Helping Founders

to Go Faster and Further

Four successful exits as founders and several exits - including two Unicorns - as first check investors.
We are three entrepreneurs committing our time and capital to build tech-enabled growth companies.

Why work with us

Our approach is centered on an owner-operator mindset.

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Founder Led

We are founders and investors with more than three decades of experience in building companies from day one to exit.

Hands-On

We help founders scale operations and do not shy away from taking on temporary executive roles.

Driven by passion

We maintain transparency, simplicity, and humility. The passion to build and to work with great people is what drives us.

People

Meet the Team

Technology
Product Management
Founding Partner
Core-Team

Martin Altorfer

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Martin has 30 years experience in information technology. He was the founder and CEO/CTO of a number of companies including Active-Net AG, a leading Swiss ISP sold to UUNET 1999; BCAP AG, a Venture capital fund; Celeris AG, an internet security company sold to Swisscom 2005; replica, an online music company. He also served as CIO (Chief Information Officer) in one of Australia's largest companys, CSR Ltd. between 2007 and 2009. Since 2010, he has helped a number of companies with seed funding and close mentorship in all aspects of building a successful business. Among them Bexio AG, a SaaS company serving the Swiss SME market, where he was the seed investor and Executive Chairman, prior to the company's sale to Mobiliar insurance in 2018.

Strategy & Growth
Finance
Founding Partner
Core-Team

Philippe Bubb

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Philippe has been passionate about the Internet since the nineties. He spent the first part of his career in investment banking, angel investing into consumer and tech startups and co-founding a wealth management boutique. Philippe was a first check investor in On Running and its Chairman from 2013 to 2018. He was an angel investor in SaaS company Bexio, which was sold to Mobiliar, an angel investor in UK digital wealth management company Nutmeg, which was sold to J.P. Morgan and currently serves as board member of several European startups. Philippe is a graduate of the University of St. Gallen with an MBA in finance.

Company building
Go to market
Partner
Core-Team

Jeremias Meier

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Jeremias brings 15 years of experience as a serial founder and CEO. His first company, a web development provider, was acquired by PWC. He then co-founded the market-leading SaaS accounting company bexio and led it to a successful exit. Today, Jeremias supports (SaaS) startups as a mentor, board member and investor. At session.vc he assists selected investments hands-on in company building, data-driven marketing and how to scale sales.

We help our companies with their toughest challenges

Product & Technology

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Getting software architecture right from day one
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Setting up scalable infrastructure
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Strategic product management
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Growth & Traction

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Go-to-market fundamentals
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Building a data-driven marketing and sales motion
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Development of a successful and scalable revenue organization
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Team & Organization

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Mentoring & Coaching of Founders
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Recruiting of key hires
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Organizational development
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Interim C-Level engagement
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Funding & Finance

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Structuring financing and financial modeling
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Follow-on funding with own funds
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Implementation of ESOP / PSOP
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Companies

Teams we’ve partnered with.

Market leading Business Software for Swiss SME.

Real time air quality measurement.

Leading workspace management platform.

Next generation weather forecasting.

Nutmeg is an UK based online investment management service.

On Running Fast growing global footwear and apparel brand.

All Companies
Testimonials

Some words from our Founders

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>75% of VCs never founded & scaled a company. Jeremias, Martin & Philipp are the opposite who all built companies and can & do therefore serve as trusted sparring partners for founders & startup leaders from their own experience.

Manuel Hartmann

Founder & CEO Salesplaybook

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I really love working with session.vc. All partners at Session are highly successful, smart, and driven - but still approachable.

Ivan Cossu

Founder & CEO of deskbird

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All three partners are superb. They are hands-on when we need them and leave us alone when we don’t need them. 10/10

Carlo Badini

Co-Founder & CEO of Pabio

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Jeremias and Martin are the best investors anyone could ask for. They are always there for us whenever we need sparring partner.

Karim Saleh

Co-Founder & CEO of Cerrion

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session.vc are a team of well connected, pragmatic operators, exactly what one needs at the earliest stage of building a company.

Andreas Brenner

Serial-Founder and CEO of Jua