Venture Capital Investing
Thursday, October 3, 2019
From 18:00 to 20:30
Zurich
CAIA Zurich is glad to invite you to an Educational Roadshow to discuss: Venture Capital Investing.
Venture Capital has been at the core of the CAIA curriculum since launch and this asset class has increasingly been under the spotlight. V.C. investments have become increasingly attractive for investors to diversify their portfolios, improve the risk/return profile and directly invest in innovation.
Please join us for an evening, where a leading panel of V.C. experts will discuss current asset raising and deployment across these assets classes and provide their outlook on current opportunities.
Agenda
18:00 – Registration
18:30 - Welcome Speech
by Wolfdieter Schnee, Head of Fund Consulting, VP Fund Solutions, Vaduz - CAIA Zurich Chapter Executive
18:35 – Introduction to Venture Capital Investing
by Teddy Amberg, Partner, Spicehaus Partners AG
19:00 - Panel Discussion with:
Teddy Amberg, Partner, Spicehaus Partners AG
Christoph Böckle, Partner, affinity Ventures AG
Stefan Kuentz, Investment Partner Swisscom Ventures Ltd.
Moderator:
Wolfdieter Schnee, Head of Fund Consulting, VP Fund Solutions, Vaduz - CAIA Zurich Chapter Executive
19:40 - Q&A
19:45 - Aperitif and Networking
Presenters:
Teddy Amberg, Partner, Spicehaus Partners AG, Zug
Teddy has over thirteen years of experience in private equity and venture capital. He spent eight years in the private equity industry at Partners Group. For two years, he built up the leading Swiss P2P lending platform CreditGate24 as partner and Chief Business Development Officer. He is a lecturer for private equity and fintech and a private equity book author. Teddy was selected to be a member of the Swiss National Startup Team in Fintech by Venturelab in 2017. Teddy holds an M.A. in Banking and Finance from the University of St. Gallen (HSG) and a PhD in Sociology from the University of Zurich.
Christoph Boeckle, Partner, Affinity Ventures AG, Ruggell
Christoph Boeckle founded affinity ventures ag in 2008 together with 2 partners. Christoph is responsible for turnaround and peer group shift investments. He was CEO of a German Bank as also Chief Innovation officer of a insurance company. Prior to this, he was working at the University of Liechtenstein and different banks. Christoph holds a Master in Banking and Finance from the University of Liechtenstein.
Stefan Kuentz, Investment Partner, Swisscom Ventures Ltd.
Stefan Kuentz is Investment Partner at Swisscom Ventures mainly engaged with investments in Silicon Valley and early-stage lead investments in Switzerland. Stefan played a key role in building up an investment portfolio in SaaS, virtualization, cloud and mobile technologies. Prior to Swisscom Ventures, Stefan held several business development and senior management positions at Swisscom. From 2007 to 2010 he was managing Swisscom’s innovation and scouting activities out of Silicon Valley. From 2003 to 2007 Stefan was in charge of building new solution units for Swisscom’s enterprise business. Before joining Swisscom, Stefan was for many years with IBM heading IT strategy consulting services in his last position. Stefan holds degree as Certified Expert in Information Technology.
Wolfdieter Schnee, Head of Fund Consulting VP Fund Solutions (Liechtenstein) AG
Wolfdieter Schnee heads VP Fund Solutions’ fund consulting. Before joining VP Fund Solutions, he held responsible positions at other fund service providers as well as at the office of a Member of the European Parliament. Wolfdieter studied in Brussels, Vaduz, Vienna and Boston. He holds Master’s degrees in Banking and Financial Management as well as European Business Law. Wolfdieter is an Alumni of Harvard Business School, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business as well as the University of Liechtenstein. Additionally, Wolfdieter is a CAIA Charterholder.