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Since 2005, Hasso Plattner Ventures encourages innovative ideas driven by information technology.
Hasso Plattner Ventures invests in fast-growing, information technology-driven companies in Europe and the USA on behalf of Prof. Dr. h.c. Hasso Plattner, co-founder and chairman of software giant SAP. The support we offer reaches beyond financial commitments. Our multifaceted work includes acting globally as a strategic partner for our information technology growth companies. In Germany, our commitment has taken also the form of a seed program for information technology startups coming out of the Hasso Plattner Institute.
After retiring from the operative business of SAP in 2003, Hasso Plattner was appointed Chairman of the company’s Supervisory Board. He has devoted his time to the promotion of science, innovation and entrepreneurship ever since.
To further these goals, Hasso Plattner founded Hasso Plattner Ventures on July 1st, 2005 in Potsdam, Germany. Hasso Plattner Ventures Africa launched as an affiliate in 2008, operating from Cape Town, South Africa.
Hasso Plattner Ventures manages four funds. HP Ventures I started in 2005, focusing on early stage software companies in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. In 2008, HP Ventures II and HP Ventures Africa launched, looking for investment opportunities in startup- and expansion-stage companies across the USA, Europe, Israel and South Africa.
As of 2015, HP Ventures III, a €150 million fund, focuses on fast-growing enterprise and infrastructure software companies mainly in Germany and the Silicon Valley.
Hasso Plattner – Co-founder of the software company SAP
Hasso Plattner (born in 1944) grew up in Berlin and Konstanz, Germany. He studied Communications Technology at the University of Karlsruhe.
His career started at IBM Germany in 1968. In 1972, Hasso Plattner and four colleagues founded the software company SAP in Walldorf. Hasso Plattner was responsible for the new company’s technology segment. When the company went public, he became a member of the Board, which he chaired from 1998. Since 2003, he has been the Chairman of the Supervisory Board.
Hasso Plattner is regarded as one of the most important and influential IT entrepreneurs world-wide, and has received numerous awards for success in business, as well as in science. His awards include honorary doctorates by the University of Saarbrücken (1990) and the University of Potsdam (2002). He teaches as a professor at the University of Potsdam. (Here you will find the link to the Wikipedia article on Hasso Plattner and to SAP)
Investments
Investing in fast-growing and information technology-driven companies.
Hasso Plattner Ventures invests solely in fast-growing and information technology-driven companies. We like to be the first institutional investor and help our companies grow leveraging our strong network and well-known brand.
INVESTMENT STRATEGY:
The technological edge of a company is our main focus for investment. We concentrate on information technology companies in Europe and the USA with a strong emphasis on IT in their value propositions. Our goal is to foster entrepreneurship, technology and innovation. In order to achieve this goal, we focus on growth investments.
VALUE PROPOSITION:
Funding: We provide seed and growth capital.
Brand: We offer a well-known brand that is directly linked to one of the most successful entrepreneurs in Germany, and in the information technology sector worldwide.
Network: We offer access to our global network, which includes other information technology-driven companies, large corporations and capital providers.
Strategic Support: We help as a strategic partner and provide support in terms of strategy, executive recruiting and partnering.
MISSION:
The mission of Hasso Plattner Ventures is to support and inspire young software and IT entrepreneurs as they successfully transform great technological ideas into sustainable, viable products and companies in Germany, as well as abroad. Furthermore, we want to leverage our know-how to enable startups to maximize their company’s value, and to achieve personal fulfillment.
Portfolio
Engagement focus: Information technology-driven companies in seed or growth stage.
Hasso Plattner Ventures is the umbrella brand for all engagements and investments of Hasso Plattner. Since 2005, Hasso Plattner has supported as well as directly or indirectly invested in more than 50 companies.
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- Exited
- Active
- Growth
- Seed stage

- Category: Exited
- Website: www.rib-software.com

- Category: Exited
- Contact: Yair Re'em
- Website: www.opensynergy.com

- Category: Active, Growth
- Contact: Yair Re'em
- Website: www.vera.com

- Category: Active, Growth
- Contact: Yair Re'em
- Website: www.robinsystems.com

- Category: Active, Growth
- Contact: Yair Re'em
- Website: www.reflektion.com

- Category: Active, Growth
- Contact: Yair Re'em
- Website: www.dreamlines.de

- Category: Exited
- Website: www.goeuro.de

- Category: Exited
- Website: www.deliveryhero.com

- Category: Exited
- Website: www.izettle.com

- Category: Exited
- Website: www.panaya.com

- Category: Exited
- Website: www.rebuy.de

- Category: Active, Seed stage
- Contact: Yair Re'em
- Website: www.intermix.io

- Category: Active, Seed stage
- Contact: Dr. Rouven Westphal
- Website: www.dubsmash.com

- Category: Active, Seed stage
- Contact: Yair Re'em
- Website: www.valsight.com

- Category: Exited
- Website: www.datango.de

- Category: Active
- Contact: Yair Re'em
- Website: www.hansoft.com

- Category: Active
- Contact: Yair Re'em
- Website: www.vioso.com

- Category: Exited
- Website: www.fyber.com

- Category: Active, Seed stage
- Contact: Yair Re'em
- Website: www.sablono.com

- Category: Exited
- Contact: Dr. Rouven Westphal
- Website: www.myheritage.de

- Category: Exited
- Website: www.inchron.de

- Category: Exited
- Website: www.hitfoxgroup.com

- Category: Exited
- Contact: Dr. Rouven Westphal
- Website: www.facton.com

- Category: Exited
- Website: www.ez.no

- Category: Exited
- Contact: Dr. Rouven Westphal
- Website: www.collax.com
Investment Criteria
Hasso Plattner Ventures focuses on technology growth investments. In the Seed phase, we work closely with the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) to support young HPI-related startups.
We use the following criteria to pre-select suitable investments:
SEED INVESTMENTS
- You are an information technology-driven company whose business model is based significantly on proprietary information technology.
- You are in the pre-revenue phase and have no prior institutional financing.
- You are located within one-hour driving distance from our Potsdam office.
- At least one of the founders studied at the Hasso Plattner Institute.
GROWTH INVESTMENTS
- You are an information technology oriented company.
- Your revenues exceeds EUR 2m in this fiscal year.
- You are already growing fast or planning to accelerate growth.
Contact us
Potsdam
Rudolf-Breitscheid-Strasse 32
14482 Potsdam
Germany
Phone +49 (331) 231880-60