Success stories of collaboration with start-up to accelerate innovation

1. Start-up
Innovation Partner
Raphael Rollier
Fribourg - Chambre de commerce et d'industrie
16 11 2017

2. Outposting
Venture
Investment
Swisscom
Start-Up Challenge
Digital Lab
Pirates Hub
Call for
Innovation
Interactionmethods

3. Pilot
Product
development
Product
introduction
Business
development
Management
expertise
Follow-on investment
Follow-on investment
Follow-on investment
Growth fin.
Valuecreationbeyondfinancing
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InvestmentProof of Concept Joined go to market

6. The Ava start-up developed a
wearable to help women conceive
based on sensors, Big Data analyses
and reproductive medicine.
Innovation
SuccessStory
As one of the winners of the
Swisscom StartUp Challenge 2015,
Ava’s business model was put
through its paces in Silicon Valley.
The result was a successful launch
and establishment of the product
in the USA. Swisscom has since
acted as investor. In 2017 the
product was launched in Europe,
further support is currently under
review.
Integration

7. Matrixx is a software platform that
lets telecommunications providers
offer services in real time, also as a
self-service option for customers,
and bill them.
Innovation
SuccessStory
Swisscom customers would like
bills that are easier to understand
and more flexibility when
arranging their mobile contract – in
real time via their smartphone.
There is also strong demand for
real-time expenditure control in the
case of business contracts.
Swisscom invested in Matrixx early
on and uses this technology to
provide customers with added
value services.
Integration

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SWISSCOM & NETGUARDIANS
Fraud Prevention Service (FPS)

10. Ajoinedoffering
Unusual transfers
Real-time behavioral analysis of each
customer’s payment traffic (size of
transaction, channels, currencies, etc.)
Unusual online banking activity
Real-time behavioral analysis of each
customer’s online banking activities
(browser type, geo-localization, beneficiary
account, and currency, etc.).

11. Whenisittherightmoment?
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HEIG-VD Start-Ups
heat winner
Joël Winteregg and Raffael Maio
IMD and Red Herring
High Tech Awards
Signed clients
in the Middle East
and Africa +50% growth pa
CHF 8.5m Series C funding
from Swisscom Ventures
& Freemont Management
+50 clients
TOP 50 Fintech Europe
Signed first clients
Swiss Commission for Technology
and Innovation (CTI) Award
FINTECH
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Awarded CH 3.5m of national
and European grants
CHF 1m Series A funding
from Polytech Ventures
TOP FinTech Award
Asia office - Singapore
Africa office - Kenya
+40 employees
+80 employees
CHF 5m Series B funding
from Orbium, Polytech
Ventures & Moneytime
Ventures

12. Followingtheirdevelopment&Celebratesuccess!
November 15th : Nanolive turns 4 !

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14. DefiningthesuccessfactorsTOGETHER

15. OurStart-upEcosystem
Innovative partners in the
ICT, IoT, Big Data and FinTech sectors
Start-ups
Close cooperation for new ideas
Universities and initiatives
We support new start-ups
Start-up partners