About us
Team
Board
Thomas Löhrer
Thomas is a co-initiator of Swiss Healthcare Startups, passionate entrepreneur and partner of CR Kommunikation. He is responsible for the startup portfolio of the agency.
Fabian Unteregger
Fabian is a co-initiator of Swiss Healthcare Startups and the current co-president. The scholarship winner holds a Master in Food Science ETH and a Doctorate in Medicine. He is passionate entrepreneur and an award winning standup comedian.
Stefan Kohler
Stefan is a co-initiator of Swiss Healthcare Startups and partner and co-head of the Life Sciences Group at the Swiss law firm VISCHER AG. He has extensive experience in advising healthcare companies in Swiss law matters.
Franziska Steiner
Franziska is the co-president of Swiss Healthcare Startups and is passionate about tackling challenges through innovation. As a senior opportunity architect she’s building great things with the team at VNTR Innovation & Venturing. Prior to that she ran the startup programs at swissnex San Francisco and was also their digital health lead.
Cornelius Warncke
Cornelius is a Member of the Board of Swiss Healthcare Startups, a Medical Doctor, founder of medseek.ch and as such works together with health care providers all over Switzerland. Via medbridge.ch Cornelius and his co-founders establish FOAM-Sessions (Free Open Access Meducation) in Switzerland.
Olivia Zollinger
Olivia is the former-CEO of Swiss Healthcare Startups and a Member of the Board. Prior to joining SHS, Olivia worked in Global Pricing & Market Access with Celgene in the US. She holds an MLaw from University of Fribourg and an MBA from Temple University, Philadelphia.
Angelina Rau
Angelina is the former CEO a.i. of Swiss Healthcare Startups and a Member of the Board. As a qualified attorney at law Angelina specializes in Life Sciences and Healthcare Law at the Swiss law firm VISCHER AG. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D in Biomedical Law and Ethics at the University of Zurich as well as a Master in Drug Development at the Medical Faculty of the University of Basel.
Advisory Board
Arthur Germain
EPFL Graduate, Arthur Germain has worked as a Digital Consultant for large corporations in Europe and Asia. Since 2017, he is the co-founder and CEO of OneDoc. Expert on the Swiss healthcare system, he works at the intersection between digital and healthcare to simplify the daily life of patients and healthcare professionals.
Heidrun Flaadt
Heidrun is director of CASE BioMed, Center of Advanced Studies on Entrepreneurship in Biomedicine at USI. She is also one of 16 Women in Healthcare Innovation 2021. The award was presented to her by the Innovation Office of the University of Basel for her work as director of CASE BioMed at the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera italiana.
Patrick Griss
Patrick is CEO of Zühlke Ventures and has an international track record as value adding investor, engaged non-executive director, or discreet advisor to leadership teams involved in key decision processes.
Tina Lehmann
As Director Business Development at NZZ, Tina is a seasoned leader with passion for growth, market leadership and brand strategy. She held senior roles across industries, led NZZ conferences FutureHealth Basel/Lausanne and was part of the Swiss Economic Forum. Well-connected in Swiss business, healthcare and media, she is a board member and Executive MBA HSG graduate.