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Meet the Founders

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Gert Christen, CEO

US-European Business incubator and innovation strategist.

25+ years experience building incubators in Zurich and San Francisco and supporting tech businesses companies expand internationally.

Entrepreneurship Lecturer at University of California, Berkeley

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Matt DiMarsico, CSO

Shaper of Sales and Marketing Organizations.

20+ years experience helping companies build their US sales organization

Led 20+ US market entries by foreign companies, including British Telecom, NTT from Japan, and Telus from Canada.

Meet our Team

Kaspar Zimmerli, Swiss USAccelerator & Business Development Switzerland

Our representative in Switzerland. Experienced Medtech entrepreneur, Innosuisse coach and co-founder of the Swiss USAccelerator.

Mar Navarro, Project Manager & Business Development Europe

With a background in biotechnology, and a Master’s in Startup Management (UPV and University of California, Berkeley), she is our life sciences project manager. She also fosters strong connections with Europe.

Sergio Mazariegos, Senior Program Manager.

A Regents’ & Chancellor’s Scholar at University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Sergio leads the cohorts of USA Launching Pad startups and helps keep day-to-day operations.

Manan Bhargava, Software Engineering Intern & Project Manager

As a Computer Science and Data Science senior from University of California, Berkeley, he is in charge of our System Design and Automations. He is also our deep technology project manager.

Jordan White, Landing Page Strategist.

As you launch your company in the US, it's important to tell a compelling story for your North American audience to take action. Using a proven story-based formula, Jordan helps develop a compelling message, and create landing pages that make you standout. 

Sophie Everett, Landing Page Strategist.

The U.S. market is enormous, inundating the average person with a plethora of ads compared to European clients. Sophie helps you cut through the noise, crafting crystal-clear messages, and transforming them into highly effective landing pages.

Jennifer Lum, Customer Discovery Research Coach

With deep expertise in customer experience, she guides cohorts through the strategic process of methodically understanding user and customer goals, motivations, and pain points to uncover market opportunities. 

Daniela Guerra, Project Manager Intern

With a background in mechanical engineering at University of California, Berkeley, and experience working in Tesla, she is our engineering project manager.

Interested in working with this team for the US market?