Julian von Hassell
Julian von Hassell is Chairman of the Board of Baltic Business Angels Schleswig-Holstein e.V., the business angel association in Germany's northernmost federal state. He was elected in 2020, and reelected in 2022 and 2024. His focus is on digital health, data analytics, platform economy and E-commerce. He only invests in b2b startups.
In the years between 2013 and 2017 Julian served as CEO of Social Commerce Group SE (now NEXR SE ). In this capacity he took the start-up holding entity from Berlin’s free-market to Frankfurt Stock Exchange (General Standard) and subsequently transformed the company from a financial holding entity into a fully operative company, raising its market cap from 15m€ to then 150m€ within two years.
From 2005 to 2016, Julian was instrumental for numerous successful M&A transactions in volumes between € 100,000 and € 80,000k. As CEO of various listed and private companies, interim manager and consultant, he successfully accompanied APOs, restructured distressed companies and facilitated growth and expansion through A, B and C financing rounds and trade sales.
Having graduated from Cambridge University (UK) in 1985 with a post graduate degree in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (MPhil), Julian now follows his personal interest in these fields.
