Sarik Weber, Co-Founder and Managing Director Hanse Ventures

Sarik Weber, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Hanse Ventures in a 60-seconds-statement about the firms focus and services in the week of its launch.

German Internet entrepreneurs have a new friend — Hanse Ventures, a Hamburg-based Internet incubator that has been co-founded by Jochen Maaß, founder of Internet marketing firm, artaxo and Sarik Weber, formerly of XING and co-founder of Cellity.
The founding share holders of the new investment group are publishing house Gruner+Jahrs Chairman Dr. Bernd Kundrun and Rolf Schmidt-Holtz, CEO of Sony Music Entertainment.

Weber and Maaß are responsible for the operational aspect of Hanse, which already has taken stakes in eight Internet start-ups. These include Carmio, a price comparison engine for auto parts and HochzeitsPlaza.de, a online wedding portal. Hanse Ventures plans to add between 6-to-8 start-ups every year for next three years to its portfolio. The start-ups are getting the usual physical infrastructure along with other services such as design, programming and online-marketing.

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