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Laurent Oberholzer

Investor

Investor at TX Ventures

Zurich, Switzerland

Writes $1M – $5M checks · typically $2.5M

About

A founder-turned-investor, Laurent focuses on TX Ventures' U.S. presence with interests in payments infrastructure, marketplaces, and consumer models. He previously co-founded and led Monito, a cross-border payments comparison platform, over 11 years.

Experience

  1. TX VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. TX VenturesInvestment Manager2024 — 2025Europe
  3. Monito.comBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
  4. Monito.comCo-Founder, Head of Partnerships & Finance2013 — 2024Lausanne, Switzerland
  5. Highwood VenturesFounder & Managing Directorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  6. ETH Entrepreneur ClubVP Public Relations2013 — 2014
  7. Lombard OdierPortfolio Analyst2012Hong Kong

Education

  1. ETH ZürichMaster of Science (MSc), Quantitative Finance2012 — 2015
  2. The University of Hong KongFinance2011 — 2012
  3. HEC Lausanne - The Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of LausanneBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Management2009 — 2012
  4. Gymnase de NyonSwiss Matura, Major in Physics and Applied Mathematics2006 — 2009
  5. Collège Secondaire de Terre SainteCertificat d’études secondaires2003 — 2006
  6. Institut Florimont - Genève2002 — 2003
  7. Geneva English School (GES)1996 — 2002

Skills & more

Stablecoins1Cross-Border PaymentsVenture Capital4Information Technology5Entrepreneurship69Start-ups24Strategy40Business DevelopmentStrategic PartnershipsPartnershipsCorporate Finance4Financial Modeling25
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Languages Chinese · English · French · German · Swiss German

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