Through the Business Angel of The Year initiative and the publicly held annual election of the Swiss Business Angel of The Year we would like to contribute to further network integration of Swiss Business Angels in order to advance the investment into innovative high-growth companies of this country.
Business Angel of the Year 2024
The startup founder and active angel investor impressed the jury with his commitment to the startup scene. Thomas Dübendorfer has already co-founded nine companies and successfully sold several of them: These include the community app Spontacts to Scout24 and Contovista, whose white label product became known as ZKB's financial assistant, to the Aduno Group. He is still on the Board of Directors of the brand management portal Frontify, which he co-founded and now employs 300 people. press release, LinkedIn
Business Angel of the Year 2022
The Swiss fintech entrepreneur of the first hour convinced the jury with his commitment as a networker and successful angel investor in Swiss scaleups. Since the sale of his fintech startup Contovista in 2017, he is actively investing in early-stage startups. LinkedIn
Business Angel of the Year 2019
Over the past thirty years, Christian Wenger has made a name for himself not only as a farsighted and restless "pusher" in the stony Swiss venture capital market but also as an investor. Demanding and supportive, he has thus contributed to the success of numerous of his more than thirty commitments. Christian Wenger is a partner in the law firm Wenger & Vieli AG. He holds a doctorate from the University of Zurich and an LL.M. from Duke University Law School in North Carolina. more
Business Angel of The Year 2017
Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Engineer, Passionate supporter of the Swiss startup ecosystem.
Business Angel of The Year 2015
Musician, Conceptual Artist, Entrepreneur and Investor. Read more
Business Angel of the Year 2023
Seit dem mehrstufigen Verkauf der Aktienmehrheit seines ICT-Startups Xovis AG an Private Equity Investoren im Jahr 2016 investiert David Studer aktiv in Schweizer early-stage Startups. Dabei kennt er die Gründer-Perspektive aus eigener Erfahrung und sieht sich als Sparring Partner der Gründer. Durch seine langjährige Tätigkeit als CEO kann er zudem bei den typischen Startup- Wachstumsschmerzen seine operative Erfahrung einbringen. LinkedIn
Business Angel of the Year 2021
Cornelia is the managing director of the foundation Startfeld since 2014 which finances young enterprises in the eastern part of Switzerland. She is also a board member of the Swiss ICT Investor Club (SICTIC), which is the largest and most active investor club in Switzerland. As of mid 2021 she’s privately invested in more than ten startups. more
Business Angel of the Year 2018
He has been Vice President of the Swiss Startup Association since the beginning of 2016 and Managing Director of digitalswitzerland since October 2016. Bürer has been regularly involved in start-ups since 2013 and has invested in a total of six young companies so far. LinkedIn
