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…
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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…
Timestamps: 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…
Timestamps: 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…
Timestamps : 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.…
Timestamps: 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…
Timestamps : 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…
Timestamps: 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…
Timestamps: 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…
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…
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…
Timestamps: 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…
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…
