Swisspreneur Show
The Swisspreneur Show is a podcast series of in-depth, candid conversations with some of Switzerland’s most successful founders, business leaders and innovators. By getting to the heart of these leaders’ stories - their successes, their failures, their must-have advice and greatest regrets - we hope to both inspire and guide the next generation of Swiss entrepreneurs. Each episode deconstructs and showcases one person’s personal and professional background and provides advice and recommendations for existing and aspiring entrepreneurs in Switzerland.
Episodes
This episode is part of the Swisspreneur Scale-up Circle content, our curated community of Swiss Series A + founders and operators where you can get operator grade insight.
Episode description:
Martin Keller is the founder and CEO of Acodis, a Swiss scale-up helping life sciences companies turn document-heavy processes into structured, usable data. What started with a mountaineering app idea and a pile of PDFs eventually became a...
This episode was produced by Founders Hive, a community of successful startup founders, industry experts, and investors promoting entrepreneurship in Switzerland and helping early-stage business concepts get ready for seed-stage investment. Founders Hive is a partner of the Entrepreneurship Training programme, empowered by Innosuisse, the Swiss innovation agency supporting SMEs, startups, research institutions and other Swiss organ...
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00:45 – Building Mono on Top of the AI Giants
05:23 – Is Mono Just an AI Wrapper?
09:08 – Building in Public to Build Trust
25:25 – Growing Mono Through a Viral Loop
Episode description:
Jonas Kamber is the founder of Mono, an AI tool that brings different models into one place and helps users get the right model for the task. After years in product, UX and startups, including co-founding Silp, Jon...
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00:24 – Buying a Business as a Founder Path
05:54 – Starting at One Instead of Zero
17:17 – Why Succession Deals Fall Apart
24:59 – The First 100 Days After the Deal
Episode description:
Lars Sager is the co-founder of ENEX, a company helping ambitious entrepreneurs take over established SMEs and navigate the succession process. He grew up around a family business that goes back to 1882, later buil...
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00:34 – What Daphne Technology Does
04:09 – From the Navy to Physics to Switzerland
12:41 – When the Original Business Model Disappeared
31:50 – Scaling Too Early
42:23 – The Catch With Strategic Investors
This episode is part of the Swisspreneur Scale-up Circle content, our curated community of Swiss Series A + founders and operators where you can get operator grade insight.
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00:45 – Petter’s Journey Into Startups
14:29 – Bringing More Founder Energy to Europe
24:26 – Europe’s Next Big Opportunity
39:24 – The Cost of Founder Obsession
Episode description:
Petter Made is a founder, operator and partner at EWOR. He has spent more than 25 years in payments, fintech and company building, including as part of the founding team behind SumUp. There, he helped b...
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02:12 – Rahel’s Journey to Reilo
05:09 – Why Farmers Need Finance
07:53 – How Reilo Works
17:08 – Building Across Different Markets
Episode description:
Rahel Guggenbühl is the Founder and CEO of reilo, a Swiss climate fintech working at the intersection of smallholder finance, nature-based solutions and carbon markets. Her path into entrepreneurship started on the ground, first in Kenya an...
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02:24 – Becoming an entrepreneur
07:02 – Are founders born or made?
17:05 – Lessons from football
28:48 – Why domain expertise matters
35:05 – Luck, timing and success
This episode was co-produced by EO Zürich. Check out their upcoming event, Entrepreneurs Summit 2026.
Jann Tadorian is an entrepreneur, investor, board member, Founder and CEO of Inplenion, Co-Founder of Solantic Group, and Pres...
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07:09 – Building a Startup With Seven Co-Founders
19:02 – Where Underwater Robots Create Value
26:16 – Why Zurich Works for Robotics
39:57 – Scaling Tethys Beyond Switzerland
Episode description:
Jonas Wüst is the CEO and Co-founder of Tethys Robotics, an ETH Zurich spin-off building robots for difficult underwater environments. The company started as a student project and has since grown into a...
Timestamps:
09:16 - How Emmi AI Reached an Exit in 18 Months
18:01 - Why They Raised €15M After Becoming Profitable
25:25 - Why Mistral Was the Right Buyer
46:49 - Can Europe Win in Industrial AI?
Episode description:
Dennis Just co-founded Emmi AI and served as its CEO, building an industrial AI company focused on complex engineering problems. Around 18 months after launch, Emmi AI was acquired by Mistral AI, where Dennis now serves...
In this Swisspreneur Briefing, Sophie Lamparter, Founding Partner at Vitamin°C, and Laurent Decrue, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Holycode, join Silvan to discuss what the latest developments in AI and funding mean for Swiss founders.
They look at Europe’s dependence on American and Chinese AI models, why investors are becoming more cautious, and what falling seed investment could mean for the next generation of startups. T...
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1:44 - Why Founders Build Again
4:20 - Turning Tech Into a Product
14:58 - How Founders Choose Focus
21:16 - From Hype to Real Execution
This episode was co-produced with KickFund, a VC fund investing in the most promising Swiss deeptech startups.
Episode description:
Vincent Forster is the CEO and Co-founder of Nerai, a Swiss biotech developing a new generation of more precise and scalable genome-editing tools for rar...
Timestamps:
5:22 - The opportunity identification
17:49 - Transitioning into a Scale-up
24:31 - How AI is impacting logistics
35-14 - The Swiss scalling problem
This episode is part of the Swisspreneur Scale-up Circle content, our curated community of Swiss Series A + founders and operators where you can get operator grade insight.
Episode summary:
Yvette Körber is the CEO and Co-Founder of Amberg Loglay, a Swiss construction logisti...
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08:55 - When to Form a Board
14:53 - Choosing the Right Board Members
20:46 - Working Effectively with Your Board
46:52 - Scaling the Board with Company Growth
Episode description:
Marc Stockli is an entrepreneur, investor, board member, and author of Make Boards Work. Over the course of his career, he has built companies, advised founders, invested in startups, and served on numerous boards across Europe. In this epi...
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07:20 - Building a European Alternative in Cloud Services
14:02 - Leadership Style and Team Dynamics
18:01 - Navigating the Fast-Paced Cloud Industry
21:30 - Switzerland's Role in Europe's Digital Sovereignty
This episode was co-produced with Innovaud, the innovation and investment promotion agency for the canton of Vaud.
Episode description:
Mathias Nöbauer is the CEO of Exoscale, a European sovereign cloud...
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Florian Teuteberg, Mitgründer und CEO von Digitec Galaxus, empfängt uns im Logistikzentrum in Wohlen und erzählt die ganze Geschichte hinter dem grössten Onlinehändler der Schweiz: von drei Gamern in einem 25-Quadratmeter-Büro bis zu über 3 Milliarden CHF Umsatz.
In dieser Swisspreneur Documentary erfährst du:
- Wie drei Gaming-Freunde aus Leidenschaft für Hardware ein Milliardenunternehmen aufbauten
- Warum der Online...
Timestamps:
15:14 European AI Landscape and Mistral AI Acquisition
28:12 The Rise of European Startups in the U.S.
30:06 Building Bridges: Dual Ecosystems for Success
42:30 IPO Frenzy: The U.S. Market's Impact on Europe
This episode was co-produced with Swiss Startup Days, the leading Swiss deep-tech catalyst event for startups, investors, enablers, and corporates.Checkout Newcomers - the ultimate pitching format for pre-...
Timestamps:
12:58 - The Challenge of Diagnosing Endometriosis
17:12 - Collaborating with Doctors for Effective Solutions
24:01 - Funding Strategies and Investor Relations
30:31 - Balancing Family Life and Entrepreneurship
This episode was co-produced with Swiss Startup Days, the leading Swiss deep-tech catalyst event for startups, investors, enablers, and corporates.Checkout Newcomers - the ultimate pitching format for pr...
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03:31 - Building Grape: From Tech to Insurance
12:36 - Building Trust in Insurance
26:53 - Scaling Leadership and Team Dynamics
31:18 - Hiring for Long-Term Success
This episode is part of the Swisspreneur Scale-up Circle content, our curated community of Swiss Series A + founders and operators where you can get operator grade insight.
Episode description:
Gregory Inauen is the founder and co-CEO of Grape,...
Timestamps:
6:38 - What makes Switzerland a unique environment for startups
14:42 - Global best practices the Swiss startup world can adopt
20:11 - How to network and approach VCs
25:46 - The role of academic and research institutes in the Swiss startup ecosystem
28:41 - Top 3 tips for launching a startup in Switzerland
This episode was produced in collaboration with Startup Days, which took place on May 14th 2025.
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