Startup Nights 2024

31 Oct – 1 Nov 2024 | Winterthur, Switzerland

Thursday, 6 November 2025 | 19:30 - 20:15

Will your Team and Business Case Win Angel Investors? - SICTIC's best practices from investing in 400+ Swiss tech startups | SICTIC

Location:Workshop Room "Dragon" (Hall 1)Track:Workshop

Workshop:

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Speaker:

Melanie Gabriel

Melanie Gabriel is Co-Director & COO of the ETH AI Center. Previously, she was Co-Founder and CMO of Yokoy, a Sequoia-backed FinTech and AI company successfully sold in early 2025. In her weekly podcast and newsletter followthegradient.io, she speaks with guests about how to successfully scale a company from Europe, while staying sane. Melanie lectures at ETH Zurich and the University of St. Gallen, serves on the boards of SICTIC and Moodtalk, and is active as an angel investor and advisor. She holds a Master’s degree in Business Management from the University of St. Gallen.

Dr. Thomas Dübendorfer

Thomas Dübendorfer is the President of SICTIC, the leading angel investor club in Switzerland that is involved in more than 100 startup financing rounds each year. He was awarded SECA Business Angel of the Year 2024, three times Digital Shaper of Switzerland, and he is the editor of the free Swiss Angel Investor Handbook and co-founder of nine Swiss technology startups and always scouting for new hot B2B tech startups in Switzerland.