Alain Nicod

Investor and Entrepreneur

📍 Saint-Prex, Vaud, Switzerland🔄 Updated September 2026💼 10 investments📅 25 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2018
Operator-angel🌍 Switzerland
10
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Jun 2018
CeQur®, a medical device company dedicated to simplifying mealtime insulin delivery for individuals on multiple daily injections, manufactures CeQur Simplicity, a simple-to-use wearable insulin delivery device enabling discreet, convenient and injection-free bolus dosing. In June 2024, the company announced the FDAs recent 510(k) clearance of CeQur Simplicity for an extended wear duration from 3 to 4 days. One CeQur Simplicity 4-day wearable patch holds up to 200 units of rapid-acting insulin administered in two-unit increments and replaces, on average, twelve daily mealtime injections over four days. CeQur is headquartered in Horw, Switzerland. Please visit myceqursimplicity.com for more information.
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Apr 2015
L.E.S.S. designs and manufactures thinner, brighter, more uniform technical lighting systems. Thanks to our innovative approach, our aim is to deliver our customer with lighting systems that provide both intense and uniform light within a small form factor.
Board Member
Jan 2006
MYOTEST is the leader in advanced, accurate and power efficient motion analysis algorithms & features, providing solutions for the next generation wearable. MYOTEST is a pioneer of sport and health physical capacities measurement in the field, using accelerometer technology. Applications span from top athletes, coaches, biomechanics laboratories, universities, physical therapists, amateur athletes to anybody caring about wellness and performance. Today, MYOTEST innovates in digital sport and health markets with cutting-edge technology providing compelling features for new and existing devices. MYOTEST is disrupting the market by bringing differences to customers and creating common new standards embedded onto chips.
Board Member
2006
MFG helps manufacturers grow their business by making it easy for them to be discovered by high quality customers, while also making it easy for buyers to find manufacturing partners.
Board Member
2005
Nexthink is the leader in Digital Employee Experience (DEX) management software, transforming the digital workplace for millions of employees worldwide. We empower IT teams with AI-driven, user-centric insights needed to proactively optimize technology performance, enhance productivity, reduce tickets, cut costs, and accelerate employee engagement at scale. As a Leader in the 2024 and 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Digital Employee Experience Management Tools and the Forrester Wave™: EUEM Q3 2024, we’re dedicated to continuous innovation, bringing the latest advancements in AI, machine learning, and automation so IT teams can deliver a seamless digital experience for employees everywhere.
Board Member
2003
Meet SilentSoft SA, a pioneer in the Internet Of Things (IoT) ! Since our launch in 2000, on the EPFL campus (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) in Switzerland, SilentSoft has developed state-of-the-art telemetry solutions in the energy management field. 17 years later, and after having installed over 40,000 measuring points in 15 European countries, we've expanded our market position to being a well-established European leader in smart monitoring: our 2 solutions StockView™ (for Tank monitoring) and IndexView™ (for Meter monitoring) help our clients to daily benefit from sustainable cost savings in administration, elimination of emergency deliveries, lower truck fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, or optimised building energy consumptions. Since our first steps, we believe that monitoring should be smart! Join us on our journey on www.silentsoft.com!
Board Member
2001
Established in 1996, Châteauform​ is entirely dedicated to your business events and seminars. More than 68 venues in Europe will be delighted to welcome you. Here you are at home.
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2018
Board Member
Jun 2018
CeQur®, a medical device company dedicated to simplifying mealtime insulin delivery for individuals on multiple daily injections, manufactures CeQur Simplicity, a simple-to-use wearable insulin delivery device enabling discreet, convenient and injection-free bolus dosing. In June 2024, the company announced the FDAs recent 510(k) clearance of CeQur Simplicity for an extended wear duration from 3 to 4 days. One CeQur Simplicity 4-day wearable patch holds up to 200 units of rapid-acting insulin administered in two-unit increments and replaces, on average, twelve daily mealtime injections over four days. CeQur is headquartered in Horw, Switzerland. Please visit myceqursimplicity.com for more information.
2015
Board Member
Apr 2015
L.E.S.S. designs and manufactures thinner, brighter, more uniform technical lighting systems. Thanks to our innovative approach, our aim is to deliver our customer with lighting systems that provide both intense and uniform light within a small form factor.
2014
Board Member
Jan 2014
The oldest and the highest valued startup price in Switzerland since 1989. Award criteria: Innovative, future-looking product or service concept Formation of an AG (PLC) or GmbH (LLC) based in Switzerland to realise and market the project Full-time involvement of the company CEO Residence in Switzerland Award-winner not older than 45 years of age in most cases
2010
Slyde Watch
Chairman and co-founder
2010
2007
Fleur de pains
Board Member
2007
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