I love turning ideas into companies - and I’m lucky to be surrounded by people who share the same passion. 

Right now, I’m fully focused on Heizma. What started as an idea in December 2023 turned into a company by March 2024. By the end of that year, we had reached €10M in sales and installed over 500 heat pumps. Bootstrapped.

Today, Heizma is Austria’s leading full-service electrification provider, offering heat pumps, solar, batteries, EV chargers, air conditioning, energy management, and an energy community to help our customers access the cleanest and most affordable energy possible.


I’ve been chasing ideas and turning them into businesses for as long as I can remember - from flipping goods at flea markets at age 7 to large-scale game key reselling at 15 (XX.XXX€ monthly revenue), which eventually led me to Bitcoin.

What followed were multiple business ideas during my university years, until my early touchpoints with Bitcoin led me to build Coinpanion. The idea? So simple it actually worked: Crypto for people who don’t want to follow charts - just set it, forget it, and let it ride. (hello #ETFs for crypto)

So I did what every 21-year-old entrepreneurial student does: I stopped studying (eventually finished later) and dove headfirst into the rollercoaster. We built a team of up to 40, expanded into 3 countries (Austria, Germany, and Poland), reached 25,000 customers, and raised €6M in funding.

In 2023, we were fortunate to successfully exit the company to Revix, which - together with a consortium of crypto platforms - became Altify, now serving a large number of customers across Africa and Europe.

With no break at all, things unfolded as they did, and I found myself in the next adventure: Heizma - and honestly, I love it every day. 

Occasionally, I also invest in other startups via morgen ventures, but the truth is:
I’m a founder first, investor second - and right now, it’s heads-down building time.

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“Play long-term games with long-term people.”
- Naval Ravikant

Alexander V.

Heizma

Heizma's mission is to make Austrian homes climate neutral by replacing fossil fuel heating systems (like gas or oil) with heat pumps!

Today, about 10% of all CO2 emissions in Europe are the direct result of residential heating - making it the third largest CO2 emitter.

Fortunately, the alternative solution is not only technologically feasible but also the economically better solution - and with Heizma, every home in Austria can now make the switch! 🇦🇹💚

We are always looking for bright minds to join us!

Product & BI | Founding Team

FounderForge

Co-Founder

Altify

Product Owner

Coinpanion

I started in a Business Intelligence position. Began my oversight in different aspects of the business, giving me a deep insight into most departments. I started by improving the communication flow with customers in Customer Success, then moved on to building a world-class tracking system for our marketing team to enable them to run performance marketing campaigns with real actionable insights afterwards.

Moved into product management as we built another product team that I had the honour of leading with some of the brightest minds I have met in my professional life. Started to make teams more accountable by measuring results and encouraging a bit of competition ;)

After the downsizing, I focused more on operational effectiveness, reducing costs and cutting processes that were either too long or unnecessary. This also helped me to understand the business as a whole and which buttons needed to be turned.

Of course, I always presented data in a way that was digestible for everyone and showed where we needed to improve by making it visually clear to everyone involved!

Product Manager

Entrepreneurship Avenue

Had the honour and great pleasure of leading a group of 20+ volunteers in creating a series of events for aspiring entrepreneurs. Helped me a lot to improve my leadership skills, as we were dealing with a concept that had been approved to work in an offline environment, but proved to be extremely challenging in an online/hybrid environment. Not only to create an event that would be enjoyable for the attendees, but also to keep the team members happy and engaged!

Main responsibilities:
- Managing the finances for the entire event series
- Recruit and select volunteers
- Motivate volunteers to be creative given the hybrid nature of the event series
- Set up and manage the technical aspects of the livestream
- Support each team member

Head Organizer of Entrepreneurship Avenue 2021

Self-Employed

Developed several projects myself. From websites for restaurants starting their digital journey, to developing a full platform for Smilebold - an online teeth alignment company. The focus has been on communication between the business and the customer:
- How do we attract more customers?
- When and where should we remind them?
- How can we communicate with customers in a way that they appreciate? 

Expertise in:
- Web development (Frontend + Backend)
- App development for Android and iOS (Frontend + Backend)
- Smart Contract development

Freelance Developer

🛠️ Why Startups? Why Not!

Internships have taught me one thing: life is too short for monotony. My passion for startups isn't just a career choice, it's a lifestyle. It's the thrill of selling a bespoke cryptocurrency that I didn't know how to build, and then figuring it out just in time. High risk, high reward and a dash of insanity!


💜 Coinpanion: My Anchor in the Startup Scene

Working at Coinpanion has allowed me to fully immerse myself in the startup world. I joined when funding was secured, crypto was hype and nothing seemed to be dragging us down! Fast forward and the crypto market went to sleep like a fairy tale, our numbers got worse and worse for the amount of effort we put in and at some point we had to downsize. To make the company more efficient and to work in a completely different way, more in tune with the times. After streamlining processes and optimising workflows, we successfully merged with Revix to create a larger international player called Altify. I am still part of this amazing team and learn something new every day!


📰 The Newsletter: Your Startup Survival Guide

Navigating the startup waters is tough. How do you make it easier, if not by sharing the lessons we've all learned along the way? That's why we've started working on a European startup newsletter, called FounderForge. Think of it as your GPS to avoid entrepreneurial shipwrecks.


🔮 Looking Ahead

Five years from now, I'll still be here, making waves in the European startup scene, one newsletter and one project at a time.

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