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.

Entrepreneur & Angel Investor | Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe

Entrepreneur & Investor

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✨️ Mission:

Catalyzing the future through people, capital, and purpose.

🧭 How:

I invest early, build communities that matter, and share knowledge to help ambitious minds turn bold visions into lasting impact.

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Founders seeking €? 
➡️ https://bit.ly/AngelMP

Investors seeking Dealflow?
➡️ https://bit.ly/30sec-dealflow

Book me? 
➡️ hello@maximeparadis.com

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Currently:

🟢 Since 2019: Business Angel & Advisor

Investing in early-stage startups. 

🟢 Since 2019: Lecturer | Speaker | Jury @ universities & global conferences

Speaking topics include Artificial Intelligence, Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, and Gen Z.

🟢 Since 2022: Non-Profit Work @ World Economic Forum (Global Shapers) 

Working on sustainability, education, inclusion and entrepreneurship.

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Previously:

🟠 2016-2021: (Member>VP>Board Member) @ Genius Global

1st Young Entrepreneurship Organization in France.
Giving access to Education and Community to the Next-Gen of French Founders.

🟠 2020: Co-Organizer @ EUvsVirus

Organized with the European Commission the world's largest online Hackathon ever to build innovation to fight the Covid crisis. 
(+25 000 participants)

🟠 2020: Co-Founder @ Hack The Crisis France

Organized the largest online Hackathon in France to build innovation to fight the Covid crisis. 
(+1 100 participants)

🟠 2019: Startup Program Manager @ Station F 

Supported +50 early-stage startup founders.
(launch, HR, fundraising…)

🟠 Since 2016: Community Builder

Passionate about helping and inspiring new entrepreneurs: I have been involved in +40 Startup Weekend and Hackathon events, as Organizer, Facilitator, Mentor, or Jury all around the world.

🟠 2016: Founder & CEO @ Myve.io

Founded a startup in the HR/AI sector.

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#Impact # Investing #AI #GenZ #Tech #Fundraising #Entrepreneurship #Startups
#Education #TechForGood #Community #Saas #ClimateTech #GenerativeAI

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Open to:
▪️ Investment opportunities 
▪️ Speaking opportunities 
▪️ Writing opportunities

📩 hello@maximeparadis.com

Maxime Paradis

🚀 United Founders invests in AMI - Advanced Machine Intelligence

Some startups build products.

Some startups build platforms.

And once in a while, a company tries to build a new layer of intelligence for the world.

We’re proud to share that United Founders is investing in AMI - Advanced Machine Intelligence, which just announced a $1B seed round.

Founded by Yann LeCun and Alex LeBrun, AMI brings together one of the most extraordinary teams assembled in AI.

But what makes this company truly fascinating is what they are trying to build.

Today’s AI systems are powerful, but they mostly operate by predicting tokens: text, images, code.

They don’t truly understand the world.

AMI is working on world models:

AI systems designed to understand how reality evolves, how actions create consequences, how environments change, and how intelligence interacts with the physical world.

In other words:

AI that doesn’t just generate outputs.
AI that understands situations.

This is an incredibly ambitious scientific and engineering challenge.

The kind that requires:

• exceptional researchers
• long-term thinking
• massive compute
• and the courage to pursue a decade-long vision.

That’s exactly the kind of ambition we love to support at United Founders.

Some of the most transformative companies in history started with a simple idea:

If the problem is big enough, the company should be too.

Huge congratulations to Yann LeCun, Alex LeBrun, Saining Xie, Pascale Fung, Michael Rabbat, Laurent Solly, and the entire AMI team.

Excited to be part of this journey alongside an exceptional group of global investors. Cathay Innovation, Greycroft, Hiro Capital, HV Capital, 20VC and many other outstanding partners.

The next frontier of AI is not just generating content.

It’s understanding the world.

$150M raised. $2B valuation.
Only 8 months after coming out of stealth. 🚀

Wonderful is moving incredibly fast.

Founded by Bar Winkler and Roey Lalazar, the company is building an enterprise AI agent platform designed for every market, every language, and every culture.

And the adoption is already global:

• Live in 30+ countries
• Thousands of AI agents deployed
• Serving some of the world’s largest enterprises

At United Founders, we’ve been proud to support the Wonderful founders since their first capital round.

From the beginning, what stood out was the team’s extraordinary speed of execution, turning a bold vision into real enterprise deployments across multiple markets in record time.

Our mission at United Founders is to back exceptional founders early and help them build traction across Europe and globally.

Wonderful is a powerful example of what happens when ambition meets relentless execution.

Huge congratulations to the entire Wonderful team, and to our friends at Index Ventures, Insight Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Vine Ventures on this remarkable milestone. 🎉

💥 The Financial Times Europe’s Leading Start-up Hubs 2026 ranking just dropped, and honestly, it confirms something I’ve been seeing firsthand for years.

After 7 years guest lecturing at HEC Paris, mentoring founders at STATION F, investing in companies coming out of the ecosystem, and now serving as Academic Director… one thing is clear:

👉 Europe’s startup ecosystems are getting seriously competitive.
👉 Standards are rising fast.
👉 Founder ambition is shifting from local to global.

This year HEC is:

• #1 French business school in the ranking
• #2 startup hub in France
• Top 10 innovation hub in Europe (#8)

Rankings move. That’s normal.

What matters more is what’s happening underneath:

• Stronger founders. 
• Better support. 
• Smarter capital. 
• More global ambition.

Germany, Nordics, France, Southern Europe, the whole continent is leveling up. And competition is actually the best thing that could happen to us.

Europe isn’t “emerging” anymore.

It’s competing.

And the next category leaders are already being built.

Curious, where do you see the strongest momentum in Europe right now?

We’re heading to #EBAN Congress 2026 in Vilnius and we’d love for you to come along!

As it’s one of the most important gatherings for angel investors this year, Paradise Club | Next-Gen Investment Club angels are gathering in Vilnius on June 1-2. Let’s experience it together as a community, share insights, spot trends, and explore new co-investment opportunities. 

Read more https://lnkd.in/e3QavUPh

📍 Radisson Blu Hotel Lietuva, Vilnius

📅1–2 June 2026 (+ May 31 and June 3 - for those who can stay longer and enjoy VIP Reception, Pink soup fest, various side events, ecosystem tours, etc.)

🔗 Secure your spot and join the community: https://lnkd.in/enTcdh-Q 

Why to attend?

🌍 Attendees: 500+ angels, BANs and VCs from 45+ countries

🤝Exceptional networking: side events, conference breaks, cocktail evenings, VIP reception and Gala Dinner, city and ecosystem tours

🎤Theme: Investing in Europe’s Resilience (defence & space, clean energy, life sciences & biotech)

🧭 Dedicated BAN Manager Program for angel group leaders
🇱🇹 Discover Lithuania’s fastest-growing tech and startup ecosystem + study tour

🎟️ Paradise Club | Next-Gen Investment Club members get exclusive benefits and extra discounts for this event and many others. 

👉 Apply to join Europe's fastest-growing Business Angels club for free here: https://lnkd.in/es9T2Hvs

And let’s meet where Europe’s angel investment community comes together.
Organised by EBAN - European Business Angel Network Lithuanian Business Angel Network LitBAN and European Commission

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