The Swisspreneur Show is a podcast series of in-depth, candid conversations with some of Switzerland’s most successful founders, business leaders and innovators. By getting to the heart of these leaders’ stories - their successes, their failures, their must-have advice and greatest regrets - we hope to both inspire and guide the next generation of Swiss entrepreneurs. Each episode deconstructs and showcases one person’s personal and professional background and provides advice and recommendat ...
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Timestamps: 3:55 - Making a vegan egg replacement in 2024 5:44 - The team behind the food engineering company 8:52 - The B2B clean label food market 10:42 - Solving big supply chain problems 13:20 - Fundraising through the Swisspreneur Syndicate About Silvan Leibacher: Silvan Leibacher is the co-founder and CEO of Eggfield, a startup replacing eggs…
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Timestamps: 11:50 - Why not just emit less carbon? 15:33 - Working with concrete recycling plants 24:18 - Biogas and construction sector 29:19 - Splitting roles as a team About Johannes Tiefenthaler: Johannes Tiefenthaler is the co-founder and co-CEO of neustark, a cleantech startup deploying carbon dioxide removal technology. He holds a PhD from E…
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Timestamps: 2:33 - Why virtual reality is in a perfect sweet spot 6:10 - The challenge of product-market fit 8:45 - Having a boring competitive landscape 10:29 - Fundraising through the Swisspreneur Syndicate About Christian Hirt: Christian Hirt is the co-founder and CEO of AtlasVR, a startup harnessing the power of virtual reality for vocational t…
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Timestamps: 1:59 - AI 30 years ago 6:49 - A universal banking platform 12:35 - Leadership is a skillset 27:19 - Being obsessed with building things 39:09 - Employee participation at Avaloq About Francisco Fernandez: Francisco Fernandez is the founder and former CEO of Avaloq, a front-to-back software provider for financial institutions around the w…
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Timestamps: 4:50 - Developing brain computer interfaces 10:54 - What is diabetic neuropathy? 16:00 - Dealing with a huge market size 17:50 - The challenges of medtech regulation 19:43 - How patent strategy can make or break you This episode was co-produced by the Female Founders Initiative. About Greta Preatoni: Greta Preatoni is the co-founder…
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Timestamps: 1:50 - Why study history 8:24 - Understanding whether risk is mispriced 13:10 - Relocating people to the UAE 16:12 - Sustainability and commodity trading 21:30 - Ideal time for commodity trading About James Rilett: James Rilett is the CPTO at Open Mineral, a startup offering metal commodity trade solutions enabled by a commercial and ma…
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Timestamps: 2:36 - What are alternative investments? 8:45 - How much to allocate to alternative investments 11:58 - Alternative investing through Splint Invest 16:10 - Choosing top quality investment opportunities 20:27 - How to sell your splints About Aurelio Perucca: Aurelio Perucca is the co-founder and CEO of Splint Invest, an alternative inves…
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Timestamps: 7:54 - From China to Mexico 16:20 - The plastics lobby 22:52 - Finding out your product already exists 36:33 - The Noriwear business model 43:04 - VC money or grants? Click here to apply to join our Founders Slack. About Jessica Farda: Jessica Farda is the co-founder and CEO of Noriware, a cleantech startup producing sustainable packagi…
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Timestamps: 3:12 - Switzerland is a pharma country 10:20 - When is it time to raise growth VC money? 13:39 - How do investors consider teams? 19:14 - How many shares should you give away? About Kevin Baxpehler, Diego Braguglia, Harald Nieder & Mike Hobmeier: Kevin Baxpehler is the managing partner at Remagine Ventures, a venture capital fund focuse…
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Timestamps: 3:50 - Banks investing in nuclear weapons 9:15 - Capitalism and climate change 13:00 - Inyova measuring impact 15:14 - How Inyova works 27:33 - Global inequality & climate change Click here to apply to join our Founders Slack. About Tillmann Lang: Tillmann Lang is the co-founder and CEO of Inyova Impact Investing, an investment platform…
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Timestamps: 1:55 - Leaving corporates for Anybotics 5:30 - Why LinkedIn matters for sales 10:34 - Best content form on LinkedIn 26:29 - The virality of videos on LinkedIn Click here to apply to join our Founders Slack. About Enzo Wälchli: Enzo Wälchli is the CCO at Anybotics, a company providing autonomous robotic inspection solutions, and LinkedIn…
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Timestamps: 6:59 - Being humbled by Y Combinator 12:20 - EPFL’s extension school 15:47 - What needs fixing in Switzerland 29:25 - Budget cuts for Swiss universities 39:40 - EPFL AI center This episode was sponsored by NordPass. Use code “swisspreneur” at checkout to get 30% off Business and Teams plans. About Marcel Salathé: Marcel Salathé is a pro…
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Timestamps: 2:00 - The insurance market so far 5:58 - The rise of AI tools 8:15 - Signing the first 4 commercial agreements 8:47 - Finding AI engineering talent 14:11 - Fundraising through the Swisspreneur Syndicate About Thomas Crawford & Daniel Delouya: Thomas Crawford is the co-founder and CEO of Bind, a startup providing AI-powered insurance ta…
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Timestamps: 7:18 - Selling your MVP 12:19 - Finding co-founders 16:24 - Not focusing enough on specific markets 27:05 - Scaling too early & stepping down as CEO 37:02 - Employee share programs About Viktor Calabro: Viktor Calabro is the founder and former CEO of Coople, Europe's largest digital staffing platform. He previously worked for companies …
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Timestamps: 3:01 - Liquid vs solid fermentation 8:08 - A decade in the cannabis industry 17:04 - Who Kidemis’ clients are 19:48 - The challenge of technological development 21:03 - Fundraising through the Swisspreneur Syndicate About Sean Wassermann & Constantin Marakhov: Sean Wassermann is the CTO at Kidemis, a Swiss feedtech company that applies …
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Timestamps: 2:35 - How Switzerland fell short in the 90s 15:00 - Suffering and the creative process 23:21 - The challenge of designing an office chair 31:28 - Design or die 33:30 - What is a venture designer? This episode was sponsored by NordPass. Use code “swisspreneur” at checkout to get 30% off Business and Teams plans. About Yves Béhar: Yves B…
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Timestamps: 2:00 - Getting a PhD in Epidemiology 7:50 - Meeting your co-founder at an ETH project 12:48 - Manufacturing prosthetics 23:43 - Big fundraising challenges 33:59 - Keeping the business floating This episode was co-produced by the Female Founders Initiative. About Myriam Lingg: Myriam Lingg is the co-founder and CEO of macu4, a startup …
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Timestamps: 4:00 - Water cleaning in Switzerland 6:42 - Water and the agricultural sector 9:14 - Deep tech requires upfront capital 16:20 - Defending high deep tech valuations 22:14 - Convincing top talent to work for a startup About Fajer Mushtaq: Fajer Mushtaq is the co-founder and CEO at Oxyle, a cleantech startup with a game-changing water reme…
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Timestamps: 6:54 - Why is the US the main startup destination? 8:56 - 3 main challenges of moving to the US 19:40 - Should you move your headquarters? 29:18 - How S-GE can help you in the US This episode was co-produced with Switzerland Global Enterprise. Click here to learn more about the Swisstech pavilion at CES 2025, mentioned at the start of…
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Timestamps: 2:20 - Exnaton 2 years on 12:01 - To bootstrap or not to bootstrap 17:42 - Getting funded as a climate tech startup 22:00 - Seasonal impact on client acquisition 23:32 - The benefits of market liberalization About Liliane Ableitner: Liliane Ableitner is the co-founder and CEO of Exnaton, a software provider for energy communities, allow…
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Timestamps: 1:17 - Why Matthias started BreezeLabs 4:01 - The Breezelabs team & being an ETH spin-off 6:21 - Dealing with indirect competition 7:25 - Handling the unknown as a founder 8:31 - Fundraising through the Swisspreneur Syndicate About Matthias Heuberger: Matthias Heuberger is the founder and CEO of BreezeLabs, a startup developing a new wa…
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Timestamps:1:36 - Der steinige Weg von Mark Streit in die NHL4:32 - Von Breitling zur eigenen Schweizer Uhrenmarke18:28 - Von wo kennen sich Mark Streit und Ben Küeffer22:20 - Braucht es wirklich eine neue Schweizer Uhrenmarke?27:43 - Die Parallelen von Sport und BusinessThis episode was originally a live conversation recorded at a Sport and Busine…
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EP #413 - Elena Maran & Angela di Rosa: Simplifying AI Compliance & Expanding to New Markets
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Timestamps: 7:13 - Democratizing AI 9:37 - You’re right to be worried about AI 11:38 - The EU AI Regulation Act 20:13 - Expanding to the US 32:30 - How to enter a new market This episode was co-produced with Switzerland Global Enterprise. Click here to learn more about the SWISS Pavilion at Singapore Fintech Festival 2024, mentioned at the start of…
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Timestamps: 7:12 - Growing a company for 20 years 12:13 - Kids fashion should be beautiful 16:20 - Going into untapped markets 23:16 - PFC-free clothing and why it matters 43:36 - How to define success Click here to apply to join our Founders Slack. About Franz Bittmann: Franz Bittmann is the founder and CEO of namuk, the Swiss premium-quality and …
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Timestamps: 4:56 - Having an investor back out 11:45 - Was the AVA exit a good or bad thing? 14:55 - Femtech stopped paying salaries and vendors 21:08 - Moving on to expeerly 30:29 - Is bootstrapping more stressful? About Lea von Bidder: Lea von Bidder is the co-founder and former CEO of AVA Women, a femtech startup advancing women’s reproductive h…
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Timestamps: 1:49 - Innovation in Asian corporates 5:46 - Meeting your husband at a football game 10:30 - Validating pajamas 17:58 - Building a clothing brand in Switzerland 29:34 - The impact of war and weather on sales About Catarina Dahlin: Catarina Dahlin is the co-founder and managing director of Dagsmejan, an innovative and sustainable sleepwe…
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Timestamps: 4:00 - The true difference between marketing and sales 5:15 - The first DeinDeal customer 9:05 - Google search and Facebook as sales channel 13:23 - Mixing data with intuition 20:41 - Customer development Resources Mentioned: The Four Steps to the Epiphany, Steve Blank The Mom Test, Rob Fitzpatrick This episode was co-produced with UBS …
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EP #408 - Miller Mendoza Jiménez: AI to Tackle Global Food Challenges
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Timestamps: 8:17 - Building a startup during COVID 16:17 - AI predicting unpredictable climate changes 29:20 - Mindmapping customer problems 44:36 - Bootstrapping when you have to 1:00:11 - Valuing the skill of communication About Miller Mendoza Jiménez: Miller Mendoza Jiménez is the co-founder, CTO and Latin America Regional Manager at Grundo, a t…
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Timestamps: 6:32 - Race car driving & building a business 11:55 - How NordPass stood out in the market 23:10 - Catering to customers vs staying focused 31:32 - From Lithuania to the world 43:54 - Is Lithuania a startup-friendly country? Resources mentioned: Blackbox Thinking, Matthew Syed Click here to enjoy three months of NordPass Business for fr…
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Timestamps: 4:09 - Obstacles to innovation in corporates 10:53 - Starting a startup in your 40s 17:00 - Learning to endure pain 19:40 - Financial planning for your startup 27:36 - What if your startup fails? About Danny Chatziprodromou: Danny Chatziprodromou is the founder and CEO of REOR20, a company developing the next generation of models provid…
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Timestamps: 5:20 - Making a business out of free water 8:12 - Competition in the advertising world 10:00 - The decrease in the quality of online advertising 13:09 - Distributing 25K bottles 17:21 - Fundraising through the Swisspreneur Syndicate About Christoph Bertschy & Gaël Riesen: Gaël Riesen is a co-founder and the Head of Production/Distributi…
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Timestamps: 1:30 - Working for neon 10:22 - Why you should start investing 15:41 - Start investing with findependent 21:44 - Fee structure 36:26 - 5 principles for personal finance Click here to enjoy three months of NordPass Business for free by using the code “swisspreneur”. About Matthias Bryner: Matthias Bryner is the founder of findependent, a…
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EP #403 - Linus Gabrielsson & Pedro Schmidt: Creating the Perfect Sports Drink & Crowdfunding as a Startup
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Timestamps: 8:49 - Pivoting your marketing 12:17 - The key ingredients for sports recovery 17:43 - Distributing through several channels 23:22 - Importing CONDA to Switzerland 33:25 - Developing crowdfunding momentum This episode was co-produced with CONDA.ch. If you want to invest in CONDA.ch with preferential conditions, contact them at investor@…
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Timestamps: 5:15 - Having a co-founder pass away 10:33 - Drug resistance and cancer patients 18:24 - Clinical development 23:17 - Raising a series A as a biotech 26:43 - Striking partnerships Check out the LinkedIn event for our livestream with Aurelio Perucca on May 22nd. About Stefanie Flückiger-Mangual: Stefanie Flückiger-Mangual is the co-found…
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Timestamps: 1:45 - Leaving Batmaid for Holistiq 8:52 - Holistiq’s incredible traction 10:05 - The healthcare market 12:10 - Hiring the right people as a startup 13:58 - Raising funds through the Swisspreneur Syndicate Click here to apply to join our 2024 Lausanne Scaleup Cruise. About Eric Laudet: Eric Laudet is the founder and CEO of Holistiq, a s…
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Timestamps: 1:42 - The food industry 11:20 - Ensuring quality across suppliers 16:41 - Maintaining a high shelf life 26:10 - Markets Planted is tackling next 33:20 - Small pivots over time About Pascal Bieri: Pascal Bieri is the co-founder of Planted, a startup creating healthy plant-based meat alternatives. He holds an MA in Informations-, Media- …
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Timestamps: 3:49 - Startups & IP rights 8:56 - Trademarks and patents 17:45 - Startups getting into IP trouble 25:58 - Protecting your IP globally 33:34 - Open source code This episode was produced in collaboration with startup days, taking place this year on May 30th 2024. Click here to purchase your ticket. About Matthias Kaech & Adrian Riedo: …
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Timestamps: 1:48 - Getting into the insurance business 8:47 - The potential of digital insurance solutions 19:50 - The health insurance market 29:24 - Collaborating with other insurance companies 32:57 - Convertible loan over equity rounds Check out the LinkedIn event for our livestream with Aurelio Perucca on May 22nd: https://www.linkedin.com/eve…
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Timestamps: 1:25 - Starting a business with your twin 5:19 - The PetTech market 9:46 - From prototype to finished product 15:33 - Building a startup as a student 19:00 - Fundraising through the Swisspreneur Syndicate Click here to apply to join our Founders Dinner in Bern on May 30th. About Oliver Widler & Denis Widler: Denis Widler is the co-found…
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Timestamps: 5:10 - Starting a startup right after university 9:06 - Hesitation & entrepreneurship 13:09 - Knowing if you’re ready 18:15 - Practicing to be ready 25:00 - Giving up on a project Click here to apply to join our Founders Dinner in Bern on May 30th. This episode was co-produced by the Female Founders Initiative and recorded at the Female…
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EP #395 - Diego Seitz: The GotCourts Hybrid
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Timestamps: 1:32 - Interning at Namics 14:31 - What GotCourts does 22:34 - The paddle tennis boom 28:25 - Building traction outside Switzerland 36:58 - Getting acquired by a competitor Click here to enjoy three months of NordPass Business for free. About Diego Seitz: Diego Seitz is the co-founder and former CEO at GotCourts, a social network for ra…
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Timestamps: 1:39 - What changed from 2020 to 2024 4:06 - 8 co-founders from start to finish 7:36 - Finding the right focus 13:33 - Selling to robot manufacturers 19:58 - Getting acquired by ABB About Gianluca Cesari: Gianluca Cesari is a co-founder and the CBDO of Sevensense Robotics, a robotics ETH spin-off which empowers mobile robots to move int…
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Timestamps: 12:02 - Breaking down crypto 17:50 - B2Banks and financial institutions 29:23 - Being a solo founder against your will 38:35 - Hiring senior people for a startup 42:00 - A USD 250M exit About Adrien Treccani: Adrien Treccani is the founder and CEO of Metaco, an enterprise technology company whose mission is to enable financial and non-f…
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Timestamps: 1:17 - Brought together by wine 3:21 - Declining fertility rates in Europe 8:12 - How the team came together 10:38 - Guys working on women’s health? 17:58 - Fundraising through the Swisspreneur Syndicate About Daniel Gutierrez & Francois Smuts: Francois Smuts is the co-founder and managing director of BioNexus, a healthcare company focu…
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Timestamps: 2:57 - What Girls in Tech is 6:35 - Deciding to become a female engineer 11:40 - The importance of role models 24:20 - The benefit of having a female network 25:44 - The future of Girls in Tech About Lisa Stähli & Fabienne Lorenz: Lisa Stähli is a board member and Head of Press at Girls in Tech Switzerland, a nonprofit organization dedi…
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EP #390 - Pascale Vonmont & Roger Wüthrich-Hasenböhler: Why Swiss Innovation Isn’t Living Up to Its Full Potential
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Timestamps: 2:10 - 25 years of Swiss entrepreneurship 3:01 - The Kick Fund 10:38 - The problem of segmented startup initiatives 17:40 - The 4 areas of Deep Tech Switzerland 24:06 - The role of the Swiss government About Pascale Vonmont & Roger Wüthrich-Hasenböhler: Pascale Vonmont is the director of the Gebert Rüf Stiftung, and Roger Wüthrich-Hasen…
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Redeem your EUR 75 bonus at Splint Invest with code Dali24: https://splintinvest.onelink.me/ZGYb/swppod Timestamps: 3:50 - Being part of the Groupon story 13:05 - Getting a climate wake-up call 15:47 - From working for Shell to climate tech 17:46 - The problem Manoj is solving 20:19 - Pros and cons of hydrogen About S. Manoj Harasgama: S. Manoj Har…
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Timestamps: 2:41 - The neglected field of disability care 5:09 - Making money as an impact startup 9:30 - Circleg’s magic team 15:33 - Managing startup growth 18:20 - Fundraising through the Swisspreneur Syndicate About Nicole Pulido: Nicole Colmenares Pulido is the co-founder and Head of Business Development & Finance at Circleg, a Swiss startup p…
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Timestamps: 4:52 - Hooked by the fishing industry 6:56 - Why the market timing was right 14:15 - Product help from Innosuisse 16:15 - 99% of fishing products are produced in Asia 19:34 - Fundraising through the Swisspreneur Syndicate About Jonas Urwyler & Nico Hauschke: Jonas Urwyler is the co-founder and CEO at Capt’n Greenfin, a fishing goods com…
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EP #386 - Ansuya Ahluwalia: From India, to Silicon Valley, to Swisspreneur
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Timestamps: 3:08 - Studying in India and the US 20:54 - Starting Anamii 34:00 - The exit coming as a surprise 43:58 - How Ansuya joined Swisspreneur 55:50 - What thirty3 does About Ansuya Ahluwalia: Ansuya Ahluwalia is a co-founder of the wellness and inner transformation app Anamii and the CTO and Business Partner of thirty3, which helps companies…
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