on the weekends, philip enjoys road cycling with friends, exploring foreign cuisines, and looking for treasures at auctions and flea markets.
elegant technological breakthroughs at the intersection of engineering, biology, and physics are the key focus areas of philip and range from neuromorphic hardware to the world of ai enabled synthetic biology.
philip discovered his passion for soft materials early on, and had his primer touchpoint with entrepreneurship when he joined the first foodtech spin-off during his bachelor studies at eth. after studying abroad, he worked as a process engineer at koa switzerland, scaling up manufacturing in africa. while completing his msc in process engineering, he led the eth juniors, a tech consultancy and startup hub, with friends from university contributing to its most successful year.
investing in frontier tech and techbio
cyclist and antiques dealer
material scientist by training
cyclist
"road cycling is a symphony of teamwork and high speed: you shield your teammates against nature's forces and vice versa while navigating ups and downs."
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"working in vc reminds me of painting a picture of how you believe the future will look like with the founders and their solutions shaping our world."
material scientist by training
investing in frontier tech and techbio
elegant technological breakthroughs at the intersection of engineering, biology, and physics are the key focus areas of philip and range from neuromorphic hardware to the world of ai enabled synthetic biology.
cyclist and antiques dealer
philip discovered his passion for soft materials early on, and had his primer touchpoint with entrepreneurship when he joined the first foodtech spin-off during his bachelor studies at eth. after studying abroad, he worked as a process engineer at koa switzerland, scaling up manufacturing in africa. while completing his msc in process engineering, he led the eth juniors, a tech consultancy and startup hub, with friends from university contributing to its most successful year.
on the weekends, philip enjoys road cycling with friends, exploring foreign cuisines, and looking for treasures at auctions and flea markets.