Venture Leaders Fintech: Swiss fintech startups impress investors in London
The Venture Leaders Fintech 2022 roadshow brought ten Swiss entrepreneurs to London, where they connected with investors and market experts and presented their pitches at the Fintech Connect trade show. The innovators benefited from an accelerated learning curve concerning innovation and business development and were able to bolster their international network.
Venturelab has been organizing international roadshows for the Swiss National Startup Teams for 18 years. The ambitious entrepreneurs are chosen by a panel of experts to join the team as so-called Venture Leaders. They are introduced to investors and potential customers in leading technology hubs such as Silicon Valley, Boston, China, Hong Kong, Barcelona, London, and Munich.
For the fifth edition of the Venture Leaders Fintech roadshow, ten fintech innovators were chosen to represent Swiss excellence at various networking and pitch events in London, including at Fintech Connect, the premier conference at the heart of one of the most dynamic entrepreneurship ecosystems in Europe.
On Monday, the Venture Leaders attended an introductory session hosted by organizing partner Swissnex, at the Department of International Trade (DIT) at the Swiss Embassy. This was followed by a pitch session with the Teachers Venture Growth (TVG).
The next day, Venture Leaders presented their pitches to VCs and had the opportunity to network at a breakfast event sponsored by Forestay Capital. Over lunch, Venture Leaders were able to profit from one-on-one meetings with corporate representatives. Later in the day, they were invited to a Networking and Pitching Reception at the Swiss Embassy with special speaker Amit Das, CEO of Alpha Events, organizer of Fintech Connect.
The Venture Leaders Fintech at the Swiss Embassy with Ambassador Markus Leitner and Head of Science & Innovation, Lutz-Peter Berg
Venture Leaders Kristina Morf of nobank (left) and David Giron of Money Masters (above) pitching to investors at the breakfast event sponsored by Forestay Capital
On Wednesday and Thursday, the Venture Leaders headed to the Fintech Connect conference, a dynamic venue for international fintech innovators to present their projects and make connections with investors and industry experts. They got the chance to present their startup to a broad audience at the Startup Launchpad pitching stand. Afterward, they were approached by investors.
fidentity's Thorsten Hau (top left) and AIDONIC's Severiyos Aydin (bottom left) pitching at Fintech Connect
The Venture Leaders on their way to visit Revolut's offices for a guest lecture by Aleksej Polukarov
On Thursday, the team also headed to Revolut for a very insightful and hands-on business lecture at Revolut. In the evening, the Venture Leaders enjoyed an evening of networking over a Swiss fondue dinner sponsored by Swissnex.
The Venture Leaders Fintech roadshow is organized in partnership with Swissnex and with the support of EPFL, ETH Zurich, and Walder Wyss.
Learn more about each of the startups selected to be part of Venture Leaders Fintech 2022 below:
AIDONIC AG: Social-impact fintech for humanitarian aid management.
AIDONIC is a social fundraising and last mile aid distribution technology for humanitarian and development programs. Organizations and Governments can distribute tokenized aid vouchers, entitlements o... Read more
Aktionariat AG: Create a market for your shares with Aktionariat's solutions
Nicola Plain (37) graduated from the University of St. Gallen (HSG) with a Master's degree in Business Innovation and obtained a CAIA Level II certificate a few years later. He worked for five years a... Read more
AMNIS Treasury Services AG: Reshaping international banking for companies
The simplest, fastest, and most affordable international banking platform for SMEs. Ever. An all-in-one platform allowing you to strategize and execute your international payments, collect your money... Read more
Efrontier Markets SA: Financial Education through Gamified Microlearning
eFrontiers is a Swiss-based SaaS company that provides financial institutions with a business intelligence platform that leverages financial education as a high-performance engine for customer acquisi... Read more
fidentity AG: Compliant onboarding and signing fast and convenient
We provide a fully automated, seamlessly integrable and finma-compliant verification solution for self-service customer onboarding that is based on machine learning (artificial intelligence). Financia... Read more
grape insurance AG: Improving health via fully digital employee insurance.
grape is the first fully digital insurance company for companies and employees in Switzerland. grape is a startup from ETH that has obtained its insurance license as an MGA and now offers employee i... Read more
MARK Investment Holding AG: Enabling fractional investments for everyone.
Diversify your portfolio with alternative investments, like an expert. Get access to attractive alternative investments hand-picked by certified experts and start investing from 50 EUR. We help priv... Read more
pier wallet: Non-custodial wallet with advanced security & recovery
pier is a Web3 wallet-as-a-service platform tailored for businesses – powered by account abstraction. We offer a smart contract wallet that seamlessly integrates into digital products such as apps. ... Read more
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