Our Team

Andy was partner and Head of Algorithmic Trading at Swiss hedge fund Linard Capital, where he oversaw the quantitative trading strategy lifecycle. Before Linard, he served as senior project manager and software architect at Siemens Switzerland. Amongst others, he led projects at the Swiss intelligence Agency and various major banks and insurance companies. Andy holds a master's degree in Industrial Management and Manufacturing Engineering from ETH Zurich and an Executive MBA from HSG St. Gallen.

Alexis Le Portz is currently serving as a Partner at Truffle Capital, a Paris based global fintech investment firm. He is a seasoned entrepreneur and innovation leader with +15 years of experience in digital strategy, venture capital, and emerging technologies like blockchain and AI. Previously, in 2017, he joined the Franco-German ODDO BHF group as Chief Innovation Officer to create the innovation department and lead the group’s investments in leading European fintechs. He brings deep expertise in decentralized finance and transformative digital solutions.

Kevin Low is the Senior Vice President of Investment at SBI Ven Capital, the Southeast Asia arm of SBI Holdings, Inc., where he oversees an early-stage Web3 fund and serves on multiple investment committees. With over a decade of venture capital experience, including roles at SPH Ventures and a career foundation in engineering and biopharmaceuticals, Kevin brings a diverse perspective to evaluating emerging technologies.

Martin has 35 years of international investment banking management experience. He acted as Global Head Foreign Exchange Sales at UBS and Credit Suisse. He now has several Board and Advisory Mandates within the financial industry in Switzerland and is a Senator at the European Economic Senate (EES) in Brussel.

Roger Altorfer is a member of the Executive Committee of Microsoft Switzerland and is leading the Customer Success Organisation. Before joining Microsoft he was running the financial services business for a large consulting and system integrator in Switzerland & Austria and worked as a Consulting Partner for ten years. Roger originally started his career within the Swiss Banking industry where he held various positions in Operations and Trading departments in the Swiss National Bank and in a Swiss Retail Bank.

Theo is Managing Partner at C3 Management GmbH, an asset management company focused on managing venture funds which invest in exceptional technology companies worldwide. Theo serves on boards of numerous fintech and blockchain companies. Prior to C3, Theo was senior investment manager at FinLab AG, a market-listed VC firm in Frankfurt, and associate at ViewPoint Capital Partners, a European growth capital fund, focusing on European software and internet technology investments. Theo is a German national and received a dual degree in business administration and electrical engineering from the Technical University of Darmstadt and Linköping University, Sweden.

Martin supervised large-scale construction projects and directed turnaround activities at Implenia. Following the successful merger with a leading construction firm, he coordinated post-merger activities and spent several years in senior leadership positions within Implenia. He then served as CFO at Hug Group, a market leading wholesale and retail firm. Since 2010 he assists numerous national and international companies as consultant and interim manager in different roles such as CEO, COO and CFO, including the Silicon Valley Start-up Balluun. Martin is a Swiss Certified Expert in Accounting and Controlling and holds an Executive MBA from the University of Applied Sciences Bern.