Olivier Laplace

Managing Partner

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Olivier Laplace

Biography


Olivier has 18 years of experience as a tech entrepreneur and intrapreneur, software developer, investment banker, and venture capital investor. Before joining Vi, Olivier served as Investment Director at Swiss Post, where he initiated the corporate venture capital activity by recruiting and leading a team of four. He spearheaded investments in 14 early stage startups including TestingTime (Zurich, acquired by Norstat Group), Metaco (Lausanne, acquired for $250 million by Ripple), Bring! (Zurich, acquired by Swiss Post), Beekeeper (Zurich), and Hacknowledge (Lausanne, acquired by Swiss Post).

Olivier is a computer and financial engineer and holds an MBA from IMD. Prior to his tenure at Swiss Post, he worked in Corporate Development for the technology company Kudelski, where he executed M&A transactions and subsequently originated and led the new data analytics unit, Nagra Insight. Before, he founded a mobile tech startup in France focused on connecting people with shared cultural interests. Earlier in his career, Olivier worked in investment banking for JPMorgan in London and Citigroup in Paris. He began his professional journey as a software developer.

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