The people behind Übermorgen.

Our core team

We are mission-driven entrepreneurs and dedicated doers.

Adrian Bührer

Founder & Managing Partner

Already at the age of 22, Adrian co-founded the largest student portal in Switzerland and successfully sold it to Axel Springer in 2007. Since then he invested in or co-founded more than 20 ventures such as Farmy, Neon, Ledgy, Flatfox, Yamo or Crypto Finance AG.

 

Sandra Lux

Administration & Finance

Sandra holds a Masters degree in Philosophy with focus on business ethics and has worked with impact-driven entrepreneurs, investors, and business leaders for more than 10 years helping them to to facilitate growth. Supporting Übermorgen Ventures as administrative backbone, Sandra takes care of the core business flowing without distraction.

Jonas Hornung

Principal

After scaling two early stage startups in Germany and China, Jonas moved to the investor side to focus on accelerating climate tech in Europe. He is particularly passionate about innovative solutions in the fields of energy, mobility and carbon tech and has built a track record in these fields over the past years. Jonas holds a masters degree in Entrepreneurship from the University of Cambridge and is still involved in multiple startup university societies.

 

Myke Näf

Founder & Managing Partner

With Doodle, Myke has built and sold one of Switzerland's best known and internationally most successful startups. He has been active as a consultant, coach, board member and business angel ever since and has invested in over 30 startups. He has set up 5 startup investments for Swiss Life. He supports Cavalry Ventures in Berlin as a Venture Partner and Advisory Board member.

Alexander Langguth

Founder & Managing Partner

After multiple years at the leading strategy consultancy McKinsey & Company, where Alex focused on clients in the energy, industrial and technology sectors, Alex has increasingly focused on sustainability issues as a self-employed consultant. Alex is also closely associated with the Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth at the University of Zurich and the Chair of Sustainability and Technology at ETH Zurich.

 

Elena Walder-Schiavone

Founder & Managing Partner

After many years of working in large M&A teams of renowned law firms, Elena specialised on legal advice for startups as the first lawyer in Switzerland with her own law firm smartup law in 2013. She has accompanied more than 100 transactions and capital increases, gaining extensive knowledge in all legal matters relating to startups.

Our advisors

Our experienced professionals that help us decide.

Prof. Dr. David N. Bresch

Professor for weather and climate risks at ETH Zurich, formerly a member of the UNFCCC Delegation and member of the Private Sector Advisory Group of the UN Green Climate Fund

 

Jonathan Isenring

Co-founder and managing director of Digital Festival and HackZurich, sparring partner of management and boards or national and international companies

 

Dirk Munch

Co-founder of Persistent, formerly J.P. Morgan, formerly Executive Director Corporate Investments at Southpole

 

Toni Schneider

Partner at True Ventures, formerly  CEO and/or co-founder of multiple ventures, including Automattic (Wordpress), Oddpost and Sphere

Nicolas Bürer

Managing director of Digital Switzerland, chairman and co-founder, MOVU AG and business angel

 

Dr. Karin Lenzlinger Diedenhofen

Vice president SV Group, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Zurich, member of several boards (e.g., B-Lab, Economiesuisse)

 

Reto Ringger

Founder and CEO of Globalance Bank, formerly founder and CEO, SAM Group

 

Dr. Dorina Thiess

CEO and co-founder of Piavita, formerly project lead of SnS Ventures

Dr. Petrissa Eckle

Executive director of sus.lab at ETH Zurich, formerly McKinsey & Company

 

Pauliina Meskanen

Founder of Survivaltech.club, Entrepreneur in Residence at Lifeline Ventures

 

Giorgio Saraco

CEO of Belvédère Asset Management AG

 

Dr. Jan Wurzbacher

CEO and  founder of Climeworks