Brendan Marry

Entrepreneur | Founder | Angel Investor | ex Google / exYouTube Product Leader in Identity | Cyber Security | Abuse Prevention | ex VP @Visa | ex Payments CEO @Google

📍 Switzerland🔄 Updated October 2026💼 2 investments📅 14 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2021
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CPO & Active Angel investor
2021
EXFI supports ex-Googler founders from across EMEA by investing in the most promising technology startups from pre-seed to Series A across sectors. The EXFI team has made several investments over the past 5 years which have seen successful exits, such as Pointy.com, Dataform, BisonTrails (non-xoogler) and more. The EXFI team is made up of 50+ years of Alphabet experience (commercial and engineering) looking to grow the entrepreneurial community in EMEA. The Alumni Network of Google is a community with a consistent source of deal flow. We are raising on a raised on a deal by deal basis. We welcome experienced (passive and active) angels to join us.
CEO & Board Member, Google Payments Ltd
Mar 2012
A problem isnt truly solved until its solved for all. Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. Bring your insight, imagination and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone. Check out our career opportunities at goo.gle/3DLEokh
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2026
Founder & CEO, withWilma
Feb 2026
Building an AI-native hiring platform that helps identify the person behind the CV. withWilma.com combines agentic AI, voice interaction, and structured evaluation to transform how candidates are screened and understood, moving beyond keyword matching toward real signal. - An AI-driven candidate experience with real-time conversational interviews (voice + video) - Built a structured evaluation layer to generate fair, consistent candidate summaries - Focused on GDPR-compliant, human-in-the-loop decisioning (AI assists, recruiters decide) - Reimagining hiring workflows for SMBs and scaling teams without legacy ATS complexity
2025
Founder In Residence
Dec 2025
Our vision is to build an AI ecosystem to develop leading global software companies that empower founders to create transformative, disruptive technology driving positive impact in Switzerland, Europe and beyond. We bring together teams of world-class engineers, business professionals, industry experts and entrepreneurs to build new companies from the ground up. We offer hands-on support, guiding founders from ideation to execution, including offering office space, generating ideas, finding co-founders, securing pilot customers, integrating cutting-edge AI, facilitating fundraising and founding companies.
2024
Co Founder & CEO
Sep 2024
Aurigin AI a Zurich-based startup on a mission to save the world from AI-generated chaos. Were passionate about building awareness of the evolving quality of AI generated content and protecting everyones trust in content and communication. Think of us as the digital good guys giving you transparency against deepfakes, misinformation, AI manipulated content and all those pesky things that make you question reality.
Founder
Jun 2024
Stealth AI Startup is an independent initiative focused on founders building AI companies before public launch. We explore the earliest stages of building an AI startup—from testing an idea and finding collaborators to assembling a team and preparing to launch. Our focus: • Founder experiences and lessons from building in stealth • Emerging AI technologies and startup trends • Perspectives from founders, researchers, engineers and investors • Practical learning for the journey from idea to launch We believe founders can exchange knowledge and build meaningful professional connections while keeping their products and plans confidential. This is the official LinkedIn Page of the Stealth AI Startup initiative. It represents our initiative, rather than the separate companies built by founders who follow it. Following or engaging with this page does not, by itself, establish employment, partnership or endorsement. Follow us for perspectives on building AI companies and updates from our initiative. Visit us at https://www.stealthaistartup.online/
2021
CPO & Active Angel investor
2021
EXFI supports ex-Googler founders from across EMEA by investing in the most promising technology startups from pre-seed to Series A across sectors. The EXFI team has made several investments over the past 5 years which have seen successful exits, such as Pointy.com, Dataform, BisonTrails (non-xoogler) and more. The EXFI team is made up of 50+ years of Alphabet experience (commercial and engineering) looking to grow the entrepreneurial community in EMEA. The Alumni Network of Google is a community with a consistent source of deal flow. We are raising on a raised on a deal by deal basis. We welcome experienced (passive and active) angels to join us.
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