Swiss deeptech startups dominate Forbes 30under30 DACH

Every year, Forbes’ 30under30 list identifies and honours individuals whose initiatives, innovativeness, and entrepreneurial mindset help solve society and business problems. The newly published list for the DACH region features 90 personalities from Germany, Switzerland and Austria. This year Switzerland shines with 23 tech persons representing 15 startups.

The nominees are:

Ciril Stebler, founder and CEO Velocorner, an online bike marketplace for bicycles with over +20’000 bikes and more than +350 dealers.

Jakob Manz, Lukas Warwla & Tim Grunow founders of Archlet, a strategic sourcing software.

Carlo Loderer & David Ballagi, co-founders of Zippsafe, provider of foldable cloakroom compartments.

Philippe Sahli & Lars Mangelsdorf co-founders of Yokoy, an all in one spend management platform.

Noah Faoro, Daniel Lagnaux & Lars Hulsbergen, co-founders of KORK, a match-making platform for helpers and contractors (clients).

Antonia Hirt, co-founder and CEO of Epiopharm, a pharmaceutical company working on first-in-class anti-inflammatory therapies to improve the lives of patients suffering from chronic inflammatory disease.

Robin Gnehm, Nicholas Hänny & Carla Vilela Gonzaga Hänny, Co-founders of NIKIN, a company planting a tree for every product it sells.

Paulina Grnarova, co-founder and CEO of Deepjudge, a context-aware document processing AI platform for legal document processing.

Luca Placi, c-founder of Enuu AG, a micro-car sharing service for Light Electric Vehicles (LEV).

Margaux Peltier, co-founder and CEO of Enerdrape, developer of the first panel-like technology to capture geothermal and residual heat from underground environments

Adonis Bou Chakra, co-founder and CPO of Aepsy, focuses on mental health by connecting patients with psychiatrists.

Philippe Ganz, co-founder and CEO of Ai Endoscopic, an AI-based device for intubations.

Luca Naef, CTO, Vant AI, next Gen Machine Learning platform for Targeted Protein Degraders.

Dadvan Yousuf, founder of Dohrnii Foundation and CEO of Crowdli AG, a crowdfunding platform for brokering rental ownership interests in real estate equity investments.

Shirly Valge, COO of the Velas Network, open-sourced blockchain ecosystem of services and products.

Alongside the startup founders, the following personalities made it to the list: Martina Egli, Co-CEO, Zeilenwerk, Ozan Yildrim, music producer, Belinda Bencic, tennis player, Nikki Böhler, CEO, Opendata, Adrian Vogt, Tiktoker, Natalie Salemink, founder Prismatic, Catherine Debrunner, wheelchair athlete.

(Press release/RAN)