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 
Michael Dudli CEO of Xelon AG 
Joachim Masur Founder & Owner at Joachim Masur Ventures GmbH 
Dominique Gruhl-Bégin CEO of Serpentine Ventures 
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 and CTO 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 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 
Julian Stylianou Blog Writer at SSA, Let’s shape the future today
Discover what we are up to
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.