# Michael Hansen

> Michael Hansen is a seed investor backing Software, Art and SaaS. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jan 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhansen21
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/michaelfhansen

Michael Hansen is a seed investor focused on Software and Art. Michael’s responsible for strategic growth in the Asia Pacific region of Zendesk. An IT sales veteran, Michael has more than 20 years experience in a variety of sales and marketing roles spanning the U.S., Europe, Asia and Australia.Prior to becoming Zendesk’s first employee, Michael was selling help desk projects in Australia. Michael is anarmy officer who has studied at the Danish Technical University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$1.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 67% |
| Art | 1 | 33% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| Music | 1 | 33% |
| Internet | 1 | 33% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 1 | 33% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Soundbrenner | Soundbrenner - making music practice addictive. Over 1 billion people have tried learning an instrument and failed. More than 90% of people who start playing music give up in less than a year. Enter Soundbrenner. By combining wearables with great software, Soundbrenner creates a music practice experience that is fun and rewarding, allowing anyoneto learn and master any instrument.To date we shipped over 80,000 wearables and are in music stores in over 40 countries. Our mobile apps are used by over 500,000 musicians every month. We're headquartered in Hong Kong and operate an additional office in Berlin. While we are proud of the progress we made so far, we still consider ourselves to be at the very beginning of what is to come. | $1.5M | Seed | Jan 17, 2017 |  |
| Soundbrenner | Soundbrenner - making music practice addictive. Over 1 billion people have tried learning an instrument and failed. More than 90% of people who start playing music give up in less than a year. Enter Soundbrenner. By combining wearables with great software, Soundbrenner creates a music practice experience that is fun and rewarding, allowing anyoneto learn and master any instrument.To date we shipped over 80,000 wearables and are in music stores in over 40 countries. Our mobile apps are used by over 500,000 musicians every month. We're headquartered in Hong Kong and operate an additional office in Berlin. While we are proud of the progress we made so far, we still consider ourselves to be at the very beginning of what is to come. | $500K | Seed | Aug 01, 2015 |  |
| ChartMogul | ChartMogul is an analytics platform to help you run your subscription business. You get a complete overview of your global subscriber base; MRR, ARPU, ASP, churn and LTV are presented in a beautiful and easy to use dashboard.The company's mission is to build powerful and secure cloud software for subscription businesses of all sizes, with astrong emphasis on good design and ease of use. | $600K | Seed | Jan 15, 2015 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Wistron Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wistron-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Asgard - human Capital for AI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asgard-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CoCoon Ignite Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cocoon-ignite-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Michael Hansen invest in?

Michael Hansen invests primarily in Software, Art and SaaS startups, most often at 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.

### What is Michael Hansen's check size?

Michael Hansen typically joins rounds of $500k–$1.5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Michael Hansen participates in.

### When did Michael Hansen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michael Hansen closed in Jan 2017. 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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