Start Summit 2023 | 22 March 2023 | Cooperative Olma Messen St.Gallen, Splügenstrasse 12, 9008 St. Gallen, Switzerland

Europe's Leading Student-run Conference for Entrepreneurship & Technology

Why Attend?

FOUNDERS
Get funding, acquire new customers and recruit
talents!

INVESTORS
Meet tomorrow’s unicorns, fellow investors and recruit talents!

STUDENTS
Score an internship, meet your co-founder or simply get inspired!

CORPORATES
Meet other leading players, innovative startups, and empower young minds!

2023 Speakers

Andreas Von Bechtolsheim
Founder Sun Microsystems, Arista Networks

Hakan Koc
Co-Founder, AUTO1

Esther Wojcicki
Godmother of Silicon Valley

Andreas Goeldi
Partner, btov Partners

Young Sohn
Ex-President, Samsung and Founding Managing Partner, Walden Catalyst

Ijad Madisch
Co-Founder and CEO, ResearchGate

Tina Muller
Supervisory Board, Douglas

Steve Jurvetson
MD and Founder, Future Ventures; Board Member, SpaceX

Jerry Murdock
Co-Founder, Insight Partners

Carlos Eduardo Espinal
Managing Partner, Seedcamp

Seth Pierrepont
General Partner, ICONIQ Growth

Katharina Wilhelm
Partner, Index Ventures

Mario Gotze
Professional Athlete and Business Angel

Philipp Hildebrand
Vice Chairman, Blackrock

Ulrich Maybach
Founder and President, Maybach Foundation

Christian Angermayer
Founder, Apeiron Investment Group

Severin Hacker
Co-Founder, CTO and Board Director, Duolingo

Jenny Von Podewils
Founder, Leapsome

Julian Teicke
Founder and CEO, wefox

Lena Jungst
Founder and Chief Evangelist, AirUp

Christian Miele
General Partner Headline and Chairman, Bundesverband Deutscher Startups

Alex Stockl
Founder, Wingman Ventures

Peter Wuffli
Founder and Chairman, elea

Simon Schmincke
General Partner, Creandum

Harry Stebbings
Founder, 20VC

Verena Pausder
Founder and Investor, Pausder Ventures

Mark Kornfilt
President, Vimeo

Sebastian Pollok
Founding Partner, Visionaries Club

Zoe Fabian
MD, Eurazeo

Erik Podzuweit
Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Scalable Capital

Fred Destin
Founder, Stride.VC

Philip Chopin
Partner, New Enterprise Associates

Christophe Maire
Founder and Managing Partner, Atlantic Labs and FoodLabs

David Rosskamp
Managing Partner, Magnetic

Jonas Diezun
CEO and Co-Founder, Beam

Frank Brown
Ex-MD and COO, General Atlantic

Zeynep Yavuz
Partner, General Catalyst

Daniel Khachab
Co-Founder and CEO, Choco

Daniel Gutenberg
Super Angel

Andy Yen
Founder and CEO, Proton

Stefan Jeschonnek
Co-Founder, sumup; Founding Partner, Discovery Ventures

Sylvie Mutschler-V.Specht
Board and Manager, Mutschler-Ventures AG

Ivan Osmak
CEO and Co-Founder, Quantive

Florian Reichert
Managing Director and Partner, Picus Capital

Alex Ilic
Co-Founder and Executive Director, ETH AI Center

Antonia Albert
Principal, Wingman Ventures

Adrian Locher
Founder and CEO, Merantix

Philipp Westermeyer
Founder, OMR

Eric Quindenus-Wahlforss
Founder and CEO, Danace

Alex Schmitt
Partner, Lightspeed Ventures

Sahar Meghani
Partner, Visionaries Club

Joko Winterscheidt
Founder, JOKOLADE

Florian Reuter
Ex-CEO, Volocopter

Franz Purucker
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Hive

Yaron Valler
Founder and Partner, Target Global

Filip Dames
Founding Partner, Cherry Ventures

Bettina Hein
Founder and CEO, juli

Alexander Giesecke
Co-Founder and CEO, simpleclub

Nicolai Schork
Co-Founder and CEO, simpleclub

Ole Tillmann
Professional Presenter, Executive Coach, Strategic Designer, Author

Paula Hubner
Principal, La Famiglia

Silvan Krahenbuhl
MD, Swisspreneur

Finn Hansel
Founder and Managing Director, Sanity Group

Amalie Proost
Board Member Foundation, Botnar

Jochen Gutbrod
Executive Chairman and Partner, btov Partners

Robin Haak
Founder, Robin Capital

Ted Persson
Partner, EQT Ventures

Eloa Guillotin
Founder and CEO, Beyond Aero

Nicolaus Schefenacker
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Sennder

Raphael Guller
Co-Founder, Sweep

Maja Markowitz
Investment Manager, btov Partners

Dr. Otto Bruderer
Board Member Foundation, Botnar

Roger Dudler
Founder and CEO, Frontify

Philip Specht
Partner, Speedinvest

Lea Von Bidder
Founder, Ava

Adam Kostyal
Senior Vice President, NASDAQ

Fridtjof Detzner
Co-Founder and General Partner, Planet A Ventures, Jimdo

Anna Bosch
Investment Manager, btov Partners

Robert Lacher
Founding Partner, Visionaries Club and La Famiglia

Nikolai Schroder
Co-Founder and COO, FINN

Monique Holl
Co-Founder and CEO, HelloBody

Paul Meeusen
VP of Finance, DFINITY

Felix Haas
Founding Partner, 10x Founders

Raphael Kappeler
Founder and CEO, REWORTH

Lea Frank
Co-Founder and CEO, Anybill

Dr. Jens Wohltorf
Co-Founder and CEO, Blacklane

Lisa Gradow
Founder and CEO, Fides

Benedikt Sauter
Founder and CEO, Xentral

Miriam Wohlfarth
Founder and CEO, Banxware and Ratepay

Marcelo Lebre
COO and Co-Founder, Remote

Jessica Holzbach
Co-Founder and CEO, Pile

Guido Houben
Director of Administration, Transmutex

Peter Grosskopf
Co-Founder and CTO, Unstoppable Finance

Dr. Andreas Bohm
Head of Competence Center, Uni St. Gallen

Jenny Saft
Co-Founder, Apryl

Tim Wagner
Founder, Patronus

Gesa Miczaika
General Partner, Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund

Robert Gerlach
Co-Founder and CEO, Klim

Julian Senoner
Co-Founder and CEO, EthonAI

Prof. Dr. Dietmar Grichnik
Professor of Entrepreneurship and Director, Institute of Technology Management HSG

Jan Miczaika
Partner, HV Capital

Dr. Andre Retterath
Partner, Earlybird Venture Capital

Lilith Brockhaus
Co-Founder, VisualMakers

Micah Smurthwaite
Partner, Next47

Irene Klemm
Co-Founder, Edurino

Nico Wittenborn
Founder, Adjacent

Steve Salom
Partner, Ace and Company

Jonas Janssen
Investment Partner, Magnetic

Jenny Dreier
Investor, EQT Ventures

Laurin Class
Investment Team, Earlybird Venture Capital

Anselm Dannecker
Senior Fellow - Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Collaboratory, Harvard Kennedy School

Philipp Povel
Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Mondu

Patrick Thelen
CEO and Co-Founder, Procuros

Pascal Bieri
Founder, Planted

Mathis Buchi
Founder, Smallpdf, Taxfix and Genova.ai

Martin Janicki
Partner, Cavalry Ventures

Patrick Hennig
Co-Founder and CEO, luca

Jonas Andrulis
Founder and CEO, Aleph Alpha

Gustavo Mariozzi
COO, Beep Saude

Rouven Dresselhaus
Managing Partner, Cavalry Ventures

Lea Miggiano
Co-Founder and CMO, Carvolution

Samir El-Alami
Founder and CEO, Doctorly

Isabella Iglesias-Musachio
Founder and CEO, Bosque Foods

Julius Bachmann
Executive Coach to Founders, JBachman

Jennifer Dussileck
Co-Founder and Managing Director, finway

Simon Brunner
Senior Associate, Flagship Pioneering

Matthias Henze
Co-Founder and CEO, Jimdo

David Lowe
Founder, Everdrop

Helene Huby
Co-Founder and CEO, The Exploration Company

Gloria Baeuerlein
Angel Investor

Louis Buys
Founder and CEO, The Delta

Ori Goshen
Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Ai21 Labs

Fredrik Bjork
Founder and CEO, Grafbase

Jorg Landsch
Head of CVC, Deutsche Bank

Dr. Patrick Nathen
Co-Founder and Flight Mechanics Engineer, Lilium

Niels Grabbert
Co-Founder and CEO, Stenon

Benedict Kurz
CEO and Co-Founder, Knowunity

Amir Bohnenkamp
Co-Founder and CEO, HeyFlow

Can Toygar
Senior Managing Director, CVC Capital Partners

Emilia Theye
Co-Founder, clare&me

Christoph Klink
Partner, Antler

Shikha Ahluwalia
Principal, Balderton Capital

Niklas Tauch
Co-Founder and CEO, Liefergrun

Ali Albazaz
Founder and CEO, Inkitt

Lorena Ramirez
Founder and CEO, Blusink

Patrick Haede
Co-Founder, Mapify

Gulsah Wilke
Co-Founder and Managing Director, 2hearts

Thilo Winter
Operating Partner, Atlantic Labs and FoodLabs

Nico Hribernik
Co-Founder, Wellster Healthtech Group

Katharina Junger
Co-Founder and CEO, Teleclinic

Sebastian Becker
Partner, Redalpine

Andreas Aepli
CFO, Climeworks

Torben Schulz
Co-Founder and COO, Rows

Maite Muniz Telleria
Co-Founder, Truora

Nicola Plain
CEO, Aktionariat

David De Picciotto
Co-Founder, Pledge

Daniel Seidel
Founder and CEO, LiveEO

Selcuk Aciner
Co-Founder, Wellspent

Vladimir Danila
CEO and Founder, Linearity

Philip Tigges
CFO, Mushlabs

Bastian Krautwald
Founder and CEO, OWWN

Eva-Valerie Gfrerer
Founder and CEO, Morphais VC

Jan Wilmking
Co-Founder and MD, Project Eaden

Renaud Allioux
Co-Founder and CTO, Preligens

Alan Frei
Entrepreneur

Maria Anselmi
Head of Startups and Next Generation Innovators Division, Innosuisse

Sebastian Baier
Founder and MD, buynomics

Dorte Kaschdailis
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, opexxia

Christoph Falk
Head of Startups and Next Generation Innovators Division, Head of Startup Coaching, Innosuisse

Gero Keil
Co-Founder and CEO, Levity

Patrick Von Kanel
Paraglider and Parachutist, RedBull

Luise Gruner
MD, Axel Springer Digital Ventures

David Gorgan
Co-Founder and CEO, Nostos Genomics

Michael Hock
Partner, Motive Ventures

Dr. Tobias Reichmuth
Founding Partner, Maximon

Marc P. Bernegger
Founding Partner, Maximon

2023 Partners

STRATEGIC PARTNERS:
BTOV
University of St. Gallen

HOST REGION:
Stadt St. Gallen
Kanton St. Gallen

GOLD PARTNERS:
DKSH
Walderwyss
Innosuisse - Swiss Innovation Agency

SILVER PARTNERS:
Google
Sunrise
LEXR
Career Team
Dassault Systems
Leica Geosystems
GM
CWIRE
Bern Capital Area

BRONZE PARTNERS:
Helvetia
Kaiku
Baker McKenzie
IGE | IPI
Advantage Austria WKO
Do It
Farner
Conda.ch
Wenger Vieli
Aequitec
Kellerhals Carrard
VMAX
Bechtle
Femtis Period Panties
Aktionariat
FINN
UBS
Die Mobiliar
Swisscom Ventures
Beyond Gravity
Inventify
bldrs.
Switzerland Innovation
Boldbrain Startup Challenge
Republic of Estonia E-Residency

PREMIUM INVESTMENT PARTNERS:
• Sparrow Ventures
• Wingman
• Cavalry Ventures
• Red Alpine
• Rahn+Bodmer

REGULAR INVESTMENT PARTNERS:
• Picus Capital
• Next47
• Swiss Ventures Group
• Cherry Ventures
• Yttrium
• G Squared
• Session.vc
• Vi Partner
• NGP
• exxeta
• SevenVentures
• Tengelmann Ventures
• Signals
• Alaika

SUSTAINABILITY PARTNERS:
• LGT
• Crafting Future
• SwissRe
• Grazia Equity
• ROSE
• LeaseTeq

EVENT PARTNERS:
• Red Bull
• Isey
• Mövenpick of Switzerland
• Valais
• Ovomaltine
• Turm Kaffee
• El Tony
• Brewbee
• Carpe Diem
• Leuchtturm
• schützengaxten
• Fisherman's Friend
• Minor
• Grether's
• Ceylor
• Blistex
• St. Galler Obstverband
• AirUp
• Arizona
• Planted
• Focus Water
• Korosho
• Chewing Gum Mentos
• Ricola
• Yamo
• Yeaah
• Enertea
• bluu
• immoplus
• WUERZMEISTER
• Amazon Web Services
• Robert Aebi
• Schiffchuchi
• Shelter
• SPOONTAINABLE
• Sticker Mule
• STROODLE Eco-Tableware
• Waterdrop
• Urbany's
• Fountain
• liebwerk
• Bodum
• Jlly Cafe

SOFTWARE AND MEDIA PARTNERS:
• HubSpot
• Handelsblatt
• Startupticker

NETWORK PARTNERS:
• HSG Alumni
• Axelra
• Entrepreneurship Club Bocconi
• St. Gallen Symposium
• SalesPlaybook
• AXEL
• nextMedia.Hamburg
• Swiss InsurTech Hub
• Austrian Angel Investors Association
• BIO.NRW
• Entrepreneurship Avenue
• START HÜRTH
• Plug and Play
• Startup Autobahn
• Balgrist Campus
• CyberLab
• I.E.C.T
• Science Park Graz
• BVIZ
• Business & Finance Club Vienna
• Venture Lab
• Swiss Startup Association
• Germany trade and invest GTAI
• tba network
• digi hub
• The Entrepreneurial Group
• thinc!
• Female Founders
• Innovis VC
• WHU Entrepreneurship Center
• PFH Zentrum für Entrepreneurship
• Bluelion
• foundingideas
• Momentum
• USI Startup Center
• GATE
• M01N Startup Camp
• Chemovator
• Venture Capital Club
• SEF.NextGen
• OBIS
• chem2biz
• S2S Ventures
• Impacthub
• Q-Summit
• Goethe Entrepreneurship Center
• Technopark
• Rocketlaunch
• Swisspreneur
• Dartlabs
• IdeaLab
• House of Energy
• Fem Up
• Saarland Gründerzentrum
• Startup days 23
• Encatus
• SNIC
• eth juniors
• kickstart
• RWTH Innovation
• startup bw
• female founder initiative
• tessinerplatz
• zukunft-fabrik 2050
• futureSAX
• swissdevjobs