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Jochen Maaß is their Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He founded Hanse Ventures in 2010, together with the former CEO of Gruner + Jahr, Dr Bernd Kundrun, and the former CEO of Sony BMG, Rolf Schmidt-Holtz. Jochen (born in 1982) has been a web-entrepreneur since he was 15. He is one of Germany’s pioneers in on-line marketing. In 2000, he founded artaxo AG, which is now one of Germany’s leading search engine optimisation agencies. As a business angel, he has also already supported over 30 internet start-ups. Jochen studied Business IT. In 1999, he launched eBizzTalk, a networking event which has become a regular fixture of Hamburg’s internet industry.
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- • 94 investors hold the Co-Founder and Partner role in VCSift. Jochen Maaß is one of them.
- • 368 investors are based in Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated June 2026.
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- Hamburg, Germany
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