# Jochen Maaß

> Jochen Maaß is a seed investor at Hanse Ventures backing Bitcoin and Insurance. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Hanse Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hanseventures)
- Location: Hamburg, Germany
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jochenmaass/

Jochen Maaß is a seed investor at Hanse Ventures in Hamburg focused on Bitcoin and Insurance. Jochen Maaß is their Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He founded Hanse Ventures in 2010, together with the former CEO of Gruner + Jahr, Dr Bernd Kundrun, and the former CEO of Sony BMG, Rolf Schmidt-Holtz.Jochen (born in 1982) has been a web-entrepreneur since he was 15. He is one of Germany’s pioneers in on-line marketing. In 2000, he foundedartaxo AG, which is now one of Germany’s leading search engine optimisation agencies. As a business angel, he has also already supported over 30 internet start-ups. Jochen studied Business IT. In 1999, he launched eBizzTalk, a networking event which has become a regular fixture of Hamburg’s internet industry.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bitcoin | 1 | 50% |
| Insurance | 1 | 50% |
| Advertising | 1 | 50% |
| Cryptocurrency | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Angel | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bitsurance | Bitsurance aims to offer our customers the opportunity to insure their purchased Bitcoins against potential loss, providing financial protection against risks such as theft, hacking, fraud, accidental loss of private keys, and other unforeseen security breaches, thereby increasing confidence and security in digital asset ownership. |  | Angel | Feb 16, 2026 | https://www.bitsurance.eu/en/ |
| SO’USE | SO'USE is to empower food & beverage brands to sustainably run automated and measurable advertising | $830.7K | Seed | Jul 30, 2021 | https://so-use.de/de/ |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## About Hanse Ventures

VC Fund · Hamburg, Germany

Hanse Ventures is a company builder in Hamburg. The start-up incubator develops its own Internet and mobile business concepts and implements these with suitable founder teams. As an institutional co-founder, Hanse Ventures accelerates the growth of its start-ups using tailored resources. These include product development and design, as well asrecruitment, business intelligence, online marketing and a high-profile network of investors and business partners.They do not pursue specific themes, but are extremely interested in dull, complex niches that are preferably as yet unaffected by the efficiency of the Internet. Once they have found such a market segment, it is their declared intention to become the category leader. They respect no geographic boundaries and establish companies that are both nationally and internationally active. They are also interested in ideas and start-ups that are less developed, i.e. they want to be involved from the outset, in order to gain an insight into and help shape concepts as early as possible. They always welcome potential founders – with or without an idea – as well as those who have exciting ideas, but who cannot or do not want to implement these themselves.They see their selves as an institutional co-founder, i.e. they unconditionally contribute everything they can offer to each of their start-ups, in terms of expertise, networking and other added value. their 30-strong team works extremely closely with their start-up portfolio, supporting and advising them with their knowledge of online marketing, product development, business intelligence, service centre know how, HR, design and PR. They also provide office space in Hamburg’s beautiful port city, access to their extensive network of investors and business angels and the experience of successful founders, such as their own founder, Jochen Maaß. They also invest in the financing rounds of their start-up portfolio from their own funds and/or co-investment vehicles. The concentrated power of their accomplishments surpasses that of almost every other market player.

2 contacts available at Hanse Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jochen Maaß | Co-Founder and Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jochen-maass-2 |
| Marvin D. Andra | Shareholder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marvin-andra |

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## FAQ

### What does Jochen Maaß invest in?

Jochen Maaß invests primarily in Bitcoin, Insurance and Advertising startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Jochen Maaß last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jochen Maaß closed in Feb 2026. 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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