Michael
CIO
“Seeing founders realize their dreams of becoming successful entrepreneurs is the most rewarding element of my role as a mentor – it is much more a calling than a job!”
Michael Stucky is currently a business coach and mentor for future entrepreneurs at the ETH Zurich and Innosuisse, the Swiss Innovation Agency. In this role, he supports founders in building successful ventures by bringing solutions to the market that help making a difference by solving real-life problems. In addition, he is co-founder and Chairman of Auxivo, an ETH spinoff developing and commercializing lightweight exoskeletons. Furthermore, Michael is also a Founding Managing Partner of Teggwings, a deep-tech venture capital fund initiative that aims to grow university startups “From Uni to Unicorn”.
Prior to joining the ETH, Michael was a co-founder and CFO of GlycoVaxyn, a biotech spinoff from the ETH, which was acquired by GSK in 2015. In addition, he co-founded a number of Silicon Valley software start-ups, embracing the culture of learning from your failures.
Michael began his career in banking, where he spent 10 years at Swiss bank Lombard Odier, both in Switzerland and North America. Michael holds Masters degrees from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in California and the University of Zurich.