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A non-profit empowering the next generation of tech leaders by providing them with the skills and mindset to thrive in the digital economy.

SONECT CONNECTS PEOPLE Sonect is a Swiss company that converts every shop into a “virtual ATM”. This reduces cost of cash distribution for banks and eases up in store cash management for merchants via a location-based on-demand service. Users of the platform can withdraw cash from any of the participating shops using a smartphone. Sonect builds a community around local businesses and helps them generate physical leads while banks save up to 50% in running their ATM operations and optimize their presence. Sonect also helps banks expand their services into new regions and increase financial inclusion without any significant capital investment. ❝We connect people who possess cash with people who need cash.❞ We are a team of payment industry experts, banking veterans, IT gurus, sales & marketing champions with a common mission: easy cash, everywhere by leveraging the power of sharing economy. We follow three core principles: Enabler ◄ Companion ► Community ☛ Enabler Possessing cash means freedom. We believe that cash withdrawals should be available everywhere and to everybody. We constantly seek for new innovative ways to make our services easier and more flexible to our customers. In order to make life easier, we improve the way cash withdrawals work. ☛ Companion As a Swiss company, we offer our services as reliable and professional as the banks in our country – but without the typical bank attitude: We focus on the use and feel of our customers and communicate as easy as possible. To our customers, we are a reliable, solid companion through their daily life that we understand our customers’ needs. ☛ Community Cash usually means social interactions. Cash connects people. We want to bring people together and build a strong community. Our goal is to let people discover local stores and businesses and help them knowing their surroundings better. 🤝 Join our team and have an impact: https://www.sonect.net/jobs/

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A non-profit empowering the next generation of tech leaders by providing them with the skills and mindset to thrive in the digital economy.

Ensuring exceptional transparency in direct investments and private equity. INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT ADVISORY We provide professional experience of alternative, asset backed and direct investments in private and non-listed companies. Such experience is mostly at the benefit of investors as institutional and private, family offices, corporations and NGOs. Our added value lies in transparency, in risk understanding, in portfolio company supervision and in transferring these understandings to investing partners. Having the possibility to monitor & interact with portfolio companies is unprecedented for investors. Our philosophy is focusing on growth and values companies with distinctive competitive advantage, capable to deliver long-term performance for all stake holders. We believe that the best candidates to run the company are the existing managers and that we can just boost performance by leveraging their financial resources and providing intangible assets in form of know-how, network and advisory support. When required, we take an even more active role by designating our most appropriate team member that will be in close contact with the portfolio company management. VALUATION AND STRATEGY ADVISORY We advise companies in the areas of: 1.Investment Budgeting (Analysis, Capital Budgeting, Investment and Project Valuation); 2.M&A (Mergers, Acquisitions, de-mergers, Spinoffs, Joint Ventures, Management Buy-Out and Buy-In); 3.Project Financing and Capital Raising (Venture, Development and Expansion Capital, Raising and Structuring Debt) 4.Strategy analysis and execution, including assessment of current and prospective business and revenue model.

SONECT CONNECTS PEOPLE Sonect is a Swiss company that converts every shop into a “virtual ATM”. This reduces cost of cash distribution for banks and eases up in store cash management for merchants via a location-based on-demand service. Users of the platform can withdraw cash from any of the participating shops using a smartphone. Sonect builds a community around local businesses and helps them generate physical leads while banks save up to 50% in running their ATM operations and optimize their presence. Sonect also helps banks expand their services into new regions and increase financial inclusion without any significant capital investment. ❝We connect people who possess cash with people who need cash.❞ We are a team of payment industry experts, banking veterans, IT gurus, sales & marketing champions with a common mission: easy cash, everywhere by leveraging the power of sharing economy. We follow three core principles: Enabler ◄ Companion ► Community ☛ Enabler Possessing cash means freedom. We believe that cash withdrawals should be available everywhere and to everybody. We constantly seek for new innovative ways to make our services easier and more flexible to our customers. In order to make life easier, we improve the way cash withdrawals work. ☛ Companion As a Swiss company, we offer our services as reliable and professional as the banks in our country – but without the typical bank attitude: We focus on the use and feel of our customers and communicate as easy as possible. To our customers, we are a reliable, solid companion through their daily life that we understand our customers’ needs. ☛ Community Cash usually means social interactions. Cash connects people. We want to bring people together and build a strong community. Our goal is to let people discover local stores and businesses and help them knowing their surroundings better. 🤝 Join our team and have an impact: https://www.sonect.net/jobs/

Monito.com is a comparison website for international money transfer services. We compare and review more than 450 money transfer operators, to help you find the best option for each of your international transfers.

Elixir Consulting is a boutique consulting and training company focusing on the use of Design Thinking to help your organization optimize, transform and innovate. Based close to Geneva in Western Switzerland, Elixir Consulting works with organizations of all types, sectors and sizes, from a few millions to over one billion in revenues. Elixir Consulting's client references include: Academics: Stanford University, IE Madrid, CREA, HEG Genève, Private sector: Syngenta, Vaudoise Assurances, Sommet Education, Romandie Formation, many other clients (confidential) Public sector: State of Geneva, Geneva Lab