Swiss Fintech & AI Investor Day (SFID) 2025

Swiss Fintech & AI Investor Day (SFID), organized by SICTIC, stands as Switzerland’s leading Fintech funding platform and the premier gathering for innovators, investors, and key partners shaping the future of finance. Each year, SFID attracts a dynamic network of active investors—many with deep expertise and focus in Fintech—creating unparalleled opportunities for collaboration, networking, and deal-making. This year’s conference spotlights the entire journey of Fintech innovation, focusing on supporting startups from their earliest stages through to high-growth scaling. Founders and investors have the unique chance to connect, exchange ideas, and foster ground-breaking developments within Switzerland’s vibrant Fintech ecosystem.

Startups on stage

  • Alpi

    Alpi builds a Sovereign AI platform using Swiss tech to help insurance advisors cut admin time and structure client data.

  • Brick Towers

    With Brick Towers, we are developing a next-generation savings platform based on blockchain tech and digital assets.

  • checksum AG

    checksum is providing an all-in-one checkout and payment solution to relieve merchants from the organizational itches.

  • Finch

    A personal AI-driven finance agent in your pocket.

  • FYNO

    FYNO centralises all your finances in one AI platform, redefining how the next generation manages money and admin.

  • Helvo

    Helvo removes the complexity of managing multiple financial services by providing integrated banking, near & non banking

  • Paid24/7

    Peymate AG is builds a payment orchestrator to help facilitate remittance payments for the aid sector using stablecoins.

  • Sharelock

    Sharelock is an assistant helping private market investors streamline due diligence. From data collection to decision.

  • Smart eTax

    Smart eTax AI is an App that allows Swiss taxpayers to do their tax return fully automated using AI.

  • ForenSwiss

    ForenSwiss helps financial institutions prevent fraud with AI-generated intelligence from automated online interactions.

Why Attend SFID?

16:00–16:10 – Welcome & Intro from SICTIC
16:10–16:20 – Intro + Strategy from UBS
16:20–16:40 – SICTIC Review and Preview by Thomas Dübendorfer
16:40–17:00 – Keynote Matthias Niklowitz
17:00–17:15 – 90s Elevator Pitch (6 startups)
17:15–17:30 – Due Diligence Startups (2 startups / 5mins pitch + 1-2 audience questions)
17:30–18:00 – Instant Matchmaking + Short Break + Networking
18:00–18:30 – Startup Pitching Session (3 startups; 5 min pitch + 3 min Q&A each)
18:30–18:50 – Keynote Marc Bickel, Fume
18:50–19:10– AFR Pitches (1 startup; 5mins pitch + 90s investor pitch + 3mins Q&A)
19:10–19:20 – Wrap up by SICTIC
19:20–21:00 – Networking Apéro
21:00 – Event ends

Registration

Startup Applications

Startups: If you want to pitch, please submit your project here. If accepted to pitch, you will get two free tickets to attend. We encourage startups that fulfil our investment criteria to submit their business case. We offer this service and the pitching at one of our events free of charge to startups. For each SICTIC Investor Day, a jury will select the eight most promising startups for pitching at the event.

Submit your startup project

Important: In case you don’t express your interest to pitch at an event in your application form, we will assume you would rather just to want share your business case with SICTIC members and investors and will not include your project in the selection process.

Investor Registration

This event is intended primarily for angel investors (also novices). Family offices, fund managers and venture capitalists that want to invest in Swiss Startups are also welcome to attend.

SICTIC Investors and invited guests please use your promotion code to get your free ticket.

Investors: You can read the startup business cases before the event by joining our SICTIC Investor Community. You can then attend SICTIC Investor Days for free and get access to our online deal platform.

Limited seating. No entry without a valid ticket. No ticket sale at the event.

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Location

UBS Konferenzgebäude Grünenhof, Nüschelerstrasse 9, 8001 Zürich

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