Tech4Trust Awards Ceremony 2025
5 June 2025
Join us for the Tech4Trust Season 6 Awards Ceremony, celebrating excellence in cybersecurity and digital trust startups. This high-level event brings together corporate decision-makers, investors, and Switzerland's most innovative startups for a day of recognition, insights, and networking. 🏆🎉 Sponsored by our strategic partners Canton of Vaud, PwC Switzerland, Fortinet, Unlimitrust Campus, and Exoscale.

Agenda
Startup Exhibition & Welcome Coffee Tech4Trust startups will showcase their projects while you enjoy a cup of coffee. Network with founders, investors, and industry experts in a relaxed and stimulating environment.
Kickstart the Tech4Trust Season 6 Awards Ceremony with opening words from Raphaël Conz, Managing Director of the Service de la promotion de l'économie et de l'innovation (SPEI) at the State of Vaud, along with Lennig Pedron, CEO of Trust Valley, and the Unlimitrust campus, as they set the tone for an inspiring event ahead.

- Raphaël Conz
- Managing Director, Office for Economic Affairs and Innovation - State of Vaud

- Pascal Marmier
- Unlimitrust Campus Director - SICPA

- Lennig Pedron
- CEO - Trust Valley
This 45-minute expert conversation follows the complete trust chain of AI deployment, from hardware foundations to cloud infrastructure, exploring how organizations can build secure, privacy-preserving AI systems at enterprise scale.

- Nay Abi Akl
- Lead AI engineer - Csky

- Achim Freyer
- Country Manager Switzerland - Fortinet

- Nabil Hamzi
- Head of Product and Application Security - Logitech

- Alain-Serge Porret
- Vice President, Integrated and Wireless Systems - CSEM

- Dani Syed
- CEO - Kidan
Discover the highlights of Tech4Trust Season 6 as we review the journey of our startups, showcase their innovations, and celebrate their achievements in shaping the future of cybersecurity and digital trust.

- Flaminia Giuncato
- Operations and Startups Manager - Trust Valley

- Iohannés Bry
- Head of innovation and business intelligence - Canton de Vaud (SPEI)

- Gilles Burnier
- Senior Innovation Expert - Groupe Mutuel

- Olivier Crochat
- Executive Director, C4DT - EPFL

- Jean-Christophe Makuch
- Head of Digital Technologies - SICPA

- Lennig Pedron
- CEO - Trust Valley
Get ready for an inspiring showcase as the 14 startups selected as this year's finalists take the stage one by one to present their innovative solutions. Tune in to witness the future of cybersecurity and digital trust unfold before your eyes and the winners are presented...

- Céline Renaud
- Entrepreneure and Public Speaker - Céline Renaud

- Meggie Abelard
- Cloud sales specialist - Exoscale

- Romain Aviolat
- CISO - Kudelski Group

- Yan Borboën
- Leader Digital Assurance & Trust Switzerland and Regional Leader Cybersecurity Western Switzerland - PwC Switzerland

- Achim Freyer
- Country Manager Switzerland - Fortinet

- Raphaël Conz
- Managing Director, Office for Economic Affairs and Innovation - State of Vaud
DEMO DAY showroom: 18 innovative startups from Tech4Trust and Trust Village ready to showcase live demos and connect with investors, corporates, and potential partners!
Booth #15 - Wealth Reader provides advanced banking aggregation APIs for real-time, standardized financial data access — tailored for family offices and financial institutions.
Booth #5 - Qevlar AI brings autonomous threat investigation to Security Operations Centers (SOC), accelerating detection and resolution of cyber threats with AI.
Booth #6 - S1Seven digitizes material certification processes with a blockchain-based platform, enhancing compliance and traceability across global supply chains.
Booth #1 - Reshape automates risk analysis and systems engineering with generative AI, helping companies streamline complex workflows in safety-critical environments.
Booth #12 - DiploTools builds specialized digital solutions for diplomats and foreign ministries, streamlining diplomatic operations and document management.
Booth #4 - Zephior automates the RFP process for B2B enterprises with a secure AI platform that centralizes knowledge and ensures data privacy on Swiss-based infrastructure.
Booth #11 - Recarta develops a specialized Contract Management System for real estate portfolio owners, streamlining property and asset management processes.
Booth #3 - GeneVault is building a secure genetic testing platform combining DNA sequencing with blockchain and quantum-safe encryption for privacy-first genomics.
Booth #16 - Weprode delivers edtech solutions that secure school digital environments and give institutions full control over personal data.
Booth #8 - VOICEME is a patented voice-based authentication platform enabling secure omnichannel transactions — from identity verification to payments — in under 3 seconds.
Booth #13 - Hafnova protects corporate networks and mobile devices with an AI-driven cybersecurity solution that blocks millions of malicious domains and IPs in real-time.
Booth #14 - Panop provides advanced Attack Surface Management, helping organizations identify, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities across their digital footprint.
Booth #2 - Checkstep provides AI-powered content moderation for online platforms, combining automation with expert review to ensure compliance and safer digital experiences.
Booth #9 - Brain revolutionizes cyber awareness training with a neuroscience-based SaaS platform that gamifies learning to build lasting cyber reflexes among employees.
Booth #10 - TofuPilot is a collaborative workspace designed for hardware product teams. It streamlines the end-to-end hardware development process by centralizing project data, design iterations, and team collaboration — enabling faster, more efficient product cycles from concept to production.
Booth #7 - Spacetalk operates a neutral global coordination platform for satellite operators, enabling safer, more transparent orbital traffic management.
Booth #17 - ClairVault bridges the gap between data security and data utility. Specializing in encrypted vector embeddings, ClairVault enables organizations to securely leverage their data for AI and machine learning — without compromising privacy or performance. By embedding advanced encryption directly into the data layer, ClairVault makes sensitive information both safe and fully usable for next-generation AI applications.
Booth #18 - CERRET empowers individuals and organizations with real-time safety data and predictive intelligence to stay ahead of emerging threats. Its platform aggregates dynamic risk data to deliver proactive alerts and seamlessly connects users to a global safety network — enabling faster, smarter decisions in critical situations.