Author: Venturlab Fintech

The Fintech Venture Leaders have returned from the Big Apple, where they spent an intense week pitching to multi-billion-dollar investors. The US investors were impressed by Switzerland’s demonstrated ability to serve as a nurturing environment for a large variety of interesting business models, thanks to its outsized influence in world financial markets compared to its population. These roadshows have a great impact on the Venture Leaders’ business development, with connections forged leading to investment, partnerships or supply contracts. Last year, team member Qumram was even acquired by Dynatrace, having convinced the US firm of the value of their data recording technology. Eddie Lee of…

Florian Kübler is co-founder and CEO of Switzerlend AG, which operates the platform lend.ch.  Lend is a fast growing marketplace lending platform in Switzerland, cutting out the middleman to pass the cost benefits on to both lenders and borrowers. The company has transacted more than 1,000 loans and is now scaling into additional business areas. Venturelab brings this autumn 10 Swiss Fintech Startups to New York This is the 10th and last part of the Fintech Startup Interview serial powered by Venturelab. Fintechnews wishes all of the startups success in NYC. Where do you see the biggest opportunities in fintech over the next five…

Tradeplus24 is on the Venture Leaders Fintech team heading to New York in September. The startup’s automated platform brings structured lending within reach of SMEs needing more funding than is usually available at their scale, thanks to reduced costs. This is the 9th part of the Fintech Startup Interview serial powered by Venturelab. Venturelab brings this autumn 10 Swiss Fintech Startups to New York. Who are you, and what’s your big idea? Tradeplus24 has a founding team of four, bringing diverse experience at executive level in banking and insurance from companies such as GE, ABB, Credit Suisse, UBS and Marsh. At amounts under CHF…

With cryptocurrencies entering the mainstream, storing and spending them require new easy-to-use solutions. ETH spin-off SHIFT Cryptosecurity has developed a sturdy, discreet and of course high-security hardware wallet for cryptocurrencies. The appeal lies in the device’s specific security features (covering everything from physical strength to two-factor authentication, secondary wallets for plausible deniability and more) and its convenience. This is the 8th part of the Fintech Startup Interview serial powered by Venturelab. Venturelab brings this autumn 10 Swiss Fintech Startups to New York. Founder Dario Duran is on the Venture Leaders Fintech team heading to New York in September, and is ready to introduce his…

New York is a big city, but for the Fintech Venture Leaders flying there on September 16th, there’s only one address that matters. Wall Street is synonymous with investment, and Alberto Rama will be taking his Investment Navigator to key players in the industry, hoping they will see the powerful advantages it confers in a complex global marketplace. This is the 7th part of the Fintech Startup Interview serial powered by Venturelab. Venturelab brings this autumn 10 Swiss Fintech Startups to New York. Who are you, and what’s your big idea? Before co-founding Investment Navigator in September 2014, I worked for over a decade within…

Fintech Venture Leader Oliver Werneyer is the CEO of IMburse, a startup that simplifies the entire transaction technology space. It offers companies in industries from insurance to retail the chance to improve their customer relationships through personalised, streamlined payment processes – with little to no intervention in existing IT systems. This is the 6th part of the Fintech Startup Interview serial powered by Venturelab. Venturelab brings this autumn 10 Swiss Fintech Startups to New York. Can you briefly introduce your project? As a transaction orchestrator we bring the world of transactions (collect and payout in any market, any currency, via any technology with any…

The Fintech Venture Leaders team are preparing for a roadshow that will take them to the heart of the global finance industry: New York City. Team member Enterprise Bot will be hoping to sign up more customers for its natural language powered AI chatbot, already making waves with Swiss corporations. This is the 5th part of the Fintech Startup Interview serial powered by Venturelab. Who are you, and what’s your big idea? I am Pranay Jain, CEO and co-founder of Enterprise Bot. At Enterprise Bot we are transforming the world of insurance and banking by using artificial intelligence and conversational commerce.…

Blockchain gateway ARCATrust is one of the Venture Leaders taking their projects to New York in September for a whirlwind roadshow to accelerate their growth. The company provides a highly secure and easy to use platform for managing digital assets – going beyond cryptocurrencies to databases in the insurance or healthcare industries, for example. This is the 4th part of the Fintech Startup Interview serial powered by Venturelab. Venturelab brings this autumn 10 Swiss Fintech Startups to New York Who are you, and what’s your big idea? I am Khaled Ouafi, cryptographer and CTO of ARCATrust. We’re building the most uncompromised, secure, yet user-friendly gateway…

The Venture Leaders heading to New York in September will be meeting major players in the finance industry – big banks and insurers, who have to deal with a tangle of red tape that only gets more complicated. Nicolas Blanchard will be ready to convince them that he has the solution. This is the 3rd part of the Fintech Startup Interview serial powered by Venturelab. Venturelab brings this autumn 10 Swiss Fintech Startups to New York Who are you, and what’s your big idea? Apiax is a regtech startup based in Zurich. We build powerful and flexible tools to master complex financial regulations digitally.…

University of Zurich spin-off AAAccell is offering a superior AI algorithm for investment management. CEO Sandro Schmid founded the company alongside Prof. Dr. Walter Farkas, and the team also includes two former bank CEOs, 11 professors and several PhDs and Master’s graduates from University of Zurich, ETH, Columbia NY and others. This is the second part of the Fintech Startup Interview serial powered by Venturelab. Venturelab brings this autumn 10 Swiss Fintech Startups to New York Can you briefly introduce your project? AAAccell has developed a technology that is superior to the market standard. It is completely new and based on the highest level of…

Fintech 3rd-eyes offers a robo-advisory solution with improved individualisation and reduced costs, enabling advisers to offer better value to their clients. Founder Rodrigo Amandi told Venturlab about their hopes for the New York roadshow in September. This is the first part of the Fintech Startup Interview serial powered by Venturelab. Venturelab brings this autumn 10 Swiss Fintech Startups to New York Who are you, and what’s your big idea? My name is Rodrigo Amandi. I come originally from Madrid, Spain, but have lived in the UK and Switzerland for almost 20 years. I hold a PhD in chemistry and have worked in…