Venture Leaders Fintech: Swiss fintech startups impress investors in London

The Venture Leaders Fintech 2022 roadshow brought ten Swiss entrepreneurs to London, where they connected with investors and market experts and presented their pitches at the Fintech Connect trade show. The innovators benefited from an accelerated learning curve concerning innovation and business development and were able to bolster their international network.

Venturelab has been organizing international roadshows for the Swiss National Startup Teams for 18 years. The ambitious entrepreneurs are chosen by a panel of experts to join the team as so-called Venture Leaders. They are introduced to investors and potential customers in leading technology hubs such as Silicon Valley, Boston, China, Hong Kong, Barcelona, London, and Munich.

For the fifth edition of the Venture Leaders Fintech roadshow, ten fintech innovators were chosen to represent Swiss excellence at various networking and pitch events in London, including at Fintech Connect, the premier conference at the heart of one of the most dynamic entrepreneurship ecosystems in Europe.

On Monday, the Venture Leaders attended an introductory session hosted by organizing partner Swissnex, at the Department of International Trade (DIT) at the Swiss Embassy. This was followed by a pitch session with the Teachers Venture Growth (TVG).

The next day, Venture Leaders presented their pitches to VCs and had the opportunity to network at a breakfast event sponsored by Forestay Capital. Over lunch, Venture Leaders were able to profit from one-on-one meetings with corporate representatives. Later in the day, they were invited to a Networking and Pitching Reception at the Swiss Embassy with special speaker Amit Das, CEO of Alpha Events, organizer of Fintech Connect.


The Venture Leaders Fintech at the Swiss Embassy with Ambassador Markus Leitner and Head of Science & Innovation, Lutz-Peter Berg 




Venture Leaders Kristina Morf of nobank (left) and David Giron of Money Masters (above) pitching to investors at the breakfast event sponsored by Forestay Capital

On Wednesday and Thursday, the Venture Leaders headed to the Fintech Connect conference, a dynamic venue for international fintech innovators to present their projects and make connections with investors and industry experts. They got the chance to present their startup to a broad audience at the Startup Launchpad pitching stand. Afterward, they were approached by investors. 


fidentity's Thorsten Hau (top left) and AIDONIC's Severiyos Aydin (bottom left) pitching at Fintech Connect


The Venture Leaders on their way to visit Revolut's offices for a guest lecture by Aleksej Polukarov

On Thursday, the team also headed to Revolut for a very insightful and hands-on business lecture at Revolut. In the evening, the Venture Leaders enjoyed an evening of networking over a Swiss fondue dinner sponsored by Swissnex.




The Venture Leaders Fintech roadshow is organized in partnership with Swissnex and with the support of EPFL, ETH Zurich, and Walder Wyss. 

Learn more about each of the startups selected to be part of Venture Leaders Fintech 2022 below: