Alexander Schlaepfer

Bio

Prior to joining Swisscom Ventures in June 2016, Alexander was co-founder and partner at Paris-based Aster Capital, the corporate venture platform of Schneider Electric, Alstom and Solvay where he led investments in renewables, energy storage, industrial IT, data analytics and IoT. Before becoming a VC, Alexander headed up Strategy, M&A, Sales and Marketing at Alstom’s €3.5bn Power Service sector and prior to that held several operational management positions at ABB in the Middle East. He also co-founded and chaired a robotics start-up at ETH Zürich and is active as angel investor in Switzerland.

Career

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	Swisscom Ventures The venture capital arm of Swisscom. N/A from Jun 2016 Zurich Responsibilities: Focus on: Smart Technologies, Industry 4.0, IoT, Robotics, AI, Cybersecurity
	Aster Capital Partners SAS - founder The venture capital arm of capital fund sponsored by Alstom, Schneider Electric and Rhodia. Partner (past) from Dec 2009 Paris

Education

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London Business School MSc in Finance