Digital Trust Investment Outlook 2025
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13 February 2025
Join us on 13 February 2025 for an exclusive Digital Trust Investment Outlook event, where leading business angels, VCs and corporate VCs will share their investment strategies, fundraising insights, and key factors shaping their decision-making in today’s evolving market. This year, we will also explore how corporate venture arms assess startups, integrate strategic investments, and align funding with long-term innovation goals. As part of the Tech4Trust acceleration programme, this event offers startups a unique opportunity to connect with investors, gain insights into corporate VC strategies, and better understand how to position themselves in a rapidly changing investment landscape.
Agenda
Lennig Pedron welcomes attendees with Trust Valley's ecosystem highlights and 2024 achievements,
- Lennig Pedron
- CEO - Trust Valley
Julien will provide key insights on the investment landscape, regional funding dynamics, and strategic opportunities, highlighting Switzerland's growing role as a global innovation hub.
- Julien Guex
- Managing director - FIT - Fondation pour l'Innovation Technologique
Switzerland's largest angel investor association with 400+ members Portfolio includes 130+ Swiss tech startups with CHF 360M+ invested
- Marcel Egger
- Independent Investor and Business Mentor, Director at Swiss ICT Investor Club - SICTIC
Spicehaus Partners AG is an independent Swiss venture capital investor. We focus on seed and early stage companies in the technology sector in Switzerland. We are hands-on investors and actively accompany our portfolio companies on their road to success.
- Jonas Brenner
- Investment Associate - Spicehaus Partners
33N Ventures is a European venture capital fund specializing in Cybersecurity and Infrastructure software, with a global investment focus.
- Christophe Bianco
- Venture Partner - 33N Ventures
XAnge VC is a leading European venture capital firm, Bcorp certified, based in Paris, Berlin, and Munich. With €650M Assets under Management, the company invests in European early-stage innovative technology companies operating in the fields of Digital consumer, Enterprise & Data, Fintech, and Deeptech.
- Nicolas Rose
- Managing Partner - XAnge
A powerhouse panel bringing together key investors from seed to scale-up, representing CHF 1B+ in investment capacity. Discussion focuses on digital trust market trends, investment criteria, and growth opportunities for 2025.
- Christophe Bianco
- Venture Partner - 33N Ventures
- Jonas Brenner
- Investment Associate - Spicehaus Partners
- Marcel Egger
- Independent Investor and Business Mentor, Director at Swiss ICT Investor Club - SICTIC
- Nicolas Rose
- Managing Partner - XAnge
Corporate VC arm of Swiss Post with focus on digital transformation. Portfolio includes logistics, cybersecurity and digital trust solutions.
- Jonathan Sadoun
- Investment Manager - Swiss Post Ventures
Global leader in security solutions with focus on digital trust. Strategic investments in authentication and traceability solutions.
- Jean-Christophe Makuch
- Head of Digital Technologies - SICPA
SGS, world-leading testing, inspection, and certification company, providing verification services across industries to ensure quality, safety, and compliance standards are met in global supply chains and business operations.
- Damien Rousseau
- Head of Group Strategy, Managing Director Switzerland & Austria - SGS
Orange Ventures is Orange Group's €350 million multi-stage corporate venture fund focused on investing in innovative startups in areas such as networks, cybersecurity, digital enterprise, and financial services, supporting early to growth-stage companies across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
- Remi Prunier
- Senior Principal - Orange Ventures
This panel will explore how leading corporations invest in startups, the key drivers behind their funding decisions, and how startups can align with corporate priorities to secure strategic investment.
- Jean-Christophe Makuch
- Head of Digital Technologies - SICPA
- Remi Prunier
- Senior Principal - Orange Ventures
- Damien Rousseau
- Head of Group Strategy, Managing Director Switzerland & Austria - SGS
- Jonathan Sadoun
- Investment Manager - Swiss Post Ventures
Final session synthesizing key investment insights, market trends, and opportunities discussed during the workshop, followed by information about upcoming Trust Valley initiatives to foster investor-startup relationships.
- Lennig Pedron
- CEO - Trust Valley
Some proper networking time
