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Main jury

An expert main jury is responsible for selecting the winners, under the leadership of jury chairman Dr Caspar Coppetti.

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Dr. Caspar Coppetti

President of the Jury, Founder, On AG

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Dr. Carole Ackermann

President of EHL, Board Member & Investor

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Patrizia Cattaneo Moresi

Co-Founder & Board Member, Arvi SA

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Alain Conte

Head Corporate & Real Estate Banking Switzerland / Member of Executive Committee, UBS Switzerland AG

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Prof. Anna Fontcuberta i Morral

President, EPFL

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Dr. Sebastian Friess

Head of Department of Economic Affairs Canton of Berne

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Laura Gersch

CEO, Allianz Suisse

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Dr. Felix Graf

CEO, NZZ Media-Group

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Daniel Gutenberg

Unicorn Hunter und Soonicorn Farmer

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Dr. Christian Keller

Chairman of the Executive Board, IBM Schweiz AG

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Prof. Dr. Joël Mesot

President, ETH Zurich

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Isa Müller-Wegner

Head of Strategy and Business Development, Swisscom

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Jürg Niederbacher

Partner, Responsable, PwC Zürich

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Dr. Christian Péclat

CEO, Helbling Group

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Helmut Ruhl

CEO, AMAG Group AG

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Andri Silberschmidt

National Councillor (FDP) and entrepreneur

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Ursula Soritsch-Renier

Group Chief Digital and Information Officer, Saint-Gobain

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Daniela Steiner

Co-Founder, FELFEL

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Nora Teuwsen

Country Holding Officer, ABB Schweiz

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Nicola Thibaudeau

CEO, Micro Precision Systems AG

Expert jury

An expert jury will analyse and evaluate all received applications in a multi-stage process.

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Jennifer Adam

Head of Swisscom StartUp Challenge, Swisscom

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Maria Anselmi

Head of Start-ups and Next-Generation Innovators Division, Innosuisse

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Christoph Bernhard

Programme Manager SEF.Growth, NZZ Connect

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Sibilla Delorenzi

Patent expert, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property

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Dr. Bettina Ernst

CEO, Preclin Biosystems AG

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Dr. Manuel Fankhauser

Managing Partner bei Arven Partners GmbH, CSO bei Seerave Foundation

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Jean-Noël Fehr

Senior Vice President, Helbling Technik Bern AG

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Lukas Frösch

Director Entrepreneurship, NZZ Connect

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Melanie Gabriel

Co-founder, Yokoy & Follow the Gradient

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Christoph Geissmann

Head of Partnerships, Allianz Suisse

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Carole Hofmann

Managing Director, Bluefields GmbH

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Verena Kaiser

Head Corporate Clients ZH OL, UBS Switzerland AG

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Blaženka Kovács-Vujeviæ

Partner, PwC

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Stefan Kyora

Editor-in-Chief, Startupticker.ch

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Dr. Vincent Lenders

Director Cyber-Defence Campus, armasuisse

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Dr. Martin Naef

Global Head of R&D Traction, ABB Schweiz AG

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Christian Nauer

Head of Scaleup Desk, FS Partners

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Rebecca Ribi

Financial Advisor, KOYRA GmbH

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Gabriella Skala

CEO & Founder, AMP Health

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Kathrin Wolff Schmandt

Managing Director, N9 House of Innovation; Board Member; Angel Investor