Success Booster: Bring your venture to the next level

This event is aimed at helping startups and scale-ups unlock new growth opportunities.

We bring together industry leaders to share practical insights on accelerating growth, maximizing team performance, and refining product strategies.

It’s a great chance to connect with entrepreneurs eager to take their ventures further.

Hosted by Trust Square, an innovation hub in Zurich, and Vectra Advisors, VC and tech legal experts, this event will offer actionable tips for scaling success.

Your participation would add tremendous value to this conversation.

◼︎ Aruna Arasu, Co-founder, speak invest AG

Aruna is one of the co-founders of speak invest, a boutique private equity investor specialised in niche strategies. The speak team have together invested over $2billion in private equity primaries, secondaries and co-investments. Prior to founding speak, Aruna was a partner at Alpha Associates (now Amundi Alpha Associates) where she led the legal team. Aruna is a guest tutor in private equity at Oxford Said business school and teaches for Invest Europe. She is a qualified barrister and solicitor and holds a degree from Oxford University.

◼︎ Ingeborg Gasser-Kriss, Board and Advisory Board Member, Innovation Advisor, Startup Mentor

Ingeborg serves on the Boards and Advisory Boards of Food and FoodTech companies, building on her 20+ years of experience in Marketing, Strategy and Innovation in the food industry with Jacobs Suchard, Kraft Foods, and Mondelez International. She is a startup mentor and Director of Founder Institute Switzerland. She is the owner and founder of Agent21 GmbH, helping food companies get better at strategic innovation.

◼︎ Maruscha Heyner, Senior Partner Development Manager, Microsoft Switzerlad

As a Senior Partner Development Manager, Maruscha is responsible for driving the AI strategy and managing investor relationships within the Startup team at Microsoft Switzerland. While supporting Swiss startups through the global program with various benefits, the local team focuses on bridging connections and helping hands-on with commercial and technical expertise.

◼︎ Alisa Burkhard, Co-Founder, Vectra Advisors

Alisa is a founder at Vectra Advisors. She is a seasoned legal advisor specializing in Swiss and international corporate and commercial law, with a strong focus on M&A transactions, contract negotiation, VC financing, and guiding founders through successful exits. She employs a LAWYER+ approach, seamlessly integrating legal expertise with a deep understanding of business strategy to provide comprehensive support for her clients. Alisa has extensive experience working with a diverse range of clients, including multinational corporations, tech start-ups, and charitable foundations, by serving as an integral part of their legal and business teams.

18:30 - 19:00 - Doors open & Networking
19:00 - 20:00 - Panel Discussion
20:00 - 20:30 - Q&A
20:30 - 21:00 - Networking & Refreshments

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

TRUST SQUARE Bahnhofstrasse 75, 75 Bahnhofstrasse, Zürich, Switzerland