Alexander Schlaepfer is set to take up an investment director position at Swisscom Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of Switzerland-based telecommunications firm Swisscom.
Schlaepfer will join Swisscom Ventures at the start of June from Aster Capital, the France-based venture capital firm that acts as an investment platform for industrial corporates Alstom, Schneider Electric and Solvay.
As part of his role, Schlaepfer led Aster’s investments in renewables, energy storage, industrial IT, data analytics and internet of things technology developers.
Schlaepfer had been vice-president of corporate venturing for power and automation company Alstom since 2008, after spending four years as its VP of business development. It was on his recommendation that Aster was set up as a shared corporate venture capital platform in 2009.
– Photo of Alexander Schlaepfer courtesy of Swisscom AG