On June 14, 2022 the Swiss Fintech Investor Day 2022 will take place in Zurich and Boris and Stefan are honored and excited to pitch in front of the audience.
About SICTIC
The Swiss ICT Investor Club (SICTIC), founded in 2014 with headquarters in Zurich and a presence all over Switzerland, is a non-profit association with the goal of bringing private and corporate investors together with Swiss-based seed and early-stage tech startups. The SICTIC community comprises over four hundred business angels that help entrepreneurs take their projects to the next level. In 2021, SICTIC organised 15 startup pitching events and networking events across Switzerland online or face-to-face. Until today, over 160 innovative Swiss startups could successfully close an investment round with the help of SICTIC.
(for more info please reach out to their website https://www.sictic.ch/swiss-startups-that-last-where-and-how-you-should-invest-in-2022/)
The Programm for the day offers many highlights:
Swiss Fintech Investor Day 2022
Join the seventh annual Swiss Fintech Investor Day, the largest Fintech funding event in Switzerland. The full day agenda is comprised of content-rich sessions covering a spectrum of investment topics from Angel investing, Venture Capital and M&A.
| 09:00 | Doors Open |
| 10:00 | Welcome |
| 10:10 | A New Paradigm for Investors?Covid & Russia-Ukraine crisis: A major turning point for financial markets, the economy and the global world order?
Charles-Henry Monchau
Chief Investor Officer at Bank Syz |
| 10:25 | Do You Have an IP Strategy? Key points and Case StudiesIs your IP and Business Strategy aligned? Examples of successful IP strategies and implications of failing to have an IP strategy
Demian Stauber
Partner at Rentsch Partner Ltd. |
| 10:40 | How can Investors protect their interests?Key elements in a Shareholders’ agreement
Luzius Zumstein
VISCHER AG |
| 10:55 | A New Era in Private Banking?
Schuyler Weiss
CEO at Alpian |
| 11:10 | Networking break |
| 11:30 | Switzerland’s Top VCs Discuss Trends, Signals and Opportunities In FintechHear from Switzerland’s leading Fintech VCs as they discuss trends, signals and opportunities in Fintech
Krzysztof Bialkowski
Investment Director at TX Ventures Oliver Huggenberger
Deputy Head of Startup Finance at ZKB Semih Kacan
Investment Manager at Swisscom Ventures Aleksandra Laska
Partner at Redalpine Lukas Weder
Founding Partner at Wingman Ventures |
| 12:00 | Yokoy’s Story From Startup To Series BFireside chat with CCO & Co-Founder of Yokoy, Lars Mangelsdorf, as he shares his story from startup to series B in just 3 years. Joined by Alexander Schläpfer, Investment Partner, Swisscom Ventures.
Lars Mangelsdorf
Co-Founder & CCO at Yokoy Group AG Alexander Schläpfer
Investment Partner at Swisscom Ventures |
| 12:20 | Networking lunch |
| 13:30 | Afternoon welcome |
| 13:40 | Impact of Venture Capital in SwitzerlandFireside chat: 2 Prominent venture capital investors share their insights on investing in Switzerland
Dr. Thomas Dübendorfer
President at Swiss ICT Investor Club (SICTIC) Dominique Mégret
Head at Swisscom Ventures |
| 14:10 | Keynote: Building a Unicornwefox was founded in Oct. 2015 in Zurich, hear how this InsurTech firm went from startup to Unicorn status and what it takes to build a Unicorn.
Maren Schlieper
Chief Strategy Officer at wefox |
| 14:30 | Keynote: Integrating Innovation within a Traditional Private bankHear from Rani Jabban, Managing Director of Arab Bank Switzerland, as he discusses: key investment interests and strategies for Arab Bank Switzerland
Rani Jabban
Managing Director at Arab Bank Switzerland Ltd. |
| 14:45 | Crypto Panel: 2022 Opportunities and Trends In BlockchainHear from Switzerland’s leading Crypto experts as they take a deep dive into the trends and opportunities in Blockchain.
Philipp Cottier
Managing Partner at L1 Digital AG Luzius Meisser
Chairman at Bitcoin Suisse Nicola Plain
CEO at Aktionariat Emi Lorincz
President at Crypto Valley Association, Senior Director Sales & Business Development at Ledger Enterprise |
| 15:15 | Networking break |
| 16:00 | Overcoming Cognitive Bias in Product Design
Piotr Herstowski
Cloud Business Manager at ITEO Agata Marty
Country Manager at ITEO |
| 16:20 | M&A “Start With The End In Mind” Overview of Fintech M&A-trends in Switzerland and globally
Kurt Rüegg
Managing Partner & Chairman at Alantra Investment Banking |
| 16:35 | MoneyPark Exit To Helvetia (Fireside chat – Journey From Startup To Exit)Join this fireside chat with Dr. Stefan Heitmann, CEO & Founder – MoneyPark AG and Ralph Mogicato, Vice President – SICTIC, as Stefan shares his story from startup to exit.
Dr. Stefan Heitmann
CEO & Founder at MoneyPark AG Ralph Mogicato
Vice President at Swiss ICT Investor Club (SICTIC) |
| 17:00 | Fintech Startups – Live Pitching and Q&A7 jury-selected Fintech startups – 5 min live pitches followed by 3 min Q&A
★ Clanq AG |
For more info and to register please go to: https://www.fintechday.ch
Our video designer Gabriel put a short welcome video message of Stefan & Boris and you can view it in our YouTube channel.
We would be love to meet you at the event.