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 |
10:25 | Do You Have an IP Strategy? Key points and Case Studies Is your IP and Business Strategy aligned? Examples of successful IP strategies and implications of failing to have an IP strategy Demian Stauber |
10:40 | How can Investors protect their interests? Key elements in a Shareholders' agreement Luzius Zumstein |
10:55 | A New Era in Private Banking?
Schuyler Weiss |
11:10 | Networking break |
11:30 | Switzerland’s Top VCs Discuss Trends, Signals and Opportunities In Fintech Hear from Switzerland's leading Fintech VCs as they discuss trends, signals and opportunities in Fintech Krzysztof Bialkowski Oliver Huggenberger Semih Kacan Aleksandra Laska Lukas Weder |
12:00 | Yokoy’s Story From Startup To Series B Fireside 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 Alexander Schläpfer |
12:20 | Networking lunch |
13:30 | Afternoon welcome |
13:40 | Impact of Venture Capital in Switzerland Fireside chat: 2 Prominent venture capital investors share their insights on investing in Switzerland Dr. Thomas Dübendorfer Dominique Mégret |
14:10 | Keynote: Building a Unicorn wefox 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 |
14:30 | Keynote: Integrating Innovation within a Traditional Private bank Hear from Rani Jabban, Managing Director of Arab Bank Switzerland, as he discusses: key investment interests and strategies for Arab Bank Switzerland Rani Jabban |
14:45 | Crypto Panel: 2022 Opportunities and Trends In Blockchain Hear from Switzerland's leading Crypto experts as they take a deep dive into the trends and opportunities in Blockchain. Philipp Cottier Luzius Meisser Nicola Plain Emi Lorincz |
15:15 | Networking break |
16:00 | Overcoming Cognitive Bias in Product Design
Piotr Herstowski Agata Marty |
16:20 | M&A "Start With The End In Mind" Overview of Fintech M&A-trends in Switzerland and globally Kurt Rüegg |
16:40 | 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 Ralph Mogicato |
17:00 | Fintech Startups - Live Pitching and Q&A 7 jury-selected Fintech startups - 5 min live pitches followed by 3 min Q&A ★ Clanq AG |
18:00 | CLOSING REMARKS |
18:10 | Networking apéro |
Find your next investment from 7 jury-selected Fintech startups pitching for funding to an audience of hundreds of Angel Investors, and VCs like Alpana Ventures, AXA Ventures, btov Partners, DAA Capital Partners, PostFinance CVC, QBIT Capital, Sparrow Ventures, Spicehaus Partners, Swisscom Ventures, TX Ventures, Wingman Ventures and ZKB.