Startup Nights 2025

6–7 Nov 2025 | Winterthur, Switzerland

Thursday, 6 November 2025 | 20:15 - 20:35

The Power of Change - How Bold Moves Shape the Future | Xavier Ducarroz (Philip Morris Switzerland), Andreas Goeldi (b2venture), Laura Matter (noii), Stefan Zanetti (Pivotal)

Location:Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Track:Panel Discussion

From corporate transformation to disruptive startups — bold decisions define the leaders of tomorrow.

Xavier Ducarroz, CEO Philip Morris Switzerland

Andreas Goeldi, Partner at b2venture

Andreas Goeldi is an Internet technologist, serial entrepreneur and startup investor with over 30 years of experience. He joined European venture capital firm b2venture in 2019 as a partner, where he focuses on investments in AI and software infrastructure. Previously, he co-founded and helped build three technology startups as the Chief Technology Officer in both Europe and the United States. He has also been an active angel investor for over 20 years. Andreas holds masters degrees in technology management from MIT and the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland, as well as four U.S. patents. Started three companies (1 in CH, 2 in US -- both bootstrapped and VC-financed). 4 patents.

Laura Matter, Co-Founder & CEO of noii

Laura Matter grew up near Winterthur and founded noii land AG in 2022 together with her two co-founders. Her professional background is in marketing, where she most recently worked at a social media agency.
Today, noii has over 50,000 Swiss users, mainly from Zurich. noii makes today's dating world more real and authentic again by combining video dating and offline events. To date, the noii team has secured CHF 1.5 million in capital from external investors, including CHF 1.2 million through crowd investing in June 2024.

Stefan Zanetti, Founder Pivotal AG

With Pivotal AG, Stefan Zanetti supports founders and investors, to pivot better and faster, based on a data-driven process.Stefan Zanetti has founded five tech ventures in the past 25 years, including three ETH spin-offs: He has raised more than 20 Mio CHF with his ventures, employed more than 300 people, won several awards. He has gone through challenging pivot phases with his companies and he has transformed all of them successfully into new business models, over time.

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