Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley have partnered with SICTIC Investor Day – a matchmaking event where tech startups pitch for funding in front of experienced investors and supporters. As part of its 2023 development, SICTIC is expanding into new verticals to offer investors new investment opportunities and flavours! Come join us on March 9th for its first FoodTech event co-organised with the Swiss Food and Nutrition Valley and Alphorn Ventures! We are thrilled to explore this new vertical with SICTIC and as a part of the event, a special apéro around FoodTech will be held afterwards.
Agenda
16:30 – Registration (On-Site Attendees)
17:00 – Welcome & Intro
17:15 – Keynote Speakers
Overview of FoodTech ecosystem in CH
Christina Senn-Jakobsen, Managing Director – Swiss Food Nutrition Valley
Why is now the best time to invest in FoodTech
Matteo Parenti, Director – Blue Horizon
17:30 – Panel discussion: The Future of Foodtech. Why Investors should Pay Attention!
Speakers:
Dr. Daniel Böhi, Co-Founder and Member of the Supervisory Board at Alphorn Venture Partners;
Emi (Hidemi) Naganuma, Founding General Partner & CEO at Apprecia Capital;
Emilie Dellecker, Co-founder at HackCapital, Head of Marketing & Community at FoodHack and ClimateHack;
Françoise Birnholz, SICTIC Angel Investor
Mark Leinemann, Founder & President crowdfoods – Food Entrepreneur & Startup Association (FESA)
Moderator: Thomas Ackermann, Managing Director at SICTIC
17:50 – 18:00 – Break
18:00 – 5 min Startup Pitching Session + 3 min Q&A
19:00 – Instant Matchmaking, closing remarks
19:10 – Networking Apero / Livestream ends
20:30 – Event ends
The event language is english. Questions from the audience are also taken in French and German (and translated if necessary). Please note that this will be a hybrid event, so you can either choose to join on-site or from the comfort of your home. On-site tickets are limited and available on a first come first serve basis.