Startup.Network team is grateful to all participants, juries, partners and guests of our 191st Unicorn Battle in Zurich

We greatly appreciate the support of the Venue Partner - CreativeSpace Zurich https://creativespace.ch/creativespace-zuerich/

Special thanks to our Jury Expert Board: 

Marwan Chahboun, Senior Associate | BV Ventures
Yan Waldmeyer, Senior Investment Manager | Sparrow Ventures
Daniela Herrmann, President and Founder | Topan® AG
Kirill Babich, Venture Builder at Swiss Startup Factory
Daniel Andres, Co-Founder and Partner at Spicehaus Partners AG
Cyrill von Senger,  Von Senger Capital | Investment and Innovation
Oender Boyman, PostFinance Ltd | Investment manager - Corporate Venture Capital
Joao Monteiro, Pinto Ventures | Founding Principal
Ivo Ronner, Ronner Ventures | Founder
Eliott Harfouche, Managing Partner | Nodes Advisors AG
Sascha Horrig, Co-Founder | EquityPitcher
Maria Micu, Investment Director | Zurich Insurance Company
Matteo Denicolò, Investment Associate at Westmount Capital
Vahit Alili,  Investment Manager at Schroder Adveq

The Unicorn Battle started with a Panel Discussion. 
This time our fantastic Speakers revealed the topic: Shall we aim to become a Unicorn 

Daniel Andres - Co-Founder and Partner at Spicehaus Partners AG
Sascha Horrig - EquityPitcher | Co-Founder and Partner
Daniela Herrmann - President and Founder | Topan® AG
Kirill Babich | Venture Builder at Swiss Startup Factory

The second part of the Battle was devoted to the Pitch Session. 

We had 3 winners of Unicorn Battles! 

The first place winner is:
Nanoleq
Stretchable electronics for the next Generation of cables 
https://startup.network/projects/411302.html

The second place went to:
Monarch Bioimplants GmbH
Giving potency back for prostate cancer patients
https://startup.network/projects/410775.html

The third place went to:
Pipra
Pre-Interventional POD Risk Assessment) is developing a cutting-edge AI-based pre-operative test to assess a patient's risk of suffering from PostOperative Delirium (POD)
https://startup.network/startups/411196.html

Special thanks to our Information Partners:

Topan AG https://topan.ch/
Kairos http://www.kairoshq.com
Swiss Startup Factory  https://www.swissstartupfactory.com/
CreativeSpace Zurich https://creativespace.ch/creativespace-zuerich/

Many thanks to our Global Sponsors: 

Network VC California Seed Fund https://network.vc/
ICU https://www.icu.ua/en

ICU Ventures invests in technology companies with strong ties to Europe, focused on helping ambitious founders build global businesses, ICU Ventures makes late seed and Series A investments across the tech spectrum. It's a part of the ICU Group, an independent asset management company founded in 2006 and is one of the largest and most diversified asset managers in the CEE region. 

PHOTOS, you’re welcome to check:

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6646366949246926848
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-6646360353137659904-VYoC


We look forward to meeting you at our Unicorn Battles in Zurich again.  

The event will be organized in Q2-Q3 2020, please, follow our announcements: https://battle.startup.network/events/ 

Best Regards,

Startup.Network team