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Full Name
Markus Häni (also spelled Haeni)
Title
Deputy CEO & Management Board Member, LMM Investment Controlling AG; Head of LMM (Switzerland) AG; Chairman of the Board, Progressive Capital Partners Ltd
Firm
LMM Investment Controlling AG (Vaduz, Liechtenstein)
Firm Type
Institutional investment-controlling / investment-monitoring firm (not, on the available evidence, an angel or venture investor). His board role at Progressive Capital Partners is with a fund-of-hedge-funds / alternative-investments boutique.
Investment Stage
No evidence of seed-stage or angel investing — see note in Background. His professional focus is institutional portfolio oversight and liquid/niche alternatives.
Check Size
Not applicable / not disclosed
Target Company Profile
Institutional clients (pension funds, foundations, family offices) rather than operating startups
Sector Focus
Institutional asset management, investment controlling, alternative investments (hedge funds / liquid alternatives)
Geographic Focus
Liechtenstein, Switzerland, DACH region; LMM also serves clients via Frankfurt, Vienna, Dubai and Sydney offices
Location
Vaduz, Liechtenstein / Baar, Switzerland (resides in Mörschwil, Switzerland)

Background

Markus Häni (born 1973, Swiss national) is a career institutional-finance professional based in the Liechtenstein–Switzerland financial corridor. He began his career at UBS AG from 1990 to 1997, working in asset management and financial planning in St. Gallen and Zurich. He then joined Serval Portfolio Consulting AG in Vaduz, first as a financial expert and later serving on its executive board, before moving to LMM Investment Controlling AG in 2005.

At LMM Investment Controlling AG — a Vaduz-headquartered global investment-controlling firm with roughly 35+ staff and offices in Vaduz, Zurich, Frankfurt, Vienna, Dubai and Sydney — Häni is Deputy CEO and a member of the management board, and heads the Swiss entity, LMM (Switzerland) AG. His remit centers on client management for institutional clients and family offices. LMM's business is independent investment controlling and monitoring (performance measurement, risk oversight and reporting for institutional asset owners), which is distinct from making direct equity investments in companies. He was closely associated with LMM's expansion into Switzerland, including the opening of a Zurich branch (reported 2014).

In 2020 Häni joined Progressive Capital Partners Ltd — a Zug/Baar-based independent Swiss alternative-investments boutique founded in 2001 (approximately USD 880m AUM as of May 2026, specializing in liquid and niche alternatives / fund-of-hedge-funds solutions for institutional investors) — where he serves on and chairs the board of directors.

Important accuracy note: The stub labeled Markus Häni as an "Angel Investor" focused on "Seed Round" deals. I found no evidence supporting this. Public sources consistently describe him as an institutional investment-controlling executive and alternative-investments board member. The sections below are written to reflect the verifiable record rather than the stub's characterization.

Investment Thesis & Focus

  • No publicly stated angel/seed thesis exists for Markus Häni; treat any "seed-stage" framing as unverified.
  • Professional focus is institutional investment controlling at LMM: independent monitoring, performance and risk oversight, and reporting for pension funds, foundations and family offices — a fiduciary/oversight role, not a startup-investing role.
  • Through Progressive Capital Partners, his associated activity is in alternative investments — multi-manager portfolios, liquid alternatives and niche hedge-fund strategies for institutional clients.
  • Geographic and client emphasis is squarely institutional DACH / Liechtenstein–Switzerland, with LMM's international reach extending to the Gulf (Dubai) and Australia (Sydney).

Notable Investments

  • No angel or venture portfolio companies could be identified for Markus Häni; none are claimed here to avoid fabrication.
  • Progressive Capital Partners Ltd — board chairmanship (since 2020) of a ~USD 880m fund-of-hedge-funds / alternatives boutique; a governance role rather than a personal deal.
  • LMM Investment Controlling AG / LMM (Switzerland) AG — executive leadership and the firm's Swiss build-out (Zurich branch, ~2014) are his most concrete "deal-like" footprints, but as an operator/controller, not an equity investor.

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