Oskar Hartmann is a venture capitalist and widely recognized as one of the world’s most successful business angels. He is a co-founder and partner of Fast Lane Ventures, Simile Ventures Partners, and LARIX funds. Oskar has had extraordinary success investing across a wide array of international companies such as: Auto1 Group, Casacanda (fab.com), Frontier Car Group, Fashion And You, Sukar, Nanjacart, June Homes, and Flaschenpost.de. Oskar’s venture investment portfolio includes more than 70 companies, many of which are invested through his family holding entity — Hartmann Holdings. 14 of his investments have already reached a $1 Billion-plus capitalization, which has made Oskar recognized as a ‘Unicorn Angel’, and by 2018 he was listed as one of Germany’s 1000 wealthiest residents. He has been recognized at numerous global award competitions, including initially as “Master of Investment” at EY’s “Russia Entrepreneur of the Year 2015” awards. Not just an award-winner, Oskar also acts as an ambassador and an active participant in several annual competitions for his fellow entrepreneurs such as the “Breakthrough of the Year” and the “EY-Entrepreneur of the Year” awards.
Oskar’s has a life philosophy revolving around his investments. He views all the processes around making an investment as a pathway for exploring and experiencing all that the world offers. His investment goals have always been to seek ideas and strong values that transform the world and its citizens for the better.