Top 45 Consumer Angel Investors in Switzerland in October 2024
A list of 45 angel investors that invest in Consumer startups based in Switzerland. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Consumer companies from Switzerland. We update this investor list every month.Top 45 Consumer Angel Investors in Switzerland in October 2024
Investor | Consumer Switzerland investments |
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Ralph Gygax | 5 |
Werner Hoffmann | 4 |
Bettina Buechel | 3 |
Christian Wenger | 2 |
Penny Schiffer | 2 |
Tegan Kline | 2 |
Bruno Glaus | 2 |
Fritz Mumenthaler | 2 |
Ertan Wittwer | 2 |
Raul Vejar | 1 |
Nathan Kaiser | 1 |
Nikolaus Nieder | 1 |
Thomassin Emmanuel | 1 |
Vic Lee | 1 |
Joeri van Geelen | 1 |
Christopher Jentzsch | 1 |
Idris Ayodeji Bello | 1 |
Richard Melville Hall | 1 |
Andreas Buhl | 1 |
Aaron Choi | 1 |
Nelson Dumas | 1 |
Mark Jalabert | 1 |
Dieter R. Streuli | 1 |
Nicolás Arqueros | 1 |
JaMes Sowers | 1 |
Dr. Cornelius Boersch | 1 |
Lucian Wagner | 1 |
Rand Hindi | 1 |
Leonardo DiCaprio | 1 |
Thomas Rauber | 1 |
Jeremias Meier | 1 |
Giammaria Giuliani | 1 |
Peter Letmathe | 1 |
Mark Turner | 1 |
Ingo Drexler | 1 |
Alois Flatz | 1 |
Patrick Delarive | 1 |
John O'Connor | 1 |
Ralf Dummel | 1 |
Patrick Spaulding Ryan | 1 |
Guenther Dobrauz | 1 |
Valentin Stalf | 1 |
Justin Mateen | 1 |
Laurent Dassault | 1 |
Philip Magoulas | 1 |
Ralph Gygax is a Chief Administrative Officer at SWISS Gate AG. He attended KV, SVIT from 1999 to 2007.
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Investment focus
- Cannabis, Wellness, Cosmetics
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- SWISS Gate AG — SWISS Gate AG is a family-run Swiss company founded in November 2019 by brothers Dominic, Marco & Michael Hoffmann with the support of their father Werner Hoffmann and uncle Ralph Gygax.SWISS Gate AG focuses with its positioning on the areas of Lifestyle & Wellbeing. The offered product assortment ranges from CBD Anti-Aging and Day Creamsto Skin Creams as well as Shampoo, Shower Gel or Conditioner to Hemp Foods like Hemp Tea or Hemp Seed Oils to CBD Hemp Flowers to CBD Hemp Oil for humans and animals.SWISS Gate AG exclusively distributes its products of the company-owned brands Herbalea and Old Donald's through selected resellers as well as through the company-owned e-commerce channel cbuy.ch - Alles Gute aus Cannabis.SWISS Gate AG manufactures all products together with exclusive partners from the cosmetics, food & consumer goods industry and has the exclusive production & distribution rights over the products.SWISS Gate AG has launched its Series A financing round in mid-September 2021 with the goal to raise CHF 5'000'000. Currently, CHF 200,000 of this amount has been raised. The financing round is currently open - interested parties can contact CEO Marco Hoffmann directly via the contact details.
Professional experience:
Expert for Risk Management and Public Relations
Strategic & operational responsibility Compliance & Safety Management
Decades of leadership experience as colonel & professional military pilot in the Swiss Air Force
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Investment focus
- Cannabis, Wellness, Cosmetics
- Seed, Series A
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- SWISS Gate AG — SWISS Gate AG is a family-run Swiss company founded in November 2019 by brothers Dominic, Marco & Michael Hoffmann with the support of their father Werner Hoffmann and uncle Ralph Gygax.SWISS Gate AG focuses with its positioning on the areas of Lifestyle & Wellbeing. The offered product assortment ranges from CBD Anti-Aging and Day Creamsto Skin Creams as well as Shampoo, Shower Gel or Conditioner to Hemp Foods like Hemp Tea or Hemp Seed Oils to CBD Hemp Flowers to CBD Hemp Oil for humans and animals.SWISS Gate AG exclusively distributes its products of the company-owned brands Herbalea and Old Donald's through selected resellers as well as through the company-owned e-commerce channel cbuy.ch - Alles Gute aus Cannabis.SWISS Gate AG manufactures all products together with exclusive partners from the cosmetics, food & consumer goods industry and has the exclusive production & distribution rights over the products.SWISS Gate AG has launched its Series A financing round in mid-September 2021 with the goal to raise CHF 5'000'000. Currently, CHF 200,000 of this amount has been raised. The financing round is currently open - interested parties can contact CEO Marco Hoffmann directly via the contact details.
Bettina Büchel has been Professor of Strategy and Organization at IMD since 2000. Her current research topics include strategy implementation, new business development, strategic alliances and change management.She is Director of the public program Orchestrating Winning Performance as well as several partnership programs. She has workedextensively with companies such as Nestlé, Allianz, Evonik, Commerzbank, Nilfisk-Advance and others in developing strategic priorities, implementating strategic initiatives and managing change.Professor Büchel is of German origin. She received her bachelor of economics and public administration at the University of Constance, Germany, her Masters of Human Resources and Industrial Relations at Rutgers University, USA and her PhD at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. After obtaining her PhD, she worked as an Assistant Professor at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok where she was teaching MBA and PhD students from across Asia.
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Investment focus
- Drones, Robotics, Security
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Flyability — Flyability is an EPFL spin-off dedicated to creating safe, collision-tolerant robotics to access inaccessible places, replacing dangerous human operations with unmanned devices.
Christian Wenger - Chairman @ Startup INVEST
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Internet, Software
- Seed, Series A
- Switzerland, Germany, Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Aktiia — Founded in Switzerland in May 2018 out of a passion to turn insights into action in the fight against hypertension, Aktiia’s groundbreaking medical technology provides people and their physicians comprehensive insights into blood pressure patterns that will inform the diagnosis and management of hypertension. Now available in the United Kingdom,Aktiia has received its CE Mark as a Class IIa medical device - signifying that the device has been assessed to meet high safety, health and environmental protection requirements in Europe. To learn more, visit Aktiia.com.
- Kollabo — Kollabo - the deep job platform for skilled blue collar workers. Thanks to our large network of temporary offices & our qualified team, we excel at finding the perfect match for job seekers and staffing agencies. Never before has the recruiting process been so easy and hassle-free for everyone involved. The goal is to digitally enable allstakeholder, generating a win-win-win situation. It can be that simple with Kollabo – We make work easy.
- ExpressSteuer — ExpressSteuer is building AI-powered software that simplifies and automates the process of filing a german tax return which is considered to be the most complex and complicated in the world.
Penny Schiffer - CEO & Co-founder @ Raized.ai
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Medical, Finance
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Versameb — Versameb AG is a preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company located in Basel, Switzerland managed by an experienced scientific and business pharmaceutical industry team. The company’s focus is the development of novel RNA-based therapeutics. Versameb’s proprietary VERSagile technology platform enables efficient development of functional mRNAmolecules for customized protein expression and modification in multiple disease areas with high unmet medical need.
- Enterprise Bot — Cost-effective Conversational AI solutions transforming customer interaction for global enterprises. Discover cutting-edge chat, email, and voice tech.
- Scientific Visual — Scientific Visual supplies quality control workstations to visualize defects in non-polished sapphire such as watch covers, ingots and wafers.
Tegan Kline, Co-Founder and CEO at Edge & Node, working to make The Graph the Internet’s unbreakable foundation of open data to create a world powered by individual autonomy shared self-sovereignty and limitless collaboration. She was on the initial team that launched The Graph. The Graph is Edge & Node’s first protocol, an indexing andquery protocol organizing the world’s open blockchain data and making open data a public good. Tegan helps leaders and innovators connect more deeply with stakeholders across the blockchain ecosystem. Tegan made Forbes 30 under 30’s class of 2022. The Information’s 30 Most Powerful People in Crypto List. Tegan Kline is the former International Business Development Manager and Investor Relations Lead for an A16z and Sequoia backed blockchain company that created tools and protocols for users to obtain digital freedom and an open and accessible internet. Tegan has launched 3 unicorns in her lifetime. Tegan began her career on Wall Street in Investment Banking at BAML and, prior to discovering blockchain, worked in Sales and Trading at Barclays.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Singapore, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Swaap — We build the market-neutral AMM protocol.
- EthSign — EthSign is an e-signing platform that utilizes blockchain technology to offer a decentralized, customizable and transparent version of traditional signature service. EthSign aims to tackle data security issues caused by an over-reliance on centralized providers and build back trust in electronic signature services. With its Web3 technology(decentralized Identity, smart contract platforms and decentralized storage networks), the platform enables users to comment on, edit and access each version of an electronic agreement seamlessly and securely.
- Risc Zero. — RISC Zero is revolutionizing the internet by creating the infrastructure & tooling for Web3 developers around the globe to build zero-proof software.
Bruno Glaus
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Investment focus
- Drones, Computer, Robotics
- Seed
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Flyability — Flyability is an EPFL spin-off dedicated to creating safe, collision-tolerant robotics to access inaccessible places, replacing dangerous human operations with unmanned devices.
- Komed Health — Komed Health integrates seamlessly with existing healthcare systems to push actionable, real-time patient data at your fingertips, on the go.
Fritz Mumenthaler - Chairman @ Komed Health AG (PLC)
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Investment focus
- Drones, Computer, Robotics
- Seed
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Flyability — Flyability is an EPFL spin-off dedicated to creating safe, collision-tolerant robotics to access inaccessible places, replacing dangerous human operations with unmanned devices.
- Komed Health — Komed Health integrates seamlessly with existing healthcare systems to push actionable, real-time patient data at your fingertips, on the go.
Ertan Wittwer is the Founder and Board Member bestsmile. He attended BBZ Uzwil.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Water, Beauty
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Switzerland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Akina — Akina is developing the future of gamified digital healthcare to benefit individuals with chronic diseases around the world.
- Noriware — Noriware wants to revolutionize the packaging industry by offering a truly sustainable, home-compostable alternative to traditional plastic, through unlocking the potential of seaweed. In doing so, we want to be the leader in transparency to motivate the industry to become more sustainable.
- Alpine White — Alpine White is a healthcare startup that manufactures personal care products and treatments for its consumers. They exist to keep teeth healthy and white through great products and services that empower people to feel confident and feel good.
Raul Vejar - Advisor @ Pramata
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, B2B
- Seed
- Switzerland, United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Optix — Optix is the only coworking space automation software that enables you to automate, optimize, grow and engage your community.
- BigOmics — Get robust and reproducible results in a few clicks with Omics Playground: your user-friendly Omics Data Analysis Software.
- MightyHive — MightyHive is the premier Programmatic Solutions Partner for forward-thinking marketers and agencies, wherever they are on the path to programmatic self-sufficiency. MightyHive empowers clients to build data-driven organizations that drive results through programmatic insourcing, full-service management, and strategic advisory services. One of thelargest and fastest-growing programmatic buyers in the world, MightyHive has helped hundreds of clients adopt programmatic, and has a global presence with offices in San Francisco, New York, Sydney, London, and Singapore.
Nathan Kaiser is a Swiss and Taiwan dual national, admitted as an attorney-at-law and foreign lawyer at the Zurich, Berlin and the Taipei bar association, as well as a member of the Hong Kong Law Society. He speaks at and hosts events pertaining to law & tech, and legal issues related to the digital economy and Asia. He advises companies ondigital and policy issues, and their international market presence, bridging Asia, Switzerland and the US.Nathan spent two decades practicing law in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Taipei. Nathan is an affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center of Harvard University in Cambridge, MassachusettsOriginally from Solothurn, Switzerland, Nathan studied in Lausanne, Strasbourg and St. Gallen.
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Investment focus
- Computer, Software, Analytics
- Seed
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- BigOmics — Get robust and reproducible results in a few clicks with Omics Playground: your user-friendly Omics Data Analysis Software.
Nicholas Nieder is an Individual investor.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Beauty, Dental
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Akina — Akina is developing the future of gamified digital healthcare to benefit individuals with chronic diseases around the world.
- Alpine White — Alpine White is a healthcare startup that manufactures personal care products and treatments for its consumers. They exist to keep teeth healthy and white through great products and services that empower people to feel confident and feel good.
Emmanuel Thomassin joined Delivery Hero in January 2014 as Chief Financial Officer. Emmanuel is responsible for the financial activities of Delivery Hero, as well as the management of several internal departments.Before joining, he was the CFO at the Berlin-based incubator and Delivery Hero investor, Team Europe. Until late 2012 Emmanuel spent6 years as the CFO and executive board member of MetaDesign, the international corporate branding agency based in Berlin. In this role he was responsible for the HR, Legal, IT and Finance departments and managed the relationship to customers like FIFA, AstraZeneca or Voith.Emmanuel holds masters degrees from the French University and from the German Fachhochschule in Economics.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Catering, Internet
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Germany, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Kooky — - What is kooky? kooky is a digital cup smart system and offers you the possibility to dispose your reusable cup on your way in an easy and sustainable way through kooky boxes.- How does kooky work? You order your drink as usual and get it in a kooky cup. You simply pay for the drink plus 1 CHF deposit. When you return the cup in a kooky drop offbox, you will immediately get your 1 CHF deposit credited in the wallet of your app.- What do I have to do when I got the cup with the drink? Simply scan the QR code of the cup with the kooky app (registration required), and the cup will be paired to your app account.- Where can I return the cup? In all the kooky boxes around town and in all the venues of the kooky network. You can find both in the app.- How do I get my credit? In order to withdraw the credit in your app wallet, you need to enter your bank details in the app. Then you submit a payout request of the desired amount. Kooky only takes a 10% fee as cost of service, you will receive a receipt for each withdrawal.- What does kooky do with the cups? Our employees empty the kooky boxes and bring the cups to our rinsing logistics. There, they are cleaned according to hygiene regulations and standards, picked, packed and distributed to our partners again.- Are e-vehicles used for logistics? Yes, the logistics for collecting and distributing the cups takes place exclusively with electric vehicles.
- Payrails — Payrails enables high-growth companies to craft their payment experiences and financial services globally.
- MILES — Carsharing nach Kilometern statt Minuten. MILES Autos und Transporter einfach per App mieten und losfahren!
Vic Lee is the founder and managing partner of Virtus Inspire. Vic is one of the founders and former senior executive vice president of Tencent, the largest Internet company in China with a market value of about USD 200 billion. He joined Tencent in 1999 and was responsible for planning, construction and managing the operation platforms, includingtechnical architecture, information security, payment settlements, business intelligence, sales channel connection, fundamental IT, applications maintenance and customer services. From 2010 to 2012, Vic was in charge of the Company’s online search businesses. After leaving Tencent in 2012, he began to invest in technology companies in US, Israel and China. Vic was recognised as the "China Top Chief Information Officer" by 'CEO & CIO China' magazine in 2010.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Mobile, Medical
- Seed
- Switzerland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Yo — Yo is a simple and efficient single-tap zero character communication tool.
- Aeris Health — aeris is the first provider of full indoor air quality treatment systems. We provide a unique air purifier product line capable of tackling any type of air pollution at home or at work. Unlike current static air treatment products, our system constantly tracks indoor air quality and room occupancy, to ensure our air purification and ventilationdevices ensure best air quality with lowest energy consumption.We continue to push boundaries on nano-spun filter technology, proprietary air quality sensor technology and sleek minimalist air purifier design. Our aeris fleet management software employs latest control system techniques to ensure lowest energy consumption of our products while keeping PM2.5, CO2 and VOC at lowest levels.
Joeri van Geelen is the managing director of Prysm Group. It is an economic consulting firm led by Harvard PhD economists specialized in distributed ledger and blockchain technology. Taking a first-principles approach, Prysm Group uses the tools of contract theory, game theory, market design, social choice theory, and monetary economics to designcustomized solutions for distributed ledger technology and blockchain-based projects.Prysm Group’s areas of expertise include consortium governance, consensus governance, token economics, incentive design, and market structure. Prysm Group counts among its Senior Advisors former Chief Economist at Microsoft and Nobel Prize-winning Harvard economist; the firm’s research has been presented at DARPA, Federal Reserve, IBM, Microsoft, Pantera Capital, Polychain Capital, Harvard, MIT, NBER, and Stanford.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- Switzerland, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Portal — The only custody-less interoperability protocol for Bitcoin. Swap native BTC, Ordinals, Runes with L2s and L1s
- IPOR Labs — Enter the Credit Hub of DeFi. Lend and borrow at the best defi rates and earn a competitive yield on your crypto, fixed with on-chain interest rate derivatives.
- Zest — Zest helps create and manage Investment DAOs, backed by a real-world LLC. We're a full-suite concierge, offering DAO tooling alongside back-office and compliance support. We remove the inherent complexities surrounding Investment DAOs so members can form a global community that compliantly coordinates capital to maximize investmentopportunities together.
Christopher Jentzsch
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Investment focus
- Mobile Apps, iOS, Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Switzerland, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- seventhings — By digitizing all business assets and connecting all relevant data and processes from existing systems into one platform, we help companies to easily track their long-lived assets and to establish a climate neutral inventory management.
- ZenOwn — All your products in one place. Collect invoices, track warranties and sell what you no longer need. Declutter your home with ZenOwn.
- Gelato — The new way to build blockchains with web2-like UX
The 'Afropreneur' (entrepreneur with an African focus), as he self-describes, Idris Ayodeji Bello is a Partner at LoftyInc Allied Partners Limited and co-founder of The Wennovation Hub, an innovation platform based in Nigeria, that has successfully accelerated the launch of several technology start-ups in social impact sectors. He isalso a Founding Partner at Loftyinc Capital Management, owners of the Afropreneurs Fund (I&II)The 'Afropreneur' (entrepreneur with an African focus), as he self-describes, Idris Bello is a Partner at LoftyInc Allied Partners Limited and co-founder of The Wennovation Hub, an innovation platform based in Nigeria, that has successfully accelerated the launch of several technology start-ups in social impact sectors. He is also a Founding Partner at Loftyinc Capital Management, owners of the Afropreneurs Fund (I&II)A first class honors graduate of Computer Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, he has an M.Sc in Computer Science & Data Mining from the University of Houston; an MBA in Entrepreneurship & Strategy from Rice University in Houston and an M.Sc in Global Health Science from the University of Oxford, where he was a 2011 recipient of The Lord Weidenfeld Scholarship for demonstrating remarkable potential as a future leader from an emerging economy.Idris spent the greater part of a decade working at Chevron Corporation and ExxonMobil USA, where he led several large upstream technology projects across the USA and Sub-Saharan Africa. Idris has also worked with the Clinton Foundation Health Access Initiative where he played a major role in the deployment and evaluation of Swaziland’s first mobile health patient appointment reminder system as part of the country’s National AIDS Program. Listed among CNN’s Top Ten African Technology Voices, he is a Singularity University Impact Fellow, Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance Associate, Clinton Global Initiative University Fellow, MIT Global Start-up Fellow, SAP Ashoka Global Changemakers Award Winner, Dell Technology Award Winner, StartingBloc Innovation Fellow and a Nigeria Leadership Initiative Future Leader.As a leader, Idris has mentored and catalyzed scores of contributors across the growing African landscape and is an angel investor and advisor to several African startups including Andela, Flutterwave, RelianceHMO, among others. He continues to devote his efforts to the development of innovation-driven, technology-enabled social enterprises that empower the underserved and develop transformative ideas to change lives on the African continent.He spends most of his time between Lagos, Cairo, or airport lounges.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Mobile Apps
- Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Nigeria, United States, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
- Jem — We give employers the ability to send company-wide communications, deliver payslips, manage leave & give employees access to their earnings, via WhatsApp.
- SimpliFi — SimpliFi is on a mission to democratize payments by building the leading Cards as a Service (CaaS) platform for MENA and Pakistan.
- ORDA — Process orders, accept payments, connect to logistic providers, engage with your customers + more. We equip you with everything you need to grow your business.
Richard Melville Hall
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Investment focus
- Software, Augmented Reality, Consumer Electronics
- Seed
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Mictic — Mictic AG is a fast-growing startup dedicated to developing innovative user experience in Audio Augmented Reality. The Zurich-based company applies unique technology to profoundly change the way people interact with music and their own movements. Its mission is to make musical interaction more accessible to the masses. Never picked up an instrumentbefore? No problem. Already a Rock Star? We got you. Rock, Hip-Hop, EDM, Classical, Jazz: Get ready to make REAL music out of thin air!
Andreas Buhl
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Investment focus
- Rental, Retail, Social
- Seed
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Annanow — Annanow is quick commerce enabler to the retail industry. Our technology and services connect online shops, couriers, instore picking, payment and insurance services to end customers. Our services help our retail partners deliver a cost effective market-leading service to their customers.
- Sharely — Sharely is the rental and rental platform for everyday objects.
Aaron Choi
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Investment focus
- Computer, Software, Blockchain
- Funding Round
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- IPOR Labs — Enter the Credit Hub of DeFi. Lend and borrow at the best defi rates and earn a competitive yield on your crypto, fixed with on-chain interest rate derivatives.
Nelson Dumas is a recognized stakeholder in the Swiss startup ecosystem. His investments include world-class projects like Abionic, Daphne Technology, Haya Therapeutics or DistalMotion.
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Investment focus
- Jewelry, Medical, Health Care
- Seed, Series C
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Abionic — Abionic SA is ideally positioned at the boundaries of medical technology, biotechnology and nanotechnology. As a spin-off from EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland), Abionic uses these highly advanced technologies to provide the medical profession with a novel diagnostic tool designed to give patients personal allergyprofiles. Abionic aims to become an important international player in the field of personalized medicine, in particular in allergy detection.Abionic SA is a certified ISO 9001/13485 company, including research, development and commercialization of in vitro diagnostic devices for allergies detection. The standard ISO 13485 specifies requirements for a quality management system where an organization has to demonstrate its ability to provide medical devices and related services that consistently meet customer and regulatory requirements.Abionic SA is a privately owned high-tech company and is strongly supported by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL), The Canton of Vaud and Venturelab.Abionic was founded by former scientists from the biomedical optics laboratory (LOB) at EPFL. Its headquarters are located in Lausanne, Switzerland.Abionic appreciates the support it has received from:
- ID Genève — We make watches that reflect the values and principles of people who are committed to fight climate change and who wish to have a positive social and environmental impact. The materials used are circular and have a lower carbon footprint than the industry average.
Mark Jalabert
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Investment focus
- Computer, Software, Analytics
- Seed
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- BigOmics — Get robust and reproducible results in a few clicks with Omics Playground: your user-friendly Omics Data Analysis Software.
Dieter R. Streuli
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Investment focus
- Hardware, Medical Device, Electric Vehicle
- Funding Round
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- DAAV — At DAAV we are working on providing mobility services for people with reduced mobility in indoor environments.
Nicolás Arqueros is the Co-Founder and CEO of DcSpark. He previously worked as a Chief Executive Officer at BRANDMARK. He attended Federico Santa Maria Technical University.
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Investment focus
- Computer, Software, Blockchain
- Funding Round
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- IPOR Labs — Enter the Credit Hub of DeFi. Lend and borrow at the best defi rates and earn a competitive yield on your crypto, fixed with on-chain interest rate derivatives.
James Sowers is a Korean-American businessman and philanthropist. He is a former singer/songwriter who was abandoned at birth who had his music career tragically ended by a reckless driver in a car accident. He is currently a Director @ the GreaterGoodSociety . James is An experienced ICO and blockchain advisor.He has angel invested in over 40startups and initial coin offerings. He is also a contributor to Known Blockchain publications and has been featured in other well known financial publications.James has already made a very positive impact on the project, his vision and professionalism along with his great personality traits complement the SafeCrypt.io team in a very positive way.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Initial Coin Offering, Seed, Secondary Market
- United States, Switzerland, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- BitPay — BitPay provides enterprise-grade bitcoin payment solutions for businesses and organizations. It offers RESTful API, a bitcoin paymet gateway API; and native payment protocol support, signed payment request, direct payment communication, and BIP 73 support solutions. BitPay also provides Copay, a bitcoin wallet solution with Intel hardwaresecurity integration that allows users with hardware-level protection, including private key generation, transaction signing, and private keys. It has a strategic processing relationship with Aliant Payment Systems, Inc. Anthony Gallippi and Stephen Pair founded BitPay on May 1, 2011. It has its headquarters in Atlanta in Georgia.
- Aave — Aave is an Open Source Protocol to create Non-Custodial Liquidity Markets to earn interest on supplying and borrowing assets with a variable or stable interest rate. The protocol is designed for easy integration into your products and services.
- Yield Guild Games — Yield Guild Games (YGG) is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) for investing in non fungible tokens (NFTs) used in virtual worlds and blockchain-based games. The organization’s mission is to create the biggest virtual world economy, optimizing its community-owned assets for maximum utility, and sharing its profits with its token holders.
Dr. Cornelius (“Conny”) Boersch is an entrepreneur, business angel and founder of numerous technology companies. Conny is considered one of the bestconnected networkers in the tech and start-up scene. He is the founder of the global company builder Mountain Partners as well as the global co-investment company Conny & Co. Conny initiated theEntrepreneurs Day at the Tegernsee, one of the most exclusive conferences in Europe and regularly holds speeches at universities or tech events all over the world. As a business angel, he has invested in more than 300 companies since 1995 and was voted “European Business Angel of the Year” in 2009. He is a European Investment Fund (EIF) - certified super angel, which means that, subject to certain restrictions, the EIF matches all of his startup investments 1 to 1.As an entrepreneur, Conny previously founded the stock-listed RFID-based companies ACG, Smartrac and Identiv as well as the cashless payment systems provider Sandpiper. For his activities he was named “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2000. Politically, Conny acted as advisor to Dr. Guido Westerwelle, former president of the German Liberal Party, FDP, Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister of Germany from 2009 to 2012.He studied at the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Essen with a thesis on venture capital and investing. He later also acted as honorary professor and held lectures at the University of Essen.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Germany, Switzerland, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- Faarms — FAARMS is a new age digital platform catering to the needs of farmers.
- Lingoda — Learn a new language effectively with our online language courses! English, German, French and Spanish online, in live video group & private classes.
- Flash Coffee — Flash Coffee is a tech-enabled coffee chain that customers use their app to order and pay online, choosing to pick up orders from one of the Flash Coffee’s storefronts or order for delivery through major platforms in each market. Flash Coffee was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Singapore.
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.
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Investment focus
- Skiing, Sports, Fitness
- Seed
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Adiposs — Adiposs is a Swiss biotech start-up company developing medical imaging products and technologies for early detection of cachexia.
- Snowcookie — Ski tracking sensors by bode miller for racers and coaches
Dr Rand Hindi is an entrepreneur and investor in 50+ deeptech and web3 companies. He is the CEO at Zama, a homomorphic encryption startup. Rand started coding at the age of 10, created a social network at 14, and started his PhD at 21. He then created Snips, the first private-by-design voice assistant, which was acquired by Sonos. He was electedan MIT TR35, a Forbes “30 under 30”, and was a lecturer at Sciences Po in Paris as well as a member of the French Digital Council.He holds a BSc in Computer Science and a PhD in Bioinformatics from University College London (UCL).
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Investment focus
- Cryptocurrency, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- France, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Giza — Actionable AI for decentralized applications.
- Twin — We are building the AI productivity platform for SMB teams to automate complex and repetitive tasks across, as seamlessly as delegating them to smart interns.
- Usual Labs — Usual Labs operates as a decentralized finance(DeFi) protocol.
Leonardo DiCaprio is an American actor and film producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and nine Golden Globe Awards. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Aviator (2004), and has been nominated by the Screen Actors Guild, Satellite Awards, and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Acommitted environmentalist, DiCaprio has received praise from environmental groups for his activism. At the 2007 Oscar ceremony, DiCaprio and former Vice President Al Gore announced that the Academy Awards had incorporated environmentally intelligent practices throughout the planning and production processes, and on July 7, 2007, DiCaprio presented at the American leg of Live Earth.
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Investment focus
- Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Manufacturing
- Series A, Funding Round, Seed
- United States, Israel, Switzerland
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- Bright — Bright offers residential solar for the developing world at $0 upfront. They operating first in Mexico, where electricity rates are 2-3x (that of the US), there's 40% more sun, and installation costs are half as much.
- ID Genève — We make watches that reflect the values and principles of people who are committed to fight climate change and who wish to have a positive social and environmental impact. The materials used are circular and have a lower carbon footprint than the industry average.
- SolarMente — SolarMente is a software platform that provides solar hardware, installation, warranties, financing, insurance, and technical support. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Barcelona, Catalonia.
Thomas Rauber is the Owner and CEO of TR Invest SA. He attended IMD.
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- Manufacturing, Apps, Mobile
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Switzerland, Spain, Sweden
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- Mobbot — MOBBOT provides an integrated solution for the digitalization of the shotcrete process. The technology increases productivity, reduces costs and CO2 emissions by optimizing the shotcrete process.
- CompPair — CompPair develops sustainable composites with an ultra-fast repair technology to extend their lifetime and reduce waste.
- DAAV — At DAAV we are working on providing mobility services for people with reduced mobility in indoor environments.
Jeremias Meier is Partner at session.vc. Jeremias brings 15 years of experience as a serial founder and CEO. His first company, a web development provider, was acquired by PWC. He then co-founded the market-leading SaaS accounting company bexio and led it to a successful exit. Today, Jeremias supports (SaaS) startups as a mentor, board member andinvestor.
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- Software, B2B, Machine Learning
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Switzerland
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- Aioma — B2B Marketing Automation: People use Aioma to automate and gain efficiency, but automation is usually cold and inhumane. We strive to make Marketing Automation human and valued by the people on the receiving end of it. Aioma strengthens the relationship between B2B businesses and their customers by sending meaningful messages at the time they’remost likely to be engaged.
- Pabio — Infinitely scalable B2B sales with AI: Grow your business exponentially with predictable, fully-automated sales using cutting-edge AI, backed by Y Combinator.
- SalesPlaybook — Leading European startups to their sales goals & beyond
Giammaria Giuliani
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- Beauty, Cosmetics
- Series A, Series B
- Switzerland
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- CUTISS — CUTISS AG can now bio-engineer large quantities of individually customized human skin grafts, denovoSkin™, starting off from a very small piece of healthy patient’s skin. Because of its intrinsic characteristics, denovoSkin™ is expected to result in a minimally scarring outcome after transplantation. denovoSkin™ received a Swissmedic, EMA and FDAOrphan drug designation for the treatment of burns.
Peter Letmathe served as Member of Executive Board at Nestlé S.A., a holding Company of Nestle Philippines, Inc. Mr. Brabeck-Letmathe has been leading Nestlé Group since 1997. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Nestlé S.A. from 1997 to April 2008. Peter Letmathe joined Nestle SA in 1968 and served as its General Manager since 1992. Heserved as an Executive Vice President of Nestlé S.A., since January 1992 and devised and implemented its brand strategy, consisting of a clear hierarchy of strategic brands on the global, regional and local level. He served as the Chief Executive Officer since April 1998. He served as Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director of Nestlé Ecuador since 1981, as the President and the Managing Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nestlé Venezuela since 1983, as Senior Vice President in Charge of the Culinary Products Division of Nestlé, International headquarters Vevey since 1987 and Executive Vice President of worldwide responsibility for Strategic Business Group 2, Marketing, Communication and Public Affairs of Nestlé S.A. since 1992. He served as the Salesman and Specialist for new products at Nestlé, Austria since 1968 and served as a National Sales Manager and Director of Marketing of Nestlé, Chile from 1970 to 1980. He has been the Chairman of Nestlé S.A. since April 14, 2005. He has been Chairman of Credit Suisse (Australia) Limited since 2008 and Chairman of Delta Topco since 2012. He serves as the Chairman of Nestlé Health Science S.A. He serves as Vice Chairman of L'Oreal India Pvt. Ltd. He has been the Vice Chairman of the Board of Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Holdings Inc., since June 26, 2003. He serves as Vice Chairman of Winterthur (Switzerland). He served as Vice Chairman of Alcon, Inc. He also served as Vice-Chairman of AXA Leben AG (formerly, Winterthur Life Insurance Company) and AXA Versicherungen AG (formerly, Winterthur Group). He serves as a Member of Foundation Board at World Economic Forum. He serves as a Director of L'Oreal USA, Inc. He served as a Director at Alcon Inc. from 2002 to May 2, 2006 and Lead Independent Director of Credit Suisse Group from March 2001 to 2002. He served as a Director of Winterthur Swiss Insurance. He serves as Member of ERT (European Round Table of Industrialists), the Bretton Woods Committee's International Council, as well as of the International Association for the Promotion and Protection of Private Foreign Investments (APPI) and Avenir Suisse. He graduated from the University of World Trade in Vienna with a Degree in Economics.
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- AgTech, Drones, Fashion
- Series C, Series A
- Switzerland
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- Gamaya — Gamaya addresses the need to increase efficiency and sustainability of large industrial farming, as well as the productivity and scalability of small-holder farming, by deploying the world’s most advanced solution for mapping and diagnostics of farmland. Gamaya farmland analytics solution improves production efficiency and risk management byfacilitating optimum decision making, including use of chemicals and fertilizers, and resulting in larger and better yields, while minimizing the impact on the environment.
- Abionic — Abionic SA is ideally positioned at the boundaries of medical technology, biotechnology and nanotechnology. As a spin-off from EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland), Abionic uses these highly advanced technologies to provide the medical profession with a novel diagnostic tool designed to give patients personal allergyprofiles. Abionic aims to become an important international player in the field of personalized medicine, in particular in allergy detection.Abionic SA is a certified ISO 9001/13485 company, including research, development and commercialization of in vitro diagnostic devices for allergies detection. The standard ISO 13485 specifies requirements for a quality management system where an organization has to demonstrate its ability to provide medical devices and related services that consistently meet customer and regulatory requirements.Abionic SA is a privately owned high-tech company and is strongly supported by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL), The Canton of Vaud and Venturelab.Abionic was founded by former scientists from the biomedical optics laboratory (LOB) at EPFL. Its headquarters are located in Lausanne, Switzerland.Abionic appreciates the support it has received from:
- HYT Watches — HYT Watches is a watch brand evolving in the upper luxury market creating exclusive hybrid mechanical timepieces for watch connoisseurs. Its hydro-mechanical engineering lab is currently involved in the hybrid development of watches. HYT Watches is based in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Mark Turner
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- Jewelry, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- ID Genève — We make watches that reflect the values and principles of people who are committed to fight climate change and who wish to have a positive social and environmental impact. The materials used are circular and have a lower carbon footprint than the industry average.
Early-stage VC investor since 2005, fund advisor and active business angel with holdings in more than 25 technology companies. Ingo founded Next Level VC in 2019 to bundle his angel and advisor activities. Before, as CIO of Mountain Partners, Ingo reshaped and implemented the direct investment strategy of the group, which led to significant exitsand value creation. In parallel, he initiated and set up the group’s company building activities (Rheingau Founders). As an investment partner at Scail Capital he built up its retail-related investment operations. Ingo is also a co-founder and acted as a chairman of the board of Montredo, a leading online platform for new luxury watches that has recently been sold to Les Ambassadeurs Group. Before joining the VC industry, he served as COO at MovingImage and studied at Technical University of Ilmenau and UFSC in Brazil.
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- Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Germany, Switzerland, Austria
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- Refurbed — Refurbed operates as an online marketplace for refurbished products in the german-speaking world. It sells renewed phones, laptops and tablets which are up to 40% cheaper and 100% more environmentally friendly than their brand-new, store-bought counterparts. Refurbed devices are renewed through a 40-step process, making them look like new andfunction like new. On top of that, each device comes with at least a 12-month guarantee.The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.
- Honeysales — Welcome to honeysales. With meeting as a service, we offer you hassle-free sales experience
- Surfboard — Surfboard WFM features integrated forecasting, capacity planning, automated scheduling and performance analytics for modern support teams.
Alois Flatz is a Venture Partner with 20 years' experience in private equity, investment management and sustainability. He is a member of the boards of va-Q-tec and The Mobility House.Before joining Zouk, Alois was a Partner and Head of Research at Sustainable Asset Management in Zurich, where he co-founded the Dow Jones SustainabilityIndex. Alois was also Managing Partner of BTS Investment Advisors, a private equity advisor in India with over $3 billion AUM, and an advisor to the Austrian Ministry of the Environment.A published author on sustainable investment, Alois has a PhD in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen, an MBA from Vienna University of Economics and studied International Management at HEC.
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- Software, Real Estate, Social Media
- Seed, Funding Round
- Switzerland, Austria
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- Tset — The perfect combination of industry knowledge and modern technology to realize cost and CO2 savings. Learn more.
- Kooky — - What is kooky? kooky is a digital cup smart system and offers you the possibility to dispose your reusable cup on your way in an easy and sustainable way through kooky boxes.- How does kooky work? You order your drink as usual and get it in a kooky cup. You simply pay for the drink plus 1 CHF deposit. When you return the cup in a kooky drop offbox, you will immediately get your 1 CHF deposit credited in the wallet of your app.- What do I have to do when I got the cup with the drink? Simply scan the QR code of the cup with the kooky app (registration required), and the cup will be paired to your app account.- Where can I return the cup? In all the kooky boxes around town and in all the venues of the kooky network. You can find both in the app.- How do I get my credit? In order to withdraw the credit in your app wallet, you need to enter your bank details in the app. Then you submit a payout request of the desired amount. Kooky only takes a 10% fee as cost of service, you will receive a receipt for each withdrawal.- What does kooky do with the cups? Our employees empty the kooky boxes and bring the cups to our rinsing logistics. There, they are cleaned according to hygiene regulations and standards, picked, packed and distributed to our partners again.- Are e-vehicles used for logistics? Yes, the logistics for collecting and distributing the cups takes place exclusively with electric vehicles.
- Allthings — Allthings enables digital communication and interaction between property users, owners and property managers. Allthings bundles various digital services around life and work in buildings in one app. By doing so, Allthings achieves operational cost reductions while simultaneously increasing the value of the property. The company was founded in 2013by an experienced team and has offices in Basel, Berlin and Freiburg i. Breisgau.
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.
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- Security, Wireless, Wearables
- Seed
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Biowatch — Biowatch is a user-friendly wrist veins biometric reader that functions as a security solution for mobile payment protection and smart device interaction. Users can access the app for enrolling their vein pattern and selecting applications and devices that needs to be connected to their Biowatch, wear their BioWatch and activate it by matchingtheir vein pattern with their enrolled reference, get PKI encrypted user code transmitted from their Biowatch, and start opening doors without the use of keys and passwords.Biowatch was launched by Joe Rice and Matthias Vanoni and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Director of African Operations at IOHK, the blockchain development company behind Cardano. He previously worked as Head of Strategy and Communications at the Cardano Foundation. Cardano is a leading blockchain platform and cryptocurrency.
John graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics.
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- Computer, Software, Blockchain
- Funding Round
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- IPOR Labs — Enter the Credit Hub of DeFi. Lend and borrow at the best defi rates and earn a competitive yield on your crypto, fixed with on-chain interest rate derivatives.
Ralf Dummel, born on 02.12.1966 in Bad Segeberg in Germany, started his career on 01.04.1988 at DS Produkte as a sales assistant to the then founder. Over the years he learned the business from the ground and took full responsibility for purchases and sales after only a year. He vastly participated in the establishment of the company and has been apartner since 1996. Today, the group has an annual turnover of ca. € 250 000 000, 400 employees, and more than 4 000 products in its portfolio. He often travels the world to visit suppliers and customers, and to find inspiration in new innovative products. Dümmel knows Asia inside out, but Northern Germany is the place he calls home. Since 2016 he takes part in the TV program “Die Höhle der Löwen” (literally: The Lions’ Cave, German version of Dragons’ Den on German TV channel VOX ) where he plays one of the “lions”, looking for young entrepreneurs with brilliant products.Ralf Dummel is very convincing with his genuine and appreciative style. From day one, Ralf Dümmel brightened up the surroundings, thanks to his enthusiasm for business and for new products. He has a unique sense for trends and products; he can market them with more success than hardly anyone else. He proudly claims that there hardly is any household without a “DS product” in Germany. Dümmel is often on the road for professional reasons, and when he sees that a customer adds a DS product in their shopping cart, he feels the same tingle of joy after 28 years that he felt in the early days. The 400 employees are Dümmels’s most important asset. They actively take part in the company, invest themselves in it, and help it develop further. Dummel is very proud that the DS products are the result of such a varied cast of people and skill sets. These are people with different personalities and talents that complement each other in a cooperation shaping always innovative business and product ideas.
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- Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Product Design
- Angel, Seed, Funding Round
- Germany, United States, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Zeedz — Gaming for a green future. Zeedz is a monster collectible game that targets real-world climate change. Discover a world of plantified magic, made in Berlin.
- Frinsh — Many ready-to-drink ginger shots are sweetened or blended with fruit juice and thus contain a lot of sugar. The Frinish Ginger Cubes, on the other hand, is made entirely with ginger. Our fresh ginger is processed into a fine ginger puree and then frozen promptly. This implies that the flavor and nutrients are kept better.
- TeaBlobs — TeaBlobs allows you to make tea fast, responsibly, and without using a bag. Now available in seven delectable flavors.
Patrick Spaulding Ryan is the Co-Founder, Fractional CFO and CLO of Always Blue Games. He previously worked at TikTok as a Lead Technical Program Manager, Security + Web3 R D. Patrick Spaulding Ryan attended Stanford University.
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- Information Technology, FinTech, Mobile Apps
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- United States, Mexico, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- CurveCatch — CurveCatch brengt de voordelen van een kleine lingerie speciaalzaak en online shoppen samen. Enerzijds nemen we je bij de hand en nemen we alle complexiteit rond maten en pasvormen weg door deze voor jou uit te kiezen o.b.v. 15 jaar ervaring. Anderzijds ben je op 5min klaar met bestellen en kan je thuis lingerie passen alvorens deze te betalen. Je betaalt achteraf alleen wat je houdt. Bestel nu jouw box en ervaar deze nieuwe manier van shoppen!
- Arrenda — Arrenda is a fintech startup that provides market-specific insurance and financial products to the real estate markets of Latin America. It also offers advance payments to landlords upfront to lower barriers to renting in the country. Arrenda was founded in 2021 and is based in Mexico City.
- My Little Mascara Club — Meet the little mascara everyone is subscribing to, exclusively at My Little Mascara Club. Seriously smudge proof, packed with clean ingredients, and just the right size for you to always have a fresh, clump-free mascara. Delivered!
Guenther is a Partner with PwC in Zurich and Leader of PwC Legal Switzerland where he also heads the Legal FS Regulatory & Compliance Services practise. Together with his team he is building the law firm of the future. He is also a member of PwC’s Global Legal Leadership Team directing the firm’s global legal practise comprising 4000+ lawyersin 90+ countries where he leads the firm’s global LegalTech efforts.Guenther is considered a global expert on legal advisory, specialising in supporting the structuring, authorisation and ongoing lifecycle management of financial intermediaries and their products. A practising Tech- and Innovation Enthusiast since 2002 he also strongly focuses on LegalTech, RegTech and the Blockchain space.He is the author of three books on innovation and disruption and of five books on European, Swiss and Liechtenstein regulation. He also wrote 100+ publications in international expert magazines and has to date been speaking at more than 200 conferences worldwide. Additionally, Guenther is an entrepreneur and innovator in the legal field of technology
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- Jewelry, Textiles, CleanTech
- Seed
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- OceanSafe — OceanSafe is a textile technology company for circular, biodegradable, and toxin-free circular textiles.
- ID Genève — We make watches that reflect the values and principles of people who are committed to fight climate change and who wish to have a positive social and environmental impact. The materials used are circular and have a lower carbon footprint than the industry average.
Valentin Stalf is co-founder and CEO of N26. In 2013 he founded N26 with his longtime friend Maximilian Tayenthal. Back then already, both shared a vision of building a bank that the world loves to use. Since the initial product launch in 2015, N26 has grown to include more than 2.5 million customers across 24 European markets — with plans toenter the US in 2019. The firm has raised more than USD 500 million from some of the world’s most well-known investors, including Insight Venture Partners, GIC - Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, Tencent, Allianz X, Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures, Li Ka-Shing’s Horizons Ventures, Earlybird Venture Capital, Battery Ventures, in addition to members of the Zalando management board, and Redalpine Ventures. N26 has more than 800 employees based in in Berlin, New York and Barcelona, who are concentrated on reinventing the banking experience for the digital generation. With its full banking license, state-of-the-art technology and no branch network, N26 is redesigning banking for the 21st century.
Before N26, Valentin was an Entrepreneur in Residence for Rocket Internet, an incubator and investor in online startups. There he helped to develop several companies in the mobile payments industry, including payleven and Paymill GmbH. Moreover, he worked in strategy consulting and investment banking. Valentin has a bachelor’s degree in business administration and management and a master’s degree in accounting and finance from the University of St. Gallen. He is currently a member of the advisory board at the Vienna University of Economics and Business.
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- Retail, Grocery, Big Data
- Seed, Series A
- Germany, Hungary, Switzerland
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- Kooky — - What is kooky? kooky is a digital cup smart system and offers you the possibility to dispose your reusable cup on your way in an easy and sustainable way through kooky boxes.- How does kooky work? You order your drink as usual and get it in a kooky cup. You simply pay for the drink plus 1 CHF deposit. When you return the cup in a kooky drop offbox, you will immediately get your 1 CHF deposit credited in the wallet of your app.- What do I have to do when I got the cup with the drink? Simply scan the QR code of the cup with the kooky app (registration required), and the cup will be paired to your app account.- Where can I return the cup? In all the kooky boxes around town and in all the venues of the kooky network. You can find both in the app.- How do I get my credit? In order to withdraw the credit in your app wallet, you need to enter your bank details in the app. Then you submit a payout request of the desired amount. Kooky only takes a 10% fee as cost of service, you will receive a receipt for each withdrawal.- What does kooky do with the cups? Our employees empty the kooky boxes and bring the cups to our rinsing logistics. There, they are cleaned according to hygiene regulations and standards, picked, packed and distributed to our partners again.- Are e-vehicles used for logistics? Yes, the logistics for collecting and distributing the cups takes place exclusively with electric vehicles.
- Kitchenful — Kitchenful is an app for personalized recommendations of recipes, which gets users the ingredients delivered from their local supermarket. Kitchenful's algorithm always suggests the most popular recipes that are 40% cheaper than meal kits.
- SEON — SEON Fraud Prevention tools help organisations reduce the costs and resources lost to fraud. Spot fake accounts, slash manual reviews and cut chargebacks now.
Justin Mateen is the Founder of Tinder, the world's largest dating platform. In 2021, and 2022 Business Insider ranked Mateen as the best early stage investor in the US, placing him at the number 1 spot on the top 100 list of US Seed Investors both years. In 2020, Forbes included Mateen on their list of the decade's top 10 techentrepreneurs. Fast Company has listed him as one of the most creative people in business.Founded in 2012, Tinder is the highest grossing app on Apple's app store since 2017 and was valued at over $40 Billion dollars in 2021.
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- E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Mexico, United Kingdom
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- Whop — One-stop-shop for all the latest and greatest digital products to help you earn online. From trading software to reselling communities, we've got you.
- Urbanic — Urbanic is a naturally charming, vibrant, and socially responsible fashion brand that celebrates your unique individuality.
- Somethings — We connect your teen with a professional, trained 20-28 year old mentor who supports your teen via text and video call whenever they need. Start today.
Born July 7, 1953 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Laurent Dassault is the son of Serge Dassault (1925). Married to Martine de Souza Lambrey Dassault in 2002. He Has two sounds, Julien and Adrien, from His previous wedding with Martine Raych.After 13 years in banking, Laurent Dassault in 1991 joined the group founded by his grandfather Marcel Dassault. AtDassault Investissements, he handles indirect compensation involved in military aeronautical contracts.He has also developed—and increased the value of—the firm’s investments in the arts and vineyards. Profoundly forward-looking and business oriented, Laurent Dassault enjoys creating, innovating and building. He is also deeply involved in many charitable and humanitarian organizations.Laurent Dassault today sits on some 30 boards involved principally in the financial, industrial and artistic sectors.
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- SaaS, Cyber Security, Professional Services
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- France, Switzerland
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- Respaid — Respaid is a fintech startup that is revolutionizing debt recovery for businesses. Our platform combines the expertise of amicable debt collectors with AI technology to deliver a faster, more efficient, and more personalized debt recovery process. With a success rate of 50% in just 20 days, Respaid's platform is 3 times more efficient and 6times faster than traditional debt recovery agencies. We offer transparent pricing based on successful debt recovery, making it easier for businesses to manage their cash flow.But we're more than just a debt recovery platform. At Respaid, we are committed to making a positive social impact by donating a portion of our revenue to families in financial hardship through our partnership with charitable organization. This helps us give back to the community and create a sustainable, long-term solution for families in need.Join Respaid in revolutionizing debt recovery and making a positive impact on society. Whether you're a small business or a large corporation, we have the expertise and technology to help you recover unpaid debts quickly and efficiently.
- Manager.one — manager.one offers you a fixed monthly rate with an online business account and unlimited Visa Corporate cards.
- Carré d'Artistes —
Philip Magoulas is the CFO & Co-Founder at Bestsmile. Additionally, Philip Magoulas has had 1 past job as the Co-Founder & Managing Director at Shore.
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- Software, iOS, Apps
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Germany, Switzerland, United States
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- Noriware — Noriware wants to revolutionize the packaging industry by offering a truly sustainable, home-compostable alternative to traditional plastic, through unlocking the potential of seaweed. In doing so, we want to be the leader in transparency to motivate the industry to become more sustainable.
- Productlane — Connect call recordings, notes and feedback to your issue tracker and speed up your discovery with Productlane.
- Alpine White — Alpine White is a healthcare startup that manufactures personal care products and treatments for its consumers. They exist to keep teeth healthy and white through great products and services that empower people to feel confident and feel good.
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