Swiss Fintech Investor Day 2016
Startups on stage
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Synacts
User-controlled digital identities for instant user onboarding, authentication, signing and payment
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KiWi
Micro-merchants in emerging markets with a point of sale, so that they can accept cards payments, get loans and manage their sales directly from an app
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CashSentinel
Mobile escrow service replacing checks, cash and unsecure bank transfers
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Tastier
Mobile Payment for Restaurants & Bars - Uber for Restaurants
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Werthstein AG
"The Economist with a trading button" - we make investing easy and intellectually stimulating and "spotify finance" with a disruptive subscription based pricing mode
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3rd-eyes
The only navigation system for the self-directed investor
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Protagoras
Digital solution creating meaningful discussion between financial advisers and their clients
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Neuroprofiler
Behavioural finance game to help financial advisors assess the investor profile of their clients according to new banking regulations
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AlgoTrader GmbH
Automated trading software for trading companies such as banks and hedge funds
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Wealthinitiative
Platform for tangible assets of HNWI and direct equity
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Society3
Swiss FINMA and US SEC Compliant Capital Marketplace for startups providing investors a way to sell startups stocks and exit anytime
Agenda
13:00 – 15:15 Investor Training
Experts share their know-how with aspiring smart money investors. You will learn essential skills and which pitfalls to avoid.
Lean Start-Up - the Term Sheet
by Dr. Maja Baumann and Dr. Gisela Reichmuth
Dr. Maja Baumann is a partner at REBER attorneys-at-law, focussing on corporate, M&A and real estate law. Dr. Gisela Reichmuth is an active business angel and board member of StartAngels Network.
Training provided by StartAngels network
Lessons learned from my investments
by Willy Bischofberger
Dipl. Informatik-Ing. ETH, MBA INSEAD, Entrepreneur, ETH Lecturer and Business Angel
Training provided by Business Angels Switzerland
Managing a startup investment portfolio for returns
by Dr. Mathieu Fivaz
PhD in physics from EPFL, Tech entrepreneur, angel investors, digital marketer, business unit leader, startup coach, tech startup co-founder, CMO & CTO at Go Beyond Investing
Training provided by Training provided by Go Beyond Investing
Smart Money - How angels can best add value to early-stage startups
by Pascal Mathis
Co-Founder GetYourGuide and Wingman, Ex-Google
Training provided by Swiss ICT Investor Club (SICTIC)
15:15 – Welcome and Keynotes
Fintech Trends for investors and how to select the most promising startup
by Brendan Bradley, Former CIO and Member of Eurex Executive Board
This presentation will highlight where new investments are being made and how investors are determining where to invest and on what type of companies.
David vs. Goliath: lessons from a fresh Fintech exit to a large company
by Jan Reinhart, Founder Reinhart Capital, investor and entrepreneur
Increasingly, large corporations reach out to Fintech startups to support their digitalization transformation and ultimately acquire them. The exit of a Fintech startup therefore brings many challenges as corporate culture meets startup spirit: how to become a “must have” for the buyer’s future business and not just an “add-on”, so the valuation doesn’t erode?
16:00 – Swiss Fintech Startup Pitches
Twelve carefully selected startups will pitch on stage. Each startup will be allotted 7 minutes pitching time, followed by a 3 minutes Q&A session.
18:30 – Networking Apéro with Matchmaking
During the apéro, the presenting startups have booths and can show a demo of their products. Investors are welcome to connect to their favourite startups individually for a more detailed discussion and initiate future collaborations.
20:30 – End of the Apéro
Moderators
Nina Portier Reinhart
Managing Director at Reinhart Capital
Nina Reinhart is Managing Director at Reinhart Capital, an early stage investment company. As a Senior Advisor at UBS for nine years, she accelerated UHNW and institutional clients’ acquisition in various European and Emerging Markets. Nina also worked on the first spinoff of the UBS Innovation Lab. During her Silicon Valley years, she was Director of Partnerships for a marketplace created by i2 Technologies and Frogdesign. For five years at Nestlé SA, Nina turned around operating companies in Latin America, Africa and Europe. She earned an MBA from Babson College and a MSc in Anthropology from Université de Montréal.
Sunnie Groeneveld
Managing Partner of Inspire 925
Sunnie’s recent work at Inspire 925 has been focused on the mandate of DigitalZurich2025, where she built up the cross-industry association and delivered its five main initiatives for the year 2015/16. She has been selected by Women in Business for their Top 40 under 40 list and recognized by Handelszeitung in their “Top 50 Who is Who in Digital Switzerland”. Sunnie is a member of the Future Work Forum and the Global Shapers Community established by the World Economic Forum (WEF), wrote the book ”Inspired at Work“ (October 2014, Versus) and holds an Economics degree from Yale University.
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Keynote Speakers
Jan Reinhart
Founder Reinhart Capital, investor and entrepreneur
Jan is co-founder of PayCash and serves as Chairman of the worldwide holding. As an early Fintech company founded in 2011, PayCash was one of the first to receive an e-money license in the EU and a pioneer in the regulated alternative payment services’ space. Today, PayCash serves clients in the EU, US and China. Previously, Jan was Investment Officer at Swisscom Ventures and VP Marketing and Business Development for Silicon Valley-based InnoPath Software. During his tenure at SAP’s Chairman’s Office, he participated in strategic investments and launched the initial Internet-based mySAP.com as well as financial services’ software products. Jan holds an MS Mechanical Engineering from ETH Zurich and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Brendan Bradley
Former CIO and Member of Eurex Executive Board
Brendan has worked within the financial services industry for 30 years and has in-depth knowledge of product development, market structure and technology issues. He left Eurex earlier this year to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities in the FinTech space that are being driven by the changing regulatory and market infrastructure environment.
He holds Advisory Board positions at various FinTech firms, acts as an Observer on the Boards of some of the firms that the FinTech Circle SEIS Fund has invested in and also invests personally as an Angel investor while finalizing plans to create his own start up entity.
