Outstanding Boards for Successful Startups

I dragged the idea if and how to form an advisory board for a long time as I did not know how to find great people specialised and available for this. Then I found this platform.
What I really loved was how clear, pragmatic but professional the whole experience from the startup survey to the matching to “closing the loop” with gathering this testimonial was. Besides that, I herewith found another great resource to provide to my B2B technology startup clients bringing more value for them. I can only recommend using this platform to any founder looking to form a board in the most effective, professional and even fun way.
As my new coach says: No athlete gets to the Olympics without a great coach!

Manuel Hartmann

Founder the Sales Playbook

As a Fintech startup, we have been very busy working hard in a highly specialized domain. It became obvious that we needed an “Advisory Board” to help us on the big picture aspect of certain key areas. Having additional inputs from various backgrounds gave us the visibility we needed to establish certain business decisions.
In troubled times, these board members have been particularly active and have shown amazing initiatives. Their knowledge and background gave us access to new horizons and partners. The broad scope of the members proposed by the Board Matching platform gave us the opportunity to pick the right board members, with the needed know-how. It has been a game-changer for us!

Jonas Enström

COO Burland Energy SA

As a young cyber-security startup, finding our way for the development of our product with a viable strategy on the right market and facing a fundraising at the same time was difficult. We were struggling with a lot of issues when Virgine Verdon (Head of Board Academy Program) proposed us to use the Board Matching Platform. We were quickly connected with several potential selected board members that matched our profile. The quality of the people we met was exceptional and they are now involved in our organization’s strategy, reinforcing our company.
We would recommend using the Board Matching Platform to any company that needs to gain competitive advantage.

Nicolas Frey

Co-founder Seculting SA

The Board Matching platform has been invaluable in helping us to find the right skill, experience, and mindset in a board member for Biospectal. As a young Swiss/US startup with our headquarters in Lausanne, we are growing rapidly. Yet our small size naturally limits the ability to do an extensive search to find the best members for our board. This platform helped us to identify several candidates and to settle on the right one who had experience in US and European business in startups, but also aligned closely with our attitude, culture, and passion for our mission.
We wholeheartedly recommend the Board Matching platform for its high quality, well-matched board candidates and the ease of interacting with the folks from the platform team!

Eliott Jones

CEO Biospectal SA

Thanks to the very precise Board Matching platform tool, I got in contact with startups matching the specific skills and experiences I could provide.
As an experienced senior advisor, it is a new and exciting challenge to help a startup to get operational. Strategic decision making also includes areas where the experience, acquired in many different positions of the career, is essential.
The specifics of small and fast moving companies is fascinating and thanks to the course at the “Fast Track-Board Academy” I felt well prepared before joining the first startup. For me, it is a pleasure to share the knowledge and experience with others.

Isabel Hunger-Glaser, PhD.

Executive Director Swiss Expert Committee for Biosafety

As an early-stage startup, new to the industry we’re active in, we were on the lookout for the network and skills in several crucial domains. Thanks to the Board Academy, we got in touch with the Board Matching Platform. Virginie prepared us a shortlist of board member candidates, which was spot on! After several interviews, we successfully on-boarded a compliance officer. Through these conversations, we also got in touch with a coach at Innosuisse, so a perfect overall score.

D.P. Kruyswijk

Founder Health Yourself

I took the Fast Track Board Academy training program in that it was something I had always wanted to do.  It was an excellent course, learned a lot and met many interesting people.  On top of all that, they have a platform for matching companies with board members!  The team who runs it is very pro-active and professional in matching competence with need.  I have just accepted a role at Slavefreetrade.org and could not be happier.

Thank you!

Philip Biber

Partner at Sionic

We have had an independent Board member since our Round A of financing in 2010, which was followed by several rounds. This set-up of 2 founders, 2 investors and 1 independent Board member has proved very efficient in aligning the interest of all categories of shareholders. In addition we are building a strong Advisory Board with senior persons from our industry as well as experienced business people with a strategic mindset.  We are always searching for the best talents to support the expansion of Attolight.

Samuel Sonderegger

Founder and CEO Attolight SA

The Board Matching platform is such a brilliant and unique idea. Not only that, but it is also very efficiently executed by the platform team.  It’s been a great opportunity to let me collaborate with Startups in Switzerland and also to learn from them.  I highly recommend both the Board Academy program as well as getting on the Board Matching Switzerland platform.

Arti Buxi

Digital Implementation at Philip Morris International