Introducing our Spring 2022 Student Batch and First 3 Investments
At Wingman Campus Fund, we educate students and support entrepreneurs to disrupt the startup culture on campuses, produce the next generation of tech leaders, and create more value for society.
Four students joined our teams in Spring 2022
Every semester, Wingman Campus Fund onboards new students to strengthen the existing student Partner teams. This semester, we’re excited to have selected 4 additional student Partners — 2 women and 2 men from ETH Zürich (ETHZ), EPF Lausanne (EPFL) and the University of St. Gallen (HSG).
As part of a 1-year fellowship, in a program that sits at the frontier between a talent accelerator and a student-run VC, the student Partners from ETHZ, EPFL and HSG will be trained by Wingman Ventures and tier-one European VCs, while gaining first-hand experience at venture capital by finding and selecting the startups that our program will support with initial capital and mentoring.
Please discover our Spring 2022 Student Batch below.
Miya Ferrisse
Partner @ EPFL
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Of French and Japanese descent, Miya studies Life Science engineering and Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship at EPFL. She is passionate about human health and food-tech (see her TEDx talk on the future of food as a high school student) and aspires to improve global public health through emerging technologies, either as an investor or from the industry. Miya loves volleyball, gym, and cooking Japanese dishes for her friends and family.
Esmee Huijten
Partner @ ETHZ
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Originally from the Netherlands, Esmee graduated from TU Delft and studies Physics at ETHZ. Esmee loves to build — at TU Delft, she built a solar-powered boat, winning 2nd place in the World Championship of solar racing. Last year, she won ETH Entrepreneur Club’s flagship competition InCube with her team. Esmee sees herself being a startup founder. She is fascinated by languages and loves the outdoors, where you might catch her rollerblading or skiing.
Nicolas Kubista
Partner @ ETHZ
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Originally from Zürich, Nicolas graduated from UCL in London, and currently studies Statistics at ETHZ. Nicolas worked several years in consulting at McKinsey and the Berlin-based FinTech Moonfare. He loves spending time with family and friends, preferably somewhere with a lot of sun and good food, and exercise bike. In the future, Nicolas sees himself remaining in the tech space, be it as a VC investor or consultant.
Odin Hoffmann
Partner @ HSG
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Luxembourgish and Irish, Odin studied at HEC Paris and Trinity Dublin College, where he built one of the largest entrepreneurship societies in Europe, before joining HSG to study Accounting and Finance. Odin worked in investment banking, and as a VC scout for First Momentum Ventures. He is obsessed with good coffee, architecture and traveling and is big into sports. Upon graduation, Odin intends to join a VC firm.
Three startups were selected in Fall 2021
In parallel, the Fall 2021 semester saw the selection of three startups, which received CHF20'000 in initial capital and access to a pool of mentors consisting in experienced startup operators. We’re excited to present them to you below, and over time, you can follow the evolution of our portfolio on our website.
Adaptyv Biosystems
EPFL — Led by Partner Vinitra Swamy
Closing the loop between computational prediction and experimental validation with cell-free synthetic biology and high-throughput nanofluidics.
The process of identifying new antibodies is key to being able to combat different diseases such as viral infections, autoimmune disease, and cancers. Unfortunately, the current process for testing efficacy of new antibodies is slow and expensive, and has a failure rate of around 88%. Adaptyv Biosystems came up with a new technology which is quicker, cheaper, and offers higher quality data on the performance of potential antibodies.
Incon.ai
ETHZ — Led by Partner Matteo Guscetti
Providing high-accuracy AR applications that enable people to build better.
The construction industry is embracing digitalization to address long-standing productivity issues. While digital project planning (BIM) is being widely adopted there is still a disconnect between these models and the fragmented building teams on the construction site. incon.ai uses digital building models, machine vision, and augmented reality to provide a fully-integrated platform which can be licensed by contractors to build with higher skill and productivity.
Voltiris
EPFL — Led by Partner Janes Spranger
Transforming greenhouses into power plants without impacting plants’ growth.
Greenhouses are key to a sustainable food system. However, they have significant energetic needs resulting in a large carbon footprint and high energetic costs. Most greenhouse vegetables are high-light crops and cannot afford shading. Voltiris’ solution for greenhouse owners is to filter sunlight: light components (colors) not used by plants are used to generate electricity. Voltiris’ solution results in a competitive energy price and an energetic output at par with standard PV panels.
