Board of Directors
Startup enthusiasts with vast knowledge in business and politics
Raphael Tobler President SSA, CEO & Co-Founder at eduwo, Chairman Home of Innovation 
Arijana Walcott Co-Founder & CEO DART Labs Ventures Director of Studies CAS Disruptive Technologies HWZ 
Simon Furer Head of Finance at SSA, VP Finance at Voliro, former President START Global 
Gregory Inauen Head of Investor Members at SSA, Co-Founder & MD at grape health AG Former President ETH EC 
Sandra Tobler Co-Founder & CEO Futurae Technologies, Board Member Startupticker.ch 
Urs Haeusler Head of Ecosystems & Innovation at Die Mobiliar 
Michael Dudli CEO of Xelon AG 
Natalie Suess Head of Events at SSA, Channel Sales Account Manager at Lenovo 
Joachim Masur Founder & Owner at Joachim Masur Ventures GmbH 
Dominique Gruhl-Bégin CEO of Serpentine Ventures Nominated to be elected
Laura Binda Ticino Community Liaison at SSA, Corporate Development & Innovation Manager of Hirslanden 
Tarek Aly Head of Political Initiatives at SSA, Co-founder of twofold & kaisin. 
Hana Samet Suisse Romande Community Liaison at SSA, Co-founder & Head of tech development of TheraMe! AG 
Céline Meier ESG at SSA, Head of Finance of ellexx universe AG The Team
The heart of our mission and of all our operations
Regula Bleuler Managing Director 
Maria Santos Marketing Manager 
Emma Hörnqvist Marketing Operations Intern 
Kristina Kaiser Events & Partnership Intern Advisory Board
Composed of representatives from various backgrounds
Nicolas Bürer Former Managing Director at digitalswitzerland Swiss Business Angel of the Year 2018 Who is Who 2018 & 2019 
Alexander Stoeckel Director Venture Capital at Philip Morris International Director Venture Capital at PM Equity Partner 
Cornelia Gut-Villa Director at Stiftung Startfeld Owner of Gutvilla Consulting AG Board Member at SICTIC 
Michael Baier Senior Associate Wenger Vieli | Dr. iur. | LL.M | Rechtsanwalt | Notar des Kantons Zug 
Adrian Locher Founder and CEO at Merantix Board Member at Vara Board Member at SiaSearch 
Christoph Meili Co-Founder of Company Factory Co-Founder of ConReal Startup Coach at Home of Innovation 
Regula Buob Trainer at SoftTec 
Matthias Zwingli Senior Project Manager Startup Enablement at digitalswitzerland Co-founder of surflove Board member at European Startup Network 
Paola Ghillani Member Board of Directors at Migros, Romande Energie Holding, Transitec Founder and President of Paola Ghillani & Friends Ltd. 
Alex Fries Partner at Alpana Ventures SA President at Ecosystem Ventures 
Piroska Poltéra Partner at Badertscher Attorneys at Law 
Michael Zeugin Cantonal Council Zurich Manager at Müller & Schuhmacher AG Board of Directors Home of Innovation 
Melanie Gabriel Co-founder & former CMO at Yokoy / Board Member Moodtalk 
Michael Sidler Co-Founding Partner at Redalpine Venture Partners Board Member at Swiss Startup Invest 
Léa Miggiano Co-Founder & CMO at Carvolution 
Hannes Gassert Co-Founder of Liip 
Nathaly Bachmann Founder and CEO at Essence Relations GmbH Board Member at Goba AG 
David Narr CEO at GENILEM Vice president at Swiss Startup Coaching Network 
Gerhard Andrey National Councillor Co-Founder and Board Member at Liip Board Member at Alternative Bank Schweiz 
Michael Mosimann Partner at Eversheds Sutherland 
Christian Fischer CEO and Co-founder at Bcomp Professor at School of Business Administration Fribourg 
Lukas Scherer Counsel, Attorney at Law and Certified Tax Expert at Prager Dreifuss 
Deborrah Schaer Venture Manager at F10 Fintech 
Maria Zazo Head Ecosystem Mobility at AXA 
Esther Cahn Founder and CEO of Signifikant Solutions AG 
Alan Frei CMO Amorana at Lovehoney Group 
Nicolas Keller Partner at schochauer Attorneys at Law Operations Team
Time is the most important currency - The volunteer team
Nadja Huber Head of Youth Entrepreneurship at SSA 
Johannes Hofer Community Lead Winterthur 
Clara Cho Content Editor at SSA 
Hayley Milne Payne Visual Designer at SSA 
Benedikt Fasel Community Lead Berne 
Isabel Piesbergen Events Operations at SSA 
Isabel Hoffet Events Operations at SSA 
Sara Mudakarayil Online Events Operations at SSA 
Nuala Nic Ghearailt Events Operations at SSA 
Charles Schwalt Chan Content Creator at SSA 
Suzanne Leighton Content Creator at SSA 
Lilly Sciolli Program Manager Youth Entrepreneurship at SSA 
Martin Steffen Program Manager Youth Entrepreneurship at SSA 
Vanessa Costa Relationship Manager SSA 
Julian Stylianou Blog Writer at SSA, Let’s shape the future today
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Politics
Without a collaboration between startups and the governmental authorities, we cannot go forward.
Events
Online and offline events are a great way to network with other startups. We have a number of them planned.