I love turning ideas into companies - and I’m lucky to be surrounded by people who share the same passion. 

Right now, I’m fully focused on Heizma. What started as an idea in December 2023 turned into a company by March 2024. By the end of that year, we had reached €10M in sales and installed over 500 heat pumps. Bootstrapped.

Today, Heizma is Austria’s leading full-service electrification provider, offering heat pumps, solar, batteries, EV chargers, air conditioning, energy management, and an energy community to help our customers access the cleanest and most affordable energy possible.


I’ve been chasing ideas and turning them into businesses for as long as I can remember - from flipping goods at flea markets at age 7 to large-scale game key reselling at 15 (XX.XXX€ monthly revenue), which eventually led me to Bitcoin.

What followed were multiple business ideas during my university years, until my early touchpoints with Bitcoin led me to build Coinpanion. The idea? So simple it actually worked: Crypto for people who don’t want to follow charts - just set it, forget it, and let it ride. (hello #ETFs for crypto)

So I did what every 21-year-old entrepreneurial student does: I stopped studying (eventually finished later) and dove headfirst into the rollercoaster. We built a team of up to 40, expanded into 3 countries (Austria, Germany, and Poland), reached 25,000 customers, and raised €6M in funding.

In 2023, we were fortunate to successfully exit the company to Revix, which - together with a consortium of crypto platforms - became Altify, now serving a large number of customers across Africa and Europe.

With no break at all, things unfolded as they did, and I found myself in the next adventure: Heizma - and honestly, I love it every day. 

Occasionally, I also invest in other startups via morgen ventures, but the truth is:
I’m a founder first, investor second - and right now, it’s heads-down building time.

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“Play long-term games with long-term people.”
- Naval Ravikant

Alexander V.

Serial Entrepreneur & Business Angel - CURRENTLY NOT INVESTING!

Dr. Johann "Hansi" Hansmann is one of Austria’s most renowned business angels - and the only one to have received a lifetime achievement award for his contributions to the startup ecosystem. A former pharmaceutical executive turned entrepreneur, Hansi successfully exited his own pharma company in Spain in 2003. Since then, he has become a central figure in Europe’s early-stage investment landscape. Named Best European Early Stage Investor by EBAN in 2016, he also served as President of the Austrian Angel Investors Association until 2021. Based in Vienna, Hansi is just as passionate about mountain biking as he is about startups. 
His group has made over 100 direct investments and currently maintains stakes in more than 50 active companies, alongside over 20 limited partner (LP) positions in venture capital funds. With a sector-agnostic, Europe-focused strategy, they typically invest at the pre-seed stage and take on active lead roles - supporting portfolio companies across all phases of growth. Notable exits where they led investments include Runtastic, Shpock, MySugr, Durchblicker and Busuu. The current portfolio includes companies like Tractive, Journi, haelsi, Storebox, Anyline, Helloagain, Mimo, Credi2 and many others. 
Today, the Hans(wo)men Group is evolving into a modern entrepreneurial family office, with a diversified portfolio spanning venture capital, real estate, and both private and public equity. It also actively engages in philanthropic initiatives focused on entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial education, climate change, and the advancement of gender equality. If you want us on board as strong partners, please send your pitch deck to pitch@hansmengroup.com. Please do not contact Hansi directly — he won’t be able to respond to individual requests. 
"People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing"

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