# Top 20 Transportation Angel Investors in Switzerland in June 2026

## Flavio Pfaffhauser
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

Flavio is Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer at Beekeeper, Entrepreneur and Early Stage Investor in B2B SaaS companies.

## Manfred Petri
- Type: Angel
- Location: Jena, Thuringen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Convertible Note
- Focus: Video, Mobile, Sports

Manfred Petri was named managing director of mpnewco GmbH, a small private equity holding company since 2004. He has been investor and advisor in renewable energy companies. Prior to joining mpnewco GmbH, he was the Managing Director of Gerhard Petri GmbH & Co. KG in Hof. He has over 20 years of executive level experience in designing,manufacturing and selling power accessories. During his leadership he oversaw the expansion of company activities to Australia, New Zealand, USA and Eastern Europe encompassing a territory with 600 customers in 52 countries. He founded/acquired the subsidiaries in Czech Republic, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Ukraine and Poland, which led to increase product development that led to several international patents. He was responsible for the vertical integration of the business segments and enormous growth of the company that made the family owned business Gerhard Petri GmbH & Co. KG most attractive to integrated health solution that ties health education, nutrition, community health worker training, telemedicine and e-medical record keeping together to increase access to health and reduce health stresses in different communities several international buyers including Nexans S.A. (French cable manufacturer), which ultimately acquired Gerhard Petri GmbH & Co. KG in 2002. His career started by joining the Gerhard Petri GmbH & Co. KG in Hof/Germany, a family owned business designing, manufacturing and selling power accessories (cable connectors, cable lugs etc.). Petri received his MA from Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich/Germany, and his PhD/Dr. phil. (Dissertation supported by "Studienstiftung des Dt. Volkes"). He is fluent in German, English, Latin and has basic knowledge in French

## Siraj Khaliq
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

Siraj is a Partner on the investment team at Atomico. As a former computer scientist and co-founder/CTO of the successful Atomico investment The Climate Corporation, Siraj now continues his love for entrepreneurship “on the other side of the table” as a venture capitalist. He focuses on companies enabled by machine learning, AI and computervision, (particularly in intelligent assistants), IoT, Agtech, and works with a number of portfolio companies.Siraj founded The Climate Corporation in 2006, a company that pioneered the use of machine learning in helping farmers to optimize crop yield. Climate (acquired by Monsanto in 2013 and now a subsidiary) still sits at the vanguard of precision agriculture, an industry that is expected to play a key role in delivering the yield boosts needed to feed humanity in the decades ahead.Prior to this, Siraj was an early engineering hire at Google in 2001, and one of the founding engineers for the Google Book search project. He holds an MS degree in Computer Science from Stanford University, and a BA Hons in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge, UK. Siraj speaks fluent English, advanced Urdu, and just enough German to be dangerous.An enterprising child, Siraj taught himself to code in C at age 13, and wrote and sold his first piece of software, a database for medical research, at 15. He is a fan of functional programming languages, and still enough of a geek to spend the occasional weekend trying out new languages and frameworks.

## Ingo Drexler
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce

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.

## Thomas Rauber
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tafers, Fribourg, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Apps, Mobile

Thomas Rauber is the Owner and CEO of TR Invest SA. He attended IMD.

## Jari Ovaskainen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tampere, Western Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Mobile, Gaming, PC Games

Jari Ovaskainen - Business Development Director @ Modulight

## Bettina Hein
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel, Leisure, Tourism

Bettina Hein is the founder and CEO. She is a repeat entrepreneur based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Prior to founding Pixability, Bettina co-founded Swiss-based SVOX AG and led the venture-backed speech software company to profitability. Bettina was the initiator of the START, an organization that advances entrepreneurship among college students.In 2000, START received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Bettina holds a Master of Science degree from MIT, where she was a Sloan Fellow; a law degree from the University of Constance; and a degree in business administration from the University of St. Gallen.

## Matthias Hilpert
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Matthias Hilpert - CEO @ MH2 Capital

## Jason C. Foster
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Medical, Hospital, E-Commerce

Jason C. Foster is the Managing Director of Health Equity Consulting Ltd.

## Adrian Bührer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Organic Food, Food and Beverage

Adrian Bührer

## Andreas Buhl
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Rental, Retail, Social

Andreas Buhl

## Penny Schiffer
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Medical, Health Care, Finance

Penny Schiffer - CEO & Co-founder @ Raized.ai

## David Nothacker
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Apps, SaaS

David Nothacker is the Co-Founder & CEO at Sennder.

## JP Duque
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Big Data

Latam-focused Angel Investor (pre-seed to series A). Experience in VC, investment banking (M&A), private equity, angel and impact investing

## Hassine B.
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Aerospace, Space Travel, Manufacturing

Hassine B is a Managing Partner  at chez Omega Wealth Management SA

## Fabio Borzatta
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: E-Commerce, Agriculture, Organic Food

Fabio Borzatta

## Nicolaus Schefenacker
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Apps, SaaS

Nicolaus Schefenacker is the Co-founder and managing director at Sennder.

## Julius Koehler
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Web Apps

Julius Koehler is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Sennder. 
He was the Head of Sales at Styla and Senior Director of Business Development at WATCHMASTER.COM.

## Raphael Schoentgen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Marine Technology, Marine Transportation

Raphaël Schoentgen is the Co-Founder and Partner at Hydrogen Capital Partners (HCP). Raphaël attended Harvard Kennedy School.

## Ulrich Spiesshofer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Marine Technology, Marine Transportation

Ulrich Spiesshofer was appointed Chief Executive Officer in September 2013 and has been a member of the Executive Committee since 2005. From January 2010 to September 2013, Mr. Spiesshofer was the Executive Committee member responsible for the Discrete Automation and Motion division. He joined ABB in November 2005, as the Executive Committee memberresponsible for Corporate Development. From 2002 until he joined ABB, he was senior partner and global head of operations practice at Roland Berger AG (Switzerland). From 1991 to 2002, he held various management positions with A.T. Kearney Ltd. and its affiliates. Mr. Spiesshofer was born in 1964 and is a Swiss and German citizen.

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