ABOUT Startup INVEST
MANAGEMENT
WHAT WE DO
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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MANAGEMENT
JP Vuilleumier
Managing Director, Startup INVEST
Dany Bermejo
Managing Director, Startup INVEST
- After his Master Degree in Business Administration at the University of Fribourg (CH) he became Professor for Finance at the University of Applied Sciences in Bern (for 10 years).
- From 2000-2002 he built up a Swiss Venture Capital Company as Managing Director.
- End of 2002 he joined Innosuisse as Project leader Financial and Investor Support for Start-up Companies until 2014. In 2019 he made his comeback as Special Coach for Pitching and Financial Planning with Innosuisse.
- Early 2003 he became Managing Director of Startup Invest (startupinvest.ch). Until 2020 he organized the Startup DAYs, the most important event for the Swiss Startup Ecosystem.
- He was teaching Entrepreneurship classes for different programs and ETH Zurich for more than 15 years.
- In 2009 he was appointed Managing Director of the W.A. de Vigier Foundation which he led until 2015.
- In 2011 he initiated startupticker.ch, which is today the most important newsportal for Startups in Switzerland.
- in 2012 he launched the webiste pitching.ch to share his pitching expertise with the Startups.
- Since 2019 he is supporting Love Land – the APP, a mobile app to foster the sexual and reproductive health of young people globally (taboobreaker.org).
- JP lives between Switzerland and South Africa. He speaks fluently German, English and French and has been recognised as a Digital Shaper of the Swiss startup ecosystem.
- Master of Sciences in Chemistry, licensed with honours in Quantum Chemistry in 2001 by UNED, Madrid. During his studies, Daniel presented the popular TV show Disney Club.
- His career in technology started in 2001 at Accenture followed by PWC Consulting and IBM where he gained strong programming skills.
- In 2003 Daniel moved to Switzerland and joined the pharma leader Roche at their headquarters in Basel.
- 2004-2012 he worked for a Swiss technology startup disrupting the music industry. He played various key roles in expanding operations to Europe, Asia and America before and after the acquisition by a California based company PV (NTT Docomo).
- In 2012 he founded and led a Swiss technology startup in the areas of m-Health and employee engagement. By the time of his exit in 2016, the company had reached 350% yearly sales growth, won customers such as Google, Roche, AXA or Microsoft, expanded to CH, DE, ES, IT, FR and US, opened offices in Basel and Madrid and was hiring +20 employees.
- Joined Startup INVEST as Managing Director in 2017 to support professionalising the Swiss startup ecosystem.
- In 2017 Daniel founded Noddes, a Swiss technology boutique providing Digital Transformation strategies and services.
- Daniel lived in Spain, UK and Switzerland, holds Spanish and Swiss nationalities and speaks fluently Spanish, English and German. He has been recognised with several entrepreneurship and entertainment awards in Switzerland and Spain.
WHAT WE DO
Founded in 2003, Startup INVEST is a leading financing platform for Swiss Deep Tech Startups focusing on the professionalisation of the Swiss investment ecosystem.
We work together with other Swiss organisations, business angels groups, institutional investors, corporate innovation departments, innovation hubs, accelerators, incubators and academia to identify, filter and prepare startups on their way to secure financing and corporate collaborations.
To facilitate this we organise matchmaking events for deep tech startups to present and liase with our network of investors, corporates and support organisations. Our flagship events include the Startup DAYS, Venture DAYS and Corporate DAYS in cooperation with our corporate partners.
We support early and later stage startups within the following deep tech verticals:
- AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS:
- HEALTHTECH
- SUSTAINABLE TECH
- ICT/SERVICES
As a non-for profit organisation, Startup INVEST is supported by the contribution of our members and partners within the startup ecosystem. ASSOCIATION BYLAWS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
VICE CHAIRMAN
Philip Bodmer
BODMER & PARTNER
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BIG THANKS TO OUR AMAZING PARTNERS
