A podcast mapping out the Swiss and global FinTech ecosystem
In this episode, we talk to Mark Beeston, founder and Managing Partner of Illuminate Financial, London headquartered VC firm with a global mandate, about their investment approach, success stories and views on the Capital Markets FinTech as well as WealthTech and Asset Management Tech companies scene in Europe and globally.
Read MoreHow do you assess the research analyst performance in the MiFID II world? COO of UK based start-up Invisage and the member of the F10 Incubator/Accelerator Zurich current cohort, Harsh Dadhich, explains in this podcast. Are popularity rankings useful at all? Or should the returns on your portfolio, constructed based on the analyst's research drive whose research you should read? How do you find out ex-ante though?
Read MoreAstorre Modena is General Partner at Terra Venture Partners, based in Israel. We talked on the side of Startup Funding - VC Talks event in Zurich, organized by the FinTech Connector. He explains the Terra Venture Partners investment approach, the Israeli government's support of innovation, his views on the art of startup valuation and fundraising and Israeli-Swiss VC and start-up connectivity.
Read MoreIn this episode, we talk to Matt Lashmar, Managing Director of MassChallenge, Switzerland. He explains the origins of MassChallenge, how they differ from other accelerators, how to apply, how start-ups can benefit from the program (access to the corporate sponsors and prize money of a million Swiss Francs!) and their success stories. LISTEN HERE
Read MoreShort interviews from Paris FinTech Forum with - Clara Durodie, Chair of Cognitive Finance Group, London about Artificial Intelligence for Financial Services and her book - Ian O'Sullivan, European Lead of Mastercard Start Path, who explains how Mastercard works with start-ups, helping them to get to market and gain scale, providing services to Mastercard customers and their support of female entrepreneurship - Susanne Chishti CEO of FINTECH Circle & FINTECH Circle Institute, London that explains their business angel, education and digital transformation acceleration programs - Emmalyn Shaw, Managing Partner from Flourish Ventures, San Francisco talks about global scalability and financial inclusiveness.
Read MoreIn this podcast, we talk to Matej Ftacnik, co-founder and CXO of Vacuum Labs based in Bratislava, Slovakia. Vacuumlabs is a FinTech focused software engineering powerhouse with over 200 employees, taking innovations to the market around the world, building neobanks for incumbents in Asia for example.
Read MoreWe talk to Ghassen Benhadjsalah, CEO and co-founder of direct (P2P) lending platform for SMEs in Switzerland called Acredius, about why this market is an excellent opportunity for both SMEs needing financing and lenders/investors and how it all works!
Read MoreWe caught up with Tanya Koenig on the side of the Digitalization of the Art Business discussion as a part of Voice of Fintech: Live Speaker Series in Zurich. We talk about why traditional mega art dealers invested in digital platforms, how blockchain can be useful for art buyers and CNN Money Switzerland's plans for increased coverage of the start-up scene.
Read MoreYves Guillaume A. Messy is Blockchain architect and ecosystem builder at R3, an enterprise blockchain company behind Corda, open-source blockchain platform for business. We talk to Yves about what enterprise blockchain means, its relevance for the Financial Services and R3's co-operation with the F10 Incubator & Accelerator. We discuss the suitability of blockchain for enterprise, including privacy, regulation and scalability aspects. Yves explains what is Blockchain 3.0 and outlines growth plans of R3 globally and for DACH in particular.
Read MoreWe talk to Anders Christensen, Head of Ecosystem at Avaloq.one about the origins of Avaloq as a FinTech startup, now providing software solutions to the banks worldwide, and Avaloq's efforts to foster innovation ecosystem through its avaloq.one's platform, enabling B2B Fintechs easier access to Avaloq's banking clients.
Read MoreIn this bonus episode, we caught up with Peter Zemsky, Deputy Dean of INSEAD and Dean of Innovation on the side of INSEAD hosted a panel on Artificial Intelligence: Balancing AI productivity and responsibility in the STG Tent in Davos during WEF 2020. We talk about INSEAD’s activities in Davos and partnerships in the field of innovation.
Read MoreWe talk to Christian Meisser, CEO of LEXR about how to set up your venture from the get-go to minimize potential legal troubles and keep your hard-earned unicorn for yourself! LEXR is an innovative legal services firm based in Zurich, Switzerland, providing legal services and products to start-ups, especially FinTechs.
Read MoreWe talk with William Laitinen, Managing Director of Exige International, a UK and Swiss executive search firm specializing in recruitment for global financial companies about what to look for in your co-founders and what traits you should focus on when building a successful team. A special offer included towards the end of the episode!
Read MoreAn interview with Alexander Verbeck, Head of Cash Ecosystem at SIX Group in Zurich, Switzerland. We talk about the white paper that Alex and his team wrote called the Future of money. Will we give up on cash and go all-digital in the new decade?
Read MoreWe talk to Cedric Bollag, founder and host of the "Startup Show" by Global Tech Box about how and why he started his show, his impressions of the Swiss start-up scene and comparison to the Israeli one. Check out the Startup Show by Global Tech Box on YouTube. You will also find the video recording of this podcast here on the next page!
Read MoreWe spoke with Thomas Duebendorfer, President of SICTIC, largest Swiss business angels club, about SICTIC's mission, activities and events like Swiss FinTech Investor Day. We also talked to Theo Lau, founder of Unconventional Ventures from the US about how to make banking better for underrepresented groups. Lastly, we spoke to co-founder of eQTiq, Justyna Rydzewska about her venture's mission to get rid of paper receipts!
Read MoreWe caught up with Etienne Delhaye, Executive Director of Sophia Club Enterprises and organizer of Soph.IA Summit and Michele Bezzi, Research Manager at SAP Security Research in Sophia Antipolis on the side of Soph.IA Summit to learn more about Sophia Antipolis and SAP AI-related research, respectively.
Read MoreAn interview with Rune Bentien, Managing Partner EMEA at Xoogler.co in London. Xoogler.co is a community of current and former Google employees, acting as an incubator, accelerator, business angel and mentoring network for Google alumni - Xooglers.
Read MoreA short interview with Florian Bucher, TEDx Zurich Co-lead on the side of the flagship TEDx Zurich. We talk about TEDx activities in Switzerland, the Power of 10 theme, TEDx Salons and TEDx Women events.
Read MoreAn interview with Johan Pieter ("JP") Verwey, CEO of Check6, based in Amsterdam and London and with offices in Zurich, New York, Dubai and Breda. JP explains how experienced Family Office professionals struggled with holistic investment reporting and decided to start their own company.
JP Verwey is CEO of Check6, a well-established FinTech company that provides data consolidation for wealth management reporting for high net worth individuals, wealth managers and banks. The goal is to provide clients with a total overview of their wealth.
UPDATE AS OF MARCH 2021: Please note that Check6 was acquired by Private Client Resources (PCR) in December 2020. See the press release here.