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
- SICTICAdvisory Board Membercurrent2025 — presentZurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- QAI VenturesManaging Partner Early Stagecurrent2025 — presentBasel, Switzerland
- CORAllianceBoard Membercurrent2025 — presentSwitzerland
- AionVestFounder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentZurich, Switzerland
- GObugfree AGInvestor & Venture Partnercurrent2024 — presentZurich, Switzerland
- SYNERGY5 VenturesAuthorcurrent2024 — presentZurich, Switzerland
- Axelra Early Stage AGPresident of the Boardcurrent2022 — presentSwitzerland
- Axelra AGCo-Founder & Board Membercurrent2019 — presentZurich, Switzerland
- Axelra AGChief Executive Officer2019 — 2024Zürich und Umgebung, Schweiz
- Career BreakTravel2025
- DeFi Suisse AGCo-Founder, Board Member & Co-CEO bei DeFi Suisse AG / THORWallet2021 — 2022Wollerau, Schwyz, Switzerland
- FREYA Savings AGCo-Founder, Board Member & Co-CEO2020 — 2021Zurich, Switzerland
- foryouandyourcustomersStartteam, Standortleiter, Director Sales & Consulting, Advisory Circle2011 — 2019Zurich, Switzerland
- Golf Performance AGCo-Founder und Partner2010 — 2012Switzerland
- IMPAQ Holding AGDirector International Sales & Marketing, Member Group Exec. Board2010 — 2011CH, DE, PL
- Unic AGDirector Sales & Consulting, Partner2007 — 2010CH, AT, BENELUX
- AccentureSenior Consultant2003 — 2007AT, CH, DE, US
- ECom Effective Communications GmbHCEO1999 — 2003CH
- SiBC Swiss iBrain CompanyCEO1998 — 1999Switzerland
- GfK - a NielsenIQ CompanyInformation Technology Network Engineer1995 — 1999Switzerland
Education
- University of St.GallenExecutive MBA HSG in Veränderungsmanagement, Veränderungesmanagement / Business Engineering2008 — 2009
- Swiss Board SchoolBoard of Director Management and Corporate Governance, Executive Education2022
- FHS St.Gallen University of Applied SciencesBachelor’s Degree in Business Information Technology, Business Information Technology2000 — 2003
- Kantonale Berufsschule AltdorfTechnical Baccalaureate1999 — 2000
- IHA GfM, Berufsschule SurseeInformation Technologist, Systems Engineer with focus on internet1995 — 1999
Skills & more
KryptoSustainability2Intellectual Property1Scalability1Venture Capital3Advisory Boards11Private Equity Funding7Information Technology4Product Management2Program Management3Präsentationen3Account-Management3
+12 more
Customer EngagementBusiness-Case-ErstellungFundraisingDue DiligenceGeistiges EigentumCoaching & MentoringUnternehmensplanungStrategieumsetzungDeal-SourcingBlockchainWritingIntegralLanguages Deutsch · Englisch
- hybris Business Analyst Certification — SAP Hybris
- Avaloq Professional Certification — Avaloq
- Microsoft Windows 95 — Microsoft
- Microsoft Networking Fundamentals — Microsoft
From Peter's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended University of St.Gallen205
John-ArneInvestor at InvestinorMelissa DonohoeVice President at Notion CapitalMarjolaine CatilPrincipal at Newfund CapitalGülce KoçInvestment Manager at IdacapitalDominik MatykaInvestor at Cavalry VenturesChristian NagelInvestor at Earlybird Venture Capital
+ 199 more
Also attended Swiss Board School4
Also attended FHS St.Gallen University of Applied Sciences1
Shared employers
Also worked at Accenture620
Mark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesJulie YangVice President at InvestcorpAmira OujiVice President of Platform & Portfolio Success, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionAntonio GrifoniAssociate at P101 VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at Northzone
+ 614 more
Colleagues at QAI Ventures
Alexandra Beckstein
CEO and Founder at QAI Ventures
Anca Albu
Chief Operations Officer at QAI Ventures
Angelina Frank
Head of Science & Technology APAC at QAI Ventures
Anton Wendeborn
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
Ayla Shahid
Startup Program Manager at QAI Ventures
Dr. Axel Thierauf
General Partner at QAI Ventures






















