A podcast mapping out the Swiss and global FinTech ecosystem
We caught up with Tanya Koenig on the side of the Digitalization of the Art Business discussion as a part of Voice of Fintech: Live Speaker Series in Zurich. We talk about why traditional mega art dealers invested in digital platforms, how blockchain can be useful for art buyers and CNN Money Switzerland's plans for increased coverage of the start-up scene.
Read MoreYves Guillaume A. Messy is Blockchain architect and ecosystem builder at R3, an enterprise blockchain company behind Corda, open-source blockchain platform for business. We talk to Yves about what enterprise blockchain means, its relevance for the Financial Services and R3's co-operation with the F10 Incubator & Accelerator. We discuss the suitability of blockchain for enterprise, including privacy, regulation and scalability aspects. Yves explains what is Blockchain 3.0 and outlines growth plans of R3 globally and for DACH in particular.
Read MoreWe talk to Anders Christensen, Head of Ecosystem at Avaloq.one about the origins of Avaloq as a FinTech startup, now providing software solutions to the banks worldwide, and Avaloq's efforts to foster innovation ecosystem through its avaloq.one's platform, enabling B2B Fintechs easier access to Avaloq's banking clients.
Read MoreIn this bonus episode, we caught up with Peter Zemsky, Deputy Dean of INSEAD and Dean of Innovation on the side of INSEAD hosted a panel on Artificial Intelligence: Balancing AI productivity and responsibility in the STG Tent in Davos during WEF 2020. We talk about INSEAD’s activities in Davos and partnerships in the field of innovation.
Read MoreWe talk to Christian Meisser, CEO of LEXR about how to set up your venture from the get-go to minimize potential legal troubles and keep your hard-earned unicorn for yourself! LEXR is an innovative legal services firm based in Zurich, Switzerland, providing legal services and products to start-ups, especially FinTechs.
Read MoreWe talk with William Laitinen, Managing Director of Exige International, a UK and Swiss executive search firm specializing in recruitment for global financial companies about what to look for in your co-founders and what traits you should focus on when building a successful team. A special offer included towards the end of the episode!
Read MoreAn interview with Alexander Verbeck, Head of Cash Ecosystem at SIX Group in Zurich, Switzerland. We talk about the white paper that Alex and his team wrote called the Future of money. Will we give up on cash and go all-digital in the new decade?
Read MoreWe talk to Cedric Bollag, founder and host of the "Startup Show" by Global Tech Box about how and why he started his show, his impressions of the Swiss start-up scene and comparison to the Israeli one. Check out the Startup Show by Global Tech Box on YouTube. You will also find the video recording of this podcast here on the next page!
Read MoreWe spoke with Thomas Duebendorfer, President of SICTIC, largest Swiss business angels club, about SICTIC's mission, activities and events like Swiss FinTech Investor Day. We also talked to Theo Lau, founder of Unconventional Ventures from the US about how to make banking better for underrepresented groups. Lastly, we spoke to co-founder of eQTiq, Justyna Rydzewska about her venture's mission to get rid of paper receipts!
Read MoreWe caught up with Etienne Delhaye, Executive Director of Sophia Club Enterprises and organizer of Soph.IA Summit and Michele Bezzi, Research Manager at SAP Security Research in Sophia Antipolis on the side of Soph.IA Summit to learn more about Sophia Antipolis and SAP AI-related research, respectively.
Read MoreAn interview with Rune Bentien, Managing Partner EMEA at Xoogler.co in London. Xoogler.co is a community of current and former Google employees, acting as an incubator, accelerator, business angel and mentoring network for Google alumni - Xooglers.
Read MoreA short interview with Florian Bucher, TEDx Zurich Co-lead on the side of the flagship TEDx Zurich. We talk about TEDx activities in Switzerland, the Power of 10 theme, TEDx Salons and TEDx Women events.
Read MoreAn interview with Johan Pieter ("JP") Verwey, CEO of Check6, based in Amsterdam and London and with offices in Zurich, New York, Dubai and Breda. JP explains how experienced Family Office professionals struggled with holistic investment reporting and decided to start their own company.
JP Verwey is CEO of Check6, a well-established FinTech company that provides data consolidation for wealth management reporting for high net worth individuals, wealth managers and banks. The goal is to provide clients with a total overview of their wealth.
UPDATE AS OF MARCH 2021: Please note that Check6 was acquired by Private Client Resources (PCR) in December 2020. See the press release here.
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.
Read MoreAn 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, competitions, support to startups from mentoring to funding.
Read MoreAfter 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.
Read MoreAn 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.
Read MoreOn the side 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.
Read MoreAn interview with Anne-Katrin Maser, Lead Partnerships and Ecosystems at Generali Switzerland. We talk about how Generali cooperates with startups, through their innovation garage, partnerships or participation in the F10 Incubator/Accelerator.
Read More" 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.
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