Tobias Hasenjäger

CFO @ CrystalsFirst Startup and Venture Capital Enthusiast

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

About

I can muster close to 25 years of professional experience in innovation, start-ups and Venture Capital. I have witnessed booms and busts in this business. My passion is to assist organizations in launching their Venture Capital operations as a complement to their internal innovation activities.

Experience

  • CFO at CrystalsFirst
    Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Co-Founder & Managing Director at 1492 Advisors UG
    Dec 2011 - Feb 2025 · 13 yrs 3 mos

    Transatlantic consultancy specialized in servicing international tech companies. - Assisted US-high-speed network component vendor in building an R&D partnership with a German research institute. - Delivered guidance on growth and funding issues to numerous early-stage companies.

  • Viega GmbH & Co. KG (Attendorn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
    • Senior Manager New Ventures
      Jan 2024 - Dec 2024 · 1 yr

      Viega is a technical building services component manufacturer with an impressive 125-year history and global presence. This company is truly a German Hidden Champion. Viega New Ventures was tasked by contribute to the company‘s overall innovation strategy by investing in promising early-stage startups from the PropTech / ConTech space.

    • Startup Scout & Venture Analyst New Ventures
      Jun 2022 - Jan 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • CFO at betterECO GmbH
    Apr 2021 - May 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos

    betterECO digitalize and simplify the entire B2B procurement chain for agricultural raw materials for the food, cosmetics and phyto-pharmaceutical industry providing full services including full traceability and automated fulfillment through our novel Blockchain-based software platform.

  • Investment Consultant at AAAINTERGALACTIC HOCHSCHILDCAPITAL Corp. & Co.KG
    Dec 2020 - Mar 2021 · 4 mos

    AAAINTERGALACTIC HOCHSCHILDCAPITAL are a diversified international investment company. In Germany, the firm is looking for investments in mature companies in Smart Real Estate, Healthcare, IT / Software / Artificial Intelligence, B2B Services, Industry, Consumer goods, Food Production, Logistics as well as Renewables, including Solar, Wind, hydro, Bio-Fuels and others. Suitable situations for investments are for example entrepreneurial succession planing or corporate carve-outs. Preferred targets can demonstrate revenues of >€20M and EBIT of >€4M. Ticket-size-wise, the sweet-spot ranges from €15-40M in equity per transaction.