# Top 15 Climate Angel Investors in Austria in October 2023

## Johann "Hansi" Hansmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Fitness, Software

Dr. Johann ‘Hansi’ Hansmann was born in Austria and studied economics in Vienna. He spent the major part of his professional life working as an executive in the pharmaceutical industry in Austria, Germany, UK and Spain. He gathered several years of entrepreneurial experience running successfully his own pharmaceutical company in Spain afterconducting a management buy-out of a big pharmaceutical plant, making an exit in 2003. Since this time he is active as investor and business angel. He currently holds investments with a geographical focus on Austria, Germany, UK and Spain both internet and in the health industry. He led Runtastic, shpock, mysugr and just recently durchblicker and Busuu to extraordinary exits. He was president of the ‘Austrian Angels Investors Association’ until 2021, was awarded 'Best European Early Stage Investor' in 2016 by eban.org and is now based in Vienna and tries to find spare time to ride his mountain bike.

## Hermann Hauser
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence

Hermann Hauser co-founded Amadeus Capital Partners in 1997 with Anne Glover and Peter Wynn. In his long and successful history as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Hermann has founded or co-founded companies in a wide range of technology sectors. These include Acorn Computers (where he helped spin out ARM), Active Book Company,Virata, Net Products, NetChannel and Cambridge Network Limited. He was a founder director of IQ (Bio), IXI Limited, Vocalis, SynGenix, Advanced Displays Limited (acquired by Cambridge Display Technology), Electronic Share Information Limited, E*Trade UK and has supported many other start-ups.Hermann’s successes at Amadeus include: CSR plc (LON: CSR); Entropic Research Laboratory (acquired by Microsoft in 1999); Solexa (acquired by Illumina in 2007); and Icera (acquired by Nvidia in 2011). He is currently a non-executive director of XMOS, a company that is revolutionising re-configurable silicon chips; Intune Networks, a pioneer in the field of Optical Packet Switch & Transport; Tobii, the world leader in eye tracking and gaze detection; Plastic Logic, the first company to commercialize flexible plastic transistors (currently used in computer displays); and Cambridge Broadband Networks, a leader in point-to-multipoint wireless backhaul products.Hermann holds an MA in Physics from Vienna University and a PhD in Physics from the University of Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and an Honorary Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. Hermann holds honorary doctorates from the Universities of Bath, Loughborough and from Anglia Ruskin University and was awarded an Honorary CBE for ‘innovative service to the UK enterprise sector’ in 2001. In 2004, he was made a member of the Government’s Council for Science & Technology. In 2012 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society in recognition of his contribution to the translation of science into business, and in 2013 a Distinguished Fellow of BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.Austrian by birth, Hermann speaks German, English and conversational Italian and French.

## Bernhard Niesner
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Apps, Energy Management

Bernhard Niesner is the CEO and Co-Founder of busuu – the world´s largest social network for language learning with more than 35m users. busuu provides language courses in 12 different languages combined with direct interaction with native speakers from the community. The London-based start-up received several awards and was named “Best EducationStart-Up in 2011” by TechCrunch. busuu is backed by renown business angels like Martin Varsavsky and received investment from PRO-Founders Capital.Before founding busuu, Bernhard worked at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. In addition to busuu, he is Associated Professor at IE Business School in the area of online marketing.Bernhard graduated summa cum laude in International Business from the University of Vienna and holds an MBA (with honors) from IE Business School. In 2009 he was awarded “Entrepreneur of the year” in Austria.

## Alfred Luger
- Type: Angel
- Location: Austria, Pangasinan, Philippines
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Apps, Information Technology

Alfred Luger - Co-Founder, CFO & COO @ Runtastic

## Romain Afflelou
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, FinTech, Software

Romain spearheaded the digital strategy of Alain Afflelou Group before becoming an investor in numerous start-ups. He uses his fine-tuned analysis skills to support and invest in innovative start-ups. In addition to being a major shareholder and Co founder of Cosmo Connected a French start-up specialized in connected objects related to security andmobility.Romain is Director and Board member of Multiwave Technologies /develops breakthrough metamaterial technologies to improve people's lives.Serial investor in +50Tech companies6over6 (Acquired by 1-800 contacts)
Cityscoot
Clay Inc VR
Cowboy Bike
Epicery
Everoad (Ex Convargo)
Fithouse
Fré Skincare
Fokoya
Guillotine Vodka
Klassroom
Laminate Technologies
MeetFabric
Molotov TV
Multiwave Technologies
Nestor
Octopus
Officeriders
Onoff telecom
Pledg
Quiqup
Universal Standard
Shapr
Spendesk
Zipdrug...(Acquire by Anthem Pharmacy)

## Dr. Cornelius Boersch
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, FinTech

Dr. Cornelius (“Conny”) Boersch is an entrepreneur, business angel and founder of numerous technology companies. Conny is considered one of the bestconnected networkers in the tech and start-up scene. He is the founder of the global company builder Mountain Partners as well as the global co-investment company Conny & Co. Conny initiated theEntrepreneurs Day at the Tegernsee, one of the most exclusive conferences in Europe and regularly holds speeches at universities or tech events all over the world. As a business angel, he has invested in more than 300 companies since 1995 and was voted “European Business Angel of the Year” in 2009. He is a European Investment Fund (EIF) - certified super angel, which means that, subject to certain restrictions, the EIF matches all of his startup investments 1 to 1.As an entrepreneur, Conny previously founded the stock-listed RFID-based companies ACG, Smartrac and Identiv as well as the cashless payment systems provider Sandpiper. For his activities he was named “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2000. Politically, Conny acted as advisor to Dr. Guido Westerwelle, former president of the German Liberal Party, FDP, Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister of Germany from 2009 to 2012.He studied at the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Essen with a thesis on venture capital and investing. He later also acted as honorary professor and held lectures at the University of Essen.

## Henrik Herr
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Training, E-Learning, Human Resources

25 years experience in banking industry and private banking.
Building visions and strategies in changing environments.

## Frank Dopheide
- Type: Angel
- Location: Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Environmental Consulting, Environmental Engineering

Frank Dopheide

## Anja Blacha
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Environmental Consulting, Environmental Engineering

Set the world record for the longest solo and unsupported polar expedition by a woman
First German woman to have climbed K2 - the world's second-highest mountain - and 11th woman worldwide to have done so without bottled oxygen

## Christian Passet
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Computer, Software, Smart Home

Christian Passet - System Developer and Co-Founder @ Flatout Technologies

## Anne Lemcke
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Personal Health, Manufacturing, Bakery

Anne Lemcke

## Stefan Lemcke
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Manufacturing, Bakery, Cosmetics

Stefan Lemcke

## Roman Scharf
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Energy, Video Editing, Financial Services

General Partner at 3VC.

## Christian Kaar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Austria, Pangasinan, Philippines
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Software, Information Technology

Christian Kaar

## Christian Bezdeka
- Type: Angel
- Location: Klosterneuburg, Niederosterreich, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Environmental Consulting, Environmental Engineering

Christian Bezdeka is the Founder at Woom GmbH. Christian attended the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

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