Testimonials

It was an immense pleasure and honour for Biopôle Lausanne to host the coaching session of the Alpine High Tech Venture Forum and to present StartLab to innovative entrepreneurs. The quality of the presentations and the energy we could feel during the pitches represent well the enormous potential of the Swiss life sciences community.

Nasri G. Nahas, Biopôle SA

I was very impressed by the quality and the maturity of the startups selected to pitch in front of investors. Some innovations were really there and they could be of real interest to enhance Artificial Intelligence.

Pascale Xelot, IBM Cloud and Innovation

As last year, the Alpine High-Tech Venture Forum 2018 was perfectly organized. It is always a pleasure to discover some entrepreneurs and companies during the coaching sessions and then the more formal company’s presentation. Let’s hope that the few pieces of advice we gave them will be helpful!  Living in Lausanne, I have already scheduled a few additional meetings with some of them in the coming weeks.

Antoine Trannoy, Jolt Capital

The Alpine High-tech Venture Forum 2018 was a dense and effective event where the right proportion of investors and startups could meet. The proper amount of time was dedicated to key notes, one to one meetings but also to the essential networking sessions. The startup evaluation system is thought to give a fair ranking of the best participants and to expose start-ups to the most interesting investors for them. Looking forward to next year.

Olivier Laplace, Swiss Post

I was amazed on the amount of startups you could recruit to the event and the overall quality of the presentations. The canton Vaud also impressed me a lot with their strong financing with grants for early startups and the stunning amount of 1.3 BCHF investments in the last five years. I recommended the event to my peers at HTGF as well.

Fabian Mohr, High-Tech Gründerfonds Management

The Alpine High-Tech Venture Forum 2018 was a fantastic learning experience and great networking opportunity for both investors and entrepreneurs. It provided a rich and diversified environment of technologies and business that will, without a doubt, help fostering creativity and innovation at all levels.

Miguel De Albuquerque, Pyrosome

The AHVF 2018 was very well organised: good startup’s presented and it gathered a very large and refreshing number of the players in the Swiss Startup Ecosystem. We’ll come back.

Caroline Gueissaz, Business Angels Switzerland

As coach and jury member at the Alpine Venture Forum, I was very much impressed with the quality of the preparation. The Tech Tour team was able to deliver detailed information about presenting startups well in advance. We will be back!

Philipp Thurn und Taxis, Constantia New Business GmbH

As a startup support organization, the Alpine High-tech Venture Forum 2018 was a great opportunity to get to know new investors and people linked with Innovation in Switzerland but also from other alpine countries. Of course, it’s also great to stay in touch with Swiss startups, there’s always a few ones we discover at the AHVF!

Patrick Biro, Venture Kick

The Alpine High-tech Venture Forum 2018 was again a great way to network with entrepreneurs, VCs, local authorities and Corporates. Putting all the pieces of our eco-system is very effective and quite refreshing too. Coaching CEOs for their pitch and their plenary review sessions was actually a nice learning experience for me. Looking forward to 2019!

 Xavier Bertrand, Boston Scientific

It was a pleasure to be part of the Alpine High-Tech Venture Forum. I was impressed by both the depth and breadth of startups at the event from Switzerland and the surrounding regions that are innovating in industry and found several opportunities relevant for us.

Dweep Chanana, Anchor Group / Industrial Innovation Partners

Tech Tour always manages to bring together relevant industry players and lock them away for a day or two, so that meaningful connections can be made.If you want to know how the Lausanne Ecosystem works and only have one day, this is your ticket.

Lucian Wagner, EuroUS Ventures

I always enjoy spending time with entrepreneurs and help them improve their pitch presentation. In addition, a good opportunity to meet other investors and people from the ecosystem.

Jacqueline Ruedin Rüsch, Privilège Management SA

It’s always a pleasure to participate in the Tech Tour Events. Once again, the selection of startups at the Alpine High-tech Venture Forum has been great and given the high quality of the startups it wasn’t easy to be in the jury. Maybe we’ll pursue possible investments subsequent to the event. Besides from that I could also meet other very interesting investors as well. We’ll definitely come back.

Dominic Rafiy, Sirius Venture Partners

High-energy. Compact. Good interactions. The way it should be. Of the (too) many match-making events for startups and investors, the Alpine High-tech Venture Forum 2018 stands out as one of the best. The right selection, the right location, the right interactions.

Stéphane Rousset, Business Angels Switzerland

Alpine High-tech Venture Forum 2018 in Lausanne was an excellent opportunity to get in touch with interesting start-ups and to have a fresh immersion in the technology environment in Switzerland and Europe. Is was, as usual, also a good opportunity to strengthen relationships with many colleagues of our industry.

Andrea Pavero, Medeor Associates Srl

Interesting event, in one of the best European spot for Healthcare start-ups. Tech Tour allows investors to scout new deal and meet each other, empowering network in European innovation.

Alessio Piuma, Panakès Partners

It was really interesting participating at Tech Tour in Lausanne on October 23rd. the event was well organized, with a lot of smart projects and startups that have presented their business idea. Also it was good for the connection with the other jury experts and VCs.

Francesca Formichini, The Hive Business Accelerator

In the last Alpine High-Tech Venture Forum, I was amazed by the quality of the companies selected by TechTour for the event. Not only because of their technological innovations but also the strategic vision of their leaders and the proven market experience of their teams. It is definitively an event to be part of!

Christophe Bodin, CBO Consulting

I found the event really interesting with relevant companies & participants. The small format of the event allows people to chat more and create better connections. Thank you again for the invitation and with pleasure to participate again in the future.

Maxime Lingjaerde, Banque Lombard Odier & Cie SA