Raphael Toman

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Partner / Legal Tech, IP & Data Protection, Regulatory, Capital Markets, Compliance & Internal Investigations, Banking, Insurance and Securities Regulation Law

Raphael advises national and international financial service providers in proceedings before civil and administrative courts (as well as before the Austrian Financial Market Authority) and on regulatory issues, money laundering prevention, sanctions, and crypto assets. He also represents clients from various industries in (cross-border) litigation. He further supports companies in data protection matters and is the data protection officer for, among others, a biotech company, an international sports association, and an international e-money issuer.

University of Vienna, Faculty of Law (Mag. iur. 2011, Dr. iur. 2019)
New York University, University of Vienna academic excellence scholarship (LL.M. 2017)
admitted to the New York bar (2017)
Stagiaire at the International Chamber of Commerce (2018)

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