Startup Nights 2025

6–7 Nov 2025 | Winterthur, Switzerland

Julian Liniger

Co-Founder & CEO of Relai

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About me

Julian has been recognized on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, won the Swiss Crypto Startup Award (2024) with Relai, and led the company into the TOP 100 Swiss Startups list for four consecutive years, ranking #1 in the Fintech category in 2025. Relai raised $20M in venture capital, grew to 50+ team members, reached 500k+ app downloads and 100k+ active users, and recently surpassed $1B in total Bitcoin transaction volume.

Speaker sessions (1)

Thursday, 6 November 2025

15:00 - 15:20

Between innovation and adoption: Building the ultimate Bitcoin App

Location:Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Track:Fireside Chat

Relai CEO Julian Liniger shares the highs, lows, and real lessons from building Europe’s leading Bitcoin app—from near-failure to $1B in volume and 100k+ users.