Heymate attracts experienced investors

The heymate mobile application solution enables micro-entrepreneurs in the gig-economy to simplify and formalize deal terms and conditions, manage escrow payment and resolving disputes, all while offering an ecosystem of services such as getting short-term and on-demand insurance or micro-loans, to support the entrepreneurs as they grow. For workers, the heymate platform allows them to create, negotiate and settle offer-for-work contracts in under 20 seconds on any non-transactional marketplace.

In preparation for the next stages of development, heymate has appointed Matteo Maccio as the new board member. Maccio is the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Committee member of Falcon Private Bank, a leading Swiss wealth manager and the first private bank in Switzerland to provide institutional crypto-asset management solutions. Besides being an experienced angel investor, Matteo has held various senior management positions at several Swiss banks, such as CFO, Chief Risk Officer, and Chief Accountant.

“I admire Maccio’s deep understanding of accounting, tax and capital market rules – a significant value-add to the corporate governance of a Swiss AG with significant growth ambitions,” said heymate’s CEO and founder Philipp Toth while welcoming Maccio.

Alain Kunz and Saeed Gouda also joined the company as strategic advisors who invested in the startup. Together the new team will help guide heymate through its public launch, provide connections with their wide and diverse equity investor networks and support the scalability of the platform as it reaches a global audience over the next two years.

“We needed intellectual firepower that would help us in tech-ops, business scaling, international go-to-market initiatives, and corporate governance,” said Toth.

About the new strategic advisors
Alain Kunz is the CEO and founder of the Swiss Crypto Valley embedded TokenSuisse AG, a leading European provider for crypto asset investment solutions. He is an expert in blockchain venture investing and has international clients, including institutional asset advisors, family offices, commercial and private banks, as well as Ultra High Net Worth individuals. “With his vast network as well as his passion for deep-tech businesses Kunz will have a high impact on our joint venture ambitions and equity placement activities,” Toth said.

Saeed Gouda, the managing partner at Berlin- and Zug-based ZEOS CAPITAL, is a serial entrepreneur with international success in scaling tech companies, specializing in e-commerce, m-commerce, and blockchain. He established two mobile marketplace companies that were acquired by Rocket Internet and Carousell. He also led DeliveryHero’s international pre-IPO growth.

“Gouda’s tremendous company building experience and global network in the digital marketplace sector will be highly instrumental to heymate’s growth,” Toth said.

(Press release/RAN)

Photo l-r: Matteo Maccio, Alain Kunz and Saeed Gouda