Kris Beyens

Motatos supports the sustainable reform of the worlds food system. We’re a different kind of food store; an e-commerce bringing together heroes to shape a waste-free, healthy and connected future of food. Heroes come in all shapes and forms these days. They are customers and they work for our suppliers. And a fair number of them work for Motatos. Since the founding year 2014, Motatos has successfully entered six European markets and together, our customers have saved over 65 000 tonnes of food and consumer products.

Founderful is Switzerland’s leading pre-seed fund. Were first, fast and founder-friendly, backing Switzerlands best tech entrepreneurs to become global market leaders.

• 4GIFT is an innovative e-gifting white label platform that allows customers to send gifts digitally in an engaging and innovative way from any brand’s e-commerce platform. • The idea behind 4GIFT is simple: reach and surprise anyone, anywhere with a gift in REAL TIME, perfectly matching his/her desires and giving them the possibility to change size/colour/variant or gift with any other item from the selected brand. Moreover, no need for all recipients details: smartphone number or e-mail address are enough. Personalize the gift SCHEDULING it when you prefer and/or adding a special VIDEO MESSAGE. • 4GIFT boasts an exclusive product assortment thanks to its partnerships with the most iconic and prestigious INTERNATIONAL LUXURY BRANDS. • With its pick-up in store feature, 4GIFT allows gift recipients to enjoy the physical experience of retrieving their gift directly in store. Once in store, most consumers won’t resist the temptation of an extra purchase! • For the first time in the digital world, group gifting goes luxury. With 4GIFT’s TEAM GIFT feature, users will finally be able to share the total price of any gift in an easy, innovative, yet elegant solution.

Farmy is the online-markt for your transparent weekly grocery shopping. We offer a large range of handpicked products from authentic producers.

We're building the vertical operating system for home rentals

SMART VALOR is a financial technology company operating a digital asset and cryptocurrency exchange. As a fully compliant exchange, authorized by the financial supervisory authority of Liechtenstein, SMART VALOR provides custody, trading and brokerage to customers from 130 countries. Nominated by Forbes as one of Europe's 10 Most Exciting Technology SMEs, the company is backed by international institutional investors as well as a corporate venture fund sourced by the leading Swiss companies such as Credit Suisse, Zurich KantonalBank, Nestle, Novartis and others. SMART VALOR was founded in 2017 in Switzerland where it has been selected for the Thomson Reuters Incubator and received a governmental innovation grand through Innosuisse.

Arianee harnesses Digital Product Passports and Engagement tokens, turning them into rich ownership data while respecting users’ choice. We enable brands to deploy this new customer data infrastructure, distributed, user-owned, offering deep insights into customer behavior and preferences. Unlocking personalized engagement, deeper and data-driven relationships, and new circular business models. We redefine customer interaction by making every product and engagement proof a touchpoint for meaningful brand experiences.

Motatos supports the sustainable reform of the worlds food system. We’re a different kind of food store; an e-commerce bringing together heroes to shape a waste-free, healthy and connected future of food. Heroes come in all shapes and forms these days. They are customers and they work for our suppliers. And a fair number of them work for Motatos. Since the founding year 2014, Motatos has successfully entered six European markets and together, our customers have saved over 65 000 tonnes of food and consumer products.

Expert in e-commerce, marketplaces, customer centricity, personalization, finance, leadership development & culture programs. Strategy consulting in technology, media, finance, medical, logistics, insurance and industrial environments. Recruitment of leaders in finance and digital space. Interviews, assessments and 360. Independent non-executive board member & advisor.

Founderful is Switzerland’s leading pre-seed fund. Were first, fast and founder-friendly, backing Switzerlands best tech entrepreneurs to become global market leaders.

Together with successful founders, key academic and industry partners; Venturelab designs and operates programs to bring the best #startup talents to the next level of development. Our mission is to support entrepreneurs towards successful fundraising and business growth throughout the evolution of the company. With Venture Leaders, we take the Swiss National Startup Teams to Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Boston, New York, London, Munich, Barcelona, and China, supporting them on their global expansion path. We are also proud of the success of our mandate to run the operations of Venture Kick since its launch in 2007, having kicked off 1,121 Swiss startup projects with CHF 80 million from private donors. Thanks to financial support, coaching, and networking with investors, this initiative has led to the emergence of 750 thriving startups and the creation of 14,500 jobs. Venture Kick alumni companies have attracted investments of CHF 9 billion and represent 66 companies ranked in the TOP 100 Swiss Startups in 2024. Our team operates from our startup space in Zurich and offices in Lausanne and St Gallen.

• 4GIFT is an innovative e-gifting white label platform that allows customers to send gifts digitally in an engaging and innovative way from any brand’s e-commerce platform. • The idea behind 4GIFT is simple: reach and surprise anyone, anywhere with a gift in REAL TIME, perfectly matching his/her desires and giving them the possibility to change size/colour/variant or gift with any other item from the selected brand. Moreover, no need for all recipients details: smartphone number or e-mail address are enough. Personalize the gift SCHEDULING it when you prefer and/or adding a special VIDEO MESSAGE. • 4GIFT boasts an exclusive product assortment thanks to its partnerships with the most iconic and prestigious INTERNATIONAL LUXURY BRANDS. • With its pick-up in store feature, 4GIFT allows gift recipients to enjoy the physical experience of retrieving their gift directly in store. Once in store, most consumers won’t resist the temptation of an extra purchase! • For the first time in the digital world, group gifting goes luxury. With 4GIFT’s TEAM GIFT feature, users will finally be able to share the total price of any gift in an easy, innovative, yet elegant solution.