Swiss Fintech Investor Day 2022

14 June 2022

Zürich, Switzerland

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 Studies Is 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 Fintech Hear 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 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 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 Switzerland Fireside 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 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 Chief Strategy Officer at wefox
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 Managing Director at Arab Bank Switzerland Ltd.
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 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
16:40	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 CEO & Founder at MoneyPark AG Ralph Mogicato Vice President at Swiss ICT Investor Club (SICTIC)
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 ★ Cow Level - Fintech for Gaming ★ Equintel GmbH ★ Fundof (Hyperstandard SA) ★ LeaseTeq AG ★ MOGLI Ltd/AG ★ Money Masters - (Efrontier Markets S.A.)
18:00	CLOSING REMARKS
18:10	Networking apéro