"I am convinced there is enormous entrepreneurial potential to be discovered in the people."

STARTUP COACH AND MENTOR

THE INVESTOR

”There is no such thing as a good business. There are only good businessmen.” It is under this principal that Carsten Maschmeyer successfully invests in startups with ALSTIN, seed+speed ventures and Maschmeyer Group Ventures in Europe and the US.

The Maschmeyer Group

Mail info@seedandspeed.de

With the pre-seed and seed stage venture capital firm seed + speed, Carsten Maschmeyer supports innovative business ideas at a very early stage by providing capital, active support in sales and entrepreneurial knowledge.

Mail info@alstin.de

With the investment company ALSTIN, Carsten Maschmeyer is involved with many successful growth companies and helps founders by sharing his entrepreneurial know-how, sales expertise and a network established over 30 years of experience.

Mail info@mgv.vc

In San Francisco, Carsten Maschmeyer is active with his investment company MGV and always on the lookout for innovative startups. His local team invests in international, future-oriented companies in various sectors.

Mail info@paladin-am.com

The company Paladin Asset Management invests in enterprises that are undervalued on the stock market. Due to its exceptionally high returns, the Paladin ONE fund has received numerous top-ranking awards.

“DIE HÖHLE DER LÖWEN” AND “START UP!”

TV Investor

Carsten Maschmeyer supports founders – on TV as well. He is a TV judge on the popular show “Die Höhle der Löwen” (German version of ‘Shark Tank’) on VOX. He also has his own due to start soon: “START UP! Wer wird Deutschlands bester Gründer?” (Who Will Be Germany’s Best Founder?) – in spring 2018 on SAT.1.

WHO WILL BE GERMANY’S BEST FOUNDER?

START UP!

In the new SAT.1 founder show “Start Up! Who Will Be Germany’s Best Founder?”, Carsten Maschmeyer and his team will be looking for individuals with an exceptional passion for entrepreneurship, a solid business idea and the talent it takes to be the boss of their own company. Carsten Maschmeyer will join the winner in founding an independent company and invest one million euros in the joint startup.

THE FOUNDER SHOW ON VOX

Höhle der Löwen

The fifth round of the hit founder show “Die Höhle der Löwen” (German version of ‘Shark Tank’) starts in 2018. Viewers can expect mind-blowing pitches in a primetime slot. The courageous founders stand before five investors in hopes of receiving assistance for a rapid start to their entrepreneurial careers.

BEST-SELLING AUTHOR

The Author

Carsten Maschmeyer likes to share his experience and knowledge. With his books “Selfmade“ and “Die Millionärsformel” (The Millionaire’s Formula), he has soared to the top ranks of the most notable book lists.

THE BESTSELLER ABOUT SUCCESS

Selfmade

Everyone has a right to be successful! His achievements are what many dream about: Carsten Maschmeyer is a self-made man in the truest sense of the word, and is one of Germany’s most successful and fascinating businessmen. His secret to success? That there is no secret, because according to the intriguing argument in his book: Success is possible as long as you know how to get there.

THE BESTSELLER ABOUT FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE

Die Millionärsformel

Traditional financial investments no longer work. In the world of zero interest, the old rules applied to building wealth have lost their validity. It has never been more difficult to invest and make money. Nonetheless: Anyone can become financially independent!

SUCCESS COACH

The Speaker

Carsten Maschmeyer has always shared his knowledge and recipes for success with others – often as a speaker in lecture halls, at conferences, or in congresses.

Vita

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1959

Carsten Maschmeyer was born in 1959 in Bremen. He grew up in modest circumstances with his single mother in a mother and child home in Hildesheim. He had a strict upbringing from his stepfather.

1978

Carsten Maschmeyer enjoyed athletic success during his adolescence as the district youth champion in middle and long-distance running. After earning his high-school diploma in 1978, he enrolled in the German armed forces for two years.

1980

Maschmeyer begins his studies at the Medical University of Hannover. To finance his studies, he worked on the side in the sales department of the financial consulting company OVB Vermögensberatung. He became so deeply involved in financial consulting that he gave up his medical studies.

1983

Due to Maschmeyer’s tremendous success, his career quickly took off as he became the national director and head of 3,000 employees. The BILD newspaper called him “Europe’s most successful young entrepreneur.” Maschmeyer quit at OVB in 1987.

1987

Looking for new challenges, Maschmeyer invented independent financial consultancy and founded Allgemeinen Wirtschaftsdienst (AWD). Within just a few years, AWD expanded to ten countries with a customer base of two million and 10,000 employees.

2000

In the summer of 2000, Maschmeyer put AWD on the stock market and shortly thereafter on the MDAX. The company grew quickly and posted record sales. In 2007, Maschmeyer sold the company to Switzerland’s largest life insurance company Swiss Life, which is now called Swiss Life Select.

2010

Maschmeyer supports a number of children’s projects (such as “Herz für Kinder,” A Heart for Children), is an honorary senator of the Leibniz University of Hannover and a freelance lecturer at the Munich International School of Management. He also supports the project “Neurological Learning” at the University of Hildesheim and is co-founder of the Internationalen Stiftung Neurobionik (International Neurobionic Foundation).

2011

With the founding of the Maschmeyer Group, a new chapter begins in Carsten Maschmeyer’s life. He now dedicates his full passion to investment activities in future-oriented companies. With his investment company ALSTIN, he invests in startups during different stages of growth, particularly in the fields of digitalization, technology and the internet.

2012

In his book “Selfmade,” Maschmeyer elaborates on the principles of his success, landing on the best-seller lists of the magazine Spiegel. He is a popular speaker and coach on the topic of success and advises large international enterprises on strategic subjects.

2013

Maschmeyer invests in companies that are undervalued on the stock market with Paladin Asset Management InvAG. The mutual fund Paladin ONE (WKN, security identification number A1W1PF) has received numerous awards in recent years due to its outstanding performance, including the Fund Award 2017 from the magazine €uro.

2014

Professional success is followed by personal happiness. Carsten Maschmeyer marries the love of his life, actress Veronica Ferres, in France. Maschmeyer brings two adult sons into the marriage, his wife brings a daughter.

2015

With seed+speed, Maschmeyer founds yet another investment company. With it, he invests in companies in early stages in all industries. The experienced team at seed+speed supports founders most particularly in developing sales in companies while also providing valuable expertise.

2016

With the addition of Carsten Maschmeyer, the TV show “Die Höhle der Löwen” (German version of ‘Shark Tank’) has a new, high-profile TV investor. On the show, founders present their ideas and products to the five investors with hopes of getting them on board. The viewer ratings increased markedly in the third series, and the show is VOX’s most successful in-house production. During the same year, Maschmeyer published his second book: “Die Millionärsformel – Der Weg zur finanziellen Freiheit” (The Millionaire’s Formula – The Path to Financial Freedom) takes second place on the SPIEGEL bestseller list.

2017

The Maschmeyer Group becomes even more international and also invests in companies outside the German-speaking realm. Carsten Maschmeyer is often in Silicon Valley and has excellent connections in the American startup and investor scene. He opens his own office in South Park in San Francisco for his US company Maschmeyer Group Ventures (MGV).

2018

With “Startup – Wer wird Deutschlands bester Gründer” (Startup – Who Will Be Germany’s Best Founder), Maschmeyer is launching his own major prime time founder show on SAT.1. Over a period of several weeks, Maschmeyer will guide numerous founders through different challenges while overseeing their development in becoming successful entrepreneurs. He will join the winner in founding a joint company and invest one million euros.

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Carsten

Maschmeyer

Carsten Maschmeyer is a successful entrepreneur, investor, consultant, TV founder mentor and best-selling author.