Working With The Hass Fund
Capital That Matches the Moment
Every investment made by The Hass Fund is structured around what a specific business needs.
What capital typically funds:
Entry into a new geographic market
Partial liquidity for an existing shareholder
Follow-on capital remains available if a portfolio company outgrows its original investment size, keeping capital access aligned with the pace of growth.
Strengthening The Organisation
The Founder-Led Starting Point
Many technology companies reach real scale with a small founding team handling most major functions personally. That structure works well early on. It becomes a constraint once growth requires specialized leadership in sales, finance, or operations.
Building The Leadership Bench
We work with founders to identify which senior roles the business needs next, and in what order.
Support typically includes:
- Defining the scope of each new role before recruiting begins
- Sourcing candidates through our network of operators
- Structuring onboarding so new hires reach full productivity quickly
Expanding Into New Markets
Choosing Where to Go First
Buyer behaviour and competitive dynamics vary meaningfully from one market to the next, whether that market sits elsewhere in Europe or on another continent entirely. The Hass Fund helps portfolio companies weigh factors like existing customer relationships and regulatory alignment before committing resources to a specific country.
Getting There Faster
Once a market is chosen, we support the search for local leadership. Introductions to potential partners and customers already active in that market often shorten the time to first revenue.
Sharpening Systems and Processes
Where Founder Instinct Runs Out
A company that scaled on founder instinct often carries informal processes into its next stage.
- Pricing decided case by case
- Reporting compiled manually each month
- Customer data spread across disconnected tools
What A Systems Review Finds
The Hass Fund reviews these processes with the management team to identify where time or margin is being lost. This work often surfaces ways to improve profitability before any new capital is deployed.
A Network Centred on Technology Companies
Peers Facing the Same Decisions
Portfolio companies gain access to founders and operators working through comparable growth challenges elsewhere in our network. Sector-specific forums bring these leaders together around shared problems, such as pricing strategy in software or compliance requirements in fintech.
Introductions When Timing Matters
The Hass Fund maintains relationships with follow-on investors and strategic acquirers relevant to each portfolio company’s sector, ready for an introduction when the timing is right for a company’s next step.