TOP 100 Pitch Event with Credit Suisse Private Investors Club in Zurich

27.10.2020 10:55, Lara Fritschi

Together with our TOP 100 Presenting Partner Credit Suisse, we hosted an exceptional startup pitch event in Zurich last Tuesday, October 20th to matchmake six selected TOP 100 startups with 20 handpicked investors.

At Credit Suisse’s newly opened next-generation branch at Europaallee – a space where not only clients are being served but also provides co-working space and multimedia group rooms – six selected startups from the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award pitched their businesses to 20 handpicked investors and entrepreneurs from Credit Suisse’s Private Investors Club. 

  

Hans Baumgartner, Head Entrepreneurs & Executives at Credit Suisse, welcomed the guests together with Viviane Bumb Studer, Branch Manager at Credit Suisse Europaallee, who presented the innovative new branch concept to the invitees. Andreas Roth, Head of the TOP 100 cooperation at Credit Suisse gave an insight on the fruitful collaboration between Credit Suisse and TOP 100 Startup Award. Stefan Steiner, Co-Managing Director of Venturelab Ltd. moderated through the evening and introduced the participating startups ranging from food-tech, cybersecurity, music, e-commerce and robotics: 

AgroSustain: Developing biological products that improve the quality of fruits and vegetables
Exeon: Specialized in detecting hidden data breaches and advanced cyber attacks
Flybotix: Doubling the flight time of professional indoor inspection drones
Recommerce: Creating mobile lifecycle solutions – simple, sustainable and for everyone
Relish: Changing the standard inside an electric guitar
Qualysense: Sorting robot for grains, seeds and beans

“An amazing pitch co-working ambiance at Credit Suisse Europaallee. The granted time slot of 7 minutes was perfect to give a bigger picture of a long forgotten swiss origin industry. The pitched Rock’n’Roll Science with granted patents showed the investors a big growth potential and once the audience heard the difference in live on site, it was amazing to see their reactions” – Silvan Küng, CEO Relish

“The TOP 100 Credit Suisse Pitch event, organized in collaboration with Venturelab, opens an outstanding opportunity for young companies who are currently in the fundraising process, to have access to a group of handpicked investors, motivated to support visionary entrepreneurs” – Olga Dubey, CEO AgroSustain

In the past, successful TOP 100 regional pitch events have already been held in Geneva, Lausanne, Zurich and St. Gallen in collaboration with Credit Suisse. These events provide the participating startups the benefit from direct feedback and new fundraising and business chances thanks to the high-level networking – but also create new investment opportunities for the investors alike. If you are not already on our list and would like to receive an invitation as an investor, please apply online. 

Learn more about the six selected TOP 100 startups: