Voice of FinTech®

Evelyne Pflugi, co-founder and Managing Partner at Singularity Group in Zurich, Switzerland, talks about what exponential technologies are, her company's cooperation with the Singularity University. Evelyne also explains the investment thesis for her fund, where investors should be able to monetize their exposure to exponential technologies already now. https://www.singularity-group.com/ We also t...

Pascal Allot is heading Innovation Ecosystem efforts at IBM Switzerland. IBM offers credits to startups using their software such as IBM Watson, Design Thinking workshops and runs Data Sciences and other related meet-ups.  https://developer.ibm.com/startups/  

Futurae Technologies was founded by ETH Zurich security researchers and offers a strong suite of multi-factor authentication tools that provide a high degree of security and improve the customer experience while protecting the user’s privacy. https://futurae.com/

In an interview with Tillmann Lang, CEO and co-founder of Yova, explains why he is passionate about sustainable and socially responsible investing. He describes how clients using Yova can invest in line with their values, causes, or even religion. https://yova.ch/en/

Co-founders Ravina Mutha and Pranay Jain graduated from the F10 program in Zurich and turned their venture into a profitable business already, with many well known large companies as their clients. They explained their first ventures and how they locked their first sale! https://enterprisebot.ai/

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The Future is Asian is an excellent book by a well known Indian-American economist, based in Singapore, Dr. Parag Khanna. You can get the book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/32QnpZI (through the Amazon Associates program). We caught up on the side of the Asia Society's event in Zurich, where Parag shared his views about Asianization in front of a sold-out audience. https://www.paragkhanna.com/

An interview with Jatin Rajput, Partner at Union Park Ventures in New York, about investing in B2B and financial inclusion focused FinTechs and his views on digital transformation and FinTech buzz words and megatrends. Jatin also shares an investment thesis for his DLT / Blockchain fund, based in New York, and looking at opportunities globally. https://unionparkventures.com/

Mona Zoet shares her views on the status of FinTech and RegTech's scene in Singapore and comparison to Europe. Mona also talks about F10's (Zurich based FinTech Incubator and accelerator) Hackathon concept and program for its second edition in Singapore.  https://www.regpac.com/

digitalswitzerland is a multi-stakeholder initiative of over 150 members to strengthen Switzerland’s position as a leading innovation hub. It aims to engage the government, business, academia, and the public to move Switzerland forward. https://digitalswitzerland.com/

An interview with Annie Guo,  CEO and founder of Silkpay, a Paris based start-up offering European merchants mobile payment solutions so that Chinese tourists can seamlessly pay using Alipay and WeChat Pay on their travels. Annie talks about why she enjoys running her own company after many years in banking and Silkpay's solutions for merchants in France and other major European tourist destinatio...

Monito is an award-winning FinTech start-up, based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Monito's mission is to save retail clients and corporates on excessive foreign exchange fees and unfavorable exchange rates by increasing transparency and showing its clients the best deal among banks and money transfer companies. https://www.monito.com/

Marwan El-Hakim, Partner at London based Veridian Ventures is a technology investor with a strong background in the financial services. Veridian Ventures is a sector-agnostic business angel syndicate, investing in technology-led businesses in the UK and Europe (including FinTech). https://veridianventures.co.uk/home

Harald Nieder shares the VC investor's perspective on the start-ups in Europe and the DACH region in particular. Redalpine is a European seed and early-stage venture investor in disruptive technologies with a focus on highly-scalable technology and Health Tech businesses including FinTech. https://www.redalpine.com/

Toquity, is a recent participant of INSEAD LaunchPad program at Station F in Paris, France. Toquity simplifies managing cap tables for founders and investors, leveraging blockchain.  https://www.toquity.io/  

Founders Factory is a global technology incubator and accelerator uniquely backed by industry-leading corporates, providing all start-ups with the advantage of early access to partnership opportunities as well as support from a full-time team of 70 specialists, based in London and Paris. Started by Brent Hoberman and Henry Lane Fox, Founders Factory has received investments from L’Oreal, easyJet,...

An interview with David Sidler, Head of Investor Relations at Investiere.  Investiere offers private and institutional investors direct and professional access to startup investments. With over 70 investments, Investiere is one of the most active startup investors in Switzerland. https://www.investiere.ch/

An interview with Franz Hoerhager, Wharton alumnus, co-founder of the home equity diversification platform Bambus, active in Germany and Austria.  Bambus is a recent graduate of the F10 Accelerator Program in Zurich. Bambus wants to bring professional investing to homeowners. They provide homeowners with a platform that allows them to take out a loan secured by their real estate and invest the amo...

Minh Q. Tran, Managing Partner at Odysseus Partners, former GP of AXA Ventures and INSEAD MBA alumnus, explains why he founded an asset builder company after decades in VC in Media, Telecom and Insurance (Bertelsmann Ventures, Nokia Ventures, Truffle Capital and AXA Ventures) and how Odysseus Partners differs from a traditional VC or an alternative fund.  https://www.odysseuspartners.com/ (Updated...

Ralf Huber, the co-founder of Apiax, an award winning Swiss RegTech company, explains how Apiax helps banks and other financial institutions to upgrade their compliance processes for the digital age. Apiax provides a digital rules engine.  https://www.apiax.com/  

Claudia Bienentreu, Head Open Innovation AXA Switzerland, also known as AXAnauten, explains why AXA works with start-ups, explains how AXA does it and shares cooperation success stories. Claudia also explains what AXAnauten means and how can start-ups connect with them. https://axa.ch/en/about-axa.html

Andy Iten, co-founder of F10, talking to Rudolf Falat about how F10 in Zurich got started, what it does for its stakeholders (start-ups, corporates and investors) and its plans for the future.  Lisa Schroder talks about its program in more detail and F10 events. F10 also runs hackatons in Zurich, Singapore and Vienna. It is also close to SIX FinTech Ventures and operated by SIX Group in Zurich. ht...