# Ingo Hillen

> Ingo Hillen is a pre-seed investor at Sino AG backing FinTech. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sino AG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sino-ag)
- Location: Düsseldorf, Germany
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Aug 2023
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingo-hillen

Ingo Hillen is a pre-seed investor at Sino AG in Düsseldorf focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Ingo Hillen is the co-founder and CEO of sino AG in Dusseldorf, Germany. Established in 1998, sino AG provides brokerage services to professional German traders. In this edition of “5 Questions with…,” Ingo shares the firm’s history, his predictions for the financial markets in 2017 and some advice for trading the German markets.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 3 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 100% |
| Wealth Management | 2 | 67% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 33% |
| Impact Investing | 1 | 33% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| arttrade | Democratizing the Art Market through Blockchain | $2.2M | Pre-Seed | Aug 11, 2023 |  |
| Sub Capitals GmbH | Sub Capitals believe it is time to democratize artificial intelligence (AI) for private investors on the financial market. |  | Pre-Seed | Sep 15, 2021 |  |
| getquin | getquin is the social network for investors where members can aggregate their investments in one place and interact with a community of like-minded investors. It's about time to make investing finally more inclusive and interactive. | $1.2M | Seed | Oct 01, 2020 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [APX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apxberlin) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Portage Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/portag3-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Rhein Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rhein-asset-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Runa Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/runa-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Sino AG

VC Fund · Düsseldorf, Germany

Sino AG is a provider of online brokerage services for heavy traders.It provides trading services for stocks, futures, options, and other derivatives. The company offers services such as online account opening, stock market information and rules, information package, and newsletter subscriptions.It was founded in Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalenin 1998.

1 contacts available at Sino AG.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ingo Hillen | Co-founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ingo-hillen |

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## FAQ

### What does Ingo Hillen invest in?

Ingo Hillen invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Wealth Management startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Ingo Hillen?

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### When did Ingo Hillen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ingo Hillen closed in Aug 2023. Shizune tracks 3 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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