The secret of getting ahead
is getting started.
- Mark Twain
We invest in passionate founders at angel and seed stage.
Startup investments
from founders
Investing in startups since 2015
57startup investments
38active ventures
12exits
>1bn €raised by ventures
>2,000people employed by ventures
We know how it feels
jvh-ventures was brought to life by Johannis Hatt, who founded companies like productsup and FaceAdNet.
With more than 20 years of combined entrepreneurial experience, we support founders with everything we learned in various fields of the startup space and beyond.
Our approach
We focus on angel and seed-stage investments in highly scalable startups that operate in growing markets and are led by dedicated and passionate entrepreneurs.
We invest in people we would love to work with and who are capable to implement the quick iterations needed to make a startup company successful.
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We like to partner early with startups and be the first investor on board.
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We always look for highly scalable solutions and sales structures that are able to change the status quo of their industries.
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We invest in all kinds of industries and are eager to continuously learn about innovative business models and products.
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We believe in iterative progress, and want to support founders who are capable of integrating learnings quickly.
Spotlight
CoachHub
CoachHub is a digital people development platform for personalized, measurable, scalable coaching programs and sustainable behavior change.
The global CoachHub pool consists of over 3,500 certified business coaches in 90 countries across six continents.
SUMM AI
SUMM AI makes the web more accessible by simplifying complicated website texts with the click of a button.
Their SaaS platform features their proprietary ChatGPT for “easy language” which helps institutions and businesses to make their content easy to understand.
Kyte
Kyte delivers your rental car right to your doorstep.
By finding the perfect balance of technological and operational excellence while ensuring a seamless and enjoyable customer experience, Kyte is simply reimagining transportation.
Our companies
Collaborations with leading VCs
We are invested in several funds and are able to provide direct routes to leading VCs and PEs.
Some more of our co-investors
HV Capital
Partech
Cadence
Verena Pausder
SEK Ventures
Speedinvest
Point 9
Emma Tracey
DN Capital
Softbank
Venture Stars
Mario Götze
Florian Heinemann
Sofina
Google Ventures
Visionaries
Peak
Draper Esprit
Björn Jopen
Capnamic
Lea Sophie Cramer
NCA
InterAlpen Partners
Techstars
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Follow our insights
We realized there is often a pretty large gap in mutual understanding between founders and investors.
As we know both sides of the table, we started the mission to close this gap!
Dive into our pieces on VC, angel investing and venture capital.
Need some sparring?
Get to know us with 30 min of sparring!
We are happy to support all kind of founders, not just our portfolio companies.
Apply for a sparring session: Sales, Pricing, HR, Hiring, Founder Troubles, Product, or just general Feedback.
This offer is for free. Please don’t use it as a pitch session.
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“Learning from successful founders can make a huge difference. Often very small things can make a big impact.”
Patrick Koch
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“A great session. What you need as a founder is an external 'truth mindset', which ideally is based on real-life experience and knowledge 🙏🏽”
Utena Treves
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I really appreciate how quickly Johannis understands complex issues and questions in the right places. It helped me to bring my business to another level.
Florian Pinger
CEO Auteon
Art & alternative investments
Besides the activities in the venture space, Johannis passionately invests into arts & collectibles.
