# Christopher Hanck

> Christopher Hanck is a Series A investor at Somel Investments backing Software. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Somel Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/somel-investments)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Nov 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrishanck/?originalSubdomain=ca

Christopher Hanck is a Series A investor at Somel Investments focused on Software and Network Security. Christopher Hanck is the Chief Investment Officer at Somel Investments. He attended Harvard Business School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Network Security | 1 | 50% |
| Telecommunications | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Noviflow | NoviFlow develops high performance Ethernet switches compliant with the latest OpenFlow protocol and designed to address the two key needs of initial SDN deployments: the flow table capacity to handle large numbers of users and the network throughput to enable solutions that can scale. NoviFlow offers the most complete OpenFlow 1.3/1.4implementation for SDN forwarding planes that deliver up to 240 Gbps of throughput and support up to 1 million flow entries. | $8M |  | Nov 30, 2020 |  |
| Noviflow | NoviFlow develops high performance Ethernet switches compliant with the latest OpenFlow protocol and designed to address the two key needs of initial SDN deployments: the flow table capacity to handle large numbers of users and the network throughput to enable solutions that can scale. NoviFlow offers the most complete OpenFlow 1.3/1.4implementation for SDN forwarding planes that deliver up to 240 Gbps of throughput and support up to 1 million flow entries. | $9M | Series A | Sep 09, 2015 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fonds de solidarité FTQ](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fonds-de-solidarit-ftq) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Export Development Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/export-development-canada) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Somel Investments

VC Fund

Somel Investments

1 contacts available at Somel Investments.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Christopher Hanck | Chief Investment Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-hanck |

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## FAQ

### What does Christopher Hanck invest in?

Christopher Hanck invests primarily in Software, Network Security and Telecommunications startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Christopher Hanck last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Christopher Hanck closed in Nov 2020. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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