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Serial Entrepreneur & Business Angel - CURRENTLY NOT INVESTING!

Hi dear friends and followers, This is my traditional annual summary of my business angel activities over the last 12 months. ✅ 2023 was challenging; that's a fact we're all familiar with. Unfortunately, my prediction from a year ago that fundraising would become even more difficult turned out to be accurate. For many companies, minimizing expenditures and increasing run rates became imperative. In cases where existing investors were unwilling or unable to provide bridge financing, the outcome was often a firesale or the liquidation of the company. While, in many instances, this represented a long-overdue correction, it, regrettably, impacted even 'good' companies. In this challenging environment, all the companies within the Hans(wo)men Group performed admirably. Those who had to adjust their cost structures successfully navigated the changes, while those already at break-even or profitable stages continued to grow as planned or even exceeded expectations Perhaps owing to our more cautious investment approach compared to many venture capitalists, we have consistently avoided endorsing extravagant burn rates. Having a contingency plan in place is much more manageable when operating with lower burn rates 😎. In 2023, our focus shifted towards consolidation within our portfolio. We dedicated substantial efforts to portfolio management, including 14 follow-on investments and eight bridge loans into existing portfolio companies. ✅  With our great team, the strong and talented individuals Lisa Pallweber, - Helena Torras -, and Pavlina (comprising a 75% female team!), we are well-prepared to navigate whatever comes our way and make the best out of the circumstances. #happyhansi 😇 ✅ Statistics: 39 total startup transactions (=money/shares involved):   ➡️ 24 (last year: 33) investment transactions ·      1 (6) NEW lead investment: WoWplay ·      6 (10) NEW CO-investments (Vitaance, Ohana, trppn, reebuild. +2) ·      3 (9) NEW fund investments ·      14 (8) equity-investments in the existing portfolio (Ada Growth, Shopstory, Storebox, LEVY Health, Doshi, MEETOPTICS, Anyline, credi2, techbold technology group AG, Mimo, hello again +3) ➡️ 8 (8) bridge/convertible loans ➡️ 1 (0) exit (very small 😎) ➡️ 3 (0) writeoffs ➡️ 3 (5) other operations (typically with heavy workload) - LineMetrics (restructuring with promising restart), Coinpanion (merged into Altify), +1 ➡️➡️ Our current portfolio includes now 51(49) active startup-investments + 17 VC investments ·      33 active members of Hans(wo)men Group (plus 12 alumni) ·      31 out of the 51 are companies based in Austria   Thank you to all startup founders - nothing of this would be possible without you 🙏. My big personal goal for 2024 is getting healthier and being able to do sports again 🙏 .   I wish all of you a wonderful New Year 2024. Stay (or get) healthy & positive. Take care but conquer the world. Love people (and tell them). And never give up :-).   All the best Hansi

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Christiane Holzinger

Steuerexpertin, Autorin, Aufsichtsrätin, Keynotespeakerin, Business Angel of the year 2023 🏆, Finanzcoach

10mo

Ach Hansi - was soll ich sagen: you are the best! Du bist ein großartiger Mensch, Investor, Sparrinpartner, Zuhörer und vieles mehr! Bleib so wie du bist! Ich wünsche dir und deiner Familie Gesundheit, Abenteuerlust, Zeit und Liebe! Mein allergrösster Respekt für dein Wirken! Du bist ein Diamant für unsere Gesellschaft! Danke, dass du immer abhebst, wenn du gebraucht wirst! Happy 2024 🫶🏼🍀

- Helena Torras -

Tech Investor Hans(wo)menGroup. Digital Non-Executive Director x2. Former CEO x3. Innovation. #TOP100: Europe’s most influential Venture Capital #100Digitalization Leaders Spain #W50 Spain #Top100 women leaders

10mo

Johann 'Hansi' Hansmann Lisa Pallweber Pavlina Hansmann (Opatrna) working alongside with you this year is beyond what words can express. Thank you Hansi, Lisa, Pavli for all this year and looking forward to all what is still to come! Hansi I would follow your advice: I love you all! ❤️

Christoph Richter

Trading | Token Launch | Account Abstraction

10mo

Nice. I believe focusing the work on the existing portfolio makes it an even more productive year than usual - especially the tough topics typically means progress as a result.

Nice! I really like the openness of this! I am documenting my start up journey and its currently day 253 since I started nooon in a hotel room in Helsinki. Im trying to build in the open and inspire others and learn as much as possible! Cool post and I like how you actually break it down!

Deepali Nangia

Partner: Speedinvest - Emerging Markets, Gender Lens Investing, Micro GPs, Co-Founder - Alma Angels, Awarded Linklaters 'Pioneering Woman of the Year' - 2024

10mo

Happy new year Hansi! Thank you for the transparency - it is refreshing and always standing for what you believe in - female founders and of course us at Speedinvest! 🙏🏽. Happy new year and see you very soon.

thank you for all your support this year Lisa Pallweber & Hansi ☕ 🚀

Mario Fraiss-Kollmanitsch

Connecting Gen-XYZ | Identifying digital blind spots | CEO & Serial Entrepreneur | Investor | Moderator & Speaker | Mentor | Global Networker

9mo

Liebe Johann 'Hansi' Hansmann danke dir für deine Offenheit und Transparenz! Es ist wichtig nicht immer alles schön zu Reden und auch Mit zur Wahrheit zu zeigen und das tust du, dein Team und die gesamte Hans(wo)men Group 🙏🏻👍🏻

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Arne Nostitz-Rieneck

"We are not Human-Beings, we are Human-Becomings" | Founder of Points4Change (SocialCard) - Cashless donations. | Director for Commercials, Music-Videos and Film & XR/VR/AR Storytelling

10mo

happy new year and congratulations on this past one. all the best that sports are coming next year as well, i know the struggle. 🥳

Michael Hock

Partner, Motive Ventures

10mo

Overall well done Hansi, Lisa and team. Thank you for your support in 2023 and all the best for a happy and healthy new year!

Kosima Kovar

CEO & Co-Founder of Viora | 2x Forbes 30u30 | Serial Impact Fempreneur | TEDx Speaker | International Keynote Speaker | YTILI U.S. Department of State | Female EdTech Fellow Europe | Board Member

10mo

Thank you for your constant support! Looking forward to a wonderful 2024 together!

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