Overview

The Swiss Tech Tour 2007

For its 25th edition, the Tech Tour visited Switzerland and showcased its rich culture of technology and innovation. The Swiss Tech Tour highlighted this enormous potential and depth during its unique three-day tour across the country.

Participation was limited to 60 privately invited international professionals featuring a broad spectrum of senior representatives from VC funds, leading corporations and institutional investors. The Swiss Tech Tour met a double agenda, first to showcase 20+ of Switzerlands's most promising technology companies for potential investment or partnership and for the delegates to extend their local network in Switzerland.

Furthermore, the agenda included interactions and meetings with a range of key figures from various disciplines – venture capital, corporate, entrepreneurs and academia.

Objectives

To identify the upcoming and leading top 20+ high-growth privately held technology companies in Switzerland and to introduce them to key European, US and Asian investors and professionals who can assist in their global expansion.

For delegates, the Tech Tour is a unique platform to gain first-hand knowledge of a selection of Switzerland's most advanced and innovative high-technology companies looking to expand globally.

For presenting companies, the Tech Tour presents a unique platform to introduce their companies to a group of 50+ high level professionals and executives.

Program

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 (Zurich)
Thursday, March 8, 2007 (Zurich, Saanen/Gstaad)

Friday, March 9, 2007 (Gstaad, Montreux, Lausanne, Geneva)

Swiss Tech Tour Selection Committee

A group of highly regarded professionals have undertaken the responsibility of screening and selecting the companies to the presented at the Swiss Tech Tour. A selection committee has been set up to ensure the independence of the selection process. It is composed by experienced and highly regarded senior professionals, from relevant backgrounds and industry expertise, such as venture capital, technology industry, investment banks, research and specialized press.

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Swiss Tech Tour Team

Christian Wanner Swiss Tech Tour 07 President	Laurent Marjollet Swiss Tech Tour 07 Vice President	Yves Claude Aubert Swiss Tech Tour 07 Vice President
Simone Theiss ETT, Operations Director	Johdi Woodford ETT, Marketing Associate

Swiss Tech Tour Selection Committee

Andre Aubert LGT Capital Partners	Urs Althaus CTI Start up	Xavier Arreguit CSEM
Brigitte Baumann Go Beyond	Nicolas Berg Redalpine Capital	Marc Berrebi e-Device
Jan Bomholt BrainsToVentures	Paul de La Rochefoucauld SourcingParts.com	Ariel Fischer Logitech
Bernard Gander Logitech	Thomas Hinderling CSEM	Simon Johnson The Cloud Networks
Edouard Lambelet Alcatel – Lucent	Dominique Mégret Swisscom	Laurent Mieville Université de Genève
Alain Nicod VI Partners	Peter Niederhauser Masterinvest	Fredrik Oweson Scope
Xavier Paternot Vinci Capital	Dominique Pitteloud Endeavour Vision	Patrick Scherrer Vinci Capital & Widmann Associates
Trudi Schifter FF & Private Equity	Beat Schillig Venturelab	Martin Staub Invision Private Equity
Damien Tappy Endeavour Vision	Jean Pierre Vuilleumier CTI Start-up	Anthony Zappala Index Ventures

Presenting Companies

A list of the companies that are selected to present during the Swiss Tech Tour will be available 2 months after the Tech Tour takes place.

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