About Us
Merope Capital family office, founded in 2020, enables efficient and individual management of portfolios and offers reliable control over the assets to be managed.
Building Innovative Businesses
The focus is on the investment arm of the family office, the personal development of the entrepreneurs and operational support in building up the investments. The family office creates more perspectives and is a creative sparring partner for innovative topics.
Making an Impact Across the Globe
To achieve sustainable growth, we have established a vision with clear goals:
- Profit: Maximizing return to share owners while being mindful of our overall responsibilities.
- People: Being a great place to work where people are inspired to be the best they can be.
- Portfolio: Bringing to the world a portfolio of several brands that anticipate and satisfy peoples’ desires and needs.
- Partners: Nurturing a winning network of partners and building mutual loyalty.
- Planet: Being a responsible global citizen that makes a difference.
Founders
The entrepreneur Josef Katzgraber, an expert in Tourism, FinTech and Blockchain Investments, Herbert Schoderböck specialist in M&A and the Visionary, Investor and Real Estate specialist Günter Kerbler have created a space with Merope Capital in which innovations become reality.
Josef Katzgraber
MANAGING PARTNER
Herbert Schoderböck
MANAGING PARTNER
Günter Kerbler
FOUNDER
Advisory Board
“If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough.”
Martin Hagleitner
Investor
Anna Iarotska
Founder & CEO
Robo Wunderkind Inc.
Andreas Stadlbauer
Start-Up Investor
Martin Fröhler
Co-Founder & CEO
Morpher Austria
Georg Brameshuber
Assistant Professor
Vienna University
Konstantin Klingler
Start-up Specialist
Education:
- Doctorat European Institut for European- Business- und Antitrust Law
- MBA Programm Warwick Business School,
Career:
- AUSTRIA EMAIL AG board member since 2018 additional group management GROUPE ATLANTIC (Paris) for Germany-Austria-Switzerland
- 2003 – 2010 MALIK MANAGEMENT ZENTRUM ST. GALLEN, ÖSTERREICH / CEE Managing Director
- 1999 – 2003 BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON Top Management Consultant LONDON – MUNICH – VIENNA
Functions assigned:
- since 2017 ZUKUNFTSFORUM SHL (Energy Efficiency) -Vice Chairman
- since 2017 CAFE + Co GmbH -Supervisory Board
- since 2010 INDUSTRIELLENVEREINGUNG Committe Member
- 2015 – 2018 VIENNA ESTATE AG Supervisory Board
- 2008 – 2011 AUSTRIA CARD GmbH Supervisory Board
- 2009 – 2012 ÖSTERR. LOTTERIEN GmbH Supervisory Board
- BUNDESPENSIONSKASSE AG Supervisory Board
- 2003 – 2007 ÖSTERR. TELEKOM MEMBER CONTROL COMMISSION
Anna Iarotska graduated from the London School of Economics and worked in investment management and consulting before she entered the start-up world. With a vision of helping children to realize their potential in science, engineering and technology, she founded an award-winning edtech company Robo Wunderkind.
Anna is one of the top opinion leaders in digital educational trends in Europe and has been named one of the top 100 Edtech influencers in 2020 by Edtech Digest. In 2019 she won the prestigious Spark award – The German Digital Prize in the category “Female Founder”.
Education:
London School of Economics, MSc (Merit) in Development Management
Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Masterclass CEE programme
Kyiv National Economics University, Master (Hons) in International Business Management
Career:
2014 – currently ROBO WUNDERKIND, Co-founder & CEO
2011 – 2014 Independent consultant for such clients as GIZ (Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), VSO International, Mitsubishi Research Institute Inc., various startup teams
2007 – 2011 IMMOFINANZ AG, Managing Director for 8 project companies, Senior Group Controller
2006 – 2007 WEDO M27 Unternehmensberatung, Analyst
Department of Tax and Financial Law | Lawyer | Certified Public Tax Adviser | Crypto Trustee at Validvent | Lecturer | Author | Co-Founder (loobio, SimplyTokenized, FinFortus) | Expertise: Blockchain, DLT & Crypto Assets, Tax Law, Corporate and Commercial Law, M&A | Member of the Advisory Council of Blockchain for Europe | Member of the Board of the Digital Asset Association Austria
Konstantin is currently a student of politics, philosophy and economics at King’s College London. He has collected experience in the startup ecosystem by working for Global Founders Capital, Europe’s largest technology investor and by working for the Y-combinator backed startup Fizz. Previously he has also initiated Europe’s first online Covid-19 symptom checker, a math learning app for Austrian students (supported by the ministry of education) and a local commerce startup. Konstantin has also participated in the TV show “2 Minuten 2 Millionen” and is listed in the Forbes 30 under 30 list.
Long term experience with development, production and marketing for toys and entertainment products
Background: Nintendo, Carrera, Playmobil, Timex
Strategic Consultant for various companies within the Toy-industry
Co-Founder and CEO of EQUINOX Consulting & Investment GmbH
Education
• MS Technical Mathematics, Vienna University of Technology
Career
• Since 2018: Co-Founder and CEO of Morpher, Austria
• 2014-2018: Founder and CEO of Quantiacs, USA
• 2012-2014: Managing Director of IdeaLab Research GmbH, Switzerland
• 2007-2012: Senior Quantitative Analyst, IdeaLab Research GmbH, Austria
Long term experience with development, production and marketing for toys and entertainment products
Background: Nintendo, Carrera, Playmobil, Timex
Strategic Consultant for various companies within the Toy-industry
Co-Founder and CEO of EQUINOX Consulting & Investment GmbH
Contact Us
Merope Capital GmbH
Rudolfsplatz 9
1010 Vienna, Austria