A podcast mapping out the Swiss and global FinTech ecosystem
In this episode, we speak to Andri Silberschmidt, entrepreneur and the youngest member of the Swiss Parliament about his entrepreneurial journey, what drawn him to politics, views on Switzerland as a home for start-ups, Swiss government's measures to help start-ups to deal with the COVID-19 pandemics and the early thoughts on the world after the lockdown.
Read MoreIn this episode, we talk to Mark Beeston, founder and Managing Partner of Illuminate Financial, London headquartered VC firm with a global mandate, about their investment approach, success stories and views on the Capital Markets FinTech as well as WealthTech and Asset Management Tech companies scene in Europe and globally.
Read MoreAstorre Modena is General Partner at Terra Venture Partners, based in Israel. We talked on the side of Startup Funding - VC Talks event in Zurich, organized by the FinTech Connector. He explains the Terra Venture Partners investment approach, the Israeli government's support of innovation, his views on the art of startup valuation and fundraising and Israeli-Swiss VC and start-up connectivity.
Read MoreIn this episode, we talk to Matt Lashmar, Managing Director of MassChallenge, Switzerland. He explains the origins of MassChallenge, how they differ from other accelerators, how to apply, how start-ups can benefit from the program (access to the corporate sponsors and prize money of a million Swiss Francs!) and their success stories. LISTEN HERE
Read MoreWe talk to Anders Christensen, Head of Ecosystem at Avaloq.one about the origins of Avaloq as a FinTech startup, now providing software solutions to the banks worldwide, and Avaloq's efforts to foster innovation ecosystem through its avaloq.one's platform, enabling B2B Fintechs easier access to Avaloq's banking clients.
Read MoreIn this bonus episode, we caught up with Peter Zemsky, Deputy Dean of INSEAD and Dean of Innovation on the side of INSEAD hosted a panel on Artificial Intelligence: Balancing AI productivity and responsibility in the STG Tent in Davos during WEF 2020. We talk about INSEAD’s activities in Davos and partnerships in the field of innovation.
Read MoreWe talk to Christian Meisser, CEO of LEXR about how to set up your venture from the get-go to minimize potential legal troubles and keep your hard-earned unicorn for yourself! LEXR is an innovative legal services firm based in Zurich, Switzerland, providing legal services and products to start-ups, especially FinTechs.
Read MoreWe talk with William Laitinen, Managing Director of Exige International, a UK and Swiss executive search firm specializing in recruitment for global financial companies about what to look for in your co-founders and what traits you should focus on when building a successful team. A special offer included towards the end of the episode!
Read MoreWe talk to Cedric Bollag, founder and host of the "Startup Show" by Global Tech Box about how and why he started his show, his impressions of the Swiss start-up scene and comparison to the Israeli one. Check out the Startup Show by Global Tech Box on YouTube. You will also find the video recording of this podcast here on the next page!
Read MoreWe spoke with Thomas Duebendorfer, President of SICTIC, largest Swiss business angels club, about SICTIC's mission, activities and events like Swiss FinTech Investor Day. We also talked to Theo Lau, founder of Unconventional Ventures from the US about how to make banking better for underrepresented groups. Lastly, we spoke to co-founder of eQTiq, Justyna Rydzewska about her venture's mission to get rid of paper receipts!
Read MoreWe caught up with Etienne Delhaye, Executive Director of Sophia Club Enterprises and organizer of Soph.IA Summit and Michele Bezzi, Research Manager at SAP Security Research in Sophia Antipolis on the side of Soph.IA Summit to learn more about Sophia Antipolis and SAP AI-related research, respectively.
Read MoreAn interview with Rune Bentien, Managing Partner EMEA at Xoogler.co in London. Xoogler.co is a community of current and former Google employees, acting as an incubator, accelerator, business angel and mentoring network for Google alumni - Xooglers.
Read MoreAn interview with Johan Pieter ("JP") Verwey, CEO of Check6, based in Amsterdam and London and with offices in Zurich, New York, Dubai and Breda. JP explains how experienced Family Office professionals struggled with holistic investment reporting and decided to start their own company.
JP Verwey is CEO of Check6, a well-established FinTech company that provides data consolidation for wealth management reporting for high net worth individuals, wealth managers and banks. The goal is to provide clients with a total overview of their wealth.
UPDATE AS OF MARCH 2021: Please note that Check6 was acquired by Private Client Resources (PCR) in December 2020. See the press release here.
We spoke to Eric Sarasin, Chairman of the Singularity Group, on the side of the Exponential Finance Summit that took place in Zurich on November 14-15 about the Singularity theme and the startup scene in Switzerland and Europe.
Read MoreAn interview with Alisee de Tonnac, CEO and co-founder of Seedstars World. Alisee is a road warrior, entrepreneur and ecosystem builder focused on emerging markets. Find out more about Seedstars philosophy, competitions, support to startups from mentoring to funding.
Read MoreAfter running two hackathons in Singapore, F10 (The Home of FinTech) from Zurich, will also expand its flagship program to Singapore in 2020! We spoke with Lisa Schroeder, Head of Startup program management at F10 FinTech Incubator / Accelerator to find out more.
Read MoreAn interview with Guido Buehler, CEO and founder of SEBA, a fully licensed Swiss bank for your digital assets, based in Zug, Switzerland. SEBA is a universal bank for your digital assets, i.e. digital twins of financial or real assets.
Read More" I see a tremendous spirit of entrepreneurship taking off in Europe," says Geoff Ralston, President of Y Combinator. Great new companies will come from Europe, or anywhere on the planet, not just the United States, Geoff explains in this soundbite. We caught up on the side of the INSEAD LaunchPad event at STATION F in Paris.
Read MoreAn interview with Christina Kehl, co-founder & Managing Director at Swiss Finance Startups Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Pixpolitico. We talk about the efforts of Swiss Finance Startups to foster cooperation with the government and incumbents and their flagship event, Swiss FinTech Fair. Followed by short, one-question segments with participants of the Swiss FinTech Fair: Julia Holzgreve, Director, Innovation Scouting & Strategic Partnerships at Keen Innovation, then Matthias Kribbel, Chief Product Officer at Tradeplus24 and Christina Reuther, Regional Head Switzerland, Fintechnews.ch & Business Development Middle East, Fintechnews.ae.
Read MoreAn interview with Stefan Muehlemann, founder and CEO of Loanboox, serial entrepreneur about why he believes in the power of platforms, why raising debt should not hurt and how he got started with his latest venture, Loanboox.
Loanboox is a leading big-ticket debt capital market platform, based in Zurich, Switzerland, active in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, France and the Netherlands.
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