# Top 30 Biotechnology Angel Investors in Switzerland in June 2026 ## Penny Schiffer - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Medical, Health Care, Finance Penny Schiffer - CEO & Co-founder @ Raized.ai ## Miklos Stanek - Type: Angel - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Miklos Stanek joined BackBone Ventures as Founding Partner & Chairman. ## Thomas Zehnder - Type: Angel - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Health Care, Life Science, Biotechnology Thomas Zehnder - Partner @ BlueOcean Ventures ## Ted Kummert - Type: Angel - Location: Seattle, Washington, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: CRM, Big Data, Life Science Ted joined Madrona in 2013 and brings his years of technical and operational leadership in enterprise technology to Madrona and the portfolio companies. As Venture Partner, Ted identifies new investments and provides strategic counsel and operational advice to Madrona portfolio companies. Prior to Madrona, Ted drove major product and businessinitiatives for Microsoft for more than two decades. At Microsoft, Kummert led teams across a broad set of technologies, including operating systems, consumer online services, enterprise security and enterprise application platform. As Corporate Vice President of the Data Platform Group, Kummert led the development of several key Microsoft enterprise products including SQL Server, SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse, Windows Azure Data Services and Microsoft's business intelligence and big data offerings. Widely known as the "data chief" of Microsoft, he led the data platform business through a period of significant growth and drove the cloud and big data strategy for the platform. Ted began his career at Apple and HP. ## Nicolas Weber - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Genetics, Oncology, Generative AI Healthcare has been my passion throughout most of my professional life – in international corporate environments and as entrepreneur and Business Angel. I co-founded medneo (https://www.medneo.com/) (Radiology as a Service) and OpenRad (https://www.openrad.com/) (IT rails for diagnostic imaging) and helped to buildit from zero to 550+ people – what a journey. I recently transitioned from Group CEO to the supervisory board. With medneo (https://www.medneo.com/) we are improving access to high-end diagnostic imaging (e.g. MRI, CT, etc.) for patients with a new pan-European operating model for medical service providers: Radiology as a Service. And with OpenRad (https://www.openrad.com/) we bring workflow IT to 3rd party diagnostic centers beyond medneo. I have developed the organization for CEOs to manage the brands independently and I support them actively as board director. Together with my two co-founders André Glardon (https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreglardon/) and Matthias Issing (https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthias-issing/) we – 3minds (https://www.linkedin.com/company/3minds-projects/) – are supporting outstanding impact entrepreneurs on their journey to improve our lives - as angels, mentors and in board functions. We engage directly and via amazing networks like Better Ventures (https://www.betterventures.io/) and Springboard Health (https://www.springboardangels.com/). I'm a grateful member of the Entrepreneurs' Organization (https://eonetwork.org) - the meaningful connections with diverse and inspiring people helped me to grow as a person. Also, I'm a board member of EO's Berlin Chapter (https://www.eoberlin.com/). Berlin (https://goo.gl/maps/6zP6kaWtrY7VQhvu6) based. Originally from the south of Germany (Pforzheim), had the opportunity to live and work abroad (e.g. USA, UK, China). I like endurance sports, especially long-distance running (Marathon+) and cycling. I'm happy to contribute and connect (https://about.me/nicolas.weber) - feel free to reach out! https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolasweber/ ## Thomas Glocer - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, FinTech, Analytics Tom Glocer joined BlueVoyant as Executive Chairman and Founder in 2017. ## Reinhard Ambros - Type: Angel - Location: Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical Reinhard Ambros ## John Zimmer - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Seed - Focus: Mining, FinTech, Mineral John Zimmer is the co-founder and President of Lyft, the on-demand ridesharing platform, that was founded in 2007 with Zimride as its first of two products built to create a more social, sustainable and affordable transportation system. John’s interest in peer-to-peer transportation began at Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration. Uponlearning that only 20% of seats in cars on highways are occupied, he began working on ways to use existing information infrastructures to solve the problem of unused empty seats. After graduating first in his class, John spent two years at Lehman Brothers before (luckily) leaving to rideshare his way from New York to San Francisco to join co-founder Logan Green in launching Zimride. John was recognized in 2009 as one of Businessweek's Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25, and has spoken at top tier events such as SXSW, The Association for Commuter Transportation (ACT) International Conference and Stanford Business School. With Lyft, John hopes to fix the current state of transportation across the country, and eventually around the world, to make cities safer, more affordable and better connected. Since unveiling the product in June 2012, Lyft has quickly become one of the fastest-growing tech companies with more than $80 million raised from leading investors Andreessen Horowitz and Founders Fund and has been featured in The Economist, the New York Times and on NBC’s TODAY Show. Lyft is currently available in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, San Diego, Chicago, Boston and Washington, D.C., with more than a million rides shared on the platform to date. ## Alexsis de Raadt-St. James - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Health Care Alexsis is the Founder and Managing Partner of Merian Ventures, an early-stage venture firm focused on investing in women founded, co-founded and majority-owned companies in the US and UK. Alexsis has extensive investment, venture and operations experience based on businesses she has founded or funded. As managing partner of Merian Ventures since2015, Alexsis serves as a Board Member and Advisor to Merian Venture portfolio companies Provenance, Pivigo, Populus, Honeycomb, ImpactVision, CareerLark, Cirrus Identity and Compaas, among others. Merian Ventures was named after Maria Sibylla Merian, a botanist, entrepreneur and intrepid traveler born in 1647. In addition to Merian Ventures, Alexsis is a US-UK Fulbright Commissioner; Board member of the Oxford Internet Institute; Board member of The Oxford Foundry; Founder and funder of the WEInnovate STEM accelerator for Women at Imperial College, London; and Board Member and Advisor to companies she's funded. Alexsis is also Chairman and Founder of The Althea Foundation, established in 2003 as a family office. Today, The Althea Foundation is a California nonprofit public benefit corporation and it is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a public charity described in Internal Revenue Code Sections 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1). ## Tobias Reichmuth - Type: Angel - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Travel, Internet Tobias Reichmuth - Founding Partner at Maximon - The Longevity Company Builder @ Maximon ## Philip Wels - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Sports, Software, Information Technology Philip Wels is an individual investor. ## Piero Novelli - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Wellness, Neuroscience, Information Technology Piero Novelli is the Chairman-Supervisory Board at Euronext NV. ## Ian Metcalfe - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Biotechnology Ian Metcalfe is an individual investor. ## Tej Tadi - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Robotics, Neuroscience Tej Tadi is an Electronics Engineer and has pursued an advanced master in Virtual Reality & Computer Graphics at The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Switzerland. During his PhD (EPFL), he set up an immersive virtual reality system in combination with state-of-the-art brain imaging technologies enabling trans-disciplinary work incognitive psychology, neuroimaging, and virtual reality. His research has led to important and highly visible scientific publications (Science) and awards (Pfizer Award for Neuroscience in 2009). Through his research, he has built a strong multi-disciplinary base spanning computer science, systems biology, neuroimaging, and computational and cognitive neuroscience. He founded MindMaze in 2011 to design and develop novel applications in Neuro-Rehabilitation, Game training & Interfaces. The technology platform from MindMaze will help in the neurology, psychiatry and sports rehabilitation. ## Emily Leproust - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Product Research As an early pioneer in long DNA synthesis, Emily is poised to accelerate the biofactory market. She and co-founder Bill Peck share the world record for synthesizing the longest, highest quality oligo library. Emily architected the successful SureSelect product line which lowered the cost of sequencing and elucidated dozens of mendelian diseases,and she developed Agilent’s Oligo Library Synthesis technology. Emily has co-authored over 34 peer-reviewed papers—many on synthetic DNA—and has extensive marketing, management, and business development experience. Prior to Twist Bioscience, Emily was Director of Applications and Chemistry R&D—Genomics at Agilent Technologies. ## Chris Gibson - Type: Angel - Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Life Science Chris Gibson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Recursion (Recursion Pharmaceuticals). He previously worked at Cure HHT as a Member Board of Directors. Chris Gibson attended the University of Utah. ## Lukas Speiser - Type: Angel - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Wellness, Nutrition, Health Care Lukas Speiser is the founder and CEO of Amorana.ch ## Beat Schillig - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, SaaS, Music Beat Schillig - Founder @ Venture Kick ## Christoph Behn - Type: Angel - Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Advanced Materials Christoph Behn is the Chairman & Founder of better ventures. He previously worked at Die Kartenmacherei as an Advisory Board & Founder. Christoph Behn attended HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management. ## Lucian Wagner - Type: Angel - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Skiing, Sports, Fitness Lucian has a truly global outlook with an extensive set of contacts in North America, Europe, and Asia. Lucian is a venture capitalist and entrepreneur with several successful start-ups to his credit. He has 20 years of semiconductor industry experience. Lucian was born in Germany, educated in the French school system, and went on to earn a B.Sc.in International Economics from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University (with a minor in Russian) and an MBA from INSEAD. ## Walter Fischl - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Medical, Health Care, Biotechnology Walter Fischl ## Mathias Maurer - Type: Angel - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Wellness, Neuroscience, Information Technology Mathias Maurer ## Peter Herger - Type: Angel - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Wellness, Neuroscience, Information Technology Peter Herger is a private investor. ## Nicolas Mermod - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Medical, Health Care, Life Science Nicolas Mermod ## Ulf Claesson - Type: Angel - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Food and Beverage Ulf Claesson is a Partner (since 2009) at BLR & Partners AG, a private equity firm located in Zurich, Switzerland. From 2006 to 2009, Ulf built up and ran one of HP’s product divisions as a General Manager and Vice President after having one of his companies acquired by Hewlett-Packard Corporation. From 2002 to 2006, Ulf was Co-founderand Chairman of the Board of Directors at Silverwire Group (now a Hewlett-Packard Company). Ulf has served as a Member of the Board of Directors at AVAST Software since October 2012. Prior to co-founding Silverwire Group, in 1997 Ulf founded Whitecap GmbH and Whitecap LLP, where he also serves as Managing Director to this day. From 1977 to 1997, Ulf served in various European and global management and executive positions at IBM Corporation, where he, among other new business segments, built up IBM’s global Distribution business and its OEM business in Continental Europe. Ulf also serves as a Member of the Board of the Swiss Federal Commission for Innovation and Technology and is a Lecturer, teaching Entrepreneurship at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Ulf holds a M.Sc. degree from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. ## Thorsten Schroeder - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Children, Electronics, Life Science Thorsten Schroeder ## Arda Kara - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Health Care, Medical, Software Arda Kara ## Patrick Delarive - Type: Angel - Location: Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Security, Wireless, Wearables Patrick is a businessman active in real estate, wealth management, show business, hospitality, education and private equity, benefiting from a strong network. At Biowatch since November 2015. ## Urs Berger - Type: Angel - Location: Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Wellness, Neuroscience, Information Technology Urs Berger is the current President of Swiss Entrepreneurs Foundation. He previously worked at JAROWA AG as a Chairman of the Board. Urs Berger attended Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management. ## Marcello Campanelli - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Biotechnology Marcello Campanelli is a general manager at Parker Lord.