since 2018
Besides the pure financial commitment, also experience, personal support, confidentiality as well as knowledge transfer and access to networks are essential components of the cooperation. In return, the investor benefits from the economic success of the start-up company. →
since 2018
The Baltic Business Angels Schleswig-Holstein e.V. combines, for the first time, entrepreneurs in Schleswig-Holstein who want to support start-ups with capital and know-how.
The association's aim is to bring together start-ups and business angels in order to firmly establish Schleswig-Holstein on the map of founders of Germany. The Baltic Business Angels network is to leverage the already good conditions, and entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial spirit and start-up culture in the most northern part of Germany are to be further strengthened.
Baltic Business Angels e.V. was founded in 2018 by experienced entrepreneurs and investors and on the initiative of WTSH - Wirtschaftsförderung und Technologietransfer Schleswig-Holstein GmbH to offer private investors and innovative startups a network where bright minds meet fresh capital. Under the patronage of Economics Minister Claus Ruhe Madsen, the association gathers in its ranks individuals who are willing to contribute their private capital to the realization of innovative projects in Schleswig-Holstein and to the strengthening of innovative companies in their early stages. In addition to the financial commitment, experience, personal support, confidentiality and expert and network knowledge are also essential components of the cooperation. In return, the investor benefits from the economic success of the young company.
How did the Baltic Business Angels Network actually come into being and how does it work?
In conversation (German) with the information service startupdetector we provide interesting background information for business angels and startups.
Julian has been involved with the German start-up and venture capital scene as a serial entrepreneur, investor and business angel since 2003. He focuses on helping selected early-stage start-ups and their founders to turn ambitions into reality. →
Claas started his career in the old economy at „AEG and Electrolux Group“ where he discovered his passion for emerging industries. This is what drives him to this day. After being on Wall Street at „American Heritage Management Corp.“ and participating in the first internet-based IPOs in the 1990s, his passion for engineering and disruptive technologies grew stronger. →
Peter started his career at BCG as a member of the Corporate Finance and Strategy practice group after completing his doctorate in chemistry. He then got to know life in a corporation as VP for Business Development of an international beverage manufacturer and finally the perspective of a medium-sized company as Managing Director of a natural cosmetics company. These experiences allow Peter to know the perspectives and development opportunities that can arise for start-ups after the founding phase. →
Claus Ruhe Madsen has been Minister of Economy, Transport, Labor, Technology and Tourism since June 29, 2022. He was born in Copenhagen on August 27, 1972, is married and has a daughter.→
We are a partner of the campaign „Women Angels Mission ’25“ of the Business Angels Netzwerk Deutschland (BAND).
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The development and establishment of the Baltic Business Angels Network is supported by WTSH - Wirtschaftsförderung und Technologietransfer Schleswig-Holstein GmbH within the framework of the state-funded project »REACT StartUp SH« accompanies.
Claas started his career in the old economy at „AEG and Electrolux Group“ where he discovered his passion for emerging industries. This is what drives him to this day. After being on Wall Street at „American Heritage Management Corp.“ and participating in the first internet-based IPOs in the 1990s, his passion for engineering and disruptive technologies grew stronger.
He is co-founder of „New Commercial Room“, a VC firm based in Hamburg, with which he manages a portfolio of high-tech growth companies ranging from medical devices and media to SaaS, IT and cybersecurity. As an angel investor, he invested in companies both privately and with the „btov Investor-Network“. He actively supports numerous German start-ups, accelerator programmes and is a scout for the „High-Tech Gründerfonds“ (HTGF) in the northern part of Germany. This gives him access to first-class international deal flow and investors. Claas also holds several supervisory board positions and is a live musician with the „Soul Lounge Connection“.
Peter started his career at BCG as a member of the Corporate Finance and Strategy practice group after completing his doctorate in chemistry. He then got to know life in a corporation as VP for Business Development of an international beverage manufacturer and finally the perspective of a medium-sized company as Managing Director of a natural cosmetics company. These experiences allow Peter to know the perspectives and development opportunities that can arise for start-ups after the founding phase.
Having always favored self-employment himself, he is now the founder of an online company in the middle of Schleswig-Holstein. His main interests as an investor are consumer goods, e-commerce business models and innovative companies with a focus on sustainability.
One of the tasks that Peter as Commercial Officer sets out for himself are the topics of networking and diversity – both among the founding teams and the members.
Claus Ruhe Madsen has been Minister of Economy, Transport, Labor, Technology and Tourism since June 29, 2022. He was born in Copenhagen on August 27, 1972, is married and has one daughter.
Claus Ruhe Madsen ist seit dem 29. Juni 2022 Minister für Wirtschaft, Verkehr, Arbeit, Technologie und Tourismus. Er wurde am 27. August 1972 in Kopenhagen geboren, ist verheiratet und hat eine Tochter.
Peter startete nach seiner Promotion in Chemie bei der Unternehmensberatung BCG als Mitglied der Praxisgruppe „Corporate Finance and Strategy“. Er lernte dann als VP Business Development eines internationalen Getränkeherstellers das Leben im Konzern kennen und schließlich als Geschäftsführer eines Naturkosmetik-Unternehmens die Sichtweise eines Mittelständlers. Aus dieser Erfahrung weiß Peter um die Perspektiven und Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten, die sich für Start-ups nach der Gründungsphase ergeben können.
Da sein Herz schon immer für die Selbständigkeit schlug, ist er mittlerweile selbst Gründer eines Online-Unternehmens mitten in Schleswig-Holstein. Seine Interessenschwerpunkte als Investor sind Konsumgüter, E-Commerce-Geschäftsmodelle und innovative Unternehmen mit Schwerpunkt Nachhaltigkeit.
Eine Aufgabe als Commercial Officer sieht Peter in den Themen Vernetzung und Diversität – sowohl bei den Gründerteams als auch den Mitgliedern.
Claas begann seine Karriere in der Old Economy bei „AEG und Electrolux Group“, wo er seine Leidenschaft für aufstrebende Industrien entdeckte. Das ist es, was ihn bis heute antreibt. Nachdem er bei „American Heritage Management Corp.“ an der Wall Street war und in den 1990er Jahren an den ersten internetbasierten Börsengängen teilnahm, wurde seine Leidenschaft für Technik und disruptive Technologien immer stärker. Er ist Mitgründer von „New Commercial Room“, einem VC-Unternehmen mit Sitz in Hamburg, mit dem er ein Portfolio von High-Tech-Wachstumsunternehmen verwaltet, das von medizinischen Geräten über Medien bis hin zu SaaS, IT und Cybersecurity reicht. Als Angel Investor investierte er sowohl privat in Unternehmen als auch mit dem „btov Investor-Network“. Er betreut aktiv zahlreiche deutsche StartUps, Accelerator-Programme und ist Scout im Norden für den „High-Tech Gründerfonds“ (HTGF). Dadurch hat er Zugang zu erstklassigem internationalen Deal Flow und Investoren. Darüber hinaus hat Claas mehrere Aufsichtsratspositionen inne und ist Live-Musiker mit der „Soul Lounge Connection“.
Julian beschäftigt sich als Serial Entrepreneur, Investor und Business Angel seit 2003 mit der deutschen StartUp- und Venture Capital-Szene. Dabei konzentriert er sich darauf, ausgewählten frühphasigen StartUps und ihren Gründerinnen und Gründern dabei zu helfen, Ambitionen in die Tat umzusetzen. Investiert wird meist in frühphasige B2B-Technologie-unternehmen mit erstem Track Record. Julian‘s Fokus liegt zurzeit auf Industrial IoT, Data Analytics, b2b-Plattform-Tools, e-Health und 3D. Er liebt SpinOffs, die aus Forschungsstiftungen und -organisationen oder technischen Hochschulen stammen, ist aber auch für andere Möglichkeiten offen. Mehr zu Julian findet man am besten auf seiner Webseite und hier im Interview.
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