Michel Portenier

Entrepreneurial GM / COO | Enterprise AI Scale-Up to $250M ARR | McKinsey

📍 Switzerland🔄 Updated September 2026💼 1 investments📅 1 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2025
VC🌍 Switzerland
1
Total investments
0
Early stage
1
Mid stage
0
Late stage
1y
Years active

Portfolio

1 investments · sorted by recency
All investments
Early stage
Mid stage
Late stage
Board Member & Investor
Jan 2025
Decommerce is a community software for brands to build a community in their websites or landing pages. We support you by onboarding your community under your own domain. You own your community interaction and data. No-third party interference. Gamify your communication, Airdrop digital collectibles and Reward your community interactions all within your website. Experience easy integration of primary data flow with ecommerce like Shopify, BigCommerce, Wix, etc. and marketing tools like Klaviyo, Attentive, Yotpo. Built for creators, communities and brands for the seamless exchange of creation, digital assets and physical products.
Experience · 5 entries
All (5)
Investments (1)
Founder (1)
Board (1)
2025
Board Member & Investor
Jan 2025
Decommerce is a community software for brands to build a community in their websites or landing pages. We support you by onboarding your community under your own domain. You own your community interaction and data. No-third party interference. Gamify your communication, Airdrop digital collectibles and Reward your community interactions all within your website. Experience easy integration of primary data flow with ecommerce like Shopify, BigCommerce, Wix, etc. and marketing tools like Klaviyo, Attentive, Yotpo. Built for creators, communities and brands for the seamless exchange of creation, digital assets and physical products.
2024
Jury Member Technology Vertical
Oct 2024
»venture» is an initiative of the ETH Zurich, McKinsey & Company, Switzerland, Knecht Holding, the innovation promotion agency CTI and EPFL Lausanne. As the leading Swiss-wide competition for the best business idea and the best business plan, »venture» supports young entrepreneurs in founding a company. The competition aims to unleash untapped innovation potential by encouraging young entrepreneurs to develop a business idea. A number of renowned companies from Swiss industry and commerce sponsor the competition. Experienced coaches support competition participants in the development of their business idea, the preparation of their business plans, and in the search for suitable partners and the necessary capital. Participants also receive feedback from a team of highly qualified jurors. The jurors (approximately 90 experts) evaluate the formal and business aspects of an idea, as well as its financial attractiveness. Participants receive additional help in the form of various supporting events and arrangements, e.g., a series of seminars, special workshops and networking platforms. »venture» is for budding entrepreneurs in Switzerland who have innovative business ideas. Participants may enter the competition as individuals or as a team. In addition to the prize money for the most successful teams, »venture» guarantees: • Know-how: »venture» provides access to experienced coaches who support young entrepreneurs in the preparation of their business idea and their business plan. • Network: »venture» offers new and valuable contacts between young entrepreneurs, to »venture» capitalists and to management personalities from business and research. • Publicity: the media follow »venture» closely. Participating teams receive valuable publicity for their future company.
2017
EVP Chief Alliances & Partnerships Officer
May 2017
Afiniti is an AI-native company and the global leader in Outcome Orchestration, where we bring simplicity, transparency, and measurable results to complex contact centers.
2009
App Startup Co-Founder
Nov 2009
Flagthat is the best tool to find new restaurants, bars and lots more your friends recommend and to keep track of your own favorite spots. Whether you are at home or travelling around the world, Flagthat is more useful for local recommendations than guidebooks and anonymous review sites. It also does away with the stacks of business cards, scrap paper and matchbooks.
2005
Intern
Jan 2005
The EBRD works across three continents to support the transition to successful market economies. Our focus is on delivering prosperity by enabling a well-run and sustainable private sector. We do this with our unique business model, combining financing, advice and policy reform.