OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger Invests Into Austrian RegTech Startup signteq

Vienna-based RegTech startup signteq has closed a seven-figure funding round, and the headline name in the group is Peter Steinberger. The Austrian software entrepreneur built PSPDFKit, later drew attention with the open-source project OpenClaw, and earlier this year joined OpenAI, as Trending Topics reported.

He is not alone. Runtastic co-founder René Giretzlehner, Franz-Mayr-Melnhof-Saurau Beteiligungs GmbH and other investors are also in the round. Compass-Verlag, already a shareholder since 2024, is putting in more money and increasing its stake. Signteq did not reveal the exact size of the round or its valuation, only that the amount is in the millions.

Founded in Vienna in 2019 and led by Simon Schnabl, signteq tries to pack a messy stack of regulated steps into one platform: digital identity verification, KYC and KYB checks, screening against PEP and sanctions lists, and qualified electronic signatures. Each part can stand alone, or the whole thing can be stitched into a single onboarding flow. The company says data is processed within the EU, and its identification process has been audited against ETSI TS 119 461 v2.

The customer list already stretches from banking into fintech and the public sector. Raiffeisen Banking Group, BAWAG, BTV, BKS Bank and Wüstenrot are on it, along with froots, Conda, Cryptonow and WhiteBIT. Biogena used the platform for investor onboarding, and Wiener Wohnen, Europe’s largest municipal housing management company, awarded signteq a tender. The company says it is active in Germany, Switzerland and several countries in Southeastern and Eastern Europe, and the new money is meant to push further expansion, starting with Germany and Switzerland.

The timing is doing a lot of work here. signteq is leaning on the European Digital Identity Wallet, eIDAS 2.0 and the EU’s Anti-Money Laundering Regulation, all of which make identity and compliance harder to keep in separate boxes. The company is also building a new line called Know Your Agent, aimed at a future where AI agents can buy, pay and sign on behalf of people or companies. That is the real tell: the market is already moving from knowing your customer to knowing your agent.