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Peter Zwyssig

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Managing Director Early Stage at QAI Ventures · Advisory Board Member at SICTIC

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About

Peter Zwyssig is managing partner at QAI Ventures and co-founder of Axelra, a Swiss tech venture builder and micro VC firm. With 30 years of venture experience, he has supported 45+ early-stage tech companies and achieved 8 successful exits, while helping secure over CHF 100 million in funding and sales. Zwyssig serves on the advisory board of SICTIC and is active across Swiss and European startup ecosystems.

Experience

  1. SICTICAdvisory Board Membercurrent2025 — presentZurich, Zurich, Switzerland
  2. QAI VenturesManaging Partner Early Stagecurrent2025 — presentBasel, Switzerland
  3. CORAllianceBoard Membercurrent2025 — presentSwitzerland
  4. AionVestFounder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentZurich, Switzerland
  5. GObugfree AGInvestor & Venture Partnercurrent2024 — presentZurich, Switzerland
  6. SYNERGY5 VenturesAuthorcurrent2024 — presentZurich, Switzerland
  7. Axelra Early Stage AGPresident of the Boardcurrent2022 — presentSwitzerland
  8. Axelra AGCo-Founder & Board Membercurrent2019 — presentZurich, Switzerland
  9. Axelra AGChief Executive Officer2019 — 2024Zürich und Umgebung, Schweiz
  10. Career BreakTravel2025
  11. DeFi Suisse AGCo-Founder, Board Member & Co-CEO bei DeFi Suisse AG / THORWallet2021 — 2022Wollerau, Schwyz, Switzerland
  12. FREYA Savings AGCo-Founder, Board Member & Co-CEO2020 — 2021Zurich, Switzerland
  13. foryouandyourcustomersStartteam, Standortleiter, Director Sales & Consulting, Advisory Circle2011 — 2019Zurich, Switzerland
  14. Golf Performance AGCo-Founder und Partner2010 — 2012Switzerland
  15. IMPAQ Holding AGDirector International Sales & Marketing, Member Group Exec. Board2010 — 2011CH, DE, PL
  16. Unic AGDirector Sales & Consulting, Partner2007 — 2010CH, AT, BENELUX
  17. AccentureSenior Consultant2003 — 2007AT, CH, DE, US
  18. ECom Effective Communications GmbHCEO1999 — 2003CH
  19. SiBC Swiss iBrain CompanyCEO1998 — 1999Switzerland
  20. GfK - a NielsenIQ CompanyInformation Technology Network Engineer1995 — 1999Switzerland

Skills & more

KryptoSustainability2Intellectual Property1Scalability1Venture Capital3Advisory Boards11Private Equity Funding7Information Technology4Product Management2Program Management3Präsentationen3Account-Management3
+12 moreCustomer EngagementBusiness-Case-ErstellungFundraisingDue DiligenceGeistiges EigentumCoaching & MentoringUnternehmensplanungStrategieumsetzungDeal-SourcingBlockchainWritingIntegral

Languages Deutsch · Englisch

  • hybris Business Analyst Certification — SAP Hybris
  • Avaloq Professional Certification — Avaloq
  • Microsoft Windows 95 — Microsoft
  • Microsoft Networking Fundamentals — Microsoft

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Events & Office Manager at QAI Ventures
Arianna Maschietto
Managing Director Calgary & Global Head of Value Creation Startups at QAI Ventures
Axel Thierauf
General Partner at QAI Ventures
Dr. Axel Thierauf
General Partner at QAI Ventures
Dr. Axel Thierauff
General Partner at QAI Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Peter Zwyssig?
Peter Zwyssig is managing partner at QAI Ventures and co-founder of Axelra, a Swiss tech venture builder and micro VC firm. With 30 years of venture experience, he has supported 45+ early-stage tech companies and achieved 8 successful exits, while helping secure over CHF 100 million in funding and sales. Zwyssig serves on the advisory board of SICTIC and is active across Swiss and European startup ecosystems.
Where does Peter Zwyssig work?
Peter Zwyssig is Managing Director Early Stage at QAI Ventures.
Where did Peter Zwyssig go to school?
Peter Zwyssig studied at University of St.Gallen (Executive MBA HSG in Veränderungsmanagement, Veränderungesmanagement / Business Engineering); Swiss Board School (Board of Director Management and Corporate Governance, Executive Education); FHS St.Gallen University of Applied Sciences (Bachelor’s Degree in Business Information Technology, Business Information Technology).

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