Vanagon
Announcement
Cryptofinance.vc becomes Vanagon Ventures
Cryptofinance.vc was a great brand to start with. Vanagon Ventures will be the brand to accelerate even faster. Our name changes, our ambitions stay the same: to become the favorite Venture Capital partner for outstanding teams across Europe and the US to build the next wave of the internet.
OUR MISSION
Planet, society and economy are facing unprecedented challenges. However, massive coordination failures that cause these global challenges can be resolved by technologies that are driving the third wave of the internet.
With Vanagon Ventures, we are backing web3 founders applying technology to create positive change for people, the planet and a fairer, more transparent and stable economy.
With Vanagon Ventures, we are backing web3 founders applying technology to create positive change for people, the planet and a fairer, more transparent and stable economy.
The planet-positive web3 fund
Investment Categories
Enable global access to open financial systems
Global, Decentralized, Non-state money and financial system
Climate and Decarbonization
Decarbonization towards NetZero, Circular Economy, Supply Chains
Restore user and creator power on the Internet
Data, Identity, Reputation outside of BigTech platforms
Team
Entrepreneurs, Bridgemakers & Technologists
- Axel RoitzschGeneral PartnerAxel has a proven startup track record, founded his first company in 2015, sold it in 2020 to build a european market leader. He was awarded with a full scholarship of German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and went through several funding and M&A processes. He is advisor to the Blockchain Founders Group and was Mentor at Climathon.
- Susanne FrommGeneral PartnerLed as CEO exchange listed blockchain investment company with portfolio of 40 equity & token projects. Previously, she led the digital health pillar at Allianz Ventures, formed partnerships with startups and Internet giants and was responsible for global rollout of mobile technology at Allianz. Before completing her MBA at INSEAD, she spent 6 years in top management consulting at Roland Berger.
- Sandro StarkGeneral PartnerSandro founded his first blockchain company in 2017 and later joined Allianz to build the 'Allianz Token'. He partnered with Etherisc on a paramatric climate insurance project and has a proven track record in scaling strategic sales within BigTech (Ex-Microsoft). He was one of the initiators of the think tank ECOTA.
The web3 software stack can solve massive coordination failures and significantly contribute to fighting global problems such as climate change.
Vanagon
Portfolio
Heartstocks
heartstocks offers investments in assets that were previously not generally available.
IT’S
TIME
TO ACT.
TIME
TO ACT.
We invest in blockchain solutions that increase efficiency, transparency
and sustainability in finance, climate and the Internet or in our words:
Redesigning money to fix the planet.
and sustainability in finance, climate and the Internet or in our words:
Redesigning money to fix the planet.