heise ventures launched

The media company heise is expanding its innovative strength through heise ventures and initial investments in the Altitude Fund, which specializes in SME technologies.

With heise ventures, the media company heise has launched a new business unit that focuses on investments in innovative start-ups. This strategic commitment is intended to strengthen the company's innovative power and open up new business areas. heise ventures is the first investment in the venture capital fund Altitude, which specializes in technologies for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Entrepreneurial spirit and disruption as a vision

Entrepreneurship and disruption are the cornerstones of our vision at heise ventures

Johanna Heise, CEO of heise ventures

Johanna Heise, CEO of heise ventures, emphasizes the importance of entrepreneurship and disruption as cornerstones of the new business unit's vision. Together with Andy Lenz, investor, founder of t3n magazine and venture partner at heise ventures, the company will support European tech start-ups in their early development phases. The focus is on companies that are in the early stages or even before they are actually founded.

Venture clienting model and strategic startup investments

The opportunities presented by digitalization and artificial intelligence enable us to work with innovative start-ups to develop new business models and shape the future.

Andy Lenz, Strategic Future Advisor heise

Ansgar Heise, Managing Partner of the heise Group, sees heise ventures as a decisive step for the future. In addition to financial goals, the innovative strength and entrepreneurial spirit within the heise Group is to be further strengthened. Digitalization, automation and transformation are to be accelerated with the venture clienting model and strategic startup investments.

First investment: Altitude Fund

The first investment by heise ventures in the Altitude Fund is aimed at technologies for SMEs, which fits the target group of many heise products and services. As Strategic Future Advisor, Andy Lenz contributes his extensive experience as a founder and expert in the start-up scene. He is convinced that the opportunities presented by digitalization and artificial intelligence make it possible to develop new business models and shape the future together with innovative start-ups.

Expanding the position in technology publishing

With heise ventures, heise not only aims to consolidate its position in the technology publishing sector, but also to expand it. The combination of journalistic expertise and start-up investments creates a network that promotes innovation and benefits from it at the same time.