Die Venture Kick Jurymitglieder

José Achache

José Achache is the Founder of ALTYN, a consulting firm on space,...

Gilbert Achermann

Gilbert Achermann engages in various mandates in publicly-listed...

Thibaud Aguettaz

Thibaud is an Investment Partner at Joyance Partners and focuses...

Hans Albrecht

Hans-Martin is an active investor in several SMEs and engages...

Teddy Amberg

Dr. Teddy Amberg is a Founding Partner at Spicehaus, a Swiss...

Lukas André

Lukas André is the Managing Partner for Redstone in Switzerland....

Martin Angehrn

Martin Angehrn, entrepreneur, Am Geren AG. After his ETHZ master...

Björn-Owe Aronsson

Björn-Owe Aronsson is Co-founder and CTO of Nano Bridging Molecules...

Rolf Auf der Maur

Dr. Rolf Auf der Maur is Partner at Vischer, one of the major...

Thomas Avedik

Thomas is a devoted #DigitalBanking, #Cybersecurity and #DigitalTransformation...

Daniel Bach

Venture capital investor in Life Sciences. Passionate about...

Nathaly Bachmann

Nathaly Bachmann is an Entrepreneur and Investor. She is advising...

Christian Bächmann

Founder and Shareholder of domando AG, a swiss Holding company...

Alexander Banz

Alexander is a seasoned executive with 25+ years in venture...

James Barclay

James is an investment consultant to Efficient Frontier Investing...

Michal Bartos

After three decades in senior leadership roles in the life sciences...

Andrea Basso

Andrea Basso, PhD (EPFL, Switzerland, Stanford USA), is currently...

Evgeny Bazarov

Evgeny is a serial entrepreneur and a venture investor.
Managing...

Nicolas Berg

Nicolas Berg ist Gründer diverser Startups, Business Angel und...

Christer Bergstroem

In 2015 Christer co-founded Capital Rewards Partners to focus...

Marc P. Bernegger

Aged 20, Marc founded usgang.ch (trade sale to Axel Springer)...

Philippe Bernet

Philippe Bernet is a founding partner of Backbone Ventures,...

Daniel Bertholet

Daniel is a venture capitalist and growth equity investor passionate...

Jonathan Beuchat

As a Specialist in Finance and Accounting, he also holds a CAS...

Thomas Billeter

Mehrfacher Business Angel. Partner von Impact51. Direktor TallyFox...

Kurt Biri

Kurt is an entrepreneur and technical consultant, with more...

Andreas Bittig

Andreas Bittig is founder and managing partner of Etonis AG,...

Philip Bodmer

Business Angel. Präsident Volkswirtschafts-Stiftung. Mitglied
CTI-Invest...

Luca Bolliger

Luca Bolliger studied at the ETH in Zürich graduated at the...

Philipp Bolliger

Serial entrepreneur, investor, and technologist with 15+ years...

Samuel Bond

Samuel Bond is a Swiss-American ex-entrepreneur in the SaaS...

Pascal Bösch

Dr. Pascal Bösch is currently heading R&D at Leister Technologies...

Diego A. Braguglia

General Partner Venture-Capital-Gesellschaft VI Partners. Fokus:
Life...

Daniel Brandenburger

After his EPFL studies, Daniel Brandenburger moved to China...

James Breiding

He is the founder of Naissance Capital, a Swiss Investment Boutique...

David Brown

Founder BuyAt. Venture Kick jury member. SECA Business Angel...

Peter Brunner

Peter Brunner is the new Head of aR&D/KTT at the BFH Engineering...

Marcello Campanelli

Business Angel and Advisor. Board member of Excellis, a Holding...

Isabel Casado

Isabel leads the of Startup Funding Programmes at EPFL, including...

Danièle Castle

Genevensis Healthcare Communications
The longest-standing...

Olivier Chappuis

Olivier Chappuis manages miLab, the maxon innovation Lab at...

Stefano Ciampolini

Stefano Ciampolini is Adjunct Professor of Imperial College...

Ata Tuna Ciftlik

Deep-tech entrepreneur and CEO with more than 17+ years of hands-on...

Ulrich Claessen

Ulrich Claessen is a Member of the Board of Directors at maxon...

Jonathan Cohen

Jonathan Cohen has more than 20 years global business and marketing...

Isabelle Cohen Solal

Isabelle Cohen Solal is the founder of COHerence&SOLutions,...

Kaspar Cottier

Kaspar Cottier founded the deep-tech start-up Creoptix AG, which...

Frank Crittin

Senior Analyst at Mirante Fund Management, directly involved...

Andrea Crottini

Andrea is technology transfer manager at EPFL with a focus on...

Benoit de Combaud

Benoit de Combaud iis a board member of Swiss Food Group, an...

Cristina de Mendieta

Cristina de Mendieta is an entrepreneur and investor. She co-founded...

Fatou Diagne

Fatou is a managing partner at Bootstrap Europe, a European...

Alexander Dixon

Alexander is a Co-Founder of MontBlu Capital S.A which aims...

Evgeny Dobrov

Evgeny graduated from HEC Lausanne, Switzerland, in 2006 with...

Daniela Doda

Daniela Doda is an Investment Manager at the Lichtsteiner Foundation,...

Nelson Dumas

Nelson is a recognized stakeholder in the Swiss innovation ecosystem....

Pascal Dutheil

Gründer Andromède Consulting. Fokus: Seed & Early Stage Venture...

Bettina Ernst

Dr. Bettina Ernst has 10 years of experience working in basic...

Jonno Evans

Jonno is a Principal at IQ Capital, investing across a broad-range...

Lisa-Marie Fassl

Lisa is one of the Managing Partners of Fund F, a VC fund investing...

Michael Federspiel

CEO of FEDERSPIEL-MANAGEMENT and KURATH Engineering, former...

Raluca Flükiger

Raluca Flükiger joined the Unitec office in January 2003. Her...

Mark Forster

Mark has been a Venture Kick Jury member and startup investor...

Vincent Forster

Dr Vincent Forster is an award-winning pharmaceutical entrepreneur...

Matthias Frieden

Matthias Frieden is an entrepreneur, CEO, chairman, board member,...

Giacomo Frigo

With a diverse background spanning venture capital, startup...

Dieter Froehlich

Professional experience: 10 years with SAP AG (1985 – 1995),...

Johannes Gemmingen

Johannes is passionate about technology and thrives on learning...

Frank Gerritzen

Präsident Business Angels Schweiz (BAS) Romandie. VR bei Careerplus...

Olivier Glauser

Olivier Glauser is a former Venture Capital investor turned...

Alexandre Gonthier

Alex spent 20+ years in Silicon Valley building tech companies...

Ulf Grawunder

Ulf Grawunder is an experienced Swiss Life-Science entrepreneur...

Patrick Griss

Executive Partner Zühlke Ventures. Fokus: Hightech Start-ups.
Im...

Caroline Gueissaz

MSc in Industrial Engineering (ETHZ), Caroline Gueissaz made...

André Günter

Business-Architect. Passionate about building businesses, working...

Daniel Gutenberg

Business Angel of the Year 2011. General Partner VI Partners,...

Rudolf Gygax

Venture Capitalist, Managing Partner Nextech Invest. Fokus:
Onkologie.

Julia Hall

Julia Hall is an investment manager of the Ernst-Göhner Stiftung...

Philipp Hasler

Philipp Hasler is an investment director at Emerald Technology...

René Hausammann

Leiter Technopark Winterthur und Transfer ZHW.

Flavio Heer

Flavio is a Co-founder and the CTO of Zurich Instruments AG,...

Nicole Herzog

Rechtsanwältin. President of the Board der Aktionärs-Plattform...

Beat Hodel

Beat Hodel, has a proven track record as a founder/manager of...

Beat Hofstetter

Beat is a Co-founder of Zurich Instruments and brings a unique...

Peter Hogenkamp

Dr. Peter Hogenkamp, Jahrgang 1968, aus Detmold, studierte und...

Bolko Hohaus

Bolko Hohaus is the CEO and founder of HCP, a company focussed...

Felix Holzner

Felix Holzner studied physics in Germany and New Zealand and...

Wanja Humanes

Wanja Humanes is Investment Manager at Swisscom Ventures, a...

Mattias Ivarsson

Mattias is a serial biotech entrepreneur, having founded the...

Michel Jaccard

Gründer/Partner bei der Rechtsanwaltskanzlei id est avocats...

Mario Jenni

Mitgründer /Geschäftsleiter BIO-Technopark Schlieren,
Life-Science-Zentrum...

Regula Jöhl

Dr. Regula Altmann-Jöhl is responsible for the department of...

Cynthia Jurytko

Cynthia Jurytko works as Investment Manager Venture Capital...

Meriam Kabbaj

Meriam Kabbaj holds a Pharmacy Degree from the University of...

Hannah Kamm

Kilian Kämpfen

Chief Business Development der Ringier Digital AG, führendes...

Vincent Keller

Vincent brings a breadth and depth of experience in operations,...

Peter Kessel

After decades in private equity business and industry management...

Georges Khneysser

Georges is the founder and Chief Vision Officer of QBIT Capital,...

Geri Kirilova

Geri Kirilova is a Partner at Laconia, a NYC-based venture capital...

Hermann Koch

Hermann is an entrepreneur with a focus on business development....

Marjan N. Kraak

Marjan is a senior executive with an extensive track record...

Olivier Küng

Olivier co-founded Pix4D, the leading drone mapping software...

Thomas Kunz

Thomas Kunz has spent 32 years at Procter & Gamble and Danone....

David Kurmann

David is an investment consultant with EGS Beteiligungen AG,...

Aydin Kurt-Elli

Having originally trained as a medical doctor in Edinburgh,...

Martin Kutter

Dr. Martin Kutter is Co-Founder and president of AlpVision SA...

Stefan Kyora

Mitgründer/Managing Editor von startupticker.ch. Mitinhaber...

Loris Lanzellotti

Loris is the founder and Chief Executive Officer at Entrepreniston,...

Christophe Lapaque

Christophe Lapaque is leading the expansion of Stout in Europe...

Frederic Lauchenauer

Frédéric is an independent management consultant working with...

Giovanni Leo

Giovanni Leo is VP of R&D at St Jude Medical since the acquisition...

Victoria Lietha

Victoria is an Investment Manager at Swisscom Ventures focusing...

Eric Lohrer

Eric gathered his work experience in the US, Asia and Europe...

Dorian Loosli

Dorian Loosli is an Investment Manager at the Innovationfund...

Massimo Lucchina

Massimo Lucchina is currently Head of Europe, Samsung Strategy...

Wissam Mansour

Wissam Mansour is the founder and CEO of Neventa capital.

Wissam...

Pierre Marechal

Founder and Managing Director of the business consulting company...

Isabella Martini

Isabella joined Wyss Zurich in June 2022 as Community Manager...

Marco Marugg

Marco is an Investment Manager at EquityPitcher Ventures focusing...

Leonardo Massa

Leonardo is the Investment Director at MITO Technology, a venture...

Pierre-Alain Mathier

Pierre-Alain Mathier graduated from the University of St. Gallen....

Anne Mathieu

Anne Mathieu has extensive experience across the healthcare...

Felix Mayer

Mitgründer /CEO Sensirion. Preisträger «Entrepreneur of the
Year»...

Roman Mebert

Roman Mebert was a founding member of CAT Structured Finance,...

Simon Meier

Head of Business Development - Information Solutions

Stefan Meier

Stefan Meier was founder of e-fon AG which offered cloud-based...

Thomas Meier

Thomas is the Managing Partner at Lightbird, where he invests...

Ian Metcalfe

Ian has 25 years of experience in industry, including a variety...

Peter Metzinger

Peter Metzinger ist Inhaber der business campaigning GmbH und...

Thomas D. Meyer

Thomas D. Meyer is an experienced executive and board member...

Carole Miller

After a career at Crédit Agricole investment bank where I was...

James Miners

Business Advisor beim Genfer Inkubator für Hightech Business...

Serban Mogos

Serban Mogos brings a multi-disciplinary background in technology,...

Thomas Möller

Thomas Möller has over 20 years of experience as a VC Investor...

Bertrand Mueller

Bertrand Mueller is founding partner of DAA Capital Partners...

Louise Muhdi

Louise Muhdi, MSc ETH Zurich and PhD ETH Zurich, is a Professor...

Patrick Naef

Patrick Naef is the founder and CEO of ITvisor GmbH, a boutique...

Emi Naganuma

Emi is the Founder and General Partner of Apprecia Capital....

Harald Nieder

Harald is a Partner at early-stage Venture Capital firm Redalpine,...

Peter Niederhauser

Serial Entrepreneur und Business Angel, General Partner
Redalpine...

Fadi Noureddine

In 2013, Fadi co-founded Valquest Partners, a private investment...

Natalia Novac

Natalia is a Partner at Delin Ventures. Prior to Delin, Natalia...

Marc Ocskay

After a long-term international career in Corporate Finance...

Magne Y. Orgland

Business Angel. Managing Partner bei Norga Capital AG. VR bei...

Markus Oswald

CEO Innovationsstiftung KB Schwyz. Coach KTI Start-up.

Olivier Pajot

Dr. Olivier PAJOT is manager of i3, an Innovation Cell of SONCEBOZ...

Ivo Petrov

Ivo Petrov is a seasoned executive, entrepreneur, mentor, and...

Andrea Pfeifer

Prof. Andrea Pfeifer co-founded AC Immune SA, based in Lausanne,...

Jean-Michel Pittet

Jean-Michel Pittet is the VP of Engineering of Adobe Experience...

Sandro C. Principe

Dr. Sandro C. Principe is Head of Global Sales and Marketing...

Jim Pulcrano

Jim is an independent consultant, teacher and business coach....

Jean-Yves Raimon

Jean-Yves is an active Angel Investor, a member of Business...

Arul Ramadurai

Arul Ramadurai is the Head of Business of Shire, global leader...

Jan Reinhart

Jan Reinhart, is Managing Director at Reinhart Capital, a Swiss-based...

Alexandra Richardson

Dr. Alexandra Richardson, CLP, heads marketing and business...

Bernhard Rinderknecht

Dr. med. Bernhard Rinderknecht is a passionate physician, Swiss...

Corinne Rohner

Corinne Rohner is an entrepreneur and consultant, with almost...

Raphael Rollier

Raphael Rollier leads the Smart City Program at Swisscom, creating...

Maximilian Rothenberger

Maximilian invested and currently works as Chief Commercial...

Dennis Rubner

Dennis Rubner is an entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience...

Jacqueline Ruedin Rüsch

Jacqueline is a Founding General Partner of Privilège Ventures,...

Flavio Rump

Flavio Rump is a tech entrepreneur with a BSc in Electrical...

Odile Rundquist

After earning her Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Odile worked as a sell-side...

Filippo Sarti

Filippo is Co-Founder of MontBlu Capital and an active investor...

Luc-Alain Savoy

Luc-Alain Savoy has obtained his PhD at the University of Geneva,...

Massimo Schäppi

Massimo co-founded DD Venture Capital - a Swiss-based investment...

Johann Schlieper

Johann Schlieper is CEO and owner of Zollikonsult, a private...

Georgette Schmid

Georgette Schmid is a Swiss investment professional with a strong...

Hans Schmotzer

Dr. Hans Schmotzer is senior partner and co-founder of...

Manuela Schneider

Dr. Schneider has a scientific background, holds a PhD in biochemistry...

Susanne Schorsch

Olivier Schuepbach

More information coming soon.

Thorsten Schulz

Thorsten Schulz is a VC and PE investment specialist. He supports...

Corina Schütt

Dr. Corina Schütt is Managing Director of "Hochschulmedizin...

Florian Schweitzer

Mitgründer / Partner b-to-v Partners, Business-Angels-
Netzwerk....

Alessandra Scotti

After graduating in law, Alessandra started her career at Unioncamere...

Reza Shahrbabaki

Senior transformation executive with 30+ years of proven track...

Bin Sheng

Bin Sheng served as the managing Director of SDIC Fund and COS...

Michael Sidler

Business Angel. General Partner Redalpine Venture Partners.
Partner...

Katrin Siebenbuerger Hacki

Katrin is an experienced Medical Device professional and Angel...

Pedro Júlio Silva

Senior executive, with 20+ years’ experience in leading the...

Ben Simon

Ben Simon is the founder of VAY (exit to BowFlex Inc.), an ETH...

Inderpreet Singh Wadhwa

Inderpreet S Wadhwa is a successful entrepreneur with passion...

Massimo Soriano

Massimo Soriano joined Rothschild & Co Bank in Zurich in 2020...

Anna Stetter

Anna Stetter is an Investment Manager at High-Tech Gründerfonds...

Alex Stöckl

Alex is a Founding Partner having co-initiated Wingman Ventures...

Alexander Stoeckel

Alexander has an academic background in international business...

Adrian Stolz

Adrian is a Business Angel and invested in various start-up's....

David Studer

David Studer is Co-Founder and CEO of Xovis AG, a leading manufacturer...

Steve Swinson

Dr Swinson is currently Chairman of the Board of Comphya and...

Albert Szabo

Entrepreneur and independent private investor. Studies in Economics...

Antoine Trannoy

Antoine runs the Swiss operations of Jolt Capital, a fully independent...

Jean-Philippe Tripet

Mitgründer diverser Biotech-Firmen, u.a. Glycart und Cytos....

Fabrizio Turdo

After completing his formation in construction planning and...

Steve Tyldesley

Steve is the Co-Founder of MontBlu Capital SA with 30 years`...

Christina Ulardic

Christina Ulardic heads the Market Development Africa for Swiss...

Casper Urhammer

Passionate senior executive with more than 20 years of international...

Jeroen van den Oever

Jeroen is an experienced executive and board member with a strong...

Gretchen van Steenwyk

A passionate investment professional with over a decade of deep...

Pascal Vanluchene

Technology scout, strategist, originator, venture developer...

Yasmin Venema

Yasmin Venema is the Associate and Impact Officer at 4impact...

Davide Verda

Davide is an investment professional with over 20 years of experience...

Heiko Visarius

After 25 years of a career in major Life Science companies (Depuy-Synthes...

Paul-André Vogel

Direktionsmitglied CimArk, Start-up-Supporting-Netzwerk.
Coach...

Peter Vogel

Peter Vogel is Professor of Family Business and Entrepreneurship...

Daniel Vonder Mühll

Dr. Daniel Vonder Mühll is managing Director of SystemsX.ch,...

Jean-Pierre Vuilleumier

Seit 2003 Managing Director CTI Invest. Von 2009-2015 Geschäftsführer...

Lucian Wagner

General Partner bei EuroUS Ventures, Investing for US Growth....

Marcel Walker

During his studies at the University of St.Gallen - which he...

Christine Weber

Christine is founder of Venturize, her company for plug-in business...

Thomas Weber

Thomas Weber is a founding and managing partner at LGT Capital...

Andreas Weckherlin

Andreas is a non-executive Director, angel investor and advisor...

Stephan Wehrli

Stephan Wehrli is Investment Principal at Zühlke Ventures AG,...

Karen Wendt

Karen Wendt is the founder of Eccos Impact, a company helping...

Klea Wenger

Klea Gorgievski is Investment Manager at Swisscom Ventures,...

Christian K. Winkler

Co-founder at asc impact, an independent owner-led firm that...

Patrick Zehil

Patrick is an investment specialist focused on high-growth technology...

Lu Zheng

Lu Zheng is an Investment Associate at RV Invest, focusing on...

Jürg Zürcher

Retired EY partner who spent most of his career advising biotech...