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Michael Bassler

Founder & Investor 🚀

Germany500+ connectionsLinkedInUpdated 11 months ago

About Michael

#Entrepreneur #Tech-Founder #Investor #Lecturer looking for likeminded people to disrupt industries.

Experience

  1. move2health | Physiotherapie | Leverkusen | Köln

    • Founding Investor | CEO
      2025 - Present · 8 mosLeverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyCurrent

      Deine funktionale und evidenzbasierte Physiotherapie ⚕️

  2. Neuralink

    • Investor | Growth Stage
      2025 - Present · 8 mosFremont, California, United StatesCurrent

      Growth stage investment made after the first human implant.

  3. xAI

    • Investor | Growth Stage
      2025 - Present · 8 mosSan Francisco, California, United StatesCurrent

      Growth stage investment made after the acquisition of social media platform X.

  4. Startup Insider

    • Investor | Seed
      2025 - Present · 8 mosBerlin, GermanyCurrent

      Startup Insider is the leading provider of information services to startup firms.

  5. 5SWAN | Telemedizin | medizinisches Cannabis

    • Investor | Chairman of the Board
      2024 - Present · 1 yr 8 mosGreater Munich Metropolitan AreaCurrent

      Deine Ärzte für telemedizinische Behandlungen, spezialisiert auf die natürliche Behandlung von chronischen Erkrankungen durch medizinisches Cannabis 👨‍⚕️

  6. neotherm GmbH · Full-time

    • Founding Investor | CEO
      2024 - Present · 1 yr 8 mosDüsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyCurrent

      Dein lokaler Partner für moderne Energielösungen - Wärmepumpen, PV und alles was dazugehört 👨‍🔧

  7. SpaceX

    • Investor | Growth Stage
      2024 - Present · 1 yr 8 mosHawthorne, California, United StatesCurrent

      Growth stage investment made after the third Starship launch.

  8. OpenAI

    • Investor | Growth Stage
      2024 - Present · 1 yr 8 mosSan Francisco Bay AreaCurrent

      Growth stage investment made after the release of GPT-4.

  9. The Plooshies AG

    • Founding Investor | Advisor
      2023 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mosSwitzerlandCurrent

      The Plooshies are a NFT collection on the blockchain, blending crypto, storytelling, and community. Holders gain access to Plooshy Island, a metaverse-style multiplayer game, and are part of the growing Plooshy Ecosystem, powered by its own native token.

  10. Boring Ventures · Full-time

    • Founding Partner
      2023 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mosCologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyCurrent

      We’re a venture studio building cash-flow positive businesses, bridging the gap between bootstrapping and venture capital.

  11. Grannys Bistro

    • Founding Investor | CEO
      2023 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mosCologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyCurrent

      Fulfilled my bucket list goal to run a restaurant.

  12. Jobflow GmbH

    • Founding Investor | Advisor
      2023 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mosBerlin, GermanyCurrent

      Building the Job-Platform of the 21th century

  13. Sola

    • Founding Investor | Advisor
      2022 - Present · 3 yrs 8 mosSri LankaCurrent

      We are a group of entrepreneurs who have been dreaming to open a boutique hotel on a tropical island🏝, surrounded by jungle🌴 and close to uncrowded waves🏄‍♂️

  14. respond.io

    • Investor | Series A
      2022 - Present · 3 yrs 8 mosWP. Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaCurrent

      Respond.io is the global #1 B2C messaging platform.

  15. Retalos

    • Investor | Seed
      2021 - Present · 4 yrs 8 mosBerlin, GermanyCurrent

      Retalos offers interactive retail technology such as digital screens on drink & snack machines.

  16. CologneCapital GmbH

    • Investor | Venture Capital Investments
      2021 - Present · 4 yrs 8 mosCologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyCurrent

      Venture Capital Investments

  17. Heizfix GmbH

    • Founding Investor | Advisory Board
      2021 - Present · 4 yrs 8 mosCologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyCurrent

      Heizfix revolutionises traditional craft business focusing on heatings.

  18. Leverest

    • Investor | Seed
      2021 - Present · 4 yrs 8 mosBerlin, GermanyCurrent

      Leverest is the leading tech-enabled debt advisory platform.

  19. WTB (acquired by DS-Group)

    • Shareholder & Advisor
      2023 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mosCologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyCurrent
    • Founder & CEO
      2020 - 2023 · 3 yrsCologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

      WETHEBRANDS_ (formerly Amazing Brands Group) is a technology-driven e-commerce aggregator that buys, grows and operates E-Commerce businesses globally.

  20. getbaff (Augmented Reality Platform)

    • Shareholder & Advisor
      2018 - Present · 7 yrs 8 mosDüsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyCurrent
    • Founder & CFO
      2018 - 2020 · 2 yrsGreater Dusseldorf Area

      Fastest growing tech company in Germany in 2020 (Business Insider 08/2020 #1 of #16,000) We’re a Düsseldorf-based tech company behind getbaff, bringing videos to real-world surfaces via AR. Since 2018, we’ve expanded from our app to offering an SDK—letting you integrate our AR tech directly into your own apps. Launch AR campaigns in minutes, boost engagement, drive sales, and make analog products digitally interactive and measurable.

Education

  1. Hochschule FreseniusCologne, Lecturer - Master program - Entrepreneurship & Social Media Management2020 - 2021

    Lecturer in the Master's program Digital Management, teaching Entrepreneurship and helping the students to become entrepreneurs themselves.

  2. Rheinische Fachhochschule KölnCologne, University Lecturer - Bachelor Program - Investment Banking2017 - 2017

    Lecturer in the Bachelor's program Business & Engineering, teaching Banking & Finance.

  3. Hochschule FreseniusIdstein, Lecturer - Bachelor program - Entrepreneurship & Online Marketing2017 - 2018

    Lecturer in the Bachelor's program teaching Entrepreneurship and Online Marketing.

  4. WHU – Otto Beisheim School of ManagementDr. /Ph.D. (Doctoral Student), Vallendar - Corporate Finance: Hedge Fund Activism2016 - 2019

    Title: The Long Term Effects Of Hedge Fund Activism in Germany Abstract: I address the question of whether hedge fund activist investments in public German companies create value. Since the German capital market is becoming more and more attractive especially for activist hedge funds, it is essential to understand the impact activist shareholders have on public firms. Since the existing literature is not able to answer this question consistently, I would like to close large parts of this knowledge gap. I hypothesise that activist shareholders have a positive abnormal stock effect on target companies. At the same time these shareholders have a positive effect on operative measures of target companies as well.

  5. Rheinische Fachhochschule KölnUniversity Lecturer - Bachelor Program - Supply Chain Management2015 - 2015

    Lecturer in the Bachelor's program Business & Engineering, teaching Supply Chain Management with 8 lectures.

  6. Rheinische Fachhochschule KölnMaster's Degree2014 - 2015

    Grade: Master of Business & Engineering

  7. Rheinische Fachhochschule KölnBachelor's degree2009 - 2013

    Grade: Bachelor of Business & Engineering

Skills

Other

ManagementCapital MarketsProject ManagementConsultingAsset ManagementBusiness StrategyInvestment ManagementStart-upscompany leadTeam LeadershipLeadershipAbstractMarketing StrategyFinanceInvestment BankingMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)FounderBusiness DevelopmentEntrepreneurshipVenture CapitalPrivate Equity

At a glance

Experience8 years
Currently atmove2health | Physiotherapie | Leverkusen | Köln
Based inGermany
Studied atHochschule Fresenius
Roles22
Skills21
LanguagesGerman · English
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