002 - Jean-Pierre Vuilleumier: Investor Matchmaking in a Post Covid-19 World

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Episode Title: 🇨🇭 Investor Matchmaking in a Post Covid-19 World🇨🇭

Recorded 28.04.20

Meeting face to face with potential investors has always been the mainstay of funding rounds. But in a world on lockdown where social distancing is a fact of life, can start-ups continue to secure funding AND is it even reasonable to assume that once restrictions will be lifted things will go back to how they used to be? One person who can provide some insights is guest Jean-Pierre Vuillemuier, a giant in the start-up space and a leader in building start-up investment ecosystems in Switzerland. He started Startup Invest in 2003 to bridge the gap between start-ups, investors and corporate. He is the is the visionary behind some of Switzerland's best known and most influential start-up events, including StartupDAYs, Venture DAY and IPO DAY. In this episode we find out how JP thinks the current crisis will affect investment rounds in the future and how their own platforms are pivoting to address the new normal, including their latest virtual matchmaking platform, StartupMATCHER.

Sponsored by Devere Switzerland, part of one of the world’s leading independent financial advisory organisations, with more than $10bn under advice from over 80,000 clients in 100 countries. Visit https://www.devere-switzerland.ch/

To find out more about StartupMATCHER, visit https://www.startupmatcher.ch/

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