About the Event
The Femtech Investment Opportunity in partnership with SICTIC
Tech4Eva 2025 start-ups will pitch live to the investor audience. There will be an opportunity for a Q&A with the Founders. If you are an investor, please pre-register for this roadshow. More information on start-ups will be shared with qualified investors.
*More detailed information on each company and the dial-in link for the online session will be emailed to investors who register at the link below.
Event Speakers
Cornelia Gut-Villa holds a Ph.D. and master in business administration from the University of Zurich. She has over 20 years’ experience in financial services, strategy consulting and startup coaching.
She is active as an independent entrepreneur and private investor with her own consulting firm in addition to her activities as part of the incubator Startfeld in St. Gallen
Yahel joined Nina Capital, a specialized venture capital firm investing exclusively at the intersection of healthcare and deep-tech, in 2020.
At Nina Capital, Yahel is part of the core investment team and is also in charge of Investors Relations and D&I in the fund, promoting an active approach to increasing diversity.
Yahel holds an MBA from IESE Business School, LLB and, BA in economics from the Hebrew University.
Rüdiger is CFO with Capital Market & M&A expertise | Startup & Venture Capital investor | Regional Director Berne SICTIC | Managing Director & CFO MIHM Ventures
Simone has 25+ years of event management, strategy, marketing, community and relationship building experience. She joined the EPFL Innovation Park team in 2020 to launch Tech4Eva in 2021 and she currently manages the Tech4Eva accelerator operations, events and community marketing.
For 16 years she built the brand/network of Tech Tour as their Managing Director leading the events team to implement 25+ tech events per year. She has a proven ability to set up well-oiled processes and leverage networks to open partnership opportunities to build a strong ecosystem by maximizing objectives and engaging all stakeholders (corporates, investors, academia, tech start-ups in all digital sectors).
Previously she worked for the University of NC in Chapel Hill, USA, implementing the new graduate student program. She also worked at SCIP as their global operations & marketing manager both in Alexandria, VA & in London, UK, where she opened and managed their branch office to establish their European presence, as well as overseeing all aspects of international conferences & tradeshows.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC, USA. She is fluent in English, French & German.
Event Agenda
The Femtech Investment Opportunity
17:00 Welcome Remarks & Intro
Speaker: Simone Theiss, Project Manager, EPFL Innovation Park & Tech4Eva
17:05 SICTIC Intro - The leading Business Angel Network in Switzerland
Speaker: Cornelia Gut, Investor, SICTIC
17:10 Tech4Eva Pitches of 9 Start-ups with Q&A: Reproductive Health / Maternal Health / Healthy Aging
17:10 Menoqueen - Elena Pavicic
17:15 Woost - Melis Eda Ekinci
17:20 Smartweave - Raj Malhotra
17:25 LAYCO - Thom Weustink
17:30 Molesense - Gian Luca Barbruni
17:35 Powerly - Marta Marciniak
17:40 Xena - Czuee Morey
17:45 Silatha - Veroniek Vermeulen
17:50 Q&A moderated by Rüdiger Petrikowski, CFO with Capital Market & M&A expertise | Startup & Venture Capital investor | Regional Director Berne SICTIC | Managing Director & CFO MIHM Ventures
18:10 Tech4Eva Pitches of 7 Start-ups with Q&A: Prevention / Oncology
18:10 Rephimmune Biotechnology - Ming-Wei Chen
18:15 Predica Diagnostics - William Leenders
18:20 GIC Space - Conrad Tankou
18:25 TIMSER - Mercedes Gutierrez
18:30 Medsol AI solutions - Kathryn Malherbe
18:35 Xemperia - Sarah Cattin
18:40 Salva Health - Valentina Agudelo
18:45 Q&A moderated by Yahel Halamish, Investment Principal, Head of Investor Relations, Nina Capital
18:55 Closing Remarks
Speaker: Simone Theiss, Project Manager, EPFL Innovation Park & Tech4Eva
Time zone CET - agenda subject to changes
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