10 Swiss Hightech Startups Heading to Silicon Valley with Venture Leaders Technology

The Swiss National Startup Team will head to Silicon Valley in March. The roadshow will showcase Switzerland’s most-innovative technology startups to the leading investors and industry experts. Venturelab has organized international roadshows for the Swiss National Startup Team for 15 years. The ambitious entrepreneurs and their promising startups are introduced to leading investors and potential customers in technology hubs in San Francisco, Boston, New York, China and Barcelona.

This year’s Venture Leaders Technology roadshow to Silicon Valley is supported by DPD, Kellerhals Carrard Rothschild & Co Bank, Canton de Vaud, EPF Lausanne and ETH Zurich. The ten innovative startups were chosen from more than 140 applicants, by a jury of professional investors and experts. The startups cover sectors ranging from agtech and big data, to quantum technologies and the internet of things. The roadshow’s program of meetings with top-notch investors and industry leaders will accelerate the startups’ expansion into the U.S.-market, help them build global business networks and raise capital from investors.

Building on Previous Successes

For the last years U.S. investors were truly impressed by Switzerland’s high-tech startups. “Last year for example we had pitch sessions with Bessemer Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates and Partech Ventures who all have several billion of assets-under-management. The investor agenda for 2020 is equally promising,” said Stefan Steiner, Venturelab’s co-managing director.

Mathieu Munsch, chief executive of Qnami, was part of the 2019 team and said “The Venture Leader program is all about the journey you'll make with peers, mentors and the great organization team. The combination of unique access to top VCs and exclusive workshops with constant and personalized feedback from the entire team is the real value of the roadshow.”     

Several Venture Leaders Technology alumni were acquired by large tech companies. Lemoptix and Composyt Light Labs (both acquired by Intel), Faceshift (Apple), HouseTrip (TripAdvisor), Kooaba (Qualcomm) and Dacuda (Magic Leap) and many more. See www.venture-leaders.ch for more details.

Follow the Venture Leaders Technology roadshow from March 30th to April 4th using the hashtag #VleadersTech. Meet the Venture Leaders Technology 2020 team in Zurich at the Startup Champions event at ETH Zurich on March 4^th.