Top 5 Sporting Goods Angel Investors in Switzerland in October 2023

Alex Hoye is the Co-founder and CEO of Full Stack Supply Co. He previously worked at Runway East as a Co-founder. Alex Hoye attended Stanford University.

Investment focus

Software, Apps, Advertising
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Romania

Portfolio highlights

Motion - Activity Goals — Use Motion to set your personal weekly activity goal and visualise progress. Create a team with friends and share your goals.
Grabble — Discover the best new fashion and homeware with the Grabble app. Get inspired by amazing articles and edits curated by our expert stylists, and buy anything you like in one tap.
Carv — Carv fits in any ski boot, analyzes your technique, and coaches you with live audio as you ski.

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Dave is the Co-Founder & Managing Director of Offline Ventures.He was Founder & Partner Emeritus of Slow Ventures. A leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm that champions long term thinking and innovation. Slow serves a community of over 200 of the most innovative entrepreneurs and companies in the world. Including Slack, Pinterest,Evernote, NextDoor, Postmates, Blue Bottle and more.He was the Co-Founder and CEO of Path which was acquired by Kakao in 2015. He co-founded Path with the mission of being a source of happiness, meaning, and connection through simplicity, quality, and privacy in technology and design. Path continues to serves tens of millions of people each month to this day.Dave has had a lifelong passion for technology, entrepreneurship, culture, design, photography, nature, skiing, and improving society. He served both Apple and Facebook for several years during periods of rapid innovation and growth. Today, he serves on the Board of Directors of Eventbrite, Dwell, and Hinge. And, on the Boards of three Non-Profit Organizations, the United States Ski and Snowboard Association, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), and Montana ExplorationWorks. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He grew up under the big sky of Montana where he was ranked as one of the top downhill ski racers in America. Today, he lives and works in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area with his wife Brit, son Ansel, and dog Pixel.

Investment focus

Mobile, Internet, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, France, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Dance — Dance is an electric mobility subscription company that makes it easy to explore your city with an electric bike or moped.
Oura — Oura Ring: the most accurate sleep and activity tracker is all about you: it measures the physiological signals of your body, understands your lifestyle, and guides you to make your own optimal daily choices. The ring features scientifically validated sleep tracking and personalized guidance.
Dash Radio — 100% Free Music. More Variety. Zero Commercials. The Best DJ's & Stations. No BS

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Lucian has a truly global outlook with an extensive set of contacts in North America, Europe, and Asia. Lucian is a venture capitalist and entrepreneur with several successful start-ups to his credit. He has 20 years of semiconductor industry experience. Lucian was born in Germany, educated in the French school system, and went on to earn a B.Sc.in International Economics from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University (with a minor in Russian) and an MBA from INSEAD.

Investment focus

Skiing, Sports, Fitness
Seed
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Adiposs — Adiposs is a Swiss biotech start-up company developing medical imaging products and technologies for early detection of cachexia.
Snowcookie — Ski tracking sensors by bode miller for racers and coaches

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Sean Park combines a powerful mix of entrepreneurial, investment and corporate experience and is widely recognized as a leading independent thinker on the future of financial services, informed by his many years as a senior executive in capital markets and investment banking.Founder of Anthemis Group SA, author of The Park Paradigm, andserving as non-executive director on the board of a number of high growth companies, Sean has a proven track record of successfully investing in and advising innovative and disruptive startups.A founding investor in innovative companies such as Betfair, The Climate Corporation (WeatherBill), Markit and an early investor in Zoopla, before founding Anthemis Group, Sean was part of the Global Markets Management Committee at Dresdner Kleinwort where he ran a number of businesses including their groundbreaking Digital Markets initiative. He was instrumental in driving the introduction and adoption of electronic book building in the European fixed income markets in early 2000s and authored the seminal “AmazonBay” video exploring the future of finance in 2005.Originally from Calgary, Alberta, Sean has a BSc in Materials Science from Rice University in Houston, Texas. He is now based in Geneva and refuses to give up on his dream of one day skiing in the Olympics.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

Topia — The Topia Global Talent Mobility platform enables businesses to deliver mobility as part of a broader talent and business strategy with enhanced employee experiences. This drives competitive advantage by ensuring the right people in the right place at the right time. The Topia platform automates the entire global talent mobility process, fromscenario-based planning, compliance risk management, expat payroll, reporting and more. Topia powers global talent mobility programs for many of the world's most trusted brands, including Schneider Electric, Dell, Veolia, Equinor, AXA.
Perkbox — Harmonise your employee benefits and rewards globally. Provide benefits, support wellbeing and create a culture of recognition to boost employee engagement.
Roam International — Sign a single lease, and you can roam among magical properties across 3 continents.

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