November recap!

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In case you missed out on November episodes of Voice of FinTech podcast, here is the recap:

Swiss Finance Startups & Swiss FinTech Fair

with Christina Kehl, Matthias Kribbel, Christina Reuther and Julia Holzgreve

An interview with Christina Kehl, co-founder & Managing Director at Swiss Finance Startups. We talk about the efforts of Swiss Finance Startups to foster cooperation with the government and incumbents and their flagship event, Swiss FinTech Fair. Followed by short, one-question segments with participants of the Swiss FinTech Fair: Julia Holzgreve, Director, Innovation Scouting & Strategic Partnerships at Keen Innovation, then Matthias Kribbel, Chief Product Officer at Tradeplus24 and Christina Reuther, Regional Head Switzerland, Fintechnews.ch & Business Development Middle East, Fintechnews.ae.

Soundbite with Geoff Ralston: Y Combinator visiting Europe

with Geoff Ralston

“ I see a tremendous spirit of entrepreneurship taking off in Europe,”

says Geoff Ralston, President of Y Combinator. Great new companies will come from Europe, or anywhere on the planet, not just the United States, Geoff explains in this soundbite. We caught up on the side of the INSEAD LaunchPad event at Station F in Paris.

Innovation at Generali

with Anne-Katrin Maser

An interview with Anne-Katrin Maser, Lead Partnerships and Ecosystems at Generali Switzerland. We talk about why open innovation is key for Generali and how Generali cooperates with startups, through their innovation garage, partnerships or participation in the F10 Incubator/Accelerator.

Soundbite: Recruitment — Algorithms or networking?

with Claudia Bolliger-Winkler, Stefanja Di Martino and DJ Candela

On the side of another edition of Voice of FinTech: Live Speaker Series in Zurich, we caught up with Claudia Bolliger-Winkler, CEO and co-founder of Lionstep. At the event, we talked about how to find the best candidates for your company, cost-effectively. Also, as a candidate, can one beat the algorithms through networking? In this soundbite, we talked about the role of AI and a human in recruitment and the outlook for the balance between the two. 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♂️ At the event, we also had an outstanding art of Susanne di Martino, her model daughter Stefanja and DJ Candela. 🖼🎵

SEBA — A bank for digital assets

with Guido Buehler

An interview with Guido Buehler, CEO and founder of SEBA, a fully licensed Swiss bank for your digital assets, based in Zug, Switzerland. SEBA is a universal bank for your digital assets, i.e. digital twins of financial or real assets.

F10 goes to Singapore!

with Lisa Schroeder

After running two hackathons in Singapore, F10 (The Home of FinTech) from Zurich, will also expand its flagship program to Singapore in 2020! We spoke with Lisa Schroeder, Head of Startup program management at F10 FinTech Incubator / Accelerator to find out more. ✈

Seedstars World — Emerging markets startup ecosystem builders!

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Alisee de Tonnac

An interview with Alisee de Tonnac, CEO and co-founder of Seedstars World. Alisee is a road warrior, entrepreneur and ecosystem builder focused on emerging markets. Find out more about:💡 Seedstars philosophy 🏆 Startup competitions 🎯 Startup support from mentoring to funding.

Soundbite with Eric Sarasin, Chairman of Singularity Group

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with Eric Sarasin / Exponential Finance Summit / Evelyne Pflugi

We spoke to Eric Sarasin, Chairman of the Singularity Group, on the side of the Exponential Finance Summit that took place in Zurich on November 14–15 about the Singularity theme and the startup scene in Switzerland and Europe. This soundbite is a living example that “thinking out of the box” and seniority are a great match.

If you have suggestions for topics or guests on the show or have ideas about how to make a podcast better for you, please e-mail me at info@voiceoffintech.com. Happy to hear from you! Thank you!