Innovating Legacy

Your Future Is Our Focus

At Hamburg Ventures we work with business owners looking for exit or growth.
We help to achieve the ideal outcome through partnerships, investment, succession architecture, retirement & wealth planning, and more.Our aim is to work with businesses that have a strong legacy, where our extensive experience can add incremental value - whether the business owner wishes to stay on board or not.

Most importantly, to us, each owner is unique. Our goal is always to have a positive outcome for both sides of the deal!

Testimonials

Head of Marketing EMEA/Americas • Synpulse

Florian Wilisch

Marcus Lier

"[...] Powerful, knowledgeable, accountable, digitally savvy [...] Florian is inspiring, a role model, and a great motivator."

CEO • Instaread

Florian Wilisch

Rahul Chitrapu

"Florian is a smart, motivated, High-EQ and knowledgeable marketing professional. [...] It's been fantastic working with him and learning from him."

CEO • Sony Music GSA

Florian Wilisch

Patrick Mushatsi-Kareba

"[...] He stands for a rare skillset [...], cultural awareness, business acumen and apps expertise - a winning combination for current and future businesses."

Growth

Services

  • Investing / M&A
       - Investing and Acquiring businesses
       - Assisting with growth & exit
       - Finding the perfect outcome for every business owner

  • Partnerships & Joint Ventures
    We partner with businesses by running growth projects and product innovations.

  • Consulting
       - Marketing & Customer Acquisition
       - Product & Operations
       - Partnership Management
       - Customer Experience

  • Expert advice
    For Private Equity and Venture Capital firms

Experience

About

Florian Wilisch

Hamburg Ventures has been founded by Florian Wilisch with the vision to help business owners get the right outcome for their business.
Florian was at Apple for almost a decade, working on innovative Billion dollar projects (iPhone, App Store, Apple Music...).
Now he uses that experience to help small businesses and their owners increase cash-flow through growth and digitisation techniques.Being born into a family of innovators in logistics and engineering gave him the love for entrepreneurship and business.
During his time at 24/7 Real Media (a WPP agency), he has worked with the world's biggest brands (British Airways, Boots, Hamleys...), before joining Apple and, later, building his own businesses and working with small businesses.Florian was born in Germany, has been educated at the best institutions in France, and lives in the UK. He has a business degree, as well as being a trained Software Engineer and is fluent in four languages.

Focus

Criteria

We're interested in any business that has strong fundamentals, and can benefit from incrememental innovation.While we're primarily focused on the industries listed below, we're always open to engage with companies in other areas. We have a vast network of colleagues and partners that can help you find what you're looking for - no matter the size or the industry.

  • Min. 5 years active

  • £1M-4M revenue

Industries:

  • SaaS/Software/Ad Tech

  • Marketing agencies

  • Entertainment & Media

  • eCommerce

  • Sports & Fashion

  • Insurance/Payments/Fintech

  • Rewards & Incentives / Gift Cards

  • Internet of Things (IoT)

  • Transport/Delivery

Get in touch

If you think this sounds interesting, please don't hesitate to get in touch or book a meeting!

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